After nearly five years with the same design we started with way back on New Year’s Day of 2008, SBI has finally undergone a facelift.
It has taken several months, and will probably take a few more days to work out the kinks, but we have completed a major transformation of the website many of you have made a regular part of your soccer-loving day.
The changes are considerable, but necessary and we ask that you join us as we make this transition into a new era at SBI. Please bear with us as we put the finishing touches on these changes, and rest assured we will be working hard to try and make it a smooth transition for all of you.
We welcome feedback on the changes. Let us know what you like, don’t like, want to see more of and want to see less of. Tell us what you love, and what you hate, and we will take it all into consideration as we complete the final aspects of SBI’s transformation.
As always, please share your thoughts below.
Looking good!
Seeing that you are using WP as a platform now, may I suggest to your IT guy/gal that he/she utilize this plug-in:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/
WP is an easy target for hacks/injections without adding some beefed up security.
I’ve used this plug-in for the sites I’ve built on WP. Trust me, it’s the shite.
Again, well done on the re-launch!
Congratulations on the new look. All the best for many more years of SBI.
Awesome! A great decision to go with WordPress, by the way. I have been a WordPress user since the early days, and I have been reading your blog for many years. I’m glad you made the switch. Love it.
Congratulations Ives, this is nice. Well done.
I liked the old site just fine but I like this one too.
I love this nice design….great job Ives.
Great site, I´ll love if you could do more interviews on our young players, especially the ones on the brink of becoming a steady set up in our NT, more follow ups and updates on dual nationals.
Huge improvement, makes the site look more legit.
Hoping the twitter feed gets added on.
I was perfectly happy with the old version…but, this is a great refresh!
like the archives. any chance we can have dates on the initial page?
I can dig it…except when I click on “Get the App” at the top of the main page, it takes me to get the hotels.com app
Dont really care for it and like it even less when a political commercial started playing for Elizabeth Warren. Its bad enough that I have to listen to her lies non-stop on TV… if I have to hear it here to then I’ll just stop coming here
Whoa! I like it!
I miss the twitter feed.
I like it!
Now I’ll have to change my name to make it make sense again… 🙁
Other than that though, the site looks great.
Ives, I love the new site!
Would it be possible to include position played in the Americans Abroad recap?
Certain players are moved around and it’s interesting to know where they are lining up.
Also, would it be possible to do a similar “round up” for MLS players who are in the national team mix?
Thanks!
Can you please add a button that pauses the top picture from moving? Like Fox Sports does.
Looks awesome! Well worth the wait!
Looking sharp!
Could we have a voting function for the comments? Maybe even just a “up” and no “down” so I could just press that instead of commenting +1 on comments I really like.
The progressively indented replies are a nice addition.
I like the update, even on my mobile. I would like to see a playoff format or a single table format for the MLS, because this is an American site. Because even the MLS site does not have this all year.
Looks good, I like the update
Whenever I go to a website that has been redesigned, my first reaction is “uh oh”, largely because so many are done poorly.
This one however is done well. Not a MAJOR shift, just bolder photos with the same basic features. Good work Ives and staff.
Love it!
Great update. I approve a whole lot.
I had to check and see if I was on the right web page. Looks much better so far.
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Nice work Ives. Good to see you updating and best wishes for continued success (from a reader who predates your 2008 launch – ah yes the good old NJ days).
Hear, hear!
I liked the old layout better. This new layout is too busy and disorganized.
Hey, slick! Congrats!
I would slow down the pictures on the front page or give the option to pause. It can be hard to even get through a headline before it skips. But overall it looks great.
It does freeze on mouse-over with Firefox – must be browser-specific.
Continuing your status as the best source for news and analysis for the American fan. Keep it up!
To make it easy on the eyes, I think the site should use the same font for the headline text as for the article and comment text.
Also consider whether the headline need to be all cap and/or bold, or just a larger font size.
love it so far. seems to load way faster than the old site.
Awesome
Any plan for iphone app?
This might be the most positive set of comments that I’ve ever seen to a blog/website design change, which means that you should consider the change a huge success. Very well done!
Is there a mobile version, to make my work day less sucky?
Sexy, Ives! Lookin’ Good!! LOL
I love it, sir. Keep up the excellent work.
So far, so good.
like it.
Looks awesome
Thank you! The page loads with the old site were problematic at times.
Very nice look! The old design was simple and to the point and i loved it but SBI was due for a facelift… I like it though. Keep it up Ives!
Mobile version coming soon? Only thing keeping me from making SBI my homepage is a mobile version
On the way.
<3!
Pretty cool. The top part is similar to ESPN’s. Something makes me miss the simplicity of the original however.
The site looks fantastic! Terrific makeover. I would also suggest losing the loud auto-play ads. It makes for a bad user experience.
Congrats, Ives. Long time coming, and looks like it will be worth the wait. Some have mentioned a few links being off — the Chicago Fire blog link on the right is going to a washington(?) blog with no content. Site looks great – good work!
Much better. Congrats, that was well needed.
This site has been a part of my daily since 2008. Thank you and keep up the good work.