http://blog.handwire.com/articles/2007/06/11/sb-nation-redesign en-us 40 A blog by Handwire <p>A couple of months ago Handwire was engaged by <a href="http://sbnation.com">SportsBlogs Nation</a> to develop a next generation sports-centric social media platform. Because SB Nation has been alive and growing for years and because it already encompasses more than 100 fan-driven communities with hundreds of thousands of visitors each month we are incredibly excited and a little bit daunted by the challenge. But, as the saying goes, even a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step; and with the relaunch of the <a href="http://sbnation.com">SB Nation</a> portal site last friday night we are proud and happy to say that we have taken that first step.</p> <p>These before and after screenshots speak for themselves:</p> <p><a href="http://blog.handwire.com/files/sbnation_before_and_after.png"><img style='max-width:400px;max-height:500px;' src='http://blog.handwire.com/files/Picture_1.png'></a></p> <p>What a difference some thoughtful design makes!</p> <p>But the redesign is more than just skin deep. Our goal was not only to impress visitors with the breadth and depth of the <a href="http://sbnation.com">SB Nation network</a>, but also to guide visitors towards what makes SB Nation the premier sports blog network: the great writing! To that end we built out some back-end workflows that enable SB Nation editors to highlight the great content that our bloggers and community members create. Check out the <a href="http://sbnation.com/portal/featured">featured posts</a> for a great selection of fan created sports writing.</p> Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:53:00 -0400 urn:uuid:6ebe7833-22c0-401e-9da7-97485a368d98 Pablo Mercado http://blog.handwire.com/articles/2007/06/11/sb-nation-redesign sbnation http://blog.handwire.com/articles/trackback/60