An Update

Hey NBers. I know there's been some unrest here in the forums regarding the new site and the lack of communication with staff. Apologies if it seems we've been unresponsive. Here's some info on where we stand and how you can help out with some beta testing.

The bottom line is that we were screwed by a vendor. The product we were given was not the product we requested - aesthetically or functionally. The upgrade took far longer than it should have, and encountered problems that were easily avoidable. And even after the new site went live, NB staffers were contractually forbidden from making many of the changes we knew needed to be made until the vendor was completely finished with the site (which itself took far longer than it should have). Believe it or not, we are still waiting to regain full control over some of the site's functions.

That said, we have been doing some work behind the scenes in anticipation of getting the keys back. To that end, you are all invited to do some beta test work for our initial revision to this new design.

To do so, you will need to use either Firefox or Google Chrome. To start, download the Stylish add-on. You can find the Firefox version here and the Chrome version here. Once installed, click "add new style" and paste in the code below. One you do you will be able to see some the changes we will be implementing. Keep in mind that we are nowhere near finished revising this site design. We have a long list of other changes still to be made. This is just to give you a rough idea of what the site layout will look like after we are able to really get to work on it.

Thank you all for your patience in this transition. I know it's been frustrating - for us too, believe me. I just wanted to reassure everyone that we have been hearing your concerns and that we plan on addressing as many of them as we can as quickly as we can.

Lachlan
 

@-moz-document domain("newsbusters.org") {

body {
background: #ddd !important;
}


#main-content p, #main-content li, #main-content blockquote {
font: normal 12pt times new roman!important;
line-height: 140% !important;
margin-bottom: 14px !important;
}

#main-content li {
margin-left: 30px !important;
}

#main-content h2 {
font-size: 200% !important;
}

#interad {
text-align: center;
}


#container{
width: 85% !important;
max-width: 1300px !important;
min-width: 985px !important;
}

#top-shortcuts {
margin-right: 2.2% !important;
}

#leaderboard {
width: 77% !important;
text-align: center !important;
margin: 6px 0px  !important;
padding: 0px !important;
/* border: solid 1px black; */
}

#branding {
float: left !important;
width: 55% !important;
min-width: 404px !important;
/* border: solid 1px green; */
text-align: center !important;
margin: 0px !important;
}


#header-blocks, #top-follow {
float: right !important;
}

#header-blocks {
margin-left: 0px !important;
width: 59px !important;
}

#top-follow {
}

.jcarousel-container {
width: 95% !important;
}

.jcarousel-clip-horizontal {
width: 100% !important;
}


#viewscarousel-TopSlider-block_1, .jcarousel-item  {
 overflow: visible !important;
}

.jcarousel-skin-tango .views-field-title, .jcarousel-skin-tango .views-field-field-subheadline-value {
width: 120px !important;
}

.jcarousel-item  {
width: 240px !important;
}

.views-field-field-mainphoto-fid {
text-align: center !important;
}

.addtoany span {
display: none;
}

ul.links, ul.links li, ul.links li a, .statistics_counter span {
font: normal 14px sans-serif !important;
}

.node ul.links li {
padding: 0px !important;
}

ul.links, ul.links li {
overflow: hidden !important;
}

}