Comments on: BBC website gets a redesign

By: Dean Beedell

Dean Beedell — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:22:33 +0000

We have a nice free fix to the awful BBC news website, it requires Firefox, greasemonkey and the following script. It makes the ‘monstrous’ carbuncle of the new BBC news website look like the previous incarnation with a nice side menu bar, verdana font and it removes all the recent accretions. The greasemonkey script can be found by looking for the facebook site “The new BBC news website looks awful”

By: Paul Horridge

Paul Horridge — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:41:28 +0000

Saqib Agha, it was mentioned in a conference last year that they use the Zend Framework (http://www.zend.com/en/).

The conference was http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/london/speakers/

By: Saqib Agha

Saqib Agha — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:42:00 +0000

Hi,
Can any body tell me please , what did they use to build it? is it Liferay, dupal like something? or any other opensource php kit? please help me knowin this.

Regards
Saqib

By: Web Design Lincolnshire

Web Design Lincolnshire — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:43:32 +0000

I like the new design, it is fresh, clean and easy to use. Navigation and accessibility are very important especially on the BBC website. This is a massive website.

By: Eamon

Eamon — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:00:28 +0000

I think the design is up-to-scratch. However, I find that it is impossible to post comments. There seems to be a time-out or something that I haven’t come across on other sites.

But let’s not forget that the BBC is ultimately about – and should ultimately be about – one thing: creating and broadcasting programmes that are creative, original and different!

By: Paul Horridge

Paul Horridge — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:56:17 +0000

…Actually rethinking my question; It’s probably to maintain columns if the style sheets are disabled + could be more efficient to develop with table layout with frequently changing content.

By: Paul Horridge

Paul Horridge — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:24:45 +0000

Nice design with a nice blend of new functionality – I want to know why they have used a table rather than a div on the News homepage for the main content, anybody know why?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:07:21 +0000

The redesign is being heavily criticized by readers and they are right.
Characters are too large, too thin. Can’t resize fonts properly. Fixed width design. Layout is too wide. This redesign was not tested enough.

By: Patrick Altoft

Patrick Altoft — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:02:45 +0000

They probably do it in house quite cost effectively. Money well spent if you ask me, the site is excellent.

By: Martaay

Martaay — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:33:07 +0000

looks good! any word on how much licence payers money was put to use on it?