When websites change (blogs or normal websites) it can take a while for people to adjust to it. Even though the site owner may have been planning these changes for quite some time and even maybe previewing them, for everyone else it is a change that is being forced on them that no one asked for.
How do people go about changing the look of their blogs/sites without it having a negative impact on your userbase?
I used to love the website UK Business Forum (http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/) - Full of amazing content and it was easy to start threads and get replies and then one day the entire site changed. Not just in how it looks but also in functionality as well. I got error message when I went to do things I used to do and I found the website slower to load and harder to navigate. Sadly it really put me off using the site but maybe there was some great reason for why the change had to happen.
With TMS I have plans and ideas I want to implement but I believe if I do it all in one big swoop it will have a negative effect on how people view the site. Then there is how Google reacts to change in regards to the layout of a site (although maybe if the sitemap stays the same it doesn't change)
Has anyone had any experience of changing how their Blog/Website looks and works and what happened afterwards?
How do people go about changing the look of their blogs/sites without it having a negative impact on your userbase?
I used to love the website UK Business Forum (http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/) - Full of amazing content and it was easy to start threads and get replies and then one day the entire site changed. Not just in how it looks but also in functionality as well. I got error message when I went to do things I used to do and I found the website slower to load and harder to navigate. Sadly it really put me off using the site but maybe there was some great reason for why the change had to happen.
With TMS I have plans and ideas I want to implement but I believe if I do it all in one big swoop it will have a negative effect on how people view the site. Then there is how Google reacts to change in regards to the layout of a site (although maybe if the sitemap stays the same it doesn't change)
Has anyone had any experience of changing how their Blog/Website looks and works and what happened afterwards?