Soshified is pleased to announce that we have launched a brand new front page. On September 3rd, 2011, Soshified added a new, user-friendly news portal as its home page. This new portal will automatically keep users up to date on the latest Girls’ Generation news, and will result in a better experience in terms of finding and reading articles that you are interested in.
The portal was designed with a brighter background and specific font to enhance viewing and reading pleasure. The layout was ordered so members can go directly to what’s important to them and read or watch the latest goods that Soshified has produced, allowing for easier navigation. All nine girls are at either side of the page at all times to keep you company and show you their love. Seohyun’s heart and pure smile is especially addicting.
What’s new about the portal?
On this newly designed front page portal, the biggest announcements are featured at the very top, followed by the most recent Soshified article, as well as the newest articles in each section: news, reviews, features, editorials, translated goodies, and SoShi Styling posts. Newer Soshified articles round out the main section, and members can find past articles in reverse chronological order below that.
The sidebar is kept constantly updated with the latest tweets from Soshified’s official Twitter stream, the newest releases from SoShi Subs, the most recent articles on Soshified, and the latest videos from both Soshi Styling and the official SM Entertainment YouTube page. You can also like Soshified on Facebook, follow Soshified on Twitter, or +1 Soshified on Google. There are also direct links to YesAsia in case you have the urge to buy Girls’ Generation merchandise, and to Soshified’s channels on Dailymotion and YouTube, where many Girls’ Generation videos are located. A box is available for readers to look up past articles on Soshified by month, and links to buy Soshified goodies through CafePress, view Soshified art on DeviantArt, or read about Girls’ Generation fashion on SoShi Styling are below that.
This new home page allows Soshified users to have everything at their fingertips immediately after logging onto Soshified. Readers will not have to click through links that are hard to find and will be able to browse through and read articles easier. And of course, clicking on the “Soshified.com” logo at the very top takes you back to the main page.
Where did the forums go?
The Soshified forums are still around. Just click on the link marked “Go to Community Forums” in the top right corner of the portal. Don’t worry; nothing about the forums have changed. Your favorite discussions, threads, videos, fanfictions, games, downloads, and everything else are still in the same places.
How about within an article?
The sidebar is still present in its full form within an article, so readers do not have to go back to the homepage to read some of the newest features on Soshified. Commenting on articles is also just as easy as before, if not more so. To comment about the article, just click inside the textbox in the reply section below the article, type what you want to say, and hit “Submit Comment”. You can also reply to comments as well. Just click on “Reply” below the comment you want to respond to, and follow the above process.
What’s the stuff at the very bottom?
Below everything at the end of the page, there are three links. “About Soshified” lets you read about Soshified’s history and what Soshified does. “Contact” lets you e-mail Soshified. And “RSS” allows you to view Soshified works in a standard format.
Who designed the new home page and helped to make it all work?
The new visual design was put together by Justin, one of Soshified’s Graphic Designers, who designed the overall theme of the new home page. Pubsquash, one of our Super Moderators, assisted with the theme’s layout, and several other Graphic Designers helped to design the graphics and effects.
On the nuts and bolts side of things, three Tech Admins worked tirelessly to get the new home page up and running. KyopoCanuck did a great deal of work such as preparing infrastructure/servers, fixing bugs, optimizing performance, and integrating systems between the forum and the new portal. Leddy coded the theme itself and also helped to fix bugs. Lastly, grayfm migrated all of the old content to the new WordPress article system on the portal, added the YouTube feeds, and assisted with coding.
Please look around and explore our new home page. We hope that you’re just as excited as we are about this new face of Soshified, and that this new portal serves you well.
Enjoy!
Your Soshified Staff
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Wow~~ what more can I say? It’s pretty, it’s neat.. I just looovvee it!!!! I love itttt I don’t know what to say anymore..
Ohhhh accept.. Great job to all the awesome staffs who’s working on this!! Good job guys!!
WOW! I am amazed to see the new homepage.
Good job guyz :D
Great job to everyone involved; it’s so sleek and pro–looks really awesome! :3
Looking forward to how the forum layout will look now! ^^
Cool i really love the new front page ! ^^
Good job SSF ! :D
Hope the girls will visit SSF soon and check out the new front page :)
Looks really good there team. Great work! :)
i like the new soshified homepage!!!! but i think our girls pic at the header of the homepage should be clear and big~ as long as we can see their face!!! its my opinion!!!! anyway good job soshified!!!!!
Well done on the new layout! Looks so clean & fresh! =D Awesome work, guys!
OMG this is beyond awesome. I am speechless. I love you guys for the amount of work you put in. I’ll explore every bit of it! LOL thank you so much. Fantastic job!
Woah.. It is very simple and easier.. Soshified jjang!!
I think it would be great if there is mobile version. (just my opinion)
wow this is jjang, so this is just the portal homepage right? kudos to the graphic designers and the ssf staff who are working hard behind all of this, and to soy hehe you are the best !! :D
I’m a web developer. and I must really say, this is a really beautiful front page. Well done and kudos to the staffs who made this happened. Awesome job!
It’s really simple now to reading the latest news. Awesome job, Soshified! +1000 point to user friendly interface!
Looking good!
Keep up the good effort.
I LOVE IT!
soshi spazzing made easier by soshified!
thanks for the hard work. :D
i can’t wait for the forums to be revamped too… :P
wow.. I am s0o surprised with new front page.. a while ago there was the old layout..but now just so cool! SSF always the best!!!!
Wow! This is simply awesome :) I love that you guys made this new portal since it’s easier for us to read the latest news, updates about soshified and SNSD. The layout looks amazing! Pink is my fave color so I’m addicted to this already lol I just love how staffs of ssf can think of unique ideas everytime so thank you so much for bringing this improvements that us members will surely appreciate. Soshified is the BEST forum for me, forever. Thanks everyone!
can’t say how proud I am with Soshified, you guys are too awesome for words. Keep up the amazing work!
OMG Soshified staffs you all are unbelievably cool for doing this, the new front page is daebak! It is so freaking beautiful, all of it. Someone tweeted recently that Sones fandom is the most spoiled ever and I must say that person got it right. We are a huge bundle of spoiled lovable fandom in the world, we get the best of the best to keep us pacify for the past 4 years. Even though I’m still new here, I feel so welcome to the best family. Thank you Soshified for being so kind to everyone old and new Sones, you are jjang. :D
oh my!! Congrats SSF. I was surprised when I visit SSF and this appeared^^ Good Job
WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! When I saw the layout I was like WWWWOOOOOWWWW!!!!
I absolutely love this new layout and I’m sure others too. I love that u include the vids, updates, and other soshi related links/affiliates at the side. And I personally found the pop up announcement at the bottom left corner of my screen. SO COOOLLLL!!!!!
Obviously the team had work hard and tirelessly. And all I can say is AWESOME!!!! and THANK U!!!!
Seriously SNSD have the best and most dedicated fans in the world.
SNSD and Sones Jjaang!!!
Really awesome work guys! You’re so fast. Haha! Love the entire home page. xD
My display name at the community forums became my username… D:
Digging the wHole new template <3
Can't wait to explore the new features!
Thanks to all the ssf staff who worked hard for this! It's awesome!
Awesome job, Soshified! I have to say I really like the new portal, it’s really fresh and I find it really easy to navigate. Go Soshified! And thanks to all the jjang staff who helped out!
Kudos to our team!!! I really like our new front page!!! Again, good job guys!!! :D