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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I dont know if someone will read this but, adding “background-attachment: fixed ” to the CSS will be great, just my 2 cents. I already did it for myself but anyone should have it :)
Anyway, great work
wow!! feel amazed by it!! bt w miss the older version huh!!
wow~ wow~ new front page~!!! it’s very nice!!! ^^ even thought i was a bit lost of how find the thing that i want… great job!!!
Perfect! SSF Jjang!
Will take me a couple of days to get use to things, but once I do I’m sure everything will be fantastic and easy!
Thanks so much for the new layout. It is really pleasing to look at with the nice background and many many pictures. The sidebar is awesome, great way to present the information!! With so many links.. I don’t think I’ll be able to control my addiction to Soshified as well as our 9 girls!
nicely done, the new front page looks really refreshing!
Wow this layout is real cool! Looks so fresh and the pictures of the girls at the side really do refresh my mind. Thanks Soshified Team! You guys are the best. This looks really neat. Especially love the homepage! Soshified jjang! :D
wow this really fantastics!
nice job guys. \(^o^)/
I love the new front page layout!!! It’s clean, sophisticated-looking, and really professional looking.
Especially the first thing I saw were their images at the sides. They are sooo pretty here!!! BTW, WHERE DID you get those images? They really look so lovely here.
HWAITING!!!
It’s really cool ! ^^ Although it is a little confusing at first , but it got really easy to use and view after a few times . The coolest thing is the MORE IN ANNOUNCEMENTS on the bottom left corner , it’s so cool ^^ And the home page is really pretty (:
Very nice. I had troubles in the past digging through old articles. I think it’s better right now.
Good Job!
i really love the new look but i worry for Tiffany if she typed “soshified.com” and this will be the page that she will see. . . you know. . . i mean it’s good if she’s well updated and knows that she can visit the “soshified” that she used to know but, i really don’t think that the “ENTER COMMUNITY FORUMS” is quite noticeable . . . 1) i don’t think that she will see that link OR 2) if ever she sees that link, i don’t think that it will give her the idea that “aha! there’s the shoutbox!” :) . . . unless she knows that it’s actually “soshified.com/forums/” and not just “soshified.com”
Note: i just think that (there’s a 90% chance that) she will type “soshified.com” because maybe she remembers it as “soshified” since it’s just called as soshified not “soshified forums” . . . just my opinion.
same goes for the rest of the girls, not just Tiffany -whom i think visits the most :)
sorry if my comment is long.
The color, the lay-out, soshi, and everything is jjang!! This is awesome! I really love, no seriously love the new portal guys! As a ‘delayed-news-gal’, this will help me now get updated with the news faster! :D
More power and God bless to the Soshified staff!
i love the new page.. <3 it's easier to browse and looks really neat! SNSD & Soshified fighting! :)
COOL! I like the new front page. Looks so fresh like Soshi…
Soshified team you all are the best. Let’s go Soshi! Let’s Go! Let’s Go Soshified! Let’s Go!
JJANG!!!
I am liking the new look. It’s pleasing to the eye, not to shiny that it hurts, nor too dull that it’s boring. The mix of pink and white plus the pictures of the Nine at the side screams ‘Soshified.’
High quality, innovative. And I particularly liked the fact that the forums are still here. XD
Thanks to all those who worked hard for this! :D
i think is cool… but i need to get used to i…. -still trying to find out where the sbox is-
its good to see the new looks.. looking forward to see the new looks of forums.. soshified jjang… thank you for your hard work…
This is so awesome, and I think Soshified seriously sets standards so high for other international forums to follow :) thank you for the wonderful new page! stay fresh!
WOW. This is amazing, it’s convenient to see what’s new on everything related about Soshi. It’s like check the first page first before going to community forums.
Kudos to all who designed, developed and improved this new page. *hands down*
You guys are amazing!
PS
I clicked the community forums, but I’m not yet log in there, I thought If I am ‘in’ here, i’m also ‘in’ in the community forums.
Long time since I’ve been here and WOW! the new theme is sooo cool!! haha… =)))
i’m starting to really really like SNSD :) go Soshified!!!!^^
Good job, Soshified! I seriously like the new portal. Really fresh and I find it really easy to navigate. It’s perfect. Thanks to the best staffs who helped out^^
Wow! XD
You guys really did a great job. I love the whole new page. Amazed at how you guys did it. Real kewl :>
It’s easier and so good to look at! Admins, you guys rock! \m/
Wow, this looks really neat. This really looks like a high quality page, and I really like it. It might take a little while to get used to but I’m sure everyone will start to love it soon. And the best thing of all, we can still go back to the old forum layout which is very nice as well. Thank you everyone who worked on this project!
think its really cool! was kinda afraid of losing the old things, but this is just new and improved…really thanks x10000000 to the awesome admins who keep working on these awesome stuff….definitely will be keeping my luv for the girls strong too, SNSD fighting! (luv the pics at the sides btw ^^ looks fantastik!)