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Make Money Online » Will You Reboot on May 1st? — Mon, 01 May 2006 08:00:52 +0000

[...] Will You Reboot on May 1st? This post has been submitted by regular contributor – Aaron Brazell There’s been an unofficial holiday on the web for the past 6 years or so. It’s called the May 1st reboot and it refers to the date that web designers have chosen as “spring cleaning” day. The day is used to go through websites […] [...]

By: Derek Punsalan

Derek Punsalan — Mon, 01 May 2006 02:05:01 +0000

Just launched my reboot. ;)

By: Phu

Phu — Mon, 01 May 2006 00:16:01 +0000

“I found that the architecture of my blog had backed me into a corner. I found I could no longer effectively present older content, new content and that ad placement was not effectively optimized.”

Good point; a lot of people confuse design with style instead of understanding that design is all about communicating, interacting and presenting information from the author to the intended audience. I’m distinctly conscious that the design of my site not only has an impact on how readers access information but also on the way I produce content.

“Will You Reboot on May 1st?”

I already have:)

By: IceMan

IceMan — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:17:06 +0000

yeah im considering a “reboot” on my sites design

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:31:09 +0000

The only thing that I know of that is happening here in the United States on May 1st is the great illegal immigrant boycott. My thoughts on that – BRING IT ON.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:40:14 +0000

Metalunderground.com will be rebooting for its 5th anniversary! If you’ve got a site you need to cleanup and redesign, you might as well participate in a reboot, since it’s free promotion and links back to your site.

By: Susan Reynolds

Susan Reynolds — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:14:07 +0000

I’m at least kicking the idea around – and I’ve done some pre-May tweaks. But honestly planning to do this really seems too much like work.If I just on the spur of the moment decided to spend six hours obsessing about which shade of pale pale pale greyed down green works for the background – well that’s not work.

This is probably why I had to laugh when I read Derek’s:
“I’m one of the types that most bloggers should avoid. The type that is constantly changing the layout and content presentation on a page. . . .The issue with constant redesigns is that readers who visit your page, rather than subscribing to your feed, will often find themselves disoriented.”

My visitors are probably disoriented anyhow so they probably wouldn’t notice a difference in these miniscule “refinements” that I make while (probably) leaving big gaping design faux pas sticking out like a sore thumb.

By: MeBlogger

MeBlogger — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:08:34 +0000

strictly noooooo.

By: Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum

Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:06:08 +0000

Spring Cleaning in Cyberspace

I haven’t organized myself to the point of planning on the reboot day which the bloggosphere does kind of informally each May first. Probably because it sounds too much like work if planned. Apparently I understood on some level the need to put a fres…

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:33:28 +0000

Andy: That would just be a ‘boot’. :D
Vivek: Thanks for the heads up. It looks like Darren made the edit for me while I slept. ;-)

By: mark

mark — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:54:15 +0000

Darren, you mis-typed the CSS REBOOT url within this text..

“being organized over at CSS Reboot. While I’ve”

No time to reboot this year. :(

By: vivek

vivek — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:43:38 +0000

Anyways 1st may is compulsory reboot for me as it is going to be my birthday :)

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:05:17 +0000

Nah, spring cleaning a blog is far more fun – less messy (at least, in terms of dust).

By coincidence (I’d totally forgotten the CSS Reboot date) we’re officially launching a site on May 1st – not sure if it counts as a reboot if it’s new, though.

By: brem

brem — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:02:28 +0000

I reboot constantly

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:32:48 +0000

I barely have time to do a spring cleaning on my house, let alone my websites….

By: sg GOD

sg GOD — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:13:21 +0000

I just started a new site. So NO near future plans.

By: Derek Punsalan

Derek Punsalan — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:13:36 +0000

I’m planning on a reboot for May 1st. Actually, I must admit, I’ve jumped the gun and thrown up something new earlier than expected. I’m one of the types that most bloggers should avoid. The type that is constantly changing the layout and content presentation on a page. I’m going to try my best to stick with the current look for a few months without touching a thing. The issue with constant redesigns is that readers who visit your page, rather than subscribing to your feed, will often find themselves disoriented. Anyway.. I can’t wait for the 1st to roll around. There are a number of fantastic designers out there that seem to pull magic out of the designer hat. I’m still trying to find mine.