7 May
Mark’s Daily Apple Redesign Finally Coming!
The long awaited redesign of Mark’s Daily Apple is almost here. Yesterday I tweeted to all my fellow tweeters a screenshot of the redesign (follow me on Twitter for exclusive updates!). Today it’s your turn. Below you’ll find an image of the new and improved Mark’s Daily Apple (click on it for the full size). I’ve only included the one truncated image because I don’t want to give everything away just yet. You’ll have to wait until Monday for the unveiling, a video from yours truly and an introduction to all the new features and changes.
I’d love to hear your first impressions in the comment board. Thanks!
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Holy crap that’s awesome! Looks great, Mark. Can’t wait to see it in action.
Looks great. I’ll miss the brick red color though.
Looks more professional – almost swanky
I like the tabs at the top (wish I could click them now! Especially the “Forum” tab!).
It’s looking good! I like your indigenous people’s squat photo in your “birthday shoes” (I’m guessing you’ll rotate a few shots up there?).
Also am pumped to see you’ll have a search box (connected to Google site search?) and a handy navigation menu that includes your more popular posts.
Overall looks pretty clean! The green apple color may take some getting used to, but change is good. Are you going to throw a widget that puts up your latest “tweet” in the sidebar?
FYI – The image of me doing the Grok squat in the header changes every time you reload the page. The images will be of me and my friends/family living the Primal lifestyle. I plan on adding new photos fairly regularly. Check back on Monday to see the rest of the pics.
Good questions, Justin. Yes, better navigation, Google style search results, and tweets will be in the sidebar.
WOW MARK – NOW THAT’S ABOVE IMPRESSIVE!!!
I love that pic. of you on the beach, it says in itself, a fun place to be, which is exactly what MDA is-FUN!
I’ll be on the lookout Monday and can’t wait to see it all, one word description-AWESOME!!
Very well designed, it seems easy to see everything at once!
Thanks Mark for bringing back the forum!!
Great look Mark, but your knees are tracking in, flare them out more, and get those heels on the ground.
Looks great! I love that you are incorporating pictures of you and your family, and adding a forum. Very Nice!
Looks awesome. Love the layout. The only thing that would make me happier is a solid publication date for your book!
Looks clean! I like it.
I don’t see a recipe tab…please please please tell me recipes will be broken out individually and easy to find!
Can’t wait for the book!
I heart MDA. It’s new incarnation may attact more readers and therefore get the PB word out. Looking forward to the forum, a recipe section and more great photos- esp. of the personal variety which really helps folks feel connected to you, your staff and the PB lifestyle and community.
what about a handy “print this post” button? you’ve got some fabulous recipes that i want to print (at least to a pdf) but i don’t necessarily want the comments. otherwise, looks great.
Forums… Hooray!!!
Looks good so far.
Can’t wait to pre-order The Primal Blueprint too!
Looks Great. The Black and Green is the best. Can’t wait to see it fully functional.
Congratulations! A very clean and professional looking design.
And – I also see that we will be able to Pre-Order your new book. I will be one of the first to do that.
Can’t wait.
Awesome! Cannot wait to see it (and the book, and forums)
Yes, recipes will be easy to find in the sidebar, via the new search engine, the sitemap or by category. Also, there will be a Primal recipes section in the forum where people can publish their own creations.
“Print this post” is included, Jennifer.
I like it a lot. I love the combination of black and light green. Have you considered extending the black frame to the rest of the page?
I also noticed the link to a forum, which is great.
SerialSinner –
The black, green and off-white extend to the edge of the window.
Great, Mark!
This is perhaps the final boost (the inclusion of the recipes tab, for further simplification) that will help me off my butt and including more primal foods into daily nutrition.
Of course there’s the Tahoe Endurance 50k, but otherwise I’ll be primal (then again there is the Tarahumara, my bad, so maybe I’m good).
Looks great, Mark. Very modern and up to date. Will the little cartoon ‘Mark’ be making an appearance on the new site or have you retired him?
I’m mostly excited to pre-order your new book!
- Jude
Jhound – That’s what this is all about. Helping people go Primal. I hope you find it makes it that much easier.
Jude – It looks like the cartoon has been retired for now. But who knows? It might just pop up time and again. We’ll see…
Wow Mark,
great job and design. I can wait to browse this new site on monday. Are we going to be able to pre-order your book on monday to?
Yes, the book will be available for pre-order on Monday.
First 1000 will get Free Shipping and Handling and an autographed copy from me.
Estimated ship date is a couple weeks after the launch.
I’m glad you’re all excited about the redesign and the book. Tell your friends and family!
An overall improvement in my opinion. Though I liked the caricature a lot!
The photo in the header could be a little bit more stylish. Maybe some fisheye photography of the same scene would do it.
Andreas -
Yes, I’ll be playing around with the photo style. We’re getting started with a handful of basic Primal photos, but I may change the style/direction at any time.
Good thought. Thanks!
Great design and good luck Mark.
Personally, I would keep the cartoon. There is something a bit naive or even “primal” in it. The new design is more “clean” but the old apple dude is smiling…
Looking forward for the book.
Thanks for your thought, Dael. Yeah, a lot of thought was put into the direction we take the new design. I worked with some great blog designers on this and at the end of the day we decided to try something a little newer, fresher, more modern. I like the think the new design will grow on people just like this one has for some people.