WINA has launched a new and improved version of their website, and it’s better than ever. Every couple of years, their website is improved a little bit — they’ve gone from a plain-text no-archival system to a database-driven dynamic site with full news archives. The new site shows fewer stories, but provides links to all items, features their community calendar more strongly, and provides space for their internal promotions. In addition, the new layout is considerably more streamlined.
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- UVa has agreed to drop their ban on signs at athletic events in the face of a threatened wide-scale protest. #
- Here's a previously-promised PSA: Lethal Wrecker is now named "Cavalier Wrecker." #
- The women in my life think it's awesome that Sephora is opening up in Fashion Square. Woo. Hoo. #
- James runs down the best stuff scheduled for this year's Film Fest for Nailgun. #
- Halsey Minor says his Downtown Mall hotel is opening next summer. #
- Remember, moped owners: you've got to register that vehicle. #
- There's DNA evidence in the "Replacement Husband" case. Man, this thing is creepy. #
- Make your home energy efficient, get a one-time 50% city property tax break. #
- My friend Joe Stirt is in the NYT for his habit of working a treadmill. It turns out it's a trend. #
- With the Monticello visitors center having moved, the 20S C'ville/Albemarle visitors center is closing. #
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This is a community news blog about Charlottesville, VA, USA, started in March of 2001. It's run by Waldo Jaquith. It has nothing to do with C-Ville Weekly, the newspaper. Feel free to submit a story.
Here’s some of the changes that I’d love to see WINA make:
But this is mostly picky stuff. It’s a nice looking site.
OK, I need to stop goofing around and get back to work on my finals. :)
John, the webmaster of wina.com, has pointed out (and I think it’s worth passing along) that the major effect of the new site design is to have more than just news. The old site presented lots and lots of news right up front. Good for me, since I’m only interested in news, but not so good for WINA, who does much more than that. So while there is less news on the front page, there’s now the news page, and the front page now showcases more of what WINA does.