Thank you for your patience this weekend as we had a short “content lock” and welcome to the redesigned OMAAT site! In the 13 years that I’ve been writing this blog, this is only the second real redesign ever. It’s been in development for a long time and I hope our readers enjoy it. Yes, there is a completely new look, but much more important, the new page should be significantly more functional than the old one, especially for the readers, but also for us in the backend. In the coming days I’ll be writing more about individual elements of the new site (including our new OMAAT status levels!), But just wanted to cover a few highlights for now as you navigate the new site. The site has a new structureAs you may notice, the structure of the website is a little different. If you go to the OMAAT homepage, you’ll see that it is no longer just showing the latest posts (although the five most recent posts are always on the top right of the page), but rather that it is supposed to be a better resource page. Why? Well, we’re trying to make the site more accessible – both for regular readers and new readers. They could get a story link from a friend or find an article on Google that they like, but then they are confused when they find out that the next post is from a fake African airline and the post after that is from a 64 year old Freight plane flies over my house (okay, I guess that kind of sums up what OMAAAT is). We also wanted to make it easier to find reviews, guides, and other resources. There are tens of thousands of posts on OMAAT and I continue to write ~ 50 posts a week which can make it difficult for people who don’t check in every day. We’ve grouped content into key sections (News, Reviews, Offers, Guides, Insights / Adventure) to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for. But don’t worry, of course our long-time readers are most important to us:
The page has a newly designed comment functionThe biggest change I want to highlight is our new OMAAT community / comment system. We are really proud of this, and I think frequent commentators (and those who like friendly dialogue) will appreciate it. It is important to me that people can communicate with each other on the blog, but I also know that the internet can be a toxic place. We hope we have developed a comment system that encourages helpful and friendly discussions. A couple of things to consider:
At the bottom of each post, you’ll see some of the most helpful comments (as you picked!), And then you’ll find that a full window opens up showing the rest of the comments. We’ve replaced the standard “blog sidebar” with this comment section, and hope this will add meaning to the conversations between readers and encourage more people to participate. Bottom lineThe new OMAAT website is finally live. As you can see, this is a major overhaul, both in terms of design and functionality. I know changes can be difficult so please be patient with us – we will still be tweaking some more, there will be changes in the coming days, and I’m sure there will still be a few kinks to be solved. However, we’re excited and proud of the new site and especially the new comments feature that I think will make things better here. As always, thanks for reading! Via https://globalconnekt.com/welcome-to-the-new-omaat/
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