Lots of updates for the new school year (oops did you already go back last week? Sorry, we’ve been so busy, we didn’t notice the calendar flip over to September).
We’ve launched the new design for the Challenge Machine – we hope you like it. Along with making the site look fresher and more friendly, we’ve also tidied up the layouts (where things are put on the page) and the navigation (how you move around from page to page) so that (we hope) the site is easier to use. Give it a few days and then let us know what you think (you can add a comment here, or you can use the new contact form on the site).
Along with the new designs comes several new features…
Recommendations
A prominent feature of the new design is the “Most recommended” which appears on both the “home page” and the main “Explore” page. You can recommend any challenges that you have taken – and the challenges that have been recommended the most (in the last two weeks) get onto the home page. You can also view someone else’s recommendations – if you like some of their challenges, you will probably like the other ones.
Widgets and sharing challenges
Another feature of the new design is that challenges are displayed as little boxes, with a preview of the design of the first page. These boxes are also usable as “widgets” on other sites. It’s a tiny bit techy, but by copying the widget code, you can display a challenge on your site or blog. There’s a “Share this” link on every challenge page that gives you the code. If you just want to email a link it gives you that as well.
Feedback and contact
We’ve also got a feedback button on every challenge – at present all you can let the moderators know that a challenge is inappropriate. We’ve also added a contact form for letting us know about problems, questions or your ideas.
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