In case you hadn’t noticed, C-VILLE Weekly has a new website. And yes, folks, we are very, very proud of it. I know that in the past I’ve given other unsuspecting sites grief about their poor design or oversights in the useful information department (charlottesville.org 1.0, I’m looking at you) when, all the while, my home team website left a lot to be desired. However, while I’ve been known to bite the hand that feeds me on occasion, in this case I somehow managed to keep my choppers to myself.
Having said that, please indulge me for a moment as I turn this column into a blatant advertisement:
If you have a minute today, type yourself on over to our pretty little URL. In place of our simplistic black-and-white design of days gone by, you will find our new, oh-so-subtle blue-and-white color scheme (um, go Carolina?). And, in place of our old, just-the-articles austerity, you’ll now discover articles, calendar listings, dining options, reviews, opinions and even my contact information (just in case you’re inclined to ask me out to dinner).
And before you start giving me grief about the search-related shortcomings of the new site, let me reassure you that the archives are coming, the archives are coming! It’s just that putting 17 years of newspaper content online is going to take a while, O.K.? And believe you me: Not having the archives at the tips of your fingers is just as irritating for me as it is for you. Probably more so. So there.—Nell Boeschenstein
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From the department of shameless self-promotion
In case you hadn\’t noticed, C-VILLE Weekly has a new website. And yes, folks, we are very, very proud of it. I know that in the past I\’ve given other unsuspecting sites grief about their poor design or oversights in the useful information department (charlottesville.org 1.0, I\’m looking at you) when, all the while, my home team website left a lot to be desired. However, while I\’ve been known to bite the hand that feeds me on occasion, in this case I somehow managed to keep my choppers to myself.