Fresh New Look

Abe Olandres August 1, 2015 · 1 min read

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This has long been overdue but we’ve finally managed to move to our new site design after over a year of planning and coordination.

This includes a slight change in the logo with a flat two-color theme (which we’ve actually been using for over a year in calling cards and several collaterals).

The layout is not yet completely finished so there will be a bit of changes in the coming days as we iron out the kinks and optimize the layout. You should also see a more streamlined mobile version. Some links in the navigation are not yet working but we should be 95% complete by this week-end.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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70 Comments

Ace · 11 years ago

NOT A FAN of the new layout/design of Yugatech. I like the previous (simpler) layout better. I used to check both Yugatech and Unbox.PH everyday, but since the redesign, i barely check Yugatech anymore, probably once a week nalang at most. The new design turns me off because it’s so complicated, harder to navigate and THERE’S SO MUCH CLUTTER! ANG KALAT KALAT tingnan! This makes me so sad and frustrated because this used to be my favorite tech blog, but now…..

waitingforgold · 11 years ago

yugatech + Ads = yugaMess

Ace · 11 years ago

I TOTALLY AGREE!!! ANG KALAT KALAT TINGNAN DIBA?? YugaMESS nga ang nangyari. :((

Dude · 11 years ago

Nalilito po ako sa layout ng web lalo on yung mga on-your-face ads. Then again, wala naman kaming magagawa dyan as readers. :(

Ace · 11 years ago

may magagawa ka. pero nasayo na kung gagawin mo. ako nainis talaga ako sa bagong layout nitong yugatech kaya imbis na araw araw ko tingnan gaya ng dati ngayon mga once a week nalang, minsan nga parang ayaw ko pa dahil alam ko maiinis lang ako. madami naman ibang tech blogs gaya ng unbox.ph, techpinas, etc.

sana talaga, maibalik nalang sa dati, or maayos man lang sana para hindi magulo, makalat tingnan na grid na may pasulpot sulpot na ads.

bern · 11 years ago

where is the topic’s badge that shows the number of comments. As a reader, one that piques my interest before opening a particular topic is the number of comment it gets.

Sometimes, reading comments is more interesting than the topic per se and we cannot deny on occasion the fact that we find ourselves amused with those unwarranted retort among irrational readers exchanging recriminations. I couldn’t help but laugh and frown on.

Jayson Gumanid · 11 years ago

kudos!!!

Kenneth · 11 years ago

Ang downside lang neto eh yung comparison keme. Naka mobile lang ako kaya di magfit yung comparison na ginagawa nyo sa screen. Hirap ng mano-mano :3

deuts · 11 years ago

Finally a new look! And now it’s using a wider screen. Thank you Yugatech. Congrats! :D

Nemo · 11 years ago

Yun sponsors sa right side sagabal PA rin

Joe · 11 years ago

At least it’s mobile friendly now.

www.kusina101.com · 11 years ago

your floating ads on mobile is so irritating. cant even close it. you should consider placing it somewhere else or totally delete it.

cluttered · 11 years ago

ang gulo IMHO. di mo alam kung anong uunahin, daming pics. CLUTTERED.

Daniel Escasa · 11 years ago

Milhouse, the site asked me to choose a login ID, chose Google Plus – if that’s not obvious :)

Good job on making the site more mobile-friendly, although posting this comment broke it slightly – the comment box is too wide, and messes up the display so it scrolls horizontally. Fixed that by zooming out. A future update should fix that, although it’s not *that* big of an issue

Milhouse · 11 years ago

How about changing your comments section to DISQUS or a message board where users can use their FACEBOOK account?

Mikoy · 11 years ago

Congrats yugatech!

Mikoy · 11 years ago

Congrats yugatech!!! ????????????

Krung Kring · 11 years ago

Magulo ang lay-out. Para na syang GSM Arena..mas malinis pa nga lay out ng gsmarena. Mas ok yung old design..simple, madali mahanap mga topics, etc. Now..sabog lahat

tigidong · 11 years ago

yay!! ang gulo ng bagong design, OK pa yung dati. parang GSMArena lang, nag-iba ng UI, pero gumulo lang, naglabu-labo!

tigidong · 11 years ago

oh! pati yung commenter’s name (or alias, whatever you call it), nagiging CAPITAL LETTERS lahat kahit naka small letters nung tinype?

Jerome · 11 years ago

I’m on mobile and find it awesome. Congrats!

Robin · 11 years ago

almost similar to Unbox

lol · 11 years ago

i’m gonna miss your simple blog layout, but cheers for moving forward to a proper website layout

Reader · 11 years ago

Finally, a YT layout compatible with mobile devices. You still need to fix the design more because it looks cluttered iMO, but good job so far.

Jackpot · 11 years ago

Very cluttered. I don’t know where to look first.

mackyangeles · 11 years ago

Originality? Sooooooooooo The Verge. Nice one YugaTech :|

victor · 11 years ago

Nadali mo sir hawig na hawig ng The Verge.

klky · 11 years ago

ung kay pinoyscreencast ginaya niya din ung android authority e. malamang nagusap usap na tong mga to e

Nagmamagaling · 11 years ago

In the blog owners’ defense, you really can’t blame them for having a site somehow identical to another site specially a very well known international website. Both YugaTech, PinoyScreencast and even Unbox use the WordPress blogging platform to run their blogs like thousands if not millions of other websites.

YugaTech uses a paid WordPress theme called NewsCore ($58/795 Sales) which may have been based on The Verge while PSC uses a theme called Engine ($63/778 Sales) which may have been based on Android Authority. And since these themes were bought from an online theme store, it’s inevitable that these sites will have a lot of look-alikes and by a lot, I mean hundreds if not thousands.

You can never have a unique/original-looking blog unless you pay someone to develop your WordPress theme for you which could be very expensive as it will require days, weeks and even months of coding to perfect your very own WordPress theme. This could cost you up to tens of thousands of Pesos. Compared to just buying a ready made theme for less than $100 dollars, you really can’t blame YugaTech for going this route. Of course you could also make your own theme if you have the skills. Now, it’s up to YugaTech to tweak and edit their chosen theme to make it more unique and original.

My only wish is that Yugatech would minimize their use of annoying advertisements. :D