Design With a Purpose. Our Focus on YOU Continues.

byCarson

2.4M followers

Updated 11 years ago

Happy new year!

Oh wait, it's already the middle of January and I'm just blogging for the first time today? Well we've been working on something extensive in the background, and today is the day we launched a massive update to WA!

It's January 2014 and as we bring in the new year we are kicking things off by making our largest update to the Community ever. We have re-designed the look, the feel, and how many aspects of the community work and function.

We want 2014 to be the biggest the most successful year yet for everyone here at WA, and there is no better way to do that then jump start things with a massive update to the members area its self!

We've listened...

We've heard your voice...

We've taken notes...

We've simplified...

We've evolved...

We've designed with a purpose..

Designing with a Purpose...YOU!

I loved the previous version of WA and for two years the design was awesome. I learned to love how things worked and was very comfortable with it. However, Wealthy Affiliate has grown, we've become more active, more helpful, more engaging and as a community we've all become better at building our online businesses.

As the community grows, we require changes to allow for better organization so that we can all make better use of the community, find what we are looking for faster, and get more help than ever. Our focus has been on simplification and putting the things that are most used at your fingertips at all times.

Those who engage in Wealthy Affiliate succeed. It's as simple as that. We want to create more success by making it easier to get help and to find the training, tools, support, coaching, and answers you are looking for.

We have incorporated many member requests and feel that the new Wealthy Affiliate is gong to accomplish many of our intended goals.

I am going to be blogging a number of times explaining changes to the many updated aspects of Wealthy Affiliate in the coming days and weeks. Today I want to get started by telling you about the changes to the header and main menu!

The Main Header

Getting the help you need to build your online business requires you to be able to find what you are looking for quickly and efficiently. The first thing you may notice in the new header is that there is a Search Box always visible. I don't know how many times a day I share content at WA within blogs, discussions or Private Messages. One of my biggest requests was a search box that was always there for me to use.

From the main search box at the top of every page you can quickly ask questions and create discussions if you do not find what you are looking for.

Go ahead and give the search box a try. Ask a question, enter a phrase that you are wanting more information on, or enter the name of a fellow member. You will most likely find exactly what you are looking for. If not, then fill out a few more details and post a Discussion to Classrooms and get help within minutes!

New Header Icons

There are now a new set of header icons found to the right of the search box. These include:

• Your Vegas Incentive Countdown (# of referrals until you make it to the Las Vegas Conference!)
• Your Followers
• Activity (Also known as Notifications)
• Messages (Private Messaging)
• Quick Access (Create Training, Write Blog, Build a Website)
• Your WA Member Rank
• Your Profile (Profile, Account Settings, Logout)

Typography

You'll notice that we've updated the font styles and typography to a much more current and easy to read. We've put a lot of time into simplifying the important part of every page within the community and this started with choosing new styles to make things easier to read.

We've taken into consideration that many people use Wealthy Affiliate on their mobile devices too. WA is now easier than ever on an iPhone, iPad, or other smart phone or tablet. We've made the full version of Wealthy Affiliate mobile friendly so that all features are available on any device.

From the buttons, to the design of the header, to breadcrumbs, input fields, and forms, we have been meticulous with the design to make Wealthy Affiliate as easy to use as possible. You will always know where you are and how to get back to where you were! The most used features of Wealthy Affiliate are only one click away and this alone makes this update our most user friendly and functional yet!

There are many new and improved areas of the community which I will be blogging about soon. We have not left anything out from the previous version of WA, but if you're wondering where something went, or how to do something, please just let us know and we can explain where it went!

This is in Preparation for 2014/2015!

With a release like this there are going to be things that we find that we want to tweak and improve. In the coming days any inefficiencies or design issues will be sorted out as we find them.

Kyle and I are really excited to release this at the beginning of the year and really kick start 2014 with a bang!

We look forward to hearing what you think, leave us your comments below!

Carson