• Well, it’s been hinted at, whispered about in dark alleys, and speculated for months now. But today, we can finally reveal that yes, News Askew will be reborn with a complete redesign tomorrow night (if final testing and preparations go well for the remainder of today & tomorrow). This project represents the culmination of almost six months of work, most of which took place in our spare time between our regular jobs, regular lives, and the maintaining of the CURRENT News Askew. Those things coupled with the immense amount of rework on the new site are why things took so long (we’ll explain more after the site is live).

That being said, we’re very proud and excited about the new site. We feel that we’ve taken all the best elements of the page and made it even better. We’ll be offering a couple features that we’ve dreamed about adding for years now. Even better, the site design allows for faster modification, easier access, and interactive participation.

Of course, with new technology always comes the potential for problems, and, while we have tested things fairly thoroughly, we will give you a few words of caution. First of all, PLEASE upgrade to the latest verison of your browser software, whatever it may be. We recommend Internet Explorer only because it’s what we developed on and tested more completely with. The latest version of Netscape Navigator should also work just fine for you. Next, if you are running at a screen resolution of lower than 800×600 pixels (Set in your Display Properties under Control Panel for a lot of you Windows users), set it to AT LEAST that setting (though the site looks best at 1024×768). While you’re in there, set your color depth to at least High Color (16-bit) if available. If you do these things, you’ll be ready to experience the new site in its ideal form. The design was done with a PC in mind, so WebTV & Apple computer users, keep those fingers crossed.

Tomorrow night, we’re not sure when, News Askew will disappear for a bit as we transfer over the new design. We’ve never done such a massive update before, so we can’t be sure how long it will take. Please don’t be alarmed if you see a message letting you know we’re temporarily gone. We promise, we’ll be back soon. We’re very excited about finally unveiling what we’ve worked so hard on in the past months. Hopefully, it’ll all be worth it.