"scotsman.com will soon be getting a new look - and from today, you can access a beta version of the redeveloped website at beta.scotsman.com. "
http://news.scotsman.com/thescotsman/Changes-coming-to-scotsmancom-.6847747.jp
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New Scotsman web site
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Posted 12 years ago #
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It still looks horrible. It's still covered in enormous adverts (including those terrible rollover popups). It's still not clear to navigate. It's still the Scotsman.
Wonder if their journalism standards also being redeveloped?*
*doubt it
Posted 12 years ago # -
It seems to be some kind of generic 'newspaper hsoting' software that they use. I have seen several other local rag websites that are exactly the same as The Scotsman - just as clunky, just as inflexible.
Looks like they are just upgrading to v1.1
Posted 12 years ago # -
I have seen several other local rag websites that are exactly the same as The Scotsman
Probably published by the same group, they run lots of regional newspapers in England too.
Posted 12 years ago # -
As with other Scottish newspaper websites, it would appear that a disproportionate amount of the page is given over to coverage of sport (where sport = 22 grown men chasing around a field for a bag of wind).
Posted 12 years ago # -
"it would appear that a disproportionate amount of the page is given over to coverage of sport"
Even more curious is the fact that for many years newspapers have somehow failed to attract advertising to the sports pages.
So advertisers either think that most people don't look at the sports pages - or don't buy things.
Curious priorities for businesses that rely on advertising to pay for the content and printing of so many pages!
Posted 12 years ago # -
A bit of a mess, isn't it?
Posted 12 years ago #
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