Very nice site, i like the update. The news page was always old and never really looked anywhere near as decent as the front page, not sure how the website cost them £110 Million a year though.
Looks good to me but they appear to stopped you 'mix and matching' the local news and the weather.
I can have my local news but the weather from 20 miles away OR my local weather but the news from 40 miles away.
Seems a definite step backwards.
Works fine for me.
1) on the homepage, click edit next to the Weather gadget, enter postcode.
2) save settings when prompted
3) go onto news homepage and down to "UK News" with bluey background, click edit location, enter postcode, save settings = done!
I imagine once people get used to the new look they will be fine with it. Does somewhat smack of change for change's sake. But I suppose they have to spend their £150 million interweb budget somehow]
1) on the homepage, click edit next to the Weather gadget, enter postcode.
2) save settings when prompted
3) go onto news homepage and down to "UK News" with bluey background, click edit location, enter postcode, save settings = done!
My weather and news is fine.
But it tells me that the postcode is shared between the news and weather site, so I can't have different ones, and with my postcode I get Derby news when I've only been to Derby twice in my life. I want Sheffield news, weather for my North Derbyshire address, and I'd like my Chesterfield FC news back too ...
Very nice site, i like the update. The news page was always old and never really looked anywhere near as decent as the front page, not sure how the website cost them £110 Million a year though.
That's old figures! Gone up since then.
Apparently the BBC spends £199.3 million for online services last financial year 2009/10
BBC websites cost users 67p per month
The BBC spent £199.3m on its BBC Online service in 2009/10, according to its annual report - 12% more than the previous year.
The outlay is 6% of the £142.50 annual licence fee, or the equivalent of £0.67 per month…
BBC websites cost users 67p per month - the Guardian
The ammount I use the site, seems like good value to me. Certainly beats paying the likes of the Times a £1 a day.
One thing I will say, the white gap is a bit odd to the right hand side. Looking at the dimensions, I wonder if they will allign the things like the media player and quotes under the right hand side "related stories" bit.
Guess it's teething problems though, and should be fixed soon.
But it tells me that the postcode is shared between the news and weather site, so I can't have different ones, and with my postcode I get Derby news when I've only been to Derby twice in my life. I want Sheffield news, weather for my North Derbyshire address, and I'd like my Chesterfield FC news back too ...
Guess it depends on where you live, I live in Coventry and it displays the news perfectly fine.
But it tells me that the postcode is shared between the news and weather site, so I can't have different ones, and with my postcode I get Derby news when I've only been to Derby twice in my life. I want Sheffield news, weather for my North Derbyshire address, and I'd like my Chesterfield FC news back too ...
Perhaps it's just Derbyshire then. If I put in my postcode I get the news for Stoke (which is over 40 miles away) but the weather for South Derbyshire.
The homepage looks ok but the news pages look dreadful. It was much more streamlined before whereas now it just looks like a huge chunk of different things just put all together in a big block. It's probably enough to stop me using it.
The menus remind me a bit of the News Channel graphics (which I also hate). Its a shame really as I thought the old news site was pretty much perfect, same with the News Channel before the rebrand. Same goes with the Digitalspy rebrand.
But it tells me that the postcode is shared between the news and weather site, so I can't have different ones, and with my postcode I get Derby news when I've only been to Derby twice in my life. I want Sheffield news, weather for my North Derbyshire address, and I'd like my Chesterfield FC news back too ...
Serves you right then!!
I like the new site. But it's in the style of the new Sky and CNN looks.
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Hopefully it's just a temporary thing and will be fixed soon.
I can have my local news but the weather from 20 miles away OR my local weather but the news from 40 miles away.
Seems a definite step backwards.
Works fine for me.
1) on the homepage, click edit next to the Weather gadget, enter postcode.
2) save settings when prompted
3) go onto news homepage and down to "UK News" with bluey background, click edit location, enter postcode, save settings = done!
My weather and news is fine.
[Edit to add - not going down well with the punters based on the comments here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/07/bbc_news_website_redesign_2.html
I imagine once people get used to the new look they will be fine with it. Does somewhat smack of change for change's sake. But I suppose they have to spend their £150 million interweb budget somehow]
Atrocious layout of space and columns, and too many different fonts and sizes, plus, I've never liked the cherry colors of their top banners.
But it tells me that the postcode is shared between the news and weather site, so I can't have different ones, and with my postcode I get Derby news when I've only been to Derby twice in my life. I want Sheffield news, weather for my North Derbyshire address, and I'd like my Chesterfield FC news back too ...
I like the local weather and news thing at the bottom
Apparently the BBC spends £199.3 million for online services last financial year 2009/10
BBC websites cost users 67p per month - the Guardian
The ammount I use the site, seems like good value to me. Certainly beats paying the likes of the Times a £1 a day.
One thing I will say, the white gap is a bit odd to the right hand side. Looking at the dimensions, I wonder if they will allign the things like the media player and quotes under the right hand side "related stories" bit.
Guess it's teething problems though, and should be fixed soon.
Guess it depends on where you live, I live in Coventry and it displays the news perfectly fine.
Perhaps it's just Derbyshire then. If I put in my postcode I get the news for Stoke (which is over 40 miles away) but the weather for South Derbyshire.
I can't find any way to change this.
The menus remind me a bit of the News Channel graphics (which I also hate). Its a shame really as I thought the old news site was pretty much perfect, same with the News Channel before the rebrand. Same goes with the Digitalspy rebrand.
Has anyone found out how to add it?
http://www.beehivecity.com/hightech/bbc-news-web-redesign-finally-unveiled-to-stephen-fry-approval876123/
I like the new site. But it's in the style of the new Sky and CNN looks.