Thurrott.com - Tech Website (Design & Development)

The project’s main objective was to transform the website into a faster, more user-friendly platform by implementing new features and functionalities.

We aimed to create a modern website to provide an enhanced user experience for its visitors and subscribers. This project involved a complete overhaul of the website’s design and technical infrastructure to improve the website’s performance, speed, and responsiveness, as well as adding new features and functions to the website that would enhance the user experience.

Thurrott.com delivers a wide range of technology-related articles, including news and different types of analysis. The website also provides podcasts created by the editorial team and a premium subscription service that offers members exclusive content.

The client, came to us with the main requirement of modernizing and increasing the speed of their website, Thurrott.com. The website was outdated, with poor performance, for example a logged-in experience taking up to 3 seconds.

Mobile compatibility for the website, including forums and accessibility

Implementation of a mobile-specific design and functionality

Incorporation of search functionality

Cleanup and removal of retired or outdated features and functions

Dark mode option for users

Premium-only access to full RSS feed and Firehose

Archive of content from Editor’s Desk

Addition of Read Later and Favorites functionality

Profile and administration features for members, including Payment and Membership management

New feature for basic members to have 3 free tokens for premium access

Basic RSS functionality

Optimization of website’s speed and performance on both desktop and mobile

To meet these requirements, we began by conducting a thorough analysis of the website’s current design and performance. We discovered that the website was using an old theme, which was causing poor performance and several security issues. In addition we found more areas in which the website needed improvements, one example being that the website’s forum was only using text, which was not user-friendly or engaging.

To address these issues and comply with the client’s requirements, we decided to develop and implement a new theme for the website. Since the website had a lot of content around Microsoft and Windows, we suggested implementing a design that will make the website look similar to a Windows App.

We implemented a new UI/UX design with a modern and minimalistic aesthetic, including a dark mode feature, to enhance the visual appeal and user-friendliness of the website.

Custom Panel Settings feature for editing website content, giving editors more control and improving flexibility and scalability.

Bookmarking feature with personal account view, allowing users to easily save and access articles.

Login Form Popup for easy user authentication, making it more convenient to log in.

Popup for quick article sharing, enabling users to share articles easily.

Removal of Sidebar for increased content space, creating a more visually pleasing and uncluttered layout.

Concealment of Premium Article content before upgrade, allowing users to preview premium content.

Redemption option for Premium Articles, enabling users to access premium content without upgrading.

Grid-style layout option for Blog Posts with 3 views for easy navigation, providing a more visually pleasing and convenient way to read through blog posts.

We used Figma to create a modern and visually pleasing design for the website, while also solving the security issues and increasing the website’s overall speed. This was done by covering all the pages of the website and all the scenarios, such as a free member’s access to 3 premium content articles and the ability to redeem tokens.

We also made significant changes to the website’s forum, including the implementation of a “What you see is what you get” editor, which greatly improved the user experience.

The creative concept for the website redesign was focused on creating a modern, visually appealing design that emulates the aesthetic of a Windows App. Our goal was to provide a visually pleasing, easy-to-navigate, and user-friendly interface.

We executed a comprehensive redesign of the website, implementing a new theme that adheres to the client’s specifications, resulting in a modernized and improved version of Thurrott.com. The website now boasts updated aesthetics, optimized performance, and additional user-centric features.

We made several changes to Thurrott.com in order to enhance the user experience and provide a more modern and visually appealing website.

Enlivy developed and implemented a new theme and other changes to Thurrott.com’s website to increase website speed and performance, improve visual aesthetics, and enhance overall user experience.

The new theme was optimized for speed and performance and included a modern, minimalistic design and dark mode feature. Changes to the website’s user interface and user experience were also developed to make the website more intuitive and user-friendly for visitors.