As Bob alluded to yesterday in his post about the Localism land rush schedule, we have been diligently following all of the conversations on ActiveRain about our members' likes and dislikes of the new Localism; we have taken your feedback and turned it into the "NEW New Localism" which will be launching before the end of August!
Without further ado here is a screenshot of what we are working on: (click the picture for a full resolution version)
Although it's highly unusual for a web company to reveal super top secret information like this to the public over a month before the expected release date, we believe that we need to share this design with our members now because it affects how their Localism sponsorships will be displayed in the near future. The primary component you should notice is that the sponsorship area was moved from the left side of the screen to the right side (as indicated by the GIANT arrow). We made this change primarily because you, our members, requested that it be moved to a slightly less commanding position. As a result of the reduced prominence on the page we lowered the price of the sponsorship from $15/community to $9. In retrospect I completely agree with our members that this new position is far better.
Of course you also notice that the graphical elements of the site received a major makeover. For example, resulting from another common member request, we added a lot more color to the site.
Lastly you may have noticed the different colored tags on the top of the page. Those I can't talk about, but trust me when I say that what they represent is AWESOME!
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Good - looks much better! Thank you all for listening.