CBS O&O’s update look
Michael Gay October 9th, 2007
WCBStv.com has launched a slight tweak in their design as part of a back-end rebuild. The biggest changes happened on the CMS side of things, but looking at the site I notice small changes in the look as well. There are more featured stories on the homepage, a new display for slideshows, and small changes to the story pages. The best improvement is the speed of the pages. They are incredibly fast to load now. Congratulations to the CBS team for replacing their CMS while keeping the site look virtually identical. For anyone who has changed CMS systems in the past, you know that’s not easy. If any CBS insiders want to tell us more about what has changed, leave a comment! (Disclosure: I used to work for the CBS O&O group at cbs2chicago.com)
7 Comments Add your own
1. Sam | October 9th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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2. Rob W | October 9th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
It’s actually a nice, user-friendly design.
WCBS ledes the New York O&O’s in pushing video to the front of the website - right there when you sign on.
You don’t have to root around to try and find it.
After all, WCBS-TV is a television station ….
Now, compare that to the kludge that is WNBC, the one that truly gives me IBS [original acronym meaning] … where one can never find current video.
3. mel taylor | October 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I admire CBS for their WEB ramp up at the O&O stations. Excellent new hires (like Ted Utz ), and a ‘Web is a part of everything we do’ attitude among all station employees. They are setting the bar higher.
4. Mike Escutia | October 9th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I like it. Can’t wait for similiar changes to reach WBZ’s site.
5. Anonymous | October 10th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Where is the links to slideshows all over every story?
It is not the same without PV inflation.
I only see them at the bottom of pages now.
6. Starshema Rash | October 14th, 2007 at 10:48 am
No one had any thing tosay about that !
7. Anonymous | October 27th, 2007 at 9:36 am
I love the new look; it’s cleaner and the site is so much faster now! I also noticed that they have a new search program which gives better and more updated results. The old search was terrible and barely worked when I would try to search for anything. This one at least provides good results and has a cool refinement option down the left side.
They also seem to have the most up to date radar! (I love weather) Kudos!
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