Welcome To John Chow dot Com Version 3

may i use the older version?
dont waste it.. :D
why not giveaway..

Really cool redesign. Congrts!

I wonder how did you add the cool "featured" articles at the top feature?

Is there a plugin, or built-into your WP theme already?

Hi John ! Love the new look ! I've always been a fan as you have introduced me into blogging.

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More power to yoru blog !

Actually really like this new theme... I think it is clean, and in my opinion very web2.0

I like the recent images and featured video area...Good Job!

i like this design alot but that batman car used to get me super excited

It's very nice,hehe,very like it,but it should be very expensive??

it's awesome theme, i love it...hmm can i have the old theme of yours John?

A very googd template,it loads fater but the search powered by lijit is a bit slow.I like the outlook now.

I like your new site design, however it appears to make it more difficult to view older posts or for a novice to get around your site.

I guess you are moving away from the blog look and more towards a regular site appearance. That might work out better.

I love your new design and should fix up my own site as well.

Load faster and it is more geometrical (clean) design. I like it. You designers make a good job!

P.S. Is it unique design or I can find another exact template?

Ukion

What does Problogger think of his site in blue?

John- as a woman, I like this better. I didn't like the car, even though I still read the blog. I like the look of this better... sounds from reading that its going to work better for you too- congrats-

Great! It's really a good new theme. I like this fresh and clean page. Bravo!

This is great looking, cant wait to see revision 4 of the site.

Always staying ahead of the game.

The skin definitely looks great and ofcourse it loads much FASTER!

Hi, no more car in the header instead many small car photos in the page. Does not matter as long as the content are useful :)

Congrats on your new looks. like it better

I really like this one. Your site keeps getting better!

nice template john. It's sooooo future. i like it !

Wooooow!! The website looks great!! keep up the good work John!

It sounds great. Congratulations on the new version!

for ALL to ALL

Great new design, looks much better than your old blog!

Great new design

John - Nice new design. I like it. Very clean look and feel. Less flashy than your last site. Now if you could get the guys at UBD to install a comment system like Intense Debate you would dramatically increase your commenting and be able to follow your commenters across various blogs. (no I have nothing to do with Intense Debate - just a great FREE service).

I like the redesign a lot. Less cluttered and much easier to read as a result. The car looked nice but didn't say much about your site. Still all the same great info, though.

very nice theme. looks clean and loads faster!

Persnally i think both these templates are great, old and new, but your site definetely needed a change...

I like the look of the new design, but I totally hate the format, it is way too confusing, I think you should go back to the old traditional blog format.

I love the new look. It's much less cluttered and looks more professional. Good job!

I hope that you're having a great time at Izeafest. I went last year and that was great. This year sounds even better!

It's cool!
Clean and clear.
However I liked the old big and bold expensive car!
;-)
Mik

Great job, John and Nate. Looks good! I do miss the car, but I understand the idea behind the changes. When version 4 arrives, you will hear all the comments about how people miss the old version - 3.

1st impressions count, and my 1st impression is : thumbs up. The new design features a far cleaner header without the campy Lambo image and makes your site visually appealing and (most importantly) increases the credibility factor.

Now, off to see the video of you at the conference blogger panel. :)

Rob

The new design is just great and very successful. The last one was full of clutter and I bet it was moving many new readers away. Now this site became much more readable than ever and I am sure bounce rate will decline sharply as now navigation and reading experience is much, much more better than the previous design.

Congratulations John. I am expecting a review of your new design after a month or two. I am sure you will be eager to point out the decline in bounce rate and increase in new visitors. Now your site is much more usable than before and provides a very pleasing reading and navigation experience.

Be sure that you will gain new visitors because this design will appeal many ordinary (I mean non-geek) people too. They need your site too.

Okay. Three days after the revamp, here's my opinion. Overall, the design is well done. It would be lively if the icons for the money makers were in color instead of black and white.

Looks great John, even sleeker. Less is more and the new look is still familiar to your regular visitors.

The site really does look great. Love the pictures.

Looks great! Keep it up.

I love the new design JC! Good choice.

Hey great new theme guys! I love the way each section is strategically placed. So much easy to the eyes. :) It somehow gives me the feeling of "more activity" going on, which I think is good as it keeps people on their toes... excited to see what's going to happen next.

Kudos to your team, eh? Wow, this puts the pressure quite high or version 4.0. I wonder how that version can trump this one. Hey, but that's till too far to think about, mate!

- Deep Arora

Much smoother and less spammy feel!

It's a great template and i want to have it template. Can you give that's template, (i am just kidding)

Sweet design. Love the animated news carousel. Great work Nate!

I like the original design, and this one. The version 2 design was too awful I think. Anyways, keep up the good work.

The new design is good, but it resembles a portal more than a blog. It also has a Problogger feel to it. :) I think that your reaching the limits of what WordPress can do and would be better off using a CMS like Joomla instead.

As for the "read more" link after each post, I wonder how many people will actually click this. The nice thing about blogs is that once you open the site, you scroll down the page and read. Most web users are lazy and getting them to click on "read more", and then click the back button to continue may too much work for them. :) While there is a Blog button in the menu for reading content the traditional way, its not clear what it does. What does a Blog button do on a blog? :)