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Over the past few months - actually since the beginning of the year and then some - we've been working on making improvements to the site. Some it is for aesthetics while others are for ease of use and greater functionality. Read on for a more detailed listing of what we've worked on!

Maps

Perhaps the biggest and most complicated project was working out how maps work on the site. Working heavily with code-wiz , we mapped out how we wanted things to function and came up with some nice shiny tools that readers should find useful.

Map notes Class and profession trainersShops and other areas of note

Click on the above maps to expand them into their own lightbox. The maps and legend respond to screen size. You can look via the legend or on the map itself; either way you'll get the location you need. You can also locate coordinates yourself by passing the mouse over the map. The symbols on the map are now standardized, so going from page to page you should be able to recognize at a glance those things most important to you.

This functionality also allows us to size the maps however we need on the page.

Map Coordinates

We figured it was hard using the coordinates template at times to see exactly what location was being pinpointed due to the size of the hover map. Now, when you click on the coordinates shown on a page, the same new map lightbox will open and the exact coordinate will show on the map.

Here's an example:

Notice the map hover functionality is still maintained,personalized bobbleheads.

The golden color also matches another template devised that works directly with map images:

Table of Contents

Sometimes our table of contents can be rather large, or maybe they just look out of place on some screens. Even then, for really long pages, you'd have to either scroll through to where you want to continue reading or go back to the TOC at the top.

Here's what we did (you can test it with this page's TOC,.!):

Class pages

We've had an enormous revamp of the class pages. Readers no longer have to go to a handful of pages to get the information they need. Instead,WoW AddOns - WowAce, each class page will have the following information at minimum: Background/Introduction,custom bob, Races, Specializations, Stats,custom, Skills (Core abilities and talents),personalized bobblehead, and Glyphs.

Other classes, such as pet classes, will have additional information. Some even have extended information, TCG images,customized bobbleheads, racial advantages, etc.

Aesthetics Reward sections

As of now, this is still a work in progress,,, but the end result is that hopefully every page will eventually have the rewards (armor/weapons/items) presented like this:

This item is a reward for the following class/spec:

This makes it easy to tell at a glance what class and spec the item is intended for.

Search bar

Up in the top right of the site is the search bar. Now we have an image placed within that will reflect either the current expansion (so for now) or the current in-game holiday. This dovetails nicely with the change in wordmark that occurs with each holiday.

Past changes

Just in case you missed it, here are some other changes we worked into the site:

If I've missed something,custom bo, it's because we're busy working on things almost all the time. We've got some plans for future tweaks that we hope you'll find useful!