If you follow our sister blog PSDTUTS, you may have noticed that last week we updated the design to a new theme - version 4 to be precise - and we're thrilled today to give NETTUTS a similar makeover!
As you'll find the new theme is a mix of some cosmetic upgrades and a few new bits of functionality! We now have breadcrumbs, better author profiles on tutorials, tabs to break up post types and a new and improved user link feed. Perhaps the biggest two changes though are that we've added:
- Screencasts / Videos
With Jeffrey putting together so many awesome screencasts, it was high time they had their own place on the site. We hope to make this an increasingly important part of the site in the months/years to come. - Freebies
There are so many awesome scripts and components and widgets out there that we've added a new section to the site to start aggregating them all. We've added a few just now to get the section started and we'll be adding a couple new link ups each week to build up a nice directory of awesomeness to add to your next project. Anyone can submit their site/script/component/widget to be included and we'll feature the best that come in, sending traffic and thankful NETTUTS readers out to visit!
Meet the TUTS Team
During these last months we've also been improving the team who run these awesome sites. So let me introduce:
- Skellie - The TUTS Manager!
We are VERY proud to have former FreelanceSwitch editor and super talented blogger Skellie managing the TUTS sites. She took over about a month and a half ago and it's been smooth sailing all the way. As TUTS Manager Skellie is working on our expansion plans, coordinating site editors and making the whole operation more and more efficient.
- Derek Herman - HTML / CSS / WordPress Commander
Everything you see before you has been coded up by the fabulous Derek Herman of Valen Designs. These days Derek and I work together a lot to build most of the Envato sites you see / will be seeing. He's the best front-end coder I've ever met and I'm very proud to have my design work chopped up by his formidable skills.
- Chris Moyer - PHP Pathfinder
From setting up our Plus programs to keeping the sites up under the ridiculously heavy traffic loads to building new writer / editor infrastructure, Chris Moyer's keyboard controls all and without him we'd be lost! You can find Chris at InaRow!
- Sean Hodge, Joel Falconer and Jeffrey Way - Editors Extraordinairre!
And of course the guys you are most familiar with, our Site Editors - who bravely face the trials of WordPress day in and day out to bring us our daily TUTS fix. Thanks guys!!!
- And me
I don't get to write tutorials anymore (though I keep hoping that's going to change soon) but I did design this new theme - that is if you like it. If you don't like it ... then ... erm ... it was someone else pretending to be me ...
6 Months and Rockin!
I looked at the calendar today and realised it's been 6 months since NETTUTS started which is just amazing. Seems like it was only yesterday that Cyan was telling me off for launching a site without actually making a plan on how I would populate it :-) Congratulations to Jeffrey and all the team for getting this site really pumping. I have a feeling that NETTUTS is headed for a big future!
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Chris October 23rd
Love the redesign
( )Matthew Pavia October 23rd
Looks great!
( )AdrianMG October 23rd
Ey nice to see the new theme over here. Great work
( )Zach October 23rd
love the new theme. Couldn’t wait when i saw it on psdtuts first
( )chad October 23rd
The new design looks good only wish you were not centering them.
( )Pavel Ciorici October 23rd
Wonderful structure.. I like it!
( )Pavel Ciorici October 23rd
btw, where is my gravatar?
( )pickupjojo October 23rd
Great work, congrats!
( )Ben Griffiths October 23rd
Looks brilliant, well done on a smashing design
Great to see who the team is too!
( )Collis Ta'eed October 23rd
Thanks guys!
@Pavel: Gravatars should still be working as usual … i think :-S
( )Ben Griffiths October 23rd
Also the little snippets next to the logo at the bottom are awesome
– One thing – it doesnt seem to remember your details on the comment form anymore… that’s a little annoying, but only a minor quirk 
( )Jeffrey Way October 23rd
Thanks everybody. They’ve done a fantastic job with the redesign. I’m a very happy editor.
( )John October 23rd
Oh wow, this redesign looks awesome. I’m going to use this as an inspiration…
( )Christian October 23rd
As usual, love your work.
( )Sam Parkinson October 23rd
Very nice, a good improvement.
( )Christian Mejia October 23rd
I love it! It’s like going into a super clean restroom at a fancy restaurant! You wish it were your bathroom but it’s not. So clean and visually appealing! I hope my analogy wasn’t to offensive but that’s the feeling I got!
( )Dave October 23rd
The new design is the business!
( )Gasón October 23rd
Great work!
( )And I´ll be finally writing some tutorials in spanish (I don´t trust my english that much) now that multiple languages are being added soon! =)
Robert October 23rd
Nice redesign while keeping some of the original feel. However, one of my little gripes is that there’s no link to “Add your comment” and the Comments area on top of the single post page… wouldn’t be so hard to add?
( )kopfbunt October 23rd
Nice look! Nice feeling!
( )Collis Ta'eed October 23rd
An add comment link’s not a bad idea. Maybe we can bring through the comment count and link it up to jump down the page!
( )Collis Ta'eed October 23rd
Hey can anyone see the Favicon? For some reason it’s not showing up on my computer… weird
( )Collis Ta'eed October 23rd
oh wait … it’s showing up in Safari … that’s strange!
( )Taylor Satula October 23rd
Dang. I love the new layout it actaually makes me smile. I even like how the comments are layed out now.
Will there still be source downloads. Or will it turn into psdruts where all the tuts are plus and there’s no downloads
( )Taylor Satula October 23rd
wTF. There’s no most talkitive users feed. Again. WTF
( )VertigoSFX October 23rd
Awesome! Glad to see these updated too! I love this new template, so clean, crisp and amazing.
( )Lamin October 23rd
Great design.. as can be expected.
( )Lamin Barrow October 23rd
I JUST FOUND A BUG
All users who left the webiste field the comments empty get this “http://url(optional)/” set as thier URL.
FIX IT.
( )Craigsnedeker October 23rd
AWESOMENESS!!!
( )Michael October 23rd
Is this quote box intentionally sitting a few pixels higher than the generic avatar to its left?
( )Patrick October 23rd
i read this blog since it went online. the old design was clean and nice. I thought it’s hard to top. But you made it
really nice work, Collis!
( )John October 23rd
Awesome! It’s really hard to imagine that you guys are only six months old
I love this site!
( )insic October 23rd
as expected. looks like the same as psdtuts.
( )craf October 23rd
Great work, congrats!
free vector http://zatstyles.blogspot.com/
( )Simon October 23rd
nice job! loved the changes
( )Douglas October 23rd
I love the new comments design. Especially the input box. I wonder how many people will copy it…
( )rzepak October 23rd
brilliant!
( )Julien L October 23rd
As i said on PSDTuts, good work !
( )Dan Harper October 24th
Fantastic work!
( )Jauhari October 24th
Make it good
( )Gilbert October 24th
As always great job guys. The site looks fantastic.
( )Shane October 24th
Yep – expecting the change following the overhaul at PSDTuts.
Nice design Collis. By the way, I can see the favicon without a problem.
@Ben Griffiths – yep – the comment form is a bit annoying
( )Shane October 24th
Oops – sorry for the repeat comment.
I noticed that the Copyright & Usage footer section has a typo:
withoutattribution
should be
without attribution.
( )DVQ October 24th
Already said this on PSDTuts but great redesign.
BTW what ever happened to “GraphicRiver” Collis?
( )Opensourcehunter October 24th
Nice, only thing to do is change the layout of verctor tuts
and all of the tuts site are redesignd 
greetz
http://www.opensourcehunter.com
( )John October 24th
Thank you for putting the search at the top!!!
( )mystic October 24th
It really looks nice but i dont like the color guys..
( )Christian Dalsvaag October 24th
Absolutely love the new site!
Everything looks a lot more organized, and the additional info on the authors of post are great.
Congratulations!
( )James October 24th
Looks really nice! Especially liking the new footer/nav design!
( )Connor October 24th
Collis,
This design is amazing (revolutionary)! You’ve just set the bar in my mind for what a wordpress theme can do!
( )Eduardo October 24th
only six months? that’s unbelievable!
( )Diego Gomes October 24th
Nice Design! Where is rails week 4?
( )I need it!
Kevin Quillen October 24th
Nice
( )jason buck October 24th
it is so clean and user friendly. I visit here, PSD, Vect, Audio, and freelance daily. I thank you for all of your hard work making these sites not just available but better than the others. keep on innovating because it keeps me inspired.
( )Evan October 24th
Great job on the new look, it’s great!
( )insic October 24th
yey! people love the new design.
( )Shaun October 24th
FireFox3, there is a 2 or 3px white line in-between the Tabs and Breadcrumb. I’m pretty sure this is not intentional.
http://www.simshaun.com/nettuts-bug.jpg
( )DKumar M. October 24th
what I like most is how they put extra efforts on extra fine details like box edges, separator, divider etc…
Good for inspiration.
Cheers,
DKumar M.
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Alek October 24th
I like the upgrade. well done.
( )Bengt October 24th
The new design is nice but the footer is hard to read. Using a greyish text on dark background is hard on the eyes.
( )Kyle October 24th
Great redesign!
Thanks for displaying the date along with the posts now. That always bugged me before to not know when something was published.
( )Connor October 24th
@ Diego,
It’s done. Now it’s just waiting to be published. Just wait, there’s a new surprise with it too!
( )Carlos @ VPSmedia October 24th
Great stuff, site looks super different than from its initial days.
( )Janckos October 26th
Les quedo super bien,felicitaciones!.
( )Kyle October 26th
I forgot to mention this in my initial comment, but you guys absolutely nailed the concept of redesigning while keeping things familiar. Rather than bombarding us with something completely new and different that we would have to relearn, you elegantly evolved the site into something better that we automatically know how to use.
Fantastic job.
( )Wes D. October 28th
Love the redesign job guys, looks great!
You continue to grow and amaze me and I’m sure the rest of the development community, thank you for all of your hard work!
( )Alex October 30th
love it!
( )Derek Herman November 6th
Thank you everyone for the great feedback and support of the new design. Collis did such an awesome job changing the site and updating the fine details it made my job just that much easier.
Also, for those of you who wanted the comment form fixed, I’m sure you have noticed that it’s working like it should now. Sorry for the delay there has been a ton of work between all the sites and new tuts site soon to be launched that it took a back seat.
Anyhow, thank you everyone for the positive feedback. Cheers!
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