15 Good Examples of Website Redesign
Website redesigning is more complex than braining a new one, as there are certain unavoidable norms related to redesigning. It is like building something new from the scratches. Without affecting the functionality and content of the site, designers have to give it a different look. While redesigning a site, designers have to customize the sites, which is a challenging task. Still, redesigning has a preference among designers as the job motivates them to measure the level of creativity. A true designer will enjoy adding something extra to an already created site and coin appraisal for his creative spirit.
However, redesigning is not all about giving a new-look to an existing site. Along with the aesthetic value of the site, its acceptability also counts a lot in case of redesigning the site. At the same time, it is also imperative to note that present design is adequate enough to match with level of content. It takes a lot of time and planning and also involvement of designing experts to execute the plans properly. It becomes important to redesign a site when it is no more user-friendly and costs nothing to both the owners and the users. Thus, it is better to plan first and then go ahead.
Yellow pages are a good example of redesigning. Retaining the similar old design appearance and the patent yellow and black colour of the company, the new design has included few services to ease the task of the users. Localization is one of the many updated services gaining this redesigning more popularity. The contents included are relevant enough to provide information on locality basis services, available from yellow pages. Some of the old features have been replaced with more advanced services to populate the site. Inclusion of attractive images made the site ore acceptable, which was the sole purpose of redesigning yellow pages.
Blinksale is as a web application was in search of a web layout to optimize the sites conversion rates. It also aimed to grow visitor’s interest on the tools working process and help them find out the sigh up box. With this aim, the redesigned site has placed the call to action button in the first page of the site. Now it is easy to learn about the selling point of the app and know the product costs. This is a unique feature that differentiates Blinksale from other web apps.
Website Redesign Examples
DepositPhotos
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After
WordPress
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Yellow Pages
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After
Blinksale
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Plaxo
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Mozilla
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After
Smashing Magazine
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Diseño de Paginas Web en Tijuana
January 16, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Very nice, You can see how the time and the new Web 2.0 is changing the web design structure. I love being part of this new movement of web design.
Schwaneberg
January 16, 2012 at 9:43 pm
I especially like the recent redesign from Smashing Magazine.
Very nice collection. Thanks for sharing!
Liviu
January 18, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Did you notice that they have different menu style based on resolution? :P You don’t see that very often! It’s a pain in the ass to do it! I know I did it on a CMS I work before :P
Dorothy
January 16, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Apple!
✓ Minimal Design
✓ User Experience
Need I say more?
Mick
January 18, 2012 at 8:27 am
I’ve got a few more:
✓ Flat
✓ Boring
I could add plenty more : )
Gareth Boyd
January 18, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Take that back!
Simple and minimalistic is the way forward. Typography also.
Ps. I guess you’re a PC ;)
aledesign.it
January 17, 2012 at 12:33 am
Just recently I have been studying the restyling graphics by my site and my image .. Great selection of cases. Perfect for me is Apple. Thanks for sharing
Hansi
January 17, 2012 at 2:02 am
Some good points here, but I think Mashable looks like crap before and after the redesign :/
Manuel Garcia
January 17, 2012 at 10:09 am
I thinks some of these changed their website design a long time ago. I don’t actually know but i think iShift and smashing magazine are the latest. Nonetheless, this post has a good key points.
Paul Elaine
January 17, 2012 at 10:25 am
Very informative article and the best thing is the screenshots, Before and After, it really tells the difference and the Improvement.
Nora Reed
January 17, 2012 at 11:00 am
After redesigns a web sites looks more and more attractive! Its color, fonts, size & shape and attractive banners give them more attraction!
Sam Jones
January 17, 2012 at 11:43 am
Some great examples, in particular the new Smashing Magazine. Now hopefully we’ll start to see some more blogs implementing a Responsive Design.
steven
January 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm
I think most of web looks more attractive after redesigning :) thanks for sharing this before and after collection!
Paul
January 17, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Wow Think Vitamin is a massive change…much better now.
Nebulas Website Design Braintree
January 17, 2012 at 3:04 pm
The above just goes to show that less is definitely more in most cases and that a clear call to action is paramount.
Gabriel Anderson
January 17, 2012 at 5:17 pm
bad examples: techCrunch, Crazy Egg
before was better…
Angel Ceballos
January 25, 2012 at 7:40 am
I agree especially with TechCrunch as i noted in my comment below
dinozaver
January 18, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Smashing Magazine looks really cool! Anyway, the picture from “before” is actually – before before :)
Martin
January 18, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I think most of the redesigns are far better than the old designs. But a few of the redesigns are not so much better than it was before.
Artur Redesign
January 19, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Good list Adrian! Some thoughts…
Depositphotos made a big redesign improvement.
For Blinksale – its good, but keeping the bright website colors might have been better
Apple designers – heads up! Although, might have been better to keep the top nav bar in light grey… the dark takes away from product pictures.
Angel Ceballos
January 25, 2012 at 7:38 am
I’m personally a huge fan of TechCrunch, and read their blog everyday, but the new redesign I should’t be in this article if its titled “Good Website Redesign” because the new design is good at all personally, look like a giant cliche, boring, and no creative thinking went behind it from an aesthetic standpoint. I mean the old one wasn’t the best in the world, but it worked which is important.
I just wanted to throw that in there since I saw it on the list. I would go more in-depth, but I don’t want to have full article in the comment section. I can probably write one for this blog explain what works, and doesn’t work as a case study.
Overall, great showcase, and keep up the good work.
Best,
– Angel Ceballos
kese
January 28, 2012 at 5:27 pm
nice post keep up the good work… any more articles like this???
Scott Levy
January 30, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Thanks for the post. Here’s a handy list of free web design tools to create polished website styles and web app designs
http://blog.caspio.com/web_apps/free-web-design-tools-to-style-your-website/
Pinki Design
February 2, 2012 at 3:37 am
You can see a theme here: a lot of sites go from way too much content at once to focusing your eye on one or two very important topics in a very clean way. That’s the way it should be :) Nice post!
Kreativ Theme
February 14, 2012 at 3:06 pm
The Smashing magazine before and after is the most cool transformation for me …
Posicionamiento web Tijuana
April 12, 2012 at 12:36 am
Tks for the Share, greath information