We Are Up And Running - New Control Center

So far so good with the upgrade. A few small things here and there, but overall things went great.

The control center is back online and you can login to see the new look and all spend $10k each. :-) Feel free to post your thoughts here. We’re ready to listen.

Also, if you happen to come across any weird bugs, please send any errors or problems to admin ((at)) linkworth ((dot)) com.

UPDATED:

Thank you to everyone who gave things a spin and were able to give us great feedback. There was a tiny bug that was confusing what account types people had, causing navigation to not function properly, but everything was adjusted and working fine within 45 minutes.

We have some colorful comments below where most love the upgrade, a couple long time customers aren’t up for a change, and mixed bag of other interesting comments. It appears we might have accidentally deleted a group of comments by accident as we’ve had a few people tell us their post was gone. We apologize for that, appears to be a user error (us).

33 comments ↓

#1 Mike on 08.17.07 at 3:47 pm

Great to see the site working better than ever I will tell a ton of people to add links and comments here. Be sure to check out LIQUIDGENERATION.com Liquid Generation is online entertainment that kicks ass!

#2 Bob on 08.17.07 at 3:49 pm

nifty and excellent work.

#3 Colleen on 08.17.07 at 3:50 pm

I like it, but my advertiser panel is fine, but when I log in as a partner, nothing’s there. :( It also “looks” broken, so something definitely went wrong there.

#4 Leroy Brown on 08.17.07 at 3:52 pm

It’s no worky :(

At least in Firefox 2.0.0.6 , that is. The top tabs show and that’s it - nothing in the bottom area.

#5 George Chaney on 08.17.07 at 3:56 pm

Urg….redesign your blog….ew

#6 Dave on 08.17.07 at 4:03 pm

I’m very glad you made the changes to the control panel. I never felt that the old panel was confusing, just cumbersome — too many clicks.

However, at this time, 6PM EST, on August 17, 2007, my control panel is not working. When I click on the tabs at the top of the panel, nothing happens. I cannot access my reports, products, account info, etc.

#7 Linas on 08.17.07 at 4:04 pm

Greate news, i have just logged in to check the pending linkpost and found it very impressive to see your greate new design! Keep up the good work ;)

#8 Dave on 08.17.07 at 4:04 pm

P.S. re. my previous comment. I am using Firefox.

#9 luis on 08.17.07 at 4:21 pm

El sistema me parece interesante pero a su vez muy complejo para las personas que administramos blog. Seria mucho más facil que ustedes ofrezcan en nuestras cuentas un banner con el código htlm y que al pegarlo en nuestro blog automaticamnete presente el logo de linkworth y cuando está todo ok, comience a publicar los anuncios.

Please!!! agregen idiomas a sus plataformas, el ingles NO es la única lengua en el planeta y la Internet tiene alcance mundial

saludos

#10 Nick on 08.17.07 at 4:24 pm

Hi,

Looks and feels more user friendly than the one before! Thanks, guys. Like anything else, it takes a little getting used to at first, after that, it should be a breeze!

Cheers

#11 Googlelady on 08.17.07 at 4:27 pm

Some of my suggestions:
- Make a picture like “review here” or something so they can click direct from the site and buy the linkpost directly from the site.

- In manage blog we should see the plugin (for wordpress) or the code didn’t found (the truth didn’t search the new panel completely)

- How many advertiser you are getting daily? (I think adding a linkpost picture like reviewme will get more advertisers).

Good job this panel is much better than the old one, which let me down with linkworth. But this time is easier and understandable.

#12 Raghuram Sukumar on 08.17.07 at 4:36 pm

After I login, I just see empty page with no contents, and when I click on the tabs, none of the links gets populated.

Thanks,
Raghuram.

#13 Melissa on 08.17.07 at 4:46 pm

Yeah the design is pretty but like a bunch of the people above, only the header shows in firefox, or maybe it’s a partner thing.. or maybe it’s both.

In either case I can’t see any of my account information, check on my pending linkpost requests, etc.

that’s a huge problem

#14 mstoddart on 08.17.07 at 4:57 pm

Thanks for the comments and keep ‘em coming please.

**For the Firefox users. We too use that version of Firefox so I’m pretty sure that’s not the problem. There was quite a surge in traffic when the email was sent and that might have something to do with it.

Anyway, we’re on it!!

#15 Hector on 08.17.07 at 4:59 pm

Yes, english is not el único lenguaje.

#16 Klemen on 08.17.07 at 5:37 pm

Hmm, okay, nice to see my original comment deleted… Yes, I was criticizing your rushing and lack of proper testing, but it was a constructive comment nevertheless IMHO. I noticed you just corrected one of the things I mentioned so you must have find it constructive too?

I’ve been a LW customer since 2004 and never have you managed to disappoint me as much. Twice. In under a hour.

#17 Tim L. Walker on 08.17.07 at 5:37 pm

I think it looks and works great! Huge improvement!!

Way go to, Linkworth team! Now on to LinkInTxt 2.0!! ;)

#18 MegaDawg on 08.17.07 at 5:42 pm

Long Live LW.

I love this place.

#19 sarahk on 08.17.07 at 5:49 pm

I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.6, and it works great. The first time I logged in with the new interface, I didn’t see anything in the different tabs until I clicked the “partners” tab in the top right corner. After that, everything was fine.

My only suggestion would be an option for us to set a default screen when we login, so for example, I could set it to go straight to LinkPost instead of LinkArt. But I really have no complaints.

#20 Chris Nielsen on 08.17.07 at 5:49 pm

I think it’s rule #837 in the Simplified Programer’s Guide that says “Never release a new version after 3PM on Friday unless you are already scheduled to work all weekend.”.

#21 Joeychgo on 08.17.07 at 6:33 pm

Im sorry to say - I dont like it.

Why? Main reason is this. I dont think its user friendly. I cant figure out how to get past the featured links part and into the main links section.

I know it looks cool and all, but you need this to be VERY user friendly. Most people will give up and not bother trying to figure it out. This is not user friendly. It was bad in that regard before, now its all but impossible. Im sorry, I know you worked hard on this, but I see this costing alot of new customers who will just walk rather then spend a bunch of time trying to figure it out.

#22 Doris on 08.17.07 at 7:04 pm

I just spent the last half hour navigating on the new upgraded site - love the new design interface. It’s cleaner, easier to understand and more visually appealing. This is such a great improvement.

I only have one question. When our blogs are in the partners’ network, does that mean that they are all activated for the various ad options such as linktext, linksura, linkmura, linkads…etc?

#23 DazzlinDonna on 08.17.07 at 7:35 pm

It’s gorgeous! Or as they say in my neck of the woods, that’s just dang purdy!

Good job!

#24 Praveen on 08.17.07 at 11:33 pm

Looks much much better than the previous one.

Good stuff :)

#25 Women Lifestyle on 08.17.07 at 11:41 pm

It’s good, yes it’s more user friendly now

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#27 odls on 08.18.07 at 3:55 am

Definitely looks clearer to me. I`m using Firefox right now and navigated the site fine.

#28 mohmed on 08.18.07 at 4:03 am

I have no any website

#29 icstrim on 08.18.07 at 5:04 am

Nice. I like it.

#30 Paulo Pereira on 08.18.07 at 1:59 pm

It´s cool now, have more options

#31 Leon on 08.18.07 at 4:11 pm

Well, the layout does look good, i am new here but i still have no clue as to what to do … i think a FAQ is essential !

#32 Dave on 08.19.07 at 6:42 am

Congratulations. Everything is clean and easy to read. I hope it helps attract more advertisers!

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