Welcome to the all new Vooks – Finally!

Your favourite Australia Nintendo news and review source (thats us) has a whole new design and site, just in case you didnt notice!

December 2nd, 2007, that’s the day the basic ground work for the redesign for Vooks was laid, and you are now reading the finished product. But it’s so much more than a new design (although it’s pretty snazzy, right?). The entire backend and frontend of the site now run on a new system that is much more in line with the modern demands of the internet, much newer than our old system that was written back in 2001, and, well, was getting old.

You’ll now find a media section of the site, you wanted more media so that’s what we’ll be bringing to you. Reviews and news are back, of course, and if you see fit you can now rate and comment all items on the site using a forum account – don’t have one yet? Now’s the best time to sign up. Get one now!

There is a greater emphasis on the community now, our forums are a huge part of that, naturally, but now you can also follow us on Twitter, join our FaceBook group, subscribe to our YouTube channel and of course get the news you want straight through our RSS feed.

Personally I have a lot of people to thank for getting the site to this stage and being ready to launch, and if I had to list everyone who helped out, we’d be here all night. So, if you helped me out on the site at any stage in the year lng development, you know you have my gratitude.

Don’t like reading walls of text? Here’s what’s new in short!

• New Design – 100% designed by yours truly, we’ve gone for a look that will hopefully stand the test of time, hell it’s already nearly a year old. Do have to say thanks to forum member ExciteD for creating our launch banner!
• All New Coding – For the tech heads that means an entirely CSS based design, SEO optimised and compatible in all major browser s except IE6 – which can go die in a fire.
• Archived News, Searchable Reviews – Finding the latest stuff on the old Vooks site was easy, want to go back a month or two and find a story? Not so much. This is has now been fixed with our indepth news archive, if it is a review you’re after then type in its name and we’ll go a searching.
• Comments – Got a forum account? You can now comment on the news, reviews and all articles on the site – but be kind.
• Media and Video – We’ll be posting more media and screenshots as the year progresses, it’s something you guys wanted so we’ve brought it.
• Blogs – We launched this a while back but it’s all filled with content now, read and create your own blog and let the world here what you have to say (requires forum account).
• Wii Page Update – The Vooks Wii compatible page has been updated to fit more information on it, not only will you get the latest news but also the latest blog posts and forum topics.

Enjoy!

Daniel Vuckovic & Team