Site Redesign

Site redesign

Site redesign We are proud to announce a new website design for ImprovEverywhere.com. With all of the traffic and press we have been getting lately, it was time to spice things up around here. We’d like to personally thank our designer Ken Newell for his hard work on this new site. Ken charged us only $4,000 for his design (which is half of his normal rate.)

Things are going to be “under construction” around here for the next couple of days as we work out the kinks and give the tires a kick or two. Bear with us. In the meantime, we’d love to hear your feedback on our new look. Leave us a comment below.

UPDATE - As of April 2, 2008 we are no longer using this new design. It ended up only working for us on April 1. If you missed it, here’s a screen shot of the redesign. And below you can see some of the super cool animated gifs and icons our redesign featured.


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202 Responses to “Site Redesign”


  1. 1 Johnsee

    Only $4000 for this?

    BARGAIN!

  2. 2 Michael Lynch

    First you steal my favorite Jazz ensemble’s name and now you blatantly rip off their web design. What’s next, HIPP?

  3. 3 J

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HILARIOUS i love it!!

  4. 4 Mrod

    Nice april fool’s!

  5. 5 Lola

    Seriously, HIPP, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????

    You forgot to put up an obnoxious flash banner XP

  6. 6 Chris

    Dude, how did you get that picture of the world to SPIN like that?! IT’S TOTALLY DA BOMB!

  7. 7 april fools!

    Love it! Thank goodness you guys got over that whole snafu regarding the old jazz ensemble whose name you stole from last year!

  8. 8 Jenny

    $4k is not bad at all. Look forward to seeing how it all ends up.

    -Jenny
    BTW, am I still supposed to be standing here frozen at Grand Central or can I move now?…

  9. 9 Peter

    Where’s the pop-up banner> And wait, no tag??

  10. 10 BBB

    Quite frankly, it’s not a very good design. I hope this is an april fool’s joke.

  11. 11 Will Hines

    I HAVE SOM BAD NEWS FOR YOU YOU GOT RIPED OFF BIG TIME!!!!!!!!! THIS DESIGN SUXXXXXX! TEHE! UNDERCONSTRUCTION BANNERS ARE LIKE 1990 OR SOMETHING! WHAT ARE YOU MYSPACE SIKE I LIKE YOU GUYS SIKE YOU SUX!!!!!!!!!

  12. 12 Josh

    The Comic Sans in #FF0000 is sublime. But how did you achieve that striking “embossed” look in the background image?

  13. 13 Agent Serge

    Hahaha. Cute.

  14. 14 JM

    Oh my god. I am so gullible. Just like last year, I forwarded the message to someone else before clicking on the link.

    Do it again! Next year!

  15. 15 Dan

    You’re all fools. In april.

  16. 16 Fred

    This is an APRIL’s FOOL joke right

  17. 17 Cyrus

    April Fools? I hope?

  18. 18 Derek

    I am SHOCKED and DISMAYED by the complete lack of blinking text. What were you thinking?! If it’s not blinking, it’s not 1996.

  19. 19 Lori

    hilarious as always! Happy April 1st, Fools!

  20. 20 JB

    needs some midi, and how about a improv web ring!@

  21. 21 Roger

    Nice April Fools joke. Wouldn’t have been suspicious except for last year’s prank.

  22. 22 Rachel

    I believed you at first, and then thought, no way. This design is awful, so 1996. Great April Fool’s joke!

  23. 23 Coffeekid1

    NEED MORE CONTRAST btw black background and grey?? text. Have laptop on highest setting and still hard to read.

    Also, menu tabs get lost in business of photo background at top. Crop photo above the menu, so tabs easy to read.

    Thanks! Can’t wait for the next NYC Mission!

  24. 24 Natalia

    Oh my, my my….. This site…is GENIUS!!!! lol…not (borat voice) High-Five on this joke of a re-design lol.. my eyes burn!!!

  25. 25 Kunal Gupta

    yay!!

  26. 26 Agent Lafond

    Very nice! It’s got a 1995 Geocities feel to it. I like!

  27. 27 Priscellie

    Not enough flashing cyan marquees!

  28. 28 James Cobalt

    I think if you made the background an animated gif it would look a LOT better. It’ll probably cost an extra $1000 but it’d be worth it. Also I really think your logo should use your new name- “Humor In Public Places” or the shorthand Humor PP

    BTW, you totally had me for a second there. I haven’t been to bed yet so in my mind it’s still 3/31 ^_^

  29. 29 Busted Wheel

    You need more blink tags. I mean, how are you supposed to really “catch the eye” without blink tags? Sigh.

  30. 30 Carbon

    if there had been ten flashing YOU’VE WON banners around it would have been like a time warp back to the nineties. I appreciate the cheap .gifs though. The internet needs more .gifs.

  31. 31 MB

    awesome

  32. 32 James Cobalt

    I heard this company called Futurewave is coming out with some vector animation tools for the web called “Splash”. You should look into that. I saw it on CNET TV.

  33. 33 me

    hi kunal!

  34. 34 IE Junkie

    You’re driving me crazy! I’m in an earlier time zone and I fall for this year after year! It’s still March where I live.

  35. 35 Tarun

    I don’t like it so far. The black in the back ground is kinda putting me off :-(

  36. 36 Agent Dressler

    I can’t believe you’d blatantly steal my gobbling mailbox graphic without asking Charlie. Its bad enough to not ask for my help, but to steal is so not cool.

  37. 37 Derwin

    I’m loving the 1998 look with the obnoxious MIDI playing in the background. Excellent.

  38. 38 FonHom

    Nice scheme! I’d like to apply it to my Gmail Custom Time feature when it finally shows up.

  39. 39 Adam

    I saw this post all bare and out of context in Google Reader, then thought “Oh, cool, I should check out what the new design looks like.”

    This has to be the hardest I’ve ever laughed while Hazy Shade of Winter has been playing.

  40. 40 tqe / Adam

    Man, the dollar really is weak–if this is all you can get for $4,000?! maybe you should try 4,000€!

  41. 41 liz

    the flashing rainbow bar under ‘food court musical’ is a nice touch i think. it really brings the design together.

  42. 42 David James

    I guess full price would have gotten a scrolling text marquee, blinking text and maybe one of those “cat tearing through the page” images.

    Thanks for the Under Construction notices, but i think it looks fine already.

    I do hope you plan on adding a guest book, though.

    Wait! I just saw the scrolling text.

    How about adding a Comic Chat chatroom?

    I guess the only other thing missing is one of those cool mouse cursors with fireworks, or a clock. Yes, a clock. Totally!

    Primo Bitchin’ Dudes!

  43. 43 David James
  44. 44 David

    For $4000 I am amazed that you didn’t get a hit counter. How are you ever going to be able to do any detailed analysis of the viability of the site without being able to see how visitors you have gotten?

    O
    M
    (wait for it)
    G
    !

  45. 45 Andre

    I really think this has to be an April Fool’s joke…if not…well, better luck next time.

  46. 46 Jon von Gunten

    Am sending you some nice harp and strings music I recorded today in our elevator. It will really complete the sophisticated feel of this effart.

  47. 47 Evan

    GOLD!!

    Improv on your web site, living up to the “We create scenes” motto even online!

    Brilliant! A+. I love it =)

    …too bad its just a cheezy April Fools joke =(

  48. 48 cody

    Yeah, its pretty good. I think that the site needed an update! Can’t wait to see the finished product.

  49. 49 Charlie Todd

    Thanks for all of the advice so far guys– I’ve been forwarding it to my designer and more than a few of your suggestions have ALREADY been incorporated into the new design (though I’m having to pay up for these new features.)

  50. 50 John Evans

    Oh damn, not Comic Sans! PLEASE! NOT COMIC SANS! I BEG YOU! *runs screaming*

    …good joke ;)

  51. 51 Brian

    It took me a second. XD It’s not april fools over here yet.

  52. 52 Kalus

    Pretty hilarious. It toom me a little while to name the song, which was embarrassing, but I liked it none the less.

    I got a kick out of reading the comments of the people who thought it serious.

  53. 53 Borna

    this is awesome! I want something like this!!!!111one

  54. 54 Frank

    This design is pathetic. Where are the animated GIFs in the background? Where is blinking text? A real disappointment if I’ve ever seen one.

  55. 55 Gugs

    Haha

    Happy April Fools :)

  56. 56 Melissa

    Wow, it looks really great! The new design definitely reflects how far IE has come in recent years!! I really like the music too.

    Just a suggestion: earth rotates counter-clockwise with respect to the North pole, so you might want to fix the spin on the planet just to be accurate.

  57. 57 Agent Bruce

    This site really looks awesome after the revamping.

    I think you need more “under construction” banners though just so we know. Hope that helps.

  58. 58 Todd

    Where are the animated flames? although I understand you want to make site load reasonably fast for us still using 28.8 modems. Props to the designer.

  59. 59 Zach

    Wow, this is fantastic! My favorite is the Ugachaka baby - an eternal classic!!

    Just noticed the new smiley face cursor. Love it!!!

  60. 60 Tim

    Hee hee. Great April foolz joke :-)

  61. 61 Agent Fox Mulder

    I wasn’t sure until I saw the dancing baby. Good One! : )

  62. 62 Jen

    LOLOL! I saw it and I thought “are you kidding” and then I was like, “oh..yeah they are!” Good job guys!

  63. 63 Rachel

    LMAO. Nice. Not as good as last year’s prank, but nice.

  64. 64 John

    My work at deobnoxification of the net in FireFox is pretty bulletproof so when I first came here, I sez WTF. Just another ugly site. Then it dawned on me what today is.

    With great trepidation, I knocked the dust off of Exploser and fired it up.

    Oh
    My
    Gawd!

    This is a veritable catalog of web.obnoxiousness. I’m having flashbacks to Y2K.

    BTW, did you know that this page takes over 400 seconds to load at 56k?

  65. 65 mzborgw

    Please change the background back to lighter one. It’s very difficult to read white lettering on black background.
    Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work

  66. 66 Clay

    You replaced the mouse cursor. That’s so awesome! I didn’t even know it was still possible to do that. Oh, Cometcursors—I don’t miss you at all…

  67. 67 Beetle Bailey

    Haha, nice! Too bad you didn’t get a screen-wipe transition feature included for the $4,000 — those really set a website apart!

    Rock on, IE… Rock on.

  68. 68 yoyopro

    April Fools, right? You got me!

  69. 69 blanco nino

    Nice, I remember last year you guys claimed that the name improve everywhere was already taken and you had to change your name, but this is a very amusing website, I love the music choice!!!

  70. 70 Nicholas Barnard

    Ahh.. Nice classic design guys! I love a little nostalgia..

  71. 71 [Space]dani

    OMG!!!?!! you guyz r da BOMB!! that dancing baby is soooooooo cute!!!!!!!!

    i have NO suggestions the cite is PRRRFICT as is!

    DONT EVER CHANGE!!!

    k-bye,
    xoxoxoxox
    spacedani (LOL)

    :)

    p.s. u guyz r sooo funny!

  72. 72 Aaron Rose

    oh my god! you scared the hell out of me…

    Please say it is indeed an april fools joke >.<

    BTW what was last years joke?

    I Love the one you had like 3 days ago.. don’t go changing it… ever O_o

  73. 73 Banny

    Wow, i’ve never seen yellow on my pc before. State-of-d-art design. Well done guys

  74. 74 Dallas

    This is an AWESOME April Fool’s joke!
    I love the elevator music. lol.

  75. 75 danny

    hilarious. my favorite is the dancing baby under “just for fun”

  76. 76 Agent JMM

    The retro site rocks! Good work!

  77. 77 Oz

    I think it displays a certain simplistic charm, with a clearly pro-environment stance yet at the same time is still a damning indictment of the gulf between rich and poor…

  78. 78 ROTFLMAO!

    Love the cursor! Happy April Fool’s Day, y’all! Thanks for making the world a great place to laugh. XOXOXO

  79. 79 Susan

    I don’t believe you. Look at the date–April 1.

  80. 80 MysteriousC

    What a blast from the past! Man, these are the websites I saw when I first started going online!

    But, god, I fell for this so hard! Man… great, now I feelz teh stupid.

    Oh, and just to prove how stupid I am, I wouldn’t have gotten it unless I read the comments. (I wasn’t around for last year’s, so I wasn’t prepared! T__T)

  81. 81 Mama Massari

    Love the tune….I didn’t read a thing though….That dancing baby on the right, had me too distracted.

    Mama M

  82. 82 Agent Simmons

    This place has really gone downhill

  83. 83 Agent Eng

    I had wondered where all my animated GIF’s and Midi’s had gone…

  84. 84 Duncan

    I am ok with the change (I liked it the way it was)… but the music doesn’t go away when you watch a video.

  85. 85 Sarah

    The comic sans is my favourite bit!!!11 :D

    Happy 4th month of the year!

  86. 86 Jenna

    This cracks me up! I barely knew that you could build a site like this anymore. Happy April Fools!

  87. 87 MikeTheMan

    All I can say is that the site new feels like MySpace vomited on it.
    The only solution to this is to change the font color to #000000.
    I know that Ken will probably charge you another $200 just for that - you let him know that you deserve the “retuning customer” discount - tell him I said so.
    Enjoy your Tuesday.

  88. 88 murrayfurry

    Happy April Fool’s Day. Thanks for the Smile.

  89. 89 zeke

    heh .. I’ve got a bridge I’ll sell ya for only $1000 … that’s half it’s normal price

  90. 90 Agent Kaye

    lol last year’s was better!

  91. 91 beth

    i turned on the computer this morning just to see what april fool’s trick u guys would do this year , lol, how sad oh well, i quite like the uh dancing baby down there, nice touch!

  92. 92 Oh My Todd!

    haha.. you guys almost got me.

    but seriously.. i know some bands that will play that benefit gig so that you don’t get sued by mcdonalds!

  93. 93 Agent Doogles

    Wow, I am totally downloading this song and listening to it on my ipod hahaha nice one guys:D

  94. 94 Matt Adams

    Just For Fun Section = ROTFL

  95. 95 Rebecca

    Dude, this is really lovely, but you know what would really make it POP? A “Rick Roll” pop-up series. It might be worth the extra cost…

  96. 96 teamcinnamon

    Yep, happy April Fool’s to you guys too!

  97. 97 JMB

    The background isn’t nearly flashy enough. You guys got ripped off.

  98. 98 Olly

    Ha, you had me for a sec.

    It’s like a Geocities page from about 1998!

  99. 99 CatScratchTheatre

    The smiley cursor is genius - do you think the designer would give me the same deal? I know a 10 yr old budding designer who could do some nice sparkle effects for cheap.

  100. 100 Sam

    mmmm….. nostalgia…..

  101. 101 Jenova4

    AWESOME.

  102. 102 Sarcasma58

    April FOOLZ!

    Hehehehehe.

    Nice one, guys!

  103. 103 Becca

    This is what the internet was made for. Al Gore would be proud.

  104. 104 TANK

    It’s about time you got this site fixed up.

  105. 105 eliot

    I am totally going to send this to my friends on e-mail!

  106. 106 Katie Leonard

    THIS WEBSITE SUCKS IT!
    xoxo,
    Katie L

  107. 107 Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn

    I especially love the blinking rainbow bar!

    Oh, and for once I wasn’t fooled. Feel better about that!

  108. 108 Carrie

    It’s sad how many sites really look like this.

    Think you managed to cover all the bases, great April Fools :)!

    CSB

  109. 109 Windy

    Takes me back to 1995. I think I had a page like this.

  110. 110 Liza

    Happy April Fools.

  111. 111 Colleen

    I can’t load all the advanced graphics on this site upgrade with my 64K 120Mhz IBM AT, even WITH my Hayes 300K Baud Modem and 80286 co-processor… do you have a low-res or a text-only version so I can see what things you groovy improv dudes have planned for pranks today????

  112. 112 Amy

    Ick! Happy 4/1

  113. 113 JoelG

    Wow, I didn’t know WordPress could look THIS good!!!

  114. 114 MediaMisfit

    Hilarious! You must have seen Strong Bad’s Guide to web designing.

  115. 115 Jane

    You’re missing the little animated under construction guy! And how about an animated gif for a background image, too? That would be sooo high-tech!

  116. 116 Hubert

    Nice April Fools joke. The comic sans is a great touch. It’s like garnish–a tall sprig of rosemary poking out of a garishly plated meal circa 1997.

    Brilliant.

  117. 117 Jaypoc

    I like the new design. Kinda retro in a 1998 style!

  118. 118 Matthew Flaschen

    Darn it. You got me! My first reaction was it’s bad, but not that bad! I guess Myspace has lowered everyone’s standards.

  119. 119 Anita Bath

    Wow it looks really great!

  120. 120 mork

    The mailbox is eating my letters!!!

    Awesome new design. Not enough websites use alternating cursor graphics these days!

  121. 121 Lola

    Haha WOW. I just scrolled down and saw the dancing baby.
    This design should stay for that one feature alone.

  122. 122 Sheena

    I was going to say that the redesign was only worth $3500 max. But then I saw the comet cursor. That just brings it all together. The fire gif is also pretty phat.

    LOL! It’s like the 90’s threw up all over the site. Loves it!