For the past few months we have been working on a few changes to improve Journalism.co.uk and make using the site easier and more intuitive.

We’ve changed the content management system for the site so vast majority of alterations are under the bonnet and aren’t visible. However, there are a few immediately noticeable cosmetic changes.

The most obvious change is the wholesale switch from the garish green to a grey, pink and white design, which we think is a good deal easier on the eye.

We have also adopted a wider page profile and tidied up the left hand column, introducing a ‘job of the week’ feature and generally making it more straightforward and easier for those seeking freelancers and/or jobs listings.

The homepage news elements have adopted a tabbed format; again, making accessing all the content we have on offer a lot easier for those coming to us through the front page.

The three lead stories are now on a timed rotation, although you can also flick between them using the by clicking the ‘Next’ button.

Alongside news and features from Journalism.co.uk we have added tabs for our recommendations of related news on other sites (a feature we had on the old home page) and given a front-page presence to our J-blogs mash-up of the best in journalism blogs.

This feature has lived on the site for a few months now but its popularity and the great wealth of informed and varied comment has necessitated a move to the homepage.

We have also added drop down menus links to the new (ish) forum and blogging areas of the site.

Forums are there for people to seed debates, make announcements and generally discuss anything journalism-related that they feel strongly about.

The blog was introduced quietly a couple of weeks ago and now is the new young love of the editorial staff.

We have also improved the navigation between story pages by highlighting our ‘other recent news’ at the top of the right-hand column. Beneath this we have introduced a feature that highlights the most ‘commented on’ news stories and below that an additional feature that will automatically pull in related news items.

Because we have made so many changes to the site we expect to come across a few teething problems that will be sorted out over the course of the next couple of weeks. If you come across anything that we miss feel free to drop us an email so we can rectify it.

Right, that’s about it. Hope you like the new site.