The Blog

If you’re reading this on the blog itself, it has probably already become clear to you that things are a little different around here.

Have you seen the new homepage yet? It’s pretty funky, huh?

But much like the Ignighter team itself, the new site is more than just a pretty face. While the new design is pretty hot, the new functionality that accompanies it scorching.

1. One significant change to Ignighter’s functionality is the ability to “become a groupie” of other groups that interest you. Basically this means that you and your group can follow the status updates of other hotties in your city. So if they’re uploading more photos or talking about their weekend plans, the groupie feature helps give you and your friends insight into what’s happening with the people who tickle your fancy.

2. Another big change is Ignighter’s new Matching Engine. Here at Ignighter we’ve developed the world’s first and best group-to-group matching engine. Using cutting edge, in-house technology, we’ve figured out a way to study your group’s profile and match you up with another group based on percentage of compatibility. It’s pretty cool stuff and it keeps getting better.

3. The final significant change that we made to the new Ignighter is the introduction of the Ignighter Magazine. In addition to being the go-to group dating hub on the Internet, it’s also our goal to be a source of fun, entertaining, thought-provoking content surrounding the world of dating, relationships, sex, and other fun stuff. Each day we’ll feature an original article by one of Ignighter’s professional writers.

It also must be pointed out that we owe a great deal of thanks to Slice of Lime for their awesome design and usability work.

Right now we’re begging for your feedback. So if you haven’t signed up for the site yet (it’s free so what is there to lose?!) please do so and let us know how we can improve it. The Ignighter team has been working around the clock to make a really cool product. So please get on there, try it out, and tell us how we can make it even cooler.

April 14th, 2009 Posted by Adam | Design, Ignighter Update, The New Ignighter |

November 24th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Design, Ignighter Update, Startups, group dating, ignighter, logos |

Thanks to some help from Lijit’s Mike Bucks and some great work from our own boy genius, Nicky, we have a new design that we really like.

We hope nobody desperately misses the orange background. But considering the feedback we got on our original color scheme always seemed to include words like “caution”, “pukey”, and “abortion”, we have a feeling that this new one is an improvement.

Bill Flagg, our mentor and a usability guru really inspired us to start thinking about the landing page the right way. Check out his post on The Perfect Website and you’ll see that we shamelessly modeled what we’ve got after his advice.

The current design would not be possible without Andrew Hyde’s original though. He laid the foundation for a fantastic, usable site.

We’d love to hear your feedback so please check it out here. Thanks!

August 10th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Design, Startups, ignighter |

If you’re reading this blog, chances are that you’ve noticed the new design we implemented throughout the site over the weekend.

We’re personally really excited about the new design because not only does it look better than our old site (there’s no denying that), but it also includes some major improvements in overall usability.

The design is courtesy of the multi-talented Andrew Hyde and we’re very appreciative. For more on Andrew Hyde and his many hats, check out this post on Krista Paul’s blog.

As always though, Ignighter is a work in progress and we’re looking for feedback. So if you think the color scheme sucks, we removed an important feature, directions are confusing or overwhelming, or you simply want to tell us how much you love every part of it (we like these the best), please let us know!

July 7th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Design, Ignighter Release, Ignighter Update, ignighter |