Now you wonder what's up, don't you? Change has come to Shirtcity. After long months of planning, trying, designing and dealing with long lines of code (a big shout out to our programmer's team here who even worked in night shifts!) we present to you the fourth all new version of Shirtcity. While the direction in the previous updates was all "bigger, better, larger, more", we focussed on keeping the things simple, clear and easy to use. Here's what's new in Shirtcity 2009:
The basic structure:
While the previous version consisted of four basic elements (five, if you count the starting page), we have stripped the new one down to the two basic ones: Shirtcity's custom branded tees: shirts the way you want them. And the community branded tees by Scribtee.com: Nice designs for design lovers, created and selected by the Scribtee community. What has been MyShirtcity you'll find in the header tab "open shop": here you can open, edit and administrate your ShirtcityShop like you're used to. The ShirtcityClub has gone for now. Right now we're working on a way to present the -sometimes really awesome- user designs to use, meanwhile it's more important than ever to make good publicity for your Shirtcity partner shop to promote your designs.
The Shop:
When starting Shirtcity.com, what you find is this new section, maybe the most important change in the new Shirtcity. The idea of it: We are fond of our designs and think they deserve better than being presented like a clipart collection. They're designed to make good shirts to suit every taste. The new shop allows T-Shirt shopping without much fussing. You browse through the designs and find what you like. Remark that the most designs are presented on model photos so you can get a realistic idea of what the shirts look like. Thousands of photos have been shot in Berlin and Barcelona over the past weeks to make this possible. To help you find your favourite designs easier, please take note of the
Tag Cloud :
Here our designs are presented in categories. For example, if you're looking for a nice gift for your beloved one, for Valentine's day or your anniversary, click on the tag "love". All the categories are easily accessible and linkable with URLs in the form of http://www.shirtcity.com/love. Under a lovingly crafted header you'll find all the designs in the corresponding category. Browse through the pages. When you find a shirt that you like and want to order, click on it. This opens the
T-Shirt-Designer "light":
T-Shirt shopping made easy. Just select your sex, your size and the desired shirt colour. With one more click it is already in your shopping cart. Now what if you had preferred a hoodie or longsleeve? No problem, one click on the + in the top right takes you to the full
T-Shirt-Designer:
As always you have our full product range to your selection, but with a better overview and bigger preview icons. While all product infos are on the right, all design related functions are on the left of the preview windows. The new shirt designer features two all new possibilities. Now you can
Select design colours
Even more options! Once your design is selected, you can click on "edit" and specify the colour you want it printed in. All unicolour designs can be edited in order to satisfy your T-shirt needs.
This was number one. An often requested feature is now possible, too:
Combine text and designs:
For your personal dedication, comments or whatever you wish: Two lines of text are at your disposal to make your shirt or gift even more personal or individual!
The footer at the bottom of the page gives you quick access to useful features such as your account, the FAQ, partner programs or this very blog.
Of course, the Shirtcity never sleeps and it never stops evolving. So we and especially our faithful programmer's team are not going to take a rest, though well deserved. But before we set our aims to the next projects on Shirtcity we are thrilled to see what you think of the new site. You're welcome to have a walk around and try the new features.
