New Website and Contest

After six years without any significant changes, we are very proud to debut this third revision of the CrimethInc.com website, rebuilt and hand-coded from scratch through nine months of tireless toil. It features a more inviting and less obtrusive aesthetic, an entirely new navigation scheme and tightly integrated search function, more and higher-quality PDFs, a totally revamped texts library, a polished and expanded downloads area, extensive and high-quality photos of our various projects, a re-tooled and super-fancy online store, and a regularly updated and fully integrated blog.

You can just click around to get acquainted; or, if you’d prefer a more structured tour, we’ve created a Site Guide that discusses the process and motivation behind the redesign and also provides a basic walk-through of the new features and functions. We are super anxious to hear your feedback, so please leave some comments.

We are also holding a contest that begins today, the prize of a Ne Plus Ultra Edition of Days of War going to the two people who find and report the most errors on this website in the next seven days.

Contest Guidelines

a) Contest Ends on September 21 at 11:59PM.

b) One point is awarded for each error reported; errors of any kind qualify: spelling, grammar, bad links, formatting mistakes, etc.

  1. Error reports should be emailed to pfm@crimethinc.com, and MUST have “CONTEST” in the subject line of the email.
  2. Send errors as you find them, and send as many emails as you need to. Points will only be rewarded if, when we receive the email, the error is still on the site; i.e. we will be actively fixing errors throughout the week and if we receive your email after we correct them, you get no points.
  3. To identify errors, include the page URL, then identify the column, then header of section (if applicable), then paragraph number. (i.e. http://www.crimethinc.com/about/site_guide.html, left column, Usability, 2nd paragraph, ‘cuorse’ should be ‘course’)

c) The two people with the most points at the end of the contest will receive a (slightly imperfect, minorly scuffed) copy of the Ne Plus Ultra edition of Days of War, Nights of Love, sent to them via Priority Mail.

crimethinker said,

September 18, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

The new site looks amazing. Great work!
Just the other day I was actually thinking about contacting somebody to suggest and offer to help with a new design. Beat me to it!

crustycamper said,

September 19, 2007 @ 8:09 am

Hi you beautiful people

The new site looks gorgeous. As with all crimethinc stuff lovingly grafted from the inside-out. Thanks for producing some great books that always provoke and inspire!
The collective i am involved with are off to the anarchist book-fair in London UK in October, so i think i will visit your store and get some ” fighting for our lives ” to hand out. Would love a distro kit but will have to save the pennies!!!
Peace Out

Graham

Chuck0 said,

September 21, 2007 @ 6:49 pm

Awesome job, folks! The new design kicks serious butt. You all should feel good about this new look.

One question: Where are the links? I can’t find where you’ve stuck the links to external websites. I was actually looking for this blog, because I wanted to print out the story on the furniture you built for mail order. We’re doing a similar project for the Infoshop.org office here in Kansas City.

I’m also interested in posting the text from Days of Love on Infoshop News as a series. Are you all fine with that?

Chuck Munson

pfm said,

September 24, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

Hey Chuck,

Thanks for the kind words (and thanks to everyone else who commented and emailed us).

A few people have asked about the external links. Frankly, we weren’t going to include them as we didn’t think anyone used them, but it turns out we were wrong. I now have plans to add them in the next month, probably to the right-most column of the bog nav, under authors. The main motivation is having a place where we can direct people over to Infoshop, in all seriousness.

As far as posting the text for Days over there—go for it!

drol. said,

September 29, 2007 @ 2:54 am

fucking awesome.

nothing but LOVE for everyone at the collective.

keep up the good work and let me know if I can lend a hand in any forum from disgusting Orange County.

smooches,
drol.

Hanstrz said,

October 3, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

Hey! I’ve always loved this iste because it vouches for the truth of the matter.
But….”It features a more inviting and less obtrusive aesthetic…”
What the heck…who cares how it looks
If people like what they see, they will read & find out more knowledge
I liked the old site….
But who knows

-Much Love-
Hannah

pfm said,

October 3, 2007 @ 5:40 pm

Hey Hannah. Presentation is important. Maybe not to you, but to many it is. But rather than list all the reasons it matters, I will just say, why wouldn’t we make it look as good as we can?

Hanstrz said,

October 11, 2007 @ 8:58 am

Yes it is, important now that I really truly think of it. I was just saying why would it matter because if people could see the knowledge in the older sites form, they are worthy of it. This layout is so……simple and organized!!

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