# Revamp / simplification of the spokes.nz site **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** website\ **Created:** [29 March 2025 02:36 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736 "2025-03-29T02:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 02:36 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/1 "2025-03-29T02:36:41Z")
I’ve spent a bit of time today streamlining our [spokes.nz](http://spokes.nz) website to make it a better fit for our purposes, and simpler. In brief: 1. Added #Events so that all our events can be in one nicely ordered place. 2. Merged and simplified the other Categories 3. Turned off the Chat functionality as they made things quite a bit more complex (we retain Messages which can do the same job) I haven’t changed the homepage / landing experience yet. @frstep - I know that you’ve got some ideas as to how that can be improved. Also, @jon.dean - it would be great if we could close down [spokesdunedin.wordpress.com](http://spokesdunedin.wordpress.com) somehow. It remains an unhelpful ghost lurking in the background. Any thoughts / feedback / howls of protest are most welcome! ---
**Author:** ![jon.dean](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/jon.dean/32/230_2.png) [@jon.dean](https://spokes.nz/u/jon.dean)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 03:20 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/2 "2025-03-29T03:20:30Z")
I’ve exported [spokesdunedin.wordpress.com](http://spokesdunedin.wordpress.com) and deleted the site. ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 04:37 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/3 "2025-03-29T04:37:13Z")
Thanks for that Jon - however, it still seems live when I check it. Should it have been instant? ---
**Author:** ![jon.dean](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/jon.dean/32/230_2.png) [@jon.dean](https://spokes.nz/u/jon.dean)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 04:53 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/5 "2025-03-29T04:53:40Z")
I definitely deleted it - it required typing something quite specific to make it happen. Could be Cloudflare etc caching it… It is gone for me now. ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 05:05 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/6 "2025-03-29T05:05:58Z")
Yup! Is for me too: ![image](https://spokes.nz/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3240dbe10b6d2c050658ba33a6df73cb0db394cd.jpeg) Thank you for that. ---
**Author:** ![Robyn](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/robyn/32/1026_2.png) [@Robyn](https://spokes.nz/u/Robyn)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 06:23 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/7 "2025-03-29T06:23:42Z")
Thanks for all your work on the site. Howl of protest around disappearing chat centres solely around messages looking more confusing. And I acknowledge that is a me problem which I will eventually get over ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2025 23:15 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/8 "2025-03-29T23:15:14Z")
> [@Robyn](#): > > Howl of protest around disappearing chat centres solely around messages looking more confusing Yeah, I like chat more too. The key issue is that we didn’t use it enough to justify having the additional complexity. It can easily be switched back on if need be, or limited to just the committee or financial members as required. ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [29 June 2025 01:50 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/revamp-simplification-of-the-spokes-nz-site/736/9 "2025-06-29T01:50:47Z")
> [@NathanK](#): > > Turned off the Chat functionality as they made things quite a bit more complex (we retain Messages which can do the same job) I’ve turned this back on now, as there is now the ability to add chat channels to Events; this could be super helpful! Also, chat can now be a bit more tucked away, which keeps things cleaner.