{"id":1061,"date":"2015-06-26T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T04:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2015-06-26T04:31:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T04:31:10","slug":"tbt-lfgdatings-design-has-come-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/tbt-lfgdatings-design-has-come-a-long-way","title":{"rendered":"#TBT LFGdating&#8217;s Design Has Come a LONG Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>11:12 P.M. cst<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With our Houston <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/tag\/live-blogging\">Live Blogging<\/a> event in full swing, and since #TBT technically still is on like Donkey Kong for another hour or so in Texas, we thought what a better time to humbly showcase our\u00a0<em>original<\/em> LFGdating site design. \u00a0So sit back, light a candle, and soak that sleek 2012 design in.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re impressed, aren&#8217;t you? \u00a0Who wouldn&#8217;t be? \u00a0I mean come on, let&#8217;s be real: there&#8217;s not a more romantic color combination in the world than sky blue and dirty brown. \u00a0Am I right or am I right? \u00a0All kidding aside, this was really before the push for responsive web design (which LFG is rocking now) became mainstream, but I think we can all agree it is pretty hilarious to look back on today.<\/p>\n<p>Our mega-popular Gamer Dating Blog also is now sporting a spiffy fully-responsive, HTML 5 site design, but back in 2014 that wasn&#8217;t the case as you can see below. \u00a0While this definitely got the job done for our users, and was a marked improvement from the 2012-era, it is still hilarious to look back on today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lfg14blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lfg14blog.jpg\" alt=\"\/facepalm\" width=\"700\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lfg14blog.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lfg14blog-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would show you more #TBT facepalm-worthy goodness, but I don&#8217;t want to scare ya off. 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