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Published on May 1st, 2013 | by Alex and Brett Harris

A Brand New Website


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Nope, you didn’t come to the wrong place. TheRebelution.com has a new set of threads — and we think it looks mighty fine. Welcome to the next chapter for The Rebelution movement

This redesign is one of several steps we’re taking to position this website and the message of Do Hard Things for maximum impact. The new site does a better job than ever at connecting motivated young people and empowering them to share their stories, projects, and resources with each other.

Here are five new features we’re really excited about:

1. Mobile and Tablet Friendly

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The new TheRebelution.com sports a completely responsive design — meaning it will look good on your phone, tablet, or any other Internet-enabled device. You can try it out for yourself, even from your computer. Just change the width of your browser window and watch the website change. Fancy!

2. More Powerful Comment Section

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Every blog post now runs Disqus — the gold-standard for large websites and professional blogs. It allows for complex back-and-forth discussions, lets you “like” or “dislike” other comments, shows you other popular discussions around the site, and even ranks top commenters. Try it out below!

3. Better Content Organization

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The redesign introduces several new content channels, including Projects, News, and Resources. All of the channels are divided into further sub-categories, allowing you to find the content you want as well as browse similar content. You’ll also appreciate the Archives and Classic Posts pages.

4. Ten Ways to Get Involved

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We think you’ll love the new Get Involved page — including the “100 Hard Things” Challenge and opportunities to get published on TheRebelution.com. The new site is powered by you and is fueled by user-generated content. So don’t wait! Share your story, article, news tip, or resource today.

5. Lots of Room to Grow

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The new site provides us with a solid platform to build on — something we really lacked with the old model. With a site that is much easier to update and compatible with numerous tools we couldn’t use before, we expect this to be only the beginning. We hope you’ll join us on the journey!

P.S. As with any new site launch, you’ll find bugs and broken links and various carnage. If you run across those kind of things, please be kind enough to leave a comment to let us know. Thanks so much!

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About the Author

are the co-founders of TheRebelution.com and co-authors of Do Hard Things and Start Here. They have a passion for God and for their generation. Their personal interests include politics, filmmaking, music, and basketball. They are both graduates of Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia.


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  • Valiant

    Wow! This looks AWESOME!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks so much, Valiant! Glad you like it. =)

  • Nathan Tasker

    Amazing! I’m loving it! I’m really excited to see what the Rebelution has in store for this new website. Awesome!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks for the encouragement, Nathan. We hope you can continue to be involved in what God has in store for this website.

  • http://KyleJohnston.Net/ Kyle Johnston

    Looks great! :-)

  • Daniel Blom

    Most excellent web site! The content organization is much improved, and the layout is more visually/graphically oriented, which follows the trends that facebook and other web layouts are shifting towards. My one recommendation is to expand the “resources” section, but I see you are already working on it. (i.e. the suggest resources feature.) Great job!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Hey Daniel, thanks for the kind words. You’re definitely right about the resource section. That’s a new channel so it’s still very sparsely populated. Hopefully that will change quickly.

  • Kathryn Bryant

    Cool! It looks terrific!

  • Karate Kid

    This website is AWESOME!! Brett, you and Alex have come a LONG way since 2005. Thanks so much for all you do in encouraging teens (like myself) to DO HARD THINGS!

  • Ana Harris

    Hooray! You did it! Great job. I love you. =)

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      I love you, Mrs. Harris. =)

  • http://www.facebook.com/rickpearcey Rick Pearcey

    The “brand new website” looks terrific. We may have to look up your designer when it’s time to redo ours.

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks so much, Mr. Pearcey.

  • Beth Magnuson

    Woohoo! Looks great, Brett (et al!) I’m thrilled to see the foundational truths of this ministry that have so impacted my own life continue to grow and flourish in these new and exciting ways. Even those of us in our twenties are reading along after all these years, so encouraged by the “fellowship” of those running this race as well. May the Lord receive the glory He deserves from His work in the lives of those represented here. Looking forward to this next “chapter” guys! :)

    ~Beth

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      So good to hear from you, Beth! It’s great to see God continue to open new doors for this message and ministry. If you’d ever like to write something for us, let us know. We want to start including more content for you twenty-somethings. ;)

  • Miguel

    i just love it !!!!! Good job guys.

  • Ana W.

    Yay!! I’m so excited! It looks wonderful. :-)

    Thank you starting this website, Brett and Alex, and for writing your book. It had a profound impact on this girl who was struggling in her teen years; God used your book in an amazing way. :-) I’m excited that you’re keeping this website going and look forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for it!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks for the encouragement, Ana! We’e so glad that God used our book and message to make a difference in your life. That’s amazing. =)

  • JessicaLetchford

    I think this is fantastic! It looks very swish, and should be easy to navigate. I’m going to have some fun playing around with it!

  • Emily

    Wow, guys! This is awesome :) so stoked to find content I haven’t seen before because it was hidden. Thanks for taking the time to “re-face” and “refresh” the blog with a new face and fresh vision! Blessings to you both :)

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Hey Emily, thanks so much. We were really excited too about how the new design makes old content much more accesible. =)

  • Hana

    Wow! This awesome!! I’m so excited to see what’s coming next!

  • Hannah Collins

    Looks absolutely incredible! Way to go guys… amazing work y’all are doing for the Kingdom of God! :)

  • http://www.treasonoustruth.com/ Jessica

    Wow! Phenomenal makeover! Absolutely stunning! One really (really) nit-picky thing I noticed is that on the pages for the books, the book graphics face away from the text. The reader’s eyes will logically follow the direction the book turns, so it might be better to have the graphics facing in toward the text than away from it.

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Hey Jessica, thanks for the suggestion about the book graphics. I should have thought of that myself. God bless!

  • Luke Crocker

    Hope y’all don’t mind me advertising here. (The new website looks great by the way.)

    I (and a friend) have a blog going called, “Growing in His Knowledge.” If you are interested, you’re more than welcome to check it out and learn from it. It’s not fancy, but I hope y’all find it a blessing!

    http://redeemed-dianoia-thinking.blogspot.com/

  • programguy

    Yay! I can even log in with DISQUS! And I love the mobile magic and the new design. Nice Job guys.

  • Shelbi Moore

    It looks awesome! Great job!

  • Brandon Buchanan

    Site looks nice. I’m guessing you, Brett, designed and developed it? Or who did?

    I’ve been reading a lot of design books recently, and many emphasize the use of grids and alignment throughout. While for the most part I can see effort was put in to doing so, may I suggest two things: 1) Make Rebelution logo same height as “manifesto” book ad (keep aspect ratio). 2) Either center or align left to the logo above it.

    It also took me a little while to find the forum which is an essential part of the site as I see it (unless your trying to make the shift towards social media and away from forums which is another common idea although I disagree.)

    The only functional problem so far that I’ve discovered is that at therebelution.com/classics/ I got a 404. My link to that page was from the “classic posts” image link on side on the “article” posts.

    Please note that I’m not trying to be picky, just trying to give my humble opinion. (Oh, and don’t let my critiques outweigh my appreciation for the new site.)

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Excellent suggestions. Thanks for catching those things. I fixed the broken link you found and will work on the logo tomorrow.

      I’m afraid I don’t understand your second point (i.e. “2) Either center or align left to the logo above it.” What did you mean by that? Sorry if I’m being dense.

      In answer to your questions, yes, I’m responsible for how the site looks —though it’s actually built on a premium WordPress theme, so it didn’t require much development at all (just a lot of design work, content migration, organization, etc.). What little development it needed was provided by Jon Feaster at Bitdesigner.com — who was excellent to work with.

      Thanks again for sharing!

      • Brandon Buchanan

        Oops; I somehow skipped finishing that sentence I was referring to the main navigational menu. It doesn’t seem to be aligned with anything. I’d either line “Home” up with the logo or center it.

        • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

          Gotcha… Actually if you mouse-over the “Home” you’ll see that the highlighted area lines up with the logo.

      • Brandon Buchanan

        One more thing: I can’t seem to find any links to the modesty survey. Maybe you could put image links several places?

        • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

          We’re not entirely happy with how some people have been interpreting/applying the survey results. Until we have a chance to address those things we’ve chosen not to feature the survey prominently on the website.

      • http://www.facebook.com/BrandonBuchanan.NY Brandon Buchanan

        Do I need to empty my cache, or did you forget to enlarge the logo?

        • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

          Well, I tried enlarging the logo and it didn’t work. Getting the logo the same height as the banner made the logo way too wide. So, I compromised and made the banner smaller. ;)

  • Sadie Clements

    So, this is the new look? Amazing! You will definitely catch a lot more eyes with this…love all the colors.

    Praise God for this site. I don’t know, but I have never seen a larger group of varied young people with a heart for God come together with one accord! So encouraging. I’m glad you’ve kept it all up, and look forward to checking out the new features.

    I’m also looking forward to seeing just how far God is going to go with the Rebelution…again! I cannot wait to see this generation changed as dramatically as I know it can be.
    One other thing: how do I like the comments of others?

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      So glad you like the new website! =)

      To like/dislike comments you click on the little arrow signs at the bottom left of each comment. The arrow pointing up will “vote up” the comment and the arrow pointing down will “vote down” the comment.

      • Sadie Clements

        Ok, thanks.

  • Laura

    Oh goodness the site looks amazing! I love it. I totally love how organized and attractive it is! Beautiful design.

  • Victoria Watson

    WOWOWOWOWOW this is awesome great job!!!!

  • Brandon Buchanan

    Completely unrelated, how is Alex doing? I haven’t seen him really do anything on the blog for a long time.

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Alex is doing great. He’s very excited about the new website and has been following everything around here, but Harvard Law School is keeping him from writing for now.

    • Emily

      I have exactly the same question… How IS Alex doing?

  • Sophia Farnworth

    The new site is loading kind of funny on my mobile device…

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Hey Sophia, thanks for the feedback! What kind of mobile device are you using and how is it loading funny?

      • Sophia Farnworth

        I am using an iPod touch and the website will flash on and off against the background. :- /

        • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

          Hmmm… That’s strange.

          Is anyone else having trouble on their mobile device?

          • http://notjustateen.blogspot.com/ Nathan Tasker

            The first time I checked out the website from my iPod Touch it was fine. However, I just checked again and it did flash a few times when the site finished loading and on occasion afterward.

            It could be because there is a little too much to load for a mobile device, or it could just be an iPod problem. Although I know that the same thing happens for other sites that have a lot to load on the home page.

            Perhaps decreasing the number of extra links/images on the home page might help for those who have slow internet, computers, or devices.

          • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

            Thanks for the input, Nathan and Sophia. We’ll look into this. Is it flashing on every page, or just on the home page?

          • Sophia Farnworth

            Every page for me.

          • Nathan Tasker

            It’s all pages for me as well.

          • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

            Hmmm… That’s really too bad. Sorry for the annoyance.

            I’m afraid I don’t know what to do to address it, so I’ll have to ask someone else. Thanks for the feedback!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jessica.montaperto.58 Jessica Montaperto

    I remember the old comments! your books are guys! I ‘ve read Do Hard Things book.
    That chapter of helping someone who is struggling to quit drugs that chapter was helpful my friend quit them cause of your inspiring story she gave her life to Christ fully back in early October she struggles when bad things happen my friendship with her this past year has been risky I reached out to her on the chatroom a while ago she was in trouble I knew something wasn’t right with her, I did a book study do hard things book questions I wrote them down on paper I had her write down what re the hardest things she had to do many times. she struggles to keep up with her faith in Jesus. Even she was doing drugs a while ago a year ago I never gave up.
    I wanted to thank you Brett & Alex for writing the book Do Hard Things
    that made my friend realize that killing herself would not do any good.
    she and I did a prayer walk every week in August 2012!
    Jesus turned her around! I’m glad I reached out to her.
    That book is so great!
    love it

  • Nicole

    Hi there!

    Back in the end of Feb. I changed my e-mail address so I re-subscribed, but haven’t been getting the email updates. Thankfully my sister (my twin :D ) has a subscription, too, so I haven’t been missing out, but I was wondering if it something to do with the website change over (I’m a bit of a computer idiot)??? I’ve re-subscribed again so hopefully I will start getting them again.
    Thanks anyway!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Hey Nicole,

      When you sign up you should receive a verification message to the email address you provided. Did you receive that? If not, you might need to check your spam filter. Until you click on the verification link they send you your subscription won’t be complete and you won’t get the updates.

      Hope that helps!

      - Brett

      • Nicole

        Hi Brett,
        Nope, didn’t get the verification message & I checked the spam filter, all good there. I am getting the email updates now though since I re-re-subscribed though. :D
        Oh! And the new site looks great!!! ;)

  • Connor Janney

    Wow Brett, you have outdone yourself, I think this is exactly what anyone would want to find after reading do hard things. Thanks for all your time and effort to make this happen, we really appreciate it. God bless! =)

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks so much, Connor! It was great connecting over the phone a few weeks ago. Blessings on you as the school year ends!

  • Lydia

    So encouraging to see everything still going strong all these years later!

    • http://www.therebelution.com/ Brett Harris

      Thanks Lydia! Good to hear from you again. =)

  • Annalysa

    YES! I LOVE the new website! :) Great job everyone!

  • http://www.facebook.com/davidutztitus David Rauca

    You do a great job with rebelution… since I read your book I am prepare to do hard things

  • Hannah Leake

    I like the new look! It is very nice! I always enjoy reading this blog!
    God bless!

  • Kierstin

    I am so happy that it is tablet friendly!!!! Thank you guys so much! Now I can share the Rebelution site with my friends easier.

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