As I predicted, the RGVsports.com redesign hit a snag. It was supposed to be unveiled Jan. 30, but Wednesday we received an e-mail that suggested otherwise. As mentioned before, the redesign of RGVsports.com is a massive undertaking. Apparently our internet department at Freedom Communications learned just how enormous it was when they began rebuilding the site late last week and early into this week.
The main issue is converting the new site with the backend of RGVsports.com, which is where we keep all the stats at. In the end, your front page of RGVsports.com will look like the front page of themonitor.com. Our sister papers, the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald, just made the transformation to the new look this week. When Freedom is done coverting all of its newspapers, it then will begin to tackle the varsity Web sites, which is the category that RGVsports.com is labeled. Early word has that transformation being completed by late spring or early summer.
I’ll keep you updated here. But like you guys, I can’t wait for the redesign. I think all our Valley Freedom sports staffs do a great job with RGVsports.com like it is, but I also realize that the new redesign promises to be a lot more user friendly to our visitors.
Wade Baker, 30, is Sports Editor of The Monitor. He graduated from Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C. in 2000 with a degree in Mass Communications and moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 2002 for a sports reporter opening at The Monitor. Baker was promoted to his current position in August of 2007 after serving as assistant sports editor for two years. 
