Official GMD Photo/Social Thread

[unknown]

wtf...did the forum colors for anybody else just change?

 

[CF87]

wtf...did the forum colors for anybody else just change?

Yeah. I really like this too. wicked

 

[metal_wrath]

that logo isn't horribly metal, but it is acceptable

 

[MetalAges]

I am introducing a new look to the site (as you can see). Feedback welcome!

 

[metal_wrath]

the font size is too small and it's hard to read or click on something

 

[unknown]

I like it.

 

[MetalAges]

the font size is too small and it's hard to read or click on something

Are you talking about the links up top being too small? (user cp, etc.)

What part is hard to read?

 

[CF87]

the font size is too small and it's hard to read or click on something

Are you blind!

 

[entanglement]

whoa new vbulletin theme..

not bad at all. nice work metalages.

 

[entanglement]

It's not there on the forum homepage yet.. UM.com/forum. I'm still getting the old one there.

edit:
in User CP too.

 

[MetalAges]

Not yet, testing in a couple areas first.

 

[unknown]

hooray for being guinea pigs!

 

[MetalAges]

Haha - I knew I would get more honest and brutal yays or nays from this group

 

[entanglement]

Some suggestions:

> The advertisement on top could go UNDER the navigation bar. Even if the length of the 'top' of the page increases, this won't take focus off the 'content' of the page itself and on the ad.

> The line that shows the location of the page. "Ultimate Metal Forum > The Music > General Metal Dis... ". This needs to be a slightly bigger font, like in the old theme. Much 'upward' navigation is done through this as far as nested forums are concerned.

Although I'm a fan of justified-width pages, I really like this design. The logo on top looks great.

 

[metal_wrath]

Are you talking about the links up top being too small? (user cp, etc.)

yeah, and the navigation text links at top and at the bottom

 

[MetalAges]

yeah, and the navigation text links at top and at the bottom

The ones way up top (user cp, etc.) will remain. They're actually the same as before, just not bolded.

I made the breadcrumb nav bigger like before (Ultimate Metal Forum > The Music > General Metal Discussion > Official GMD Photo/Social Thread > Reply to Thread).

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

director?????

rofl

good director + good looking women = good porno
shitty director = bad porno no matter what

 

[MetalAges]

Some suggestions:

> The advertisement on top could go UNDER the navigation bar. Even if the length of the 'top' of the page increases, this won't take focus off the 'content' of the page itself and on the ad.

Well, that's a perk for advertisers (which fund the server fees of course). It's a standard placement to maximize the location for advertisers (check any big site you'll see what I mean).

> The line that shows the location of the page. "Ultimate Metal Forum > The Music > General Metal Dis... ". This needs to be a slightly bigger font, like in the old theme. Much 'upward' navigation is done through this as far as nested forums are concerned.

Fixed.

Although I'm a fan of justified-width pages, I really like this design. The logo on top looks great.

Thanks! I may tweak it a bit but that's the main deal there.

 

[entanglement]

Apologies for not getting around to reply in the other thread.

I agree, my explanation was purely from the perspective of the public. Art absolutely has a purpose for an artist, the purpose of expressing themselves. I just don't think art should be imbued with an inherent purpose for the people view/listening it by the artist himself. They can attach their own purpose to it if they choose to do so.

I don't really agree that the lack of seeking mainstream attention is something specific to metal at all though. And metal has its own share of mainstream oriented music that clearly is being made to sell rather than serve as a form of personal artistic expression.

Actually, I wasn't generalising my argument for it to be applicable to all metal there is out there. Yes, there are metal bands which do seek mainstream success. A lot of those (although not stereotypically kvlt) do achieve that, but they are not able to match it with much quality in my eyes, as compared to those who stick to just making good music and not caring about the rest (the more 'experimental' efforts out there).

At best I think the aesthetics of metal lend themselves better to remaining underground because it is more visceral (loud, heavy, violent, etc.) which also makes it harder to get it to become "popular". But just because any given rock, electronic or hiphop album is accessible enough to be played on the radio for the mainstream public doesn't mean the artist made it with that intention. And most artists don't make it with that intention obviously, since only like *0.0001% of all music outthere actually gets radio airplay.

* I made that statistic up obviously, but you get the point.

I will agree to that. There probably is non-metal music that gets recognition for its musical brilliance and innovation (disputable).. I just haven't come across many true 'artists' that get the mainstream spotlight. I personally think I need to broaden my horizon and look for diversity in other genres as much.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

I kind of liked the old color scheme better, but this is pretty nice.


Also, I posted this a minute ago and it just didn't show up. That happens fairly often. Anyone else have this problem?