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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 17:18:54 GMT -5
rockcharts.proboards.com/index.cgiRockCharts Forum is a forum I created to discuss purely rock/aaa music! I highly encourage everyone on this section of the forum to join and discuss! Please, I need members! 
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Post by lockebox on May 23, 2011 17:21:33 GMT -5
What's wrong with this forum? ???
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Post by rockmaniac on May 23, 2011 18:08:01 GMT -5
there's nothing wrong with creating your own forum
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 18:19:20 GMT -5
Theres just two forums you can go to, one thats more specified for rock audiences with more things to do on it.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 23, 2011 19:14:00 GMT -5
I'll admit that it does look cool, and it does have more specific features. Your mission is going to be to find an important feature there that isn't included here that gets enough ppl over there to use it. The non-single tracks sub-section looks like a good start.
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 19:16:46 GMT -5
Any suggestions then? I'll take any.  |
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Post by rockmaniac on May 23, 2011 19:19:52 GMT -5
Personal Charts?
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 19:22:25 GMT -5
Ahhhh I forgot that!
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 23, 2011 19:22:56 GMT -5
I think instead of non-singles tracks...or in addition to...both having a section where there can be threads about artists and another section about albums. I feel like people would be more likely discuss album-tracks and their favorite ones and what should be the next single and stuff like that in the context of an album thread rather than a non-singles track thread.
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Post by Kurt on May 23, 2011 19:27:16 GMT -5
As jvandyck87 said, in order to get people to come from Pulse to there, you'll need to find something unique, or at least different from this forum. For starters, I would get a different theme that's a little more colorful (I presume you can modify Proboards themes...never used one myself). I would also work on producing content--if your forum looks busier, people will be more inclined to join and post themselves. You might also try using social media (i.e. Twitter) to spread the word and post news (something that this forum doesn't do, as an example). :)
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Post by HereIsGone on May 23, 2011 19:31:53 GMT -5
I know how to change up the proboards themes and create new 'skins' (layouts). I've done it for another board I run.
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 19:32:15 GMT -5
Please join! I'll try to put together everyone's suggestions.
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 19:39:20 GMT -5
I know how to change up the proboards themes and create new 'skins' (layouts). I've done it for another board I run. May you help me with it? I've tried but haven't had any luck. |
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Post by HereIsGone on May 23, 2011 20:04:35 GMT -5
PM me with a general colour layout you'd like, then I can create and test the skin on my own board so I can relay the screencaps to you. Unfortunately, it's only the admin who has the power to actually create them on their board.
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Post by Devin on May 23, 2011 20:33:27 GMT -5
PM me with a general colour layout you'd like, then I can create and test the skin on my own board so I can relay the screencaps to you. Unfortunately, it's only the admin who has the power to actually create them on their board. I officially LOVE YOU. The theme and everything is AWESOME! KICK-ASS! |
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Post by HereIsGone on May 23, 2011 20:58:06 GMT -5
Okie. I'm done fiddling around. Everyone can come look.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on May 23, 2011 23:19:24 GMT -5
Not a bad site. I'll definitely try to join when I free up some time.  |
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Post by The Party Captain on May 24, 2011 0:29:10 GMT -5
Ideally, I would want to see a board dedicated to rock, seeing as how I use very little of the rest of Pulse. I think if you want it to succeed and get people from here, you'll need to expand the umbrella. The average music listener is not schooled in radio formats at all. So, it should be a good bit different than here. Maybe go by classification (ska, punk, alt, roots,) You could even add sections for instrument discussion, songwriters, live gigs. Just some suggestions. You could really do a lot with this, I really dig the theme. Well done. I'm in.
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Post by pen on May 24, 2011 0:38:25 GMT -5
I don't mean any offense at all when I say any of this, but I confess I'm not a huge fan of the color choice here. Red and black just is not really that appealing visually. I also can't really see myself going that often. I have a general rock forum in Tunelab. I come here largely for the discussion of actual single choices and to find out news I wouldn't otherwise be aware of, as well as because I like this community. To have another forum to go to, it would have to offer something different that I'm not getting at either location. I'm not really seeing that at the moment.
Don't get me wrong, I see the point of why you'd want to create an offshore community. But I just don't know if I'd have any reason to follow suit. Tell you what actually, I just had a great idea. I'll follow suit if you can promise this forum will be a no-Ziff flyzone. ;)
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 24, 2011 0:40:09 GMT -5
Tell you what actually, I just had a great idea. I'll follow suit if you can promise this forum will be a no-Ziff flyzone. ;) Don't worry, this thread doesn't have parentheses in the title. Artie won't even know it exists. |
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Post by pen on May 24, 2011 0:41:48 GMT -5
Tell you what actually, I just had a great idea. I'll follow suit if you can promise this forum will be a no-Ziff flyzone. ;) Don't worry, this thread doesn't have parentheses in the title. Artie won't even know it exists. Hahahahaha, I have noticed he tends to stick to his own diseased ground. |
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 5:42:01 GMT -5
I'm thinking of adding a learn-to-play section on there, sorta like ultimate guitar.
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Post by Lozzy on May 24, 2011 6:11:13 GMT -5
Very nice work. I didn't join but I had a quick look, there's a lot of potential to be had with that.
My suggestion would be to change the skin color, even though it looks cool, I feel that light-colored forums (like Pulse) are much easier to read than dark-colored forums like the eye-scorching Exhale. I'm not sure if it'd work well, but it may help if you just change the central background to white. It's up to you though. :)
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Post by HereIsGone on May 24, 2011 8:11:33 GMT -5
I could tweak the colour palette a bit some more to make it a little more eyeball-friendlier than charcoal grey/dark red. But yeah, not up to me. :)
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Post by American Idiot on May 24, 2011 9:39:42 GMT -5
I really like this idea. It's a way we can all discuss topics in a more detailed way. I agree though, it's way too dark for the eye to focus on.
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Post by rockmaniac on May 24, 2011 9:58:11 GMT -5
I could tweak the colour palette a bit some more to make it a little more eyeball-friendlier than charcoal grey/dark red. But yeah, not up to me. :) u should try doing that |
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Post by Devin on May 24, 2011 11:27:49 GMT -5
Yes, HereIsGone, you are my designer. It is your job to tweak the colors to make it more user-friendly. :)
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Post by HereIsGone on May 24, 2011 13:26:30 GMT -5
Changed it to turquoise and orange for now so I'm not mirroring existing layouts (that I know of). If it looks a little too fruity, I can change it later -- it's just that lighter colours + red does not look great. This is just so it'll be readable.
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Post by pen on May 24, 2011 13:30:44 GMT -5
It looks a lot nicer now, but that light blue feels a little too bright. I'd try a darker shade.
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Post by HereIsGone on May 24, 2011 13:31:17 GMT -5
It looks a lot nicer now, but that light blue feels a little too bright. I'd try a darker shade. Yeah, I was thinking that. I'll dull it down with a tint of grey. Edit - Better or worse? |
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