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Points: 32491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:21
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

I will try to find a way to load the avatar without affecting the loading times of the main content.

I'll try to load the avatar after the page is loaded..

To be continued...


Don't go to any trouble, buddy.  It's not that big a deal to me, especially if it's a bandwidth issue.  I'm far more interested in the "ratings at a glance" feature.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:19
I will try to find a way to load the avatar without affecting the loading times of the main content.

I'll try to load the avatar after the page is loaded..

To be continued...
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Points: 32491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:17
M@X answered this, but I think he did so in the wrong thread (since my thread was about displaying the ratings of the albums in the top 20 for each subgenre).  LOL 

Here is what he said about avatars:
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

Since Avatar tend to slow loading times of album pages, avatar are only available in the SHOW ALL REVIEWS pages of album.

Find that link under the reviews section header of each album pages.

Please share thoughts..

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Points: 3012 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:05
I think the frontpage reviews look really good now. I have to agree with Epignosis that I miss the avatars on the album reviews page though.
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Points: 32491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:56
Oh M@X, there's also this.

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55499

I hope I'm not being perceived as disgruntled.  Smile
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:54
Looks good! Although to be nitpicky I think it would look better if the artist name was a bit bigger and maybe it said "By" behind it, so "By Ayreon" or something of the like. And maybe have the overall rating of the album a bit larger. I do like that the review count is next to the rating now though!

My opinion, anyways Embarrassed
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Points: 32491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:52
I'd say the front page looks great.  Clap

My only complaint would be not having the reviewer's avatar visible (as we used to have) on at least the actual album's page.  I often try to scroll to certain individuals' review of a given album, and having the avatar present always made it quick and easy to locate.

Other than that- great job.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:45
What do you think now guys ?Geek
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 09:57
Ok guys, thanks for the comments, greatly appreciated.

I'll work this out today to add the header of the review back with the Reviewer name + Album/Artist Name
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Points: 8869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 08:51
I agree with Finn  Tongue
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

I'm with UMUR, put the info back at the beginning of the review.  IMO. 


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I'm with UMUR, put the info back at the beginning of the review.  IMO. 

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I agree with Swan Song here. The band, album and reviewer name in the beginning of the review looks better and gives you the info you need faster. The new feature where artist and album name is seperated is great though. A much needed and wanted feature.
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Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

While trying to bring the BAND and CD Name over the front page each reviewsI realize that placing the cover bigger with the album and title name below only AND placing the reviewer name below the text drive more attention to the cover (nice prog cover) and invite us to read all the reviews , instead of filtering the BAND and REVIEWER we already know..

Opinion on this before i continue tweaking the layout ?

Thanks


This is an interesting new feature, and it has both a good side and a bad side. It is indeed more attractive for those new to prog or new to ProgArchives. However, I have been using PA for about three years now and I have come to understand the ways of various types of reviewers. This is why I don't feel like consuming a lot of time reading random reviews which attract me by visual means. I always look at the new reviews and pick the ones which are written by reviewers I trust and/or written on albums I'm interested in.

Becase of this reading habit of mine, it's tiring now for me to look at the upper right corner for the album name and at the lowwer left corner for the reviewer name, in order to decide whether I'm going to read this review or not. Before, it was easier: the band, album and reviewer names were all at the beginning of the review.


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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:46
Oh - just checked out the front page and saw what you were talking about, M@X. Looks good! I think that some of the covers are going to need to be updated so that they don't look so... er... grotesque , but it looks good otherwise.
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:42
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

While trying to bring the BAND and CD Name over the front page each reviewsI realize that placing the cover bigger with the album and title name below only AND placing the reviewer name below the text drive more attention to the cover (nice prog cover) and invite us to read all the reviews , instead of filtering the BAND and REVIEWER we already know..

Opinion on this before i continue tweaking the layout ?

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Maybe have the album name as the headline and have the artist name under the cover?

I dunno, it could be interesting
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Points: 216 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:39
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

...and what do we think of the revised layout of the reviews?
 
Personally, I rather miss the album name and artist being shown above the review. I find myself reading the review and wondering which album it is about.


I agree that there should be a "headline" to the review. But the way the information now is presented under the album cover is great, imo. And it's an improvement that the links to the album and the artist are separated.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2009 at 00:07
While trying to bring the BAND and CD Name over the front page each reviewsI realize that placing the cover bigger with the album and title name below only AND placing the reviewer name below the text drive more attention to the cover (nice prog cover) and invite us to read all the reviews , instead of filtering the BAND and REVIEWER we already know..

Opinion on this before i continue tweaking the layout ?

Thanks
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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

i guess this would resolve all the "most popular band/artist on this site" threads and related. I  thought Yes beat out Genesis but i guess not.

funny how new Miles Davis is to this site and he JUST made the list


You mean they're in actual order of preference. I was hoping that it was just random order for the top 30.
Or do we prepare for the inevitable " this can't be a real/ fair / true representation" thread such as the top 100 lists and weighting issues debates.
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 17:12
How about the old layout with separate links for Album and artist?
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