Metal Storm - Design Update
Hi all!
It's been a while since Metal Storm had a proper update. A lot of layouts were rather outdated and it looked terrible on mobile devices.
I started working on a redesign over a year ago, but due to chronic lack of time and Metal Storm's insane amount of pages, the progress was very slow. Now, while not every page has been redesigned, I feel it's ready for release - I certainly wouldn't want to drag it for another year. The remaining pages can then slowly follow as I complete them.
The biggest improvements are centered around responsive layout, which should now scale nicely all the way down to smartphones. A lot of layouts, some sections and functionalities have been updated, most notably the front page and private messaging. My biggest efforts were directed at the most vital parts of the site, like band pages, the forum and publications.
Due to the increased image sizes, many old album and band images wil appear stretched - please replace them with new ones, they will be saved in higher resolution. I will also work on automatically updating gallery thumbnails, which used to be very small and now will look stretched as well.
Please report any broken layouts and bugs here. Though make sure you clear your browser cache before you complain
Happy New Year!
It's been a while since Metal Storm had a proper update. A lot of layouts were rather outdated and it looked terrible on mobile devices.
I started working on a redesign over a year ago, but due to chronic lack of time and Metal Storm's insane amount of pages, the progress was very slow. Now, while not every page has been redesigned, I feel it's ready for release - I certainly wouldn't want to drag it for another year. The remaining pages can then slowly follow as I complete them.
The biggest improvements are centered around responsive layout, which should now scale nicely all the way down to smartphones. A lot of layouts, some sections and functionalities have been updated, most notably the front page and private messaging. My biggest efforts were directed at the most vital parts of the site, like band pages, the forum and publications.
Due to the increased image sizes, many old album and band images wil appear stretched - please replace them with new ones, they will be saved in higher resolution. I will also work on automatically updating gallery thumbnails, which used to be very small and now will look stretched as well.
Please report any broken layouts and bugs here. Though make sure you clear your browser cache before you complain
Happy New Year!
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| Mehdi Taba Mehdi Taba Posts: 436  |
ThAnX man it's great.
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| Hellcult Posts: 346  |
Love it!, gr8 work man! This is what i wanted to see in 'Collection' , images for those albums not just the titles/dates, size is a bit small but as they say You can't have everything  thx!
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 13:19 Yeah, I figured this might be the issue. That didn't fix the Metal Storm banner not being fully visible on other pages though, but in functional sense it's not a problem. The image link still works
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7564  |
Written by Derwood on 15.01.2017 at 04:41 Same here. It looks very swift now. It will take some time to adapt to new layout. Nevertheless, it's a great work from Ivan. Glitches will be solved as the time pass by.
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| Athropos Burning inside Posts: 161  |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 12:16 That would be really welcome, thanks a lot.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
Written by Dave FC on 15.01.2017 at 13:50 Nah no issue, it indeed isn't on the homepage anymore. But go to any page other than home and you'll see it.
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| Ivan Retired Admin Elite Posts: 8850  |
Written by [user id=4365] on 15.01.2017 at 15:36 I'll add shoutbox as a separate page for mobiles.
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736  |
Is it just me or isn't there more preview when replying to a thread?
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1284  |
Is nice, but it will take time for myself to get used to it
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| Ivan Retired Admin Elite Posts: 8850 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 15.01.2017 at 15:11 Signatures and titles are fixed.
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
I don't do well with change. I'll be used to it by the end of the week. Real issues: -If you 'Order by Rating' on the Album votes page you get a mess. Newline/line break? -'Preview post' is dearly missed
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| cobrapel Concept One Posts: 197  |
In the discographies, switching to the new size, a lot of pics have lost quality
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| 3rdWorld China was a neat Posts: 4367  |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 18:13 Super bril, thanks!
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| Ivan Retired Admin Elite Posts: 8850 |
Written by cobrapel on 15.01.2017 at 19:34 They didn't lose quality, they just used to be 80x80 and are now stretched 200x200. So if you see low quality images, feel free to re-upload them.
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| Ivan Retired Admin Elite Posts: 8850 |
Written by Azarath on 15.01.2017 at 19:01 Couldn't find this - can you provide a link/screenshot please?
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736 |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 21:06 I don't know if it's what he meant but mine, when I do what he said, stays like this:  It seems there's no line break... I'm using Chrome
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
I don't have that problem though. Try deleting your cache once again.
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| Ivan Retired Admin Elite Posts: 8850 |
Written by Karlabos on 15.01.2017 at 21:13 Thanks, fixed.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62025  |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 21:04 and original not re realize album img as some tried to do, yesterday
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736 |
Written by Ivan on 15.01.2017 at 22:03  Written by Maco on 15.01.2017 at 21:58 Perhaps because Ivan already fixed it? =p
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62025 |
Ivan . maybe I am blind but what happen whit blue male and red female marker in a profile  How we can tell now?
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