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Post by tolworthy on Jun 5, 2014 13:03:18 GMT -5
Some seem a little bit forced Do you mean the statue of liberty example? That is the only one that was not overtly drawing on FF 1. Good point - I'll move that one. But all the others, as far as I can tell, are either explicit homages or are clearly inspired by FF 1. The one grey area is the Incredibles movie, but so many people have made the connection, and it's such a huge example, that it seemed fair to include it. Regarding quality, I started with just using actual covers of mainstream comics (there are about fifty of those). But some mainstream covers are uninspired, whereas some fan art is superb: once I opened the flood gates to fan art the numbers soon increased. Granted, some are no more than childish sketches, but others have a great deal of depth. The Fundamentalist Four or the Spanish painting for example. Regarding numbers, I would guess that Action 1 probably has more homages, and Amazing Fantasy 15 might beat FF1 but I haven't checked. But I see my role as pointing out the good stuff that others have missed. And art being what it is, that inevitably means adding some dross as well, but tastes vary so I err on the side of including it where possible. I've only consciously rejected two homages, and they were just created for juvenile shock value so I'm not missing sleep over them.  |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jun 5, 2014 13:12:31 GMT -5
Some seem a little bit forced Do you mean the statue of liberty example? the Spanish painting for example. You read my mind. Others are clearly a homage, but it's forced, nonetheless (summer bronycon). I had that comic, that cover is by López Espí. |
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Post by tolworthy on Jun 5, 2014 14:06:58 GMT -5
Oh I agree, most of the homages are forced. but I love that bronycon one - it's one of my favourites I've removed the statue of liberty example and reworded the later discussion on the topic.  |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 5, 2014 15:30:22 GMT -5
I think it's a bit premature to evaluate frontpage layouts while we're still trying to decide the basics of whether or not to even take on this approach, let alone find someone who knows how to do it.
I'd really like more input on the PROS and CONS of doing this, and I definitely could use some help with sites/services to check out if no one here can volunteer to actually build such a page.
I may just end up taking a stab at building such a page, moving one of my own review threads into blog format, and seeing how it works.
Of course, it will take me some time. I still haven't even finished work on the banner yet, but at least school ends next week.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 5, 2014 16:52:32 GMT -5
Well, what I tried to outline was definitely *not* a daily job; it was all with an eye to assuring minimal effort. All of that stuff would be on autopilot except for the main "blog." Three posts a week -- say one each from three different people -- would be plenty. And ideally, putting up a post there wouldn't take more than a few minutes; much like a forum post. If you used blogspot.com or a similar service you wouldn't even need to worry about security updates for the software. Or you could just skip even that and just buy a domain name that forwards here. Isn't this what I was talking about, then? And wouldn't that then make you the expert I've been looking for?  Maybe I'll have a little time over the weekend to mock something up in blogspot. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 5, 2014 16:56:46 GMT -5
Any example of a well executed frontage? The Horror Movie Fans message board front page while I don't much care for the zombie artwork I think is essentially what shax is talking about. www.horrormoviefans.com/Just a thought maybe we could have rotating artwork on the front page. Possibly even something contributed from the community. Except none of the links there seem to work. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 5, 2014 16:59:16 GMT -5
I meant a well-executed proBoards frontpage The problem is, proboards software doesn't allow itself to easily creating a "proBoards front page." So you have to fake it. |
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Post by Jesse on Jun 5, 2014 17:06:01 GMT -5
Except none of the links there seem to work. Only the Message Boards button works for some reason.  |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jun 5, 2014 17:31:16 GMT -5
The problem is, proboards software doesn't allow itself to easily creating a "proBoards front page." So you have to fake it. Not what they advertise. It should be a few clicks, according to them. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 5, 2014 18:34:00 GMT -5
I'd be happy to be proven wrong. I just haven't seen one. I've seen them on vBulletin sites, but not proboards. all I've seen on probaords sites are your standard forum indexes.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 5, 2014 19:06:05 GMT -5
Maybe I'll have a little time over the weekend to mock something up in blogspot. You just became my hero. |
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Post by tolworthy on Jun 5, 2014 19:46:34 GMT -5
I second the vote for blogspot/blogger. A superb service. I used to host my own forum on one of my sites, just basic wordpress stuff, but it was just a honeypot for malware. I switched to blogger in 2007 and never looked back.
The only down side is Google has to index a ".blogspot" address instead of a ".yourdomain" address, but so what? IMO most people care about the content and finding it, not where it's hosted. I have found blogger to be very reliable.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 5, 2014 20:02:08 GMT -5
My personal opinion, and that's all it is, is that it's too much work for an uncertain payoff. I like what we have now. Can't people interested in blogging just stick a link to their blog in their signature?
Cei-U!
If it ain't broke 'n' all that!
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 5, 2014 20:48:25 GMT -5
My personal opinion, and that's all it is, is that it's too much work for an uncertain payoff. I like what we have now. Can't people interested in blogging just stick a link to their blog in their signature? Cei-U! If it ain't broke 'n' all that! Seconded, although I concede I'm probably the last person on this board that should be consulted about this. Action Ace! I summon the gimmick infringement! |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 5, 2014 21:04:15 GMT -5
I have a question.. what exactly can be done in a blog that's different from a forum post? Is it the indexing? That's easily done by simply using the first post.
I've only looks at blogs very occassionally, but most of them to me look like 1 man discussion boards.
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