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rushfan4 
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 Posted: September 26 2012 at 14:15 |
I vote for Dean's signature logo as the new logo.
And I like Abel's collage and would miss it if it were removed.
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Dean
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 14:13 |
The MMA and JMA have this pared-down style - I'm not a fan, it looks too dull, too corporate. Nice to see the montage collage disappear, but would have liked to see *something* on the page that couldn't have been designed using Mi©®osoft Paint or modelled in Lego™
Prog is complexity, layers, fun, puzzlement, intrigue, surprise, psychedelic, loud, difficult, cosmic - it's trippy and out there, it's all flash and no knickers, it's curvaceous and bodacious, sassy and swirly, it's Saturday night not Monday morning, it's not a corporate suit it's jeans and t-shirt and the smell of patchouli and stale beer, it's the sound track of dreams with weird time signatures, odd chord progressions and more key changes than a Student bedsit flat and an overriding sense of precociousness and grandeur. Prog is EPIC. 
...of course, having said that, the current design is none of those things either.
Edited by Dean - September 26 2012 at 14:14
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pinksky
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 14:04 |
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Well, what do you think about new collage? For example, it can be from top 100 prog album covers.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 14:04 |
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Very much like the typeface and it looks more modern. Don't think the Search function needs to go right across the screen. I would like to see it with the existing logo and smaller search to give it the space.
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Evolver
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:43 |
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I like the PA logo. I could do without the collage.
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Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:40 |
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As Jim pointed out, there's going to have to be ads in there too eventually, so don't get too attached to the pristine perfection of the model. Very nice, by the way. My wife's a graphic artist and she saw me on PA one day and thought the landing page could use a lot of work. Never bothered me, but some people have an eye for such things.
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thellama73
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:39 |
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The progarchives banner.
I accept that banner ads are a fact of life, and that's fine. But do we have to have an ugly collage as part of the site's logo?
Edited by thellama73 - September 26 2012 at 13:42
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pinksky
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:37 |
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But you always can block banners using adblock extensions for your browser. Or you mean progarchives banner?
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timothy leary
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:37 |
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Hate the banner
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:36 |
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It's rubbish now, you jst ruined it.
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thellama73
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:34 |
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No! We don't like banners. Banners bad!
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pinksky
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 13:27 |
Small updates: added full width prog banner (fused from two wallpapers, for preview) and marked two variable places for banners. 
Edited by pinksky - September 26 2012 at 13:28
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pinksky
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 03:45 |
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Well, all things you talking about is easy to add. I can present new version with the banner and ads.
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Horizons
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 22:25 |
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^ Just kidding :|
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 22:01 |
 thellama73 wrote:
The best part is no annoyingly cluttered collage banner.
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I like the banner. But the one in Scott's sig is better.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Finnforest
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 21:51 |
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It looks good, but benefits greatly from having no ads. Pull all the ads off of our regular page and it looks pretty decent too.
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Horizons
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 21:32 |
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It also has a "Similar Artist" feature right there..
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 21:29 |
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it is a more elegant design-- you have my support
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cstack3
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 18:26 |
Nice! Make it so! 
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: September 25 2012 at 18:24 |
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I don't see Abel's banner.
Love it.
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