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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
 Posted - 04/10/2005 : 23:56:13
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As you've doubtless noticed, we've redesigned our forum to have a new look. The rest of the site shouldn't be too far behind. Look for changes in the next week or so.
For regular patrons, you'll surely notice that our new theming is much more generalized, encompassing Frank's entire career and in particular, his Catholics-era work. There are hints of things to come as well as references to what has passed. We hope you'll agree that this is an improvement over the Show Me Your Tears theme of old, which was becoming increasingly dated.
While we will probably be under construction for the next week or so as we implement the new design, please feel free to post your thoughts on the new look here
And while you're at it, be sure to give a big pat on the back to our tireless art team, who have worked, well, tirelessly. In alphabetical order, Active Duck, Apl4Eris, Daisy Girl, Frank Black Conspiracy, Starmekitten, thanks for a fantastic job and all the hard work! Dave & I appreciate it greatly as will, hopefully, everyone else. I hope I didn't miss anyone.
A few notes:
1) Some of you may notice that you now have less bees than you had kitties. Because the numbers have been climbing for members' post counts, the value of a bee has been increased in some cases.
2) The log in/out buttons will be changed over tomorrow, as well as the "Go!" button on the members' screen.
3) The purple kitties that forum admins have will be white.
4) The bar at the bottom (-= Frank Black Forum =- (C) 2002-2005 Frank Black Fans, Inc) will be recoloured or made transparent eventually.
Again, thanks to everyone who worked on this, so very much. I hope that with a little more work we'll be able to bring you the main site update soon. Also, thanks to everyone (Dayna, PixieSteve, Broken Face, and doubtless others) who popped in to give their opinions as we developed this.
We hope you enjoy the new look!
 "Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 00:03:18
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Additionally, art team, you've all been knighted in the FB.Net tradition. Which is to say, I've given you titles. Or rather, stolen the one I gave Apl4Eris in honour of her artistic ability. It just fits.
"Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 00:12:49
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Like the new look.
Despise the bees.
 Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 00:24:56
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looks good.
i guess it's too late for suggestions, but i think something other than the usual blue font would look better with the brown.. like maybe orange?
brown and orange look good together.
know what i'm sayin' dawg? |
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n/a
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Posted - 04/11/2005 : 00:29:26
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I looks very good, at first I thought it was me, my eyes...
But I miss the kitties already, I think they made more sense than the bees.
And I must congratulate everyone involved on this work, spending their free time to make this forum even more beautiful than it was already.
I feel like a completely different person |
Edited by - n/a on 04/11/2005 05:32:49 |
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *
Austria
1036 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 01:02:58
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congrats
simple & nice. like the colour a lot.
this week starts good !
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
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brokencalfornian
- FB Fan -
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 01:59:39
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| i groove on the new design. Good work team, I appreciate all the work you guys and gals put into the site. Keep it up. |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 04:39:00
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This is nice. The whole thing has an autumn feel to it, which I like. Great work y'all!
Change is good.
Clara Bow had a Bronx honk |
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The Susquatch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 05:21:33
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The new look is great. I want that 70's wallpaper in my house. Hope the bees will take away the storm.
Hang on to your Taco! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 06:07:55
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Brilliant! The bees are fantastic. Yet another of my top ten animals, along with cats.
Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life
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Black_francis_
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
157 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 08:11:25
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 08:27:47
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I'm not sure I like the fonts coloured this way, but just playing around. I might go back to the blues and then maybe avoid using bee colours that look less than good.
Maybe I just have to adjust...
"Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 08:53:49
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I like the bees too. They make busybee love. But it seems there should be something kinda Frank Black-ish here too, like UFO's or something.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:07:12
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The difference of colour between a link that has already been opened (dark brown) and one that hasn't (regular brown) is too slight.
Do you know what I'm talking about? |
Edited by - The Holiday Son on 04/11/2005 09:09:36 |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:13:51
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I do, but it's hard to separate them enough without making the unvisited link look too light (and I can't make the visited much darker without losing the brown tint). I'll play some more, I guess...
"Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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The Susquatch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:14:04
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The font could be a not so brightish purple, also orange is good once its nay 2 bright
Hang on to your Taco! |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:27:52
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Purple?
"Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:41:57
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black?
know what i'm sayin' dawg? |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:42:18
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the brown links fit in much better than the blue ones, however they seem a bit too faint and wish washy. jsut a suggestion, maybe try making it the dark brown, or even black? or would that just look like underlined text.
anyway, great look otherwise. well done art team.
edit: starmekittens suggestion in the other thread is a good one, switching the visited and unvisited colours.
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Edited by - PixieSteve on 04/11/2005 09:44:14 |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:43:49
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lets see how some of these colours actually look
(maroon)
if we keep the blue font the red bee has to go, it really has to
(purple)
because it looks really terrible imho
(orange)
but we can't have too many colours because of people checking from work
(brown)
well?
edit: what I said in t'other thread -->I think orange would also clash with the red bees a lot (unless they change) and be too coloured for those who are checking from work.
The browns are pretty well defined on my screen, although I'd have had the regular font dark and the clicked font light. But thats me.
I think the only bee that really clashed was the red one, which I think actually looks out of place from the rest of them anyway, how about a purple bee? If you mods aren't going beewards
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The Susquatch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:48:27
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I am quite liking the purple, the cats look bad in purple, but the font looks ok. The orange doesnt work. The Last reddish font looks ok 2
Hang on to your Taco! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:49:38
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i like the way the first and last one looks in kitty's post
i think the current dark brown font looks great, but the light (as pixiesteve said) is too light. it's kind of hard to read.
personally i could live without having clicked topics be a different shade..
maybe we should have a poll
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The Susquatch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:51:27
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That blue in the new topic folder looks rather good at the top right of the screen. Would it clash?
Hang on to your Taco! |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:54:25
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I tried the blue in that folder but as a font it was way too light. I could play with dark shades of it. For the moment, let me know what you think of the browns now (I also reversed em ... the dark = not visited now).
The purple just rubs me the wrong way, I guess.
"Oh dear / I seem to have joined the Cult of Frank." |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:54:56
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also, is there any way we could make the font on my name a few sizes bigger?
know what i'm sayin' dawg? |
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The Susquatch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 09:58:45
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To be honest I think there is no reason to change the name fonts at all. That brown looks good 2 me
Hang on to your Taco! |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 10:36:31
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Can we get the Catholics back together now?
(Seriously. Can we?
Also just as seriously, certain people put tons of
work into this for everybody's benefit and I thank
them.
Now, about the reunion...)
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 11:17:16
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| I love the new look. Good job. This is pretty much the theme I've been imagining that the Honeycomb artwork might take. |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 12:02:57
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Great job, all involved! I was completely shocked to see it and love it--a major improvement over the last one. I'm looking forward to the rest of the changes.
Kathryn, I'm all for it, but unfortunately...
Pixies Appearances:
N Sat 05/28/05
Sasquatch! Music Festival
George, WA
N Sat 06/11/05
Music Midtown Festival
Atlanta, GA
N Wed 08/17/05
Paredes De Coura festival
Paredes De Coura, Portugal
N Thu 08/25/05
Rock En Seine Festival
Paris, France
N Fri 08/26/05
Carling Weekend
Reading, UK
N Sat 08/27/05
Carling Weekend
Leeds, UK
...it odesn't look like it will be happening any time soon.
ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 12:12:54
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Good for Frank! Good for all of them.
It's great that the forum's reflecting Frank's future studio work
(the wonderful Honeycomb) and no longer his past
(the amazing SMYT).
Here's to an FB+TheCs album, tour and forum look
somewhere down the road.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go play Pistolero
and cry me some more.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 12:29:34
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"It's almost night
And I just might
Head to the strand down by the sea
Down at the edge
Edge of the world
That's where I really want to be
And if I'm broke
Then I will cope
Just rolling around is fine with me"
ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ |
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 12:44:17
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| I was blown away when I logged on this morning. Many thanks to everyone who spent so much time and energy to accomplish the marvelous change! |
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50 Pence
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
284 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 15:25:28
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I like everything but the stupid bee's, they suck, especially mine as it has no colour!
Blats |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 15:35:35
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Wow, incredible guys. The site looks fantastic. Thanks to the devotion of all listen above. You guys are way cool.
I personally like the bees a lot more than the kitties. Very nice improvement.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 22:11:09
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| The background with the flower images is an especially inspired touch. Keep it. |
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