Thinking Of Starting My Own Site Similar To NLTM

metalnut?

T-Roy wrote:

metalnut?

Uh...what?

What do you guys think of this sort of layout (these were just whipped together in Photoshop):



This would be the review layout (the bulk of the site). You click a letter link above, the frame on the left shows all the bands. Click a band name, the albums show up on the right frame, click an album cover and the reviews shows in the middle. I'll probably have the default set to the band's latest release, so when you click the band name there's not a blank space in the middle; it will show the latest release I've reviewed/added.

The interviews and editorials and concert reviews won't be so common, so I'll have just one frame on the left and all text to the right of it. Like this:



The same will go for the news/updates part, but I think the default left frame will always show the # link (311, 3 Inches Of Blood, etc.) when the news/updates page is up (which will be the default page). So that would look like this:



Not sure if I like the frame on the left, though, so any ideas would be sweet. Also, the real site will obviously be much bigger (wider) and such, this was done on a tiny scale so I could post it and e-mail it around. I'm going to actually pay to have the site done. I simply don't have the time or desire to build it from scratch.

Any comments/opinions are welcome. There are additional things I want the site to have, but these are the very basics.

Thats pretty damn sweet!

Word. What do you think about an RSS feed from Blabbermouth in the left frame on the default page where I post my news and updates?

What I post for news will just be little snippets of stuff that never gets mentioned on the big news sites. I used to do it at metalreviews.com (example...the last news bit pissed off the owner of the site, too). So an RSS feed to Blabbermouth might be cool. I wish melodicrock.com had one.

i think you should keep SITE LOGO at the top

EvyMetal wrote:

i think you should keep SITE LOGO at the top

I'll take that into consideration.

whatever u call it it;s still goin to be cool. GL with it..

I like the design, it's functional and stylish - pretty much what you need. The Blabber-RSS feed sounds like it could be bittersweet. On the one hand, it might be relevant but on the other, it makes the site seem slightly more impersonal. I guess it kind of depends on what you're going for.

Well, the site isn't going to be a traditional review site; it's going to be like NLTM and MM, just my collection. I may can the whole news idea anyway, as I don't want to feel obligated to update the news. I'd rather the site become something used for reference rather than up-to-the-minute news and whatnot. Then again, it probably wouldn't be too hard to do something like that either. I don't know just yet.

Yeah, I figured you were going for the NLTM / MM approach (especially with the topic title and what not) hence me thinking the RSS feed / news thing aren't the best idea, pretty much for the reasons you listed.

Looks pretty damn Sexy indeed Eyesore and I'm being serious, It's a lot better layout than most sites out there, seems pretty easy to navigate around and all.

Best of luck with it.

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I had my own site for awhile (still have all the files in which i plan to relaunch) my reason was mainly to keep tabs on my collection but I grew inspiraiton heavily from NLTM and Metal Metropolis

I have tried this idea about 5 times. I don't have the patience for it. Your design kicks, Eyesore. More power to you. I wish you the best.