I fully support this idea, as well as a redesign (this color scheme and the banner are so dated).
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Originally Posted by RezZ
I like being able to instantly be at the front page that lists the forums.
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You still could, probably by going to musicbanter.com/forum instead of just musicbanter.com. If you regularly go straight to the forums, your browser will recognize that address first if you start typing it in the address bar.
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
I like the idea, but my concern is this...
I was part of an online music forum from ~1999 to 2003/4 called Shoutweb. (If you go there, yes, thats what I listened to at the time, my handle was MetalliCake - blow me).
It had a front page before its forums and then one day - boom - the forums were gone and they became a music info site with adverts. I don't know that we're going in that direction, but an eternity I had a conversation with Yak and he was telling me that the management of the site (the people above him) owned plenty of forums and from his vantage, we were the least successful.
Its not something that should deter, but it is something we ought to weigh when considering the construction of the front page. If I lose another on-line music forum, I'm gunna be really pissed.
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I don't know the owners of this site, but I honestly wouldn't be too worried about it as all content on the home page will link to threads in the forums. As far as I can tell, that is the idea here - and not to create content that would stand separately from the forums. The point being to help bring attention the happenings inside the forums.