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As you can see, we've changed a few things :dance:

First of all, make sure you have javascript enabled in your browser;
if you using NoScript extension, go on and Allow this page.

So, where do i start...
I wasn't up to web-design for a few years, when the time came to upgrade AudioZ i had to update practically my whole knowledge on this subject.
I have to say, it took me a really long time to put everything together, while somewhere in the middle of this process i understood that everything is just wrong:
design is not cool, logo does not express the idea, the engine that we've been working on all this time using too obsolete techniques...
but time is always against us, and all these things have to be considered in the future updates.

this is my first interface design in the last several years, and i hope it will be a decent temporarily replacement of the old one.


So many things have changed... I have described the most important of them in the Rules / FAQ, which you should definitely read. (by clicking the INFO button)

from now on, i'd like to move things to a new level, and this concerns most of you, especially our Contributors (in the past - Composers).

...and here's a quick What's New list:

New Domain
As some of you already know, we have a new domain - www.AudioZ.pro
specifically for the pros like you

Forum
Yes!!! You'll have it... probably on the next week.
nothing fancy for beginning, but with your support we'll make it the best place to study, collaborate and chat.

It's Fresh!!!
I've decided not to reinvent the wheel and resolve this situation simple:
Main page will display releases for the last month;
recent posts will display everything that has been submitted since your last visit;
everything page will (...one day) display news from every section, and it will be presented in the "titles view" only with link to full article.
everybody will be happy now!

Feedback
finally a decent Contacts page...

Sections
combining your wishes with sanity... :)

VJ's section

"retro" for all that ancient stuff

lounge - for news, thoughts etc.

Thanks Button
Please use it! From now on, you can get banned for posting meaningless/flame comments.
If you want to show your appreciation - press the button;
if you have something important to say related to the article - then go on and write a comment.

Country Flag
Small widget which will show you number of people visiting this site from your country.
I'm sure it will be nice to know that you're not alone :-)

Search
Search is now working "by Titles" by default, which will make it a lot easier to find exactly what you looking for.

As a method of fighting double-posts, I've integrated a context search on Add Article page;
- paste your title, click the magnifying glass icon and engine will do the search for you right in place!
...in my humble opinion, to say the least, it is awesome!!!

PM
1. no PopUp message for New Messages;
from now on, you'll see your new messages notification left to the menu.

2. inbox size has increased + you will see how many messages you can store.

Mirrors module
don't even get me started... :dance:
you will read about it in the Rules.

I think it's the greatest concept that happened to links based web-sites in years!

New Profile Details
now you can describe your studio gear/DAW, specify social pages and... well, that's should do it for now :)

obviously, avatars uploading has been fixed.

WGTools Links Checker

Tweet / ILike / ADDThis buttons

New Members Statuses:
conductor (Admin)
moderator
contributor (poster)
member+ (member with abilities to post mirrors)
member

new emoticons

Supporting Older Versions of IE
AudioZ renders correctly under IE8 and IE9;
Although users of IE will see a banner advising them to install a better browser (FF/Chrome).

those who using previous versions of IE - i have no idea how this site looks under those, and frankly i have no words to describe how little i care about that.


obviously, there is still a lot to work on. I'll be busy on this at least one more week...


I have one small favor to ask you... please help us to keep the site clean!
I expect many mistakes from our posters, related to new categories and fresh releases.

If you see that something is wrong, please let us know about it!!!

comments

  guest -- 0
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like what you've done with the place!!! propspropsprops!!!!! ..does it read in some other strange language on my iphone or is that my mactardedness again.?!
  Resident 17.02.2010 54
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THX 4 the good work but... on my side, i miss the plain black layout yes and it took me some times till i found a browser which accepts the new formatted site dunno
Anyway it always feels good to be back home... wink
  Resident 28.12.2009 118
0
Hi SAINT, I know you did a hard work but, talking about colors and clearity to see the info I prefered the old style (darker colors).

This white is too bright.

So in the inter poll I don t find my place to vote... ;-)

Of course, THANKS for your effort. wink
Love is the widest key to open doors in Life.
  Resident 28.02.2011 1 30
+6
@Calcatian: yeh, u wanted the rofl button for a while now huh? I'd like to have these e-cons for my personal email!
@Saint: can that happen?
BTW I dig the new digs! GREAT JOB! mates (I do miss the bowing oriental icon, though.)
What are the chances, also, that we can have it mandated that articles in Mac be split -in a manner of speaking -so as to differentiate b/t Intel and PPC? I simply can't afford a $2500 upgrade at this juncture so I'm locked in to "Legacy Wares" for a while. It sucks downloading a "folder" only to find that I can't use it b/c of Apple's genius financial move to go with Intel and leave the faithful behind...
OS X 10.5.8 -the end of the line.
If I had a do-over, I think I'd learn to read.
  Resident 7.04.2011 1 19
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Shit just got real.
AudioZ - Keep it Secret. Keep it Safe.
  guest -- 0
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Thanks Saint

I don't like the white, it's not intimate. To much serious and annoying for the eyes.

But good job!

wink
  Resident 9.12.2009 2 520
+93
Thanx guyz... The new site don't look so great here. Some panels can't be view fine. And I can't right click on threads headlines to see it on a new window. But anyway it doesn't matter at all. Nothing that couldn't be fixed. Thanx for this new era!!!
  Resident 26.05.2010 3 325
+47
Am I blind, or where has the thread about the country widget gone?
It seems to have disappeared for me.

And also I don't see any advertisements now (not that I would miss them).
  Resident 5.03.2009 13 89
+175
This is so freaking awesomeee!!! I loveee this site! Nice upgrade SAiNT! and an ROFL smiley?!? YESSSSSSS!! rofl
TDK
  Resident 15.08.2009 47 48
+174
Loving the revamp here mates I would just like to say a big Thanks to all those involved for giving their time & efforts in making the NEW AudioZ.pro happen. And hopefully an even better than ever Music Production site to come and visit on a daily basis as I do. Once again guys Thanks you have done a sterling job wink
◄◄ ♫ Music Is The Key To Life ♫ ►►
  Resident 24.03.2009 3 276
+49
why only 75 charater signatures??

Signature:(75 symbols)



also when i go to change my sig it allows to many characters like 77 or something and says too long when i hit return

i suppose it's a few creases that need ironing out
  guest -- 0
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Hi guys.

Firstly, huge thanks for all your hard work with the new site. It's a big improvement on the old one, although that was damn cool too.

Secondly, since I'm gonna be using the 'Thank you' button from now, I'd just like to say a quick but heartfelt thanks to those lovely folk who bring us so much cool stuff to play with - the uploaders and the creators.

Now, here are a few issues I've encountered, that you might not already be aware of. I think this is the right section, forgive me if not.

I've had to create a new account for the reasons below -

1. When using restore password function, I enter my email, instantly go to my email account, click the link from AudioZ, and get taken to a page that says -

An error has occurred!
The reference has expired.

This happened 5 times before I tried the next step.

2. When not logged in, on your contact page, only Conductor's email is available. I don't know if this is intentional, and you have to be signed in to see it.

If this is the case, it's a bit silly, as I can't get into the site because the password restorer isn't working, so I try to contact one of the mods for help, but can't see their email without signing in...

3. I tried to send an email to Conductor about point 1. I get the following msg.

You have entered the name of a registered user.
If you are this user you must login first.

...!

Ok, I think, no worries, I'll use a different email address. That should sort out this problem. So I enter a new address and name, and get this msg -

Incorrect FROM address: *my email address*

WTF! Starting to loose my cool at this point...

I see this above the contact email box -

Information
Access to PM for user group: "guest"is disabled.

What is the point of having an email contact box if guests can't use it?
Registered users can contact you easily when signed in.
How can non-registered users, or registered users who are having log-in problems, contact you? It doesn't appear to be possible without creating a new account, as I was forced to do.

Sorry for such a long negative post. I really appreciate Audio.Z, and since I discovered it last year, it has become one of my most visited daily (and mentioned to friends) sites out there.

Peace.
  Resident 24.03.2009 3 276
+49
a thought

"some forum automatically change links to anonymous ones
I though new AZ might have this feature"
  Administrator 1.01.2004 300 1120
+20773
Gulliver
The contrast between the background and the postings is now as high as possible

- adjust your monitor contrast:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
not my problem really sad i'm using factory-calibrated Dell..

Am I blind, or where has the thread about the country widget gone?
It seems to have disappeared for me

- it's gone where it supposed to be - in the lounge section yes

zorro6969
noticed that (Like someone else already mentioned) I can't see the posts in Firefox (v3.6.17 on Mac here)

i'm working on that... wink

Also noticed the misspelling "undestanding" instead of "understanding" in the "Rules/Fac > Poster's guide"

thank you very much for that! fixed yes

edweste
Sorry Saint, who am I to question your efforts to maintain a site like this
i always appreciate sane criticism ;-)

I loved the black who had appeared before, differed from all other sites
well, i'm sure this layout is very much different too :)))

but it is a matter of getting used to
true... i'm still not used to it either! yes


can no longer select and copy text from the pages, I had to install a program called "Grab Text" to perform this function
i'm not sure what you mean by that, but the only difference is that this layout is build on layers, while the old one was built on tables.

in browsers like chrome/safari it may be... unpleasant to select text in layers, but there's nothing i can do about it sad

Another thing intolerable that all sites have and it really is a lack of respect, are the advertisements, does not bother me when they are on the sides, but are now on the links, I tried downloading the link filesonic of a page and just could not, I ran link, an advertisement stopped me from getting the link, finally, did not download the file.
it wasn't actually my plan to put banner to the center of the page :)))
that happened because of the script of which calls for that particular banner.. not my fault either, but, obviously i'll be searching a way to fix that..
as you can see, right now banners are disabled.


felino
Wouldn't be nice to see separate sections under Sections menu like FXs and VSTi
i'm afraid not... sections menu is too big already sad

Seems a little bit strange to me to see log in, profil and log out under Menu button. I'd expect something else there
i think i'll change it later...

Some annoying ad is hanging over the text near the top of this page and also at the home page.
i'll setup Opera soon and check everything. thanks for the tip.

google
android mobile
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2783/sc20110511154247.png

thanks for sending me this screen. i will work on mobile version in about two weeks.

hey new site = great
mates

funtez
does it read in some other strange language on my iphone or is that my mactardedness again.?!
no, that's my fault. sorry about that... i will work on mobile version in about two weeks.

shufflecheck,
This white is too bright
actually, this is not even pure white...
read my reply to Gulliver.

So in the inter poll I don t find my place to vote...
tongue

MacMusic
yeh, u wanted the rofl button for a while now huh? I'd like to have these e-cons for my personal email!
@Saint: can that happen

lol, i don't know :))
obviously, you can save each emoticon and use it anywhere you want - that's up to you :)

What are the chances, also, that we can have it mandated that articles in Mac be split -in a manner of speaking -so as to differentiate b/t Intel and PPC
good thought... i'm sending a message to you now.

charlomagne
I can't right click on threads headlines to see it on a new window.
why is that? wow

ralzy72
thank you for your kind words mates

google
why only 75 charater signatures??
- to prevent spam and links in signatures.

also when i go to change my sig it allows to many characters like 77 or something and says too long when i hit return
i'll check that. thanks

zonk-tek
thank you for the comment.
When using restore password function, I enter my email, instantly go to my email account, click the link from AudioZ
good notice. i will check that in a few days.

When not logged in, on your contact page, only Conductor's email is available. I don't know if this is intentional, and you have to be signed in to see it.

i'm not sure why it happening, but you should contact me (conductor) with those problems anyway, so it's only for the best yes

I tried to send an email to Conductor about point 1. I get the following msg
i'm sorry about your bad experience... the engine is sucking hard and i know that.

i will go through the same process and fix those mistakes.

thank you for your patience and understanding mates

google
some forum automatically change links to anonymous ones
I though new AZ might have this feature

i can't support other web-sites, because i can't guarantee that my members will be safe there.

only if i make my own links securing service... also want to make an image hosting for AudioZ.
  Resident 24.03.2009 3 276
+49
cheers Saint.

I got the mobile version to work by clicking about randomly. I was going through a favourite
I think it has to have /index after the name.

I'm on an android mobile....oohh....get me!

Although I might just be in normal mode because this text box is off the screen
  Administrator 1.01.2004 300 1120
+20773
google, i was going to make a mobile layout without banners and shit, but that's gonna take some time :(
1. fixing AudioZ
2. uploading forum
3. getting my life back
4. designing mobile layout
sad
  Resident 6.05.2010 22
0
Hi Saint thanks for all the hard work on this site. At the moment I am using a friends PC Laptop because I can't get the site to work on my Mac. I use Safari. I get the front page but only the banner at the top. The drop down menus don't work. Thanks again and good luck

crowman.

UPD: fixed by updating Safari
  Resident 24.03.2009 3 276
+49
is there a difference between fresh and exclusive

ie sample packs that have not been released on the scene, are they a fresh release.

say for instance the sound order production tools series are quite old but no about?

would that be a fresh release??
  Resident 29.09.2008 121
0
_Saint fucking awesome looking change, me likes it:)))))))))))))))
_thx and well done:)

_c_u:)
I hate everything and everyone, not:)
  Administrator 1.01.2004 300 1120
+20773
google
is there a difference between fresh and exclusive

good thoughts... i will think about it.

_rainsad, thanks for staying with us mates
  Resident 24.03.2009 3 276
+49
SAiNT
google

is there a difference between fresh and exclusive

good thoughts... i will think about it.

cheers saint

sometimes samples take a while to get shared on sites

Fresh should incorporate 'Fresh on the scene' too

Because the 'actual release' can be a different date to the 'FREE release'
  Banned 13.05.2011 801 3875
+23571
Cool the site looks much, much better now! Congratulations!!
But i had to create a new account since my last was deleted.
Why was it deleted? I didn't do nothing wrong...
I couldn't log in anymore the past weeks.

Anyway - Enjoy a fresh start!
  guest -- 0
0
lol, i just found out that we can't put more than 140 characters in here..
this is so ridiculous. god bless me for never using tweets before


@SAINT ^That has got to be the best "tweet" of the year. rofl

SPECIAL NOTE: This "times" on the sides of post still overlap articles (for me)
in Firefox 3, but are ok in IE7 (Win).
  Administrator 1.01.2004 300 1120
+20773
Kookaboo
Why was it deleted? I didn't do nothing wrong...
I couldn't log in anymore the past weeks.

there could be only one reason - you haven't logged in for the last 50 days...
all inactive accounts automatically deleted sad

contra3
That has got to be the best "tweet" of the year

- i really don't understand the point of that thing no

contra3
SPECIAL NOTE: This "times" on the sides of post still overlap articles (for me)
in Firefox 3, but are ok in IE7 (Win)

please clean your cache on FF3, check again;
and if it's still overlaps, send me a screenshot.
thanks
  Banned 13.05.2011 801 3875
+23571
Hello SAiNT! yes

Yes, that could be the reason...i didn't have access to the internet.
But it's a pity that inactive accounts get deleted after such a short period.

Anyway - site is fine and get's better!
CHEERS
  Administrator 1.01.2004 300 1120
+20773
Kookaboo, i have increased it to 60 days, just for you yes
two months is not a short period no
  guest -- 0
0
Cool...Great Job! Much appreciation from Nashville!
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