We are live! There may be some kinks that need to be worked out but I’m very happy with this new design. The logo is designed by the extremely talented BrenB. If anything is broken, this is where to let me know etc. Please say what browser you are using too.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
It’s grand. New ‘Nialler9’ text logo is very jagged and slanty. Hmmm….
Not sure about the cartoony cassette tape image. Reminds me of the style of the animation on the ads for those Ryan Tubridy endorsed music compilations.
Like that you retained the colour scheme.
oooh I LOVE the new logo and overall design is just swell.
Initial thoughts…
Glad you kept the pink. V. Loveless 😉
Tape graphic is much improved over old & I like the rather clunky Nialler9 logo – although, should that not all be in lower case??
Still lingering issues with the yahoo media (no) player… I’d just zap that coz I think its a wee bit flakey for my liking.
Also, the titles of posts do not click thru @ present but that be no biggie.
Still think state.ie & yours would do with a digital downloads section like boomkats (obviously major coding involved).
Upcoming Events – did I have anything to do with that??
I was going to suggest you link to lastfm… or make public a gmail calendar… tis a good idea. But why just dirty doubles? Are your friends in the north lepers??
Talking about debuts would you include Sunken Foal in that bracket??
Highly impressive sounds emanating from that direction, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=956mQ22VcQ0
I like the new logo.
Trackbacks are float to the right of the flickr stream but are picking up the links from the recent comments section…
Using firefox 2.0.0.16 (XP)
Loving the new look though, smooth out the door.
Coooooooooooooooooooooool!
Very, very nice work!
sorry to be a negative nancy, but i don’t really like the new design.
the grey strip at the very top seems needless, and serves to weaken the visual impact of the header. there’s not enough space above the tape device, which does kinda look like it’s straight out of a 98fm ad. also the curved line above the menu doesn’t sit right; it’s the only curved element on the page and breaks the otherwise clean look of the page.
everything below the menu looks great though. however, i preferred the old design. my advice would be to merge the two, keeping your favourite elements from both.
looks savage dude!
good stuff
Carl – sorry to be a negative nancy myself but we’re keeping this. You’ll get used to it.
Wow…it’s all gone v fancy around here! I love it dude, nice work.
Not only looks great but everything working great on IE7!
Nice one Niall. Looks deadly!
are you sure i can’t convince you to give that tape logo some breathing space? i read this on google reader anyway, so i’m not hugely concerned 😉
Carl, I’m going to let that shit marinate. We’ll see.
You are so hot right now!
fancy!
Looking good! New logo is a beaut.
I’m still puzzled as to what the Go button is supposed to do though!
Flynnduism – Go button is for searching…. does it work for you? what browser etc?
mr. Jelly –
Also, the titles of posts do not click thru @ present but that be no biggie.
explain?
Yeh , the upcoming events was your idea. Don’t know what your comment about lepers in the north is about though.
lookin sharp on IE6 nialler, w00t
Cian, why are you using IE6??
donwload this: http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
and you can install IE versions 3 through 6 on your pc for testing. it’s bo-shank.
Why though Carl? Why do people still use IE6?
I use a different program – http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
Sorry dude. Been up all night cramming… so heeds a bit frazzled.
For instance, from your main page, would it not be handier to be able to click on “Nialler9 V3.0” to be brought into the full thread & omments? As I said it’s no biggie as you got a Read On arrow button etc.
Just a wisecrack that all the events are in dublin dude!!
Out of curiosity Niall, is it Safari or Firefox you’re usin??
Try out Chrome. Simple, clean & easy to use. I like very much. Rather like this site.
Very nice facelift.
You can totally press the titles to be brought into the full post. You can do both.
Have tried out chrome but i actually don’t really want to use any more google products than I already do.
I use Firefox
Try clicking on those permi-links in IE 6 dude. Works like a trooper in Firefox!
WHY are YOU using IE6??
Fucking hate that browser so much.
lol… i think i”ve touched a raw nerve. turn the bleep machine on ha ha!!
still widely used tho – http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
Much more homely, I like it.
ours is not to question why, but to pander to the uninformed whim of the lowest common denominator.
i hate that guy.
looks class nialler!
nice one
Dear Editor,
31 comments! Is this On the Record?
I’ll get my coat.
It looks great! Do I get bonus points for noticing that the tape reads “Feeds”?
I thought it was “greed” ? !!! 😉
i fuckin loved the old site man(no shit all over the place just the stories and managing to pull off the pink and blue without looking bent, which im not sure if this site does[sorry]) but sure this knew one does the job anyway, its just gonna take a while to get used too.
Nice one skin.
it looks great! better pink usage too:)
savage. I want to make the whales on the top of my page dance and splash.
You love Magenta too! Great new Look!
Hear that folks?
It’s magenta, not pink.
Finally some recognition.
LOL The Magenta Links’ administrator talking!
Oh, loving the logo Niall! What a great site this is.
only using IE6 in the office, don’t have any option….use firefox on the laptop. fascinating, huh?
also on the greed/feed issue, you’re both mental
drat!! i completely forgot you were doin a re-design. i had some some logos a while back, which ill send ya for the craic. brens done a lovely job, wont go into anything technical, but its like, BAM! there it is…nialler 9 BAM!! nice job lads