So what exactly is a lambgoat? I’m not sure, but www.lambgoat.com is a sweet web site focused on all things “hardcore, metal, and other forms of extreme music”. They are especially known for their raucous community. Head over there and you’ll find a (temporary) link for us in the upper left, the Quick Links section. Score.
I have received a lot of (mostly positive) feedback. I want to use this post to begin to respond to some feedback, answer questions and talk about improvements that will be made in the future. All user feedback is in bold.
The site’s awesome, but what’s up with the layout? It’s not bad, but it’s not exactly beautiful either.
Well, I paraphrased that nugget of feedback, but I received similar sentiments many times. The site launched just a couple months ago and our focus was on making the site very functional and easy to use. The layout/design was not a main focus because we wanted to make sure people would use the site before spending a lot of time making it look pretty. It turns out people seem to like our site. So expect an overhaul with a (slightly) better layout/design and many improvements in the (somewhat) near future.
I like the simplicity of the front page, but I think more can be done with it.
Yeah, I guess we thought we’d do our best Google impersonation with our home page. I like it, as did most other people, but we could do more with it. Displaying the most recent setlists posted or, as I mentioned in an earlier post, having a “leader board” for the bands with the most setlists posted are both ideas we have thrown around. So when we make that update I am going to keep referencing, expect some new features on the front page.
How come I can’t search or sort concerts by date, venue, location, etc.?
That’s a good question. So, hopefully, you will be able to soon.
When I upload a YouTube video, why doesn’t the title of it show up on your site?
Again, that’s a good question. Without going in to the reasons why that was initially difficult, let’s just say the titles will appear eventually. Maybe during that update…
Sometimes when I click “view image slideshow” on a setlist page, nothing happens.
That’s because no pictures have been uploaded for that concert yet. Whenever there are pictures for a show, the slideshow will always appear when clicked. In the future, we’ll make it clearer whether or not pictures have been uploaded.
There is a lot more feedback to respond to, but I want to get in the habit of making short, very readable posts. So, in the next few days, I’ll post again.
Thanks again everyone.
