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All done. Some of you might need to re-do your avatars or photos, but other than that everything appears to be working fine.

There's an update out for the forums which I will be installing tonight. This means there might be an hour or so of downtime. Included in the update are a few bug fixes and a few tools for mods and admins to make running the forums easier. Apparently there are also upgrades to the reputation system and the status updates. Not 100% sure what they are but we'll see. I have a feeling that all comments that currently exist on status updates will be lost because the ability to comment on status updates was added through a forum modification. This update provides that feature from the basic forum so they'll probably work in a slightly different way. Anyway just thought I'd keep everyone updated. Let me know if there's any problems.

I've seen em 4 times now

Saw Iron Maiden with Airbourne supporting them on Saturday in Newcastle on their Final Frontier tour. They were AWESOME, as always! All photos here:

Nice job Jamie. You're probably the first person on the net to post scans from a GTA 5 magazine article . Keep your eyes peeled for more

I got bored coming up with new names just for Marney. He can stay at Forum Nazi forever for all I care. I made up about 50 different ranks and because of you lot, he flew past all of them before anyone had a chance to read them...

That looks awesome to me. Only thing is the trees in the middle make it look like there's two images next to each other. Doesn't look like it blends well, plus with the placement of the text it just makes it look like 2 seperate images. Perhaps need to reposition the text, but I really like it. Did you save it as a PSD? And also is it possible to extend the bottom of the banner by another 50 pixels or so to incorporate the navigation links? Or did you crop everything to size? Only thing that really needs fixing is the trees in the middle really. If you can get rid of them and stick something else there with the orange -> blue gradient then I think we're onto a winner. Good work.

Added a "Latest Updates" section at the top of the home page.

Yeah something like that could work. Maybe not overdoing it though but it's a good idea. Where did you get the graphics from?

Modified version of the current banner. Needs a bit of work, particularly to make it show the header navigation, but it's an idea.

I think it needs to have blue so it fits with the rest of the site colour scheme, but save it as a PSD with layers and I can always tweak it if needs be. The only thing I'd say about the imagery you used was it seems more like NYC than LA. Maybe get something of the golden gate bridge etc.

Not a big fan of the bevels and the perfectly rounded shape. Looks too smooth and plain. In a way I also agree with Demon that the blue looks a bit offputting, but at the same time it needs to be blue to match the site. Obviously having something 'sticking out' of it in full colour, like the San Andreas banner would be ideal but we don't have much we can use for that. Not a big fan of the font either. Along the right lines though. The general feeling is that GTA 5 is gonna be set in LA/San Andreas again, so maybe use some screenshots from SA (landscape) or some real photos of LA which have been modified to look like a game. We're gonna have to change it eventually anyway but for now we just need something that goes with the template better than the current one. I think if there was a character we could use on the left side of the banner, who's width is just the same size as the left navigation bar (so he's kind of standing on it, or popping out the top of it) a bit like the http://www.gta4.tv banner then that would look pretty cool.

It's much harder to use graphical designs than it is to keep them simple. Full graphic websites usually are a fixed size and don't let you scroll down. That's gonna cause problems with different screen resolutions too. People on 1024x768 wont even see the moon or anything.

Haha looks decent. Could do with a bit more work. The images don't really appear to blend together very well. Also I prefer going for different fonts on the banner (for the links anyway). And pricedown is decent but it looks a bit plain. Good start though and that's something similar to what I'm looking for. I knocked this up in 15 mins or so using the fake screens "we" made on the site. Not too happy with it, but it's an idea; I've changed the gradient on the left nav from red to blue (gta-sanandreas.com nostalgia anyone?). I NEED a good banner. Ideally with some blended screenshots and a blue tint over the top. Here's the San Andreas one for some inspiration. The banner doesn't have to be perfectly square, it can be shaped to something.

In addition, I added the Random Image section to the left navigation menu which makes the page more interesting on each load. Also added a Google+ button to the home page and to content pages so people can "+" the page as well as tweet is or like it.

Hey guys, I've updated the site a bit. Tweaked some of the fonts/sizes, changed the background to the GTA4.TV background (may change it to something unique when I get a chance) and restyled the main page news a bit. What does everyone think? I also added a "news date seperator" which will categorize news articles into the days they were posted. Another development I'll work on soon is to make the news on the home page display a facebook style news feed. So if we update a page on a specific day, it'll show on the home page under that day's news. Similarly, if we upload an image on a specific day, that days images will show under the news feed. Therefore by visiting the home page every day, you'll see ALL new content and images for that day. Sound good?

Nice to see you again

Thanks Dup. Do all of those textures tile well?

I've been messing around at my end (in other words it's not live on the site), but iGTA5 does look pretty nice with the brick wall pattern from GTA4.TV. I might need to find a different brick pattern or modify it slightly so it doesn't look too much like a copy, but with that, the content boxes on the main site sort of look like posters or sort of billboards on the wall. Could be expanded so the content boxes are styled like billboards or something. I'm probably going to re-do the website header banner and the body background images anyway, so I think it'll definitely look better. Anyone able to help out with any graphics?

I should point out I'm referring to iGTA5.com here rather than iGrandTheftAuto.com. Any feedback for iGTA5.com is appreciated. Thanks. Random pic is definitely something I can add to iGTA5.

I'm going to start working on improving the (front end) website and I need some feedback from you guys on what you'd like to see. I'm planning to put things like "Latest Forum Posts" and maybe a "Poll" on the homepage as well as tidying up the look and feel of the site a bit, but I'd appreciate you guys giving me as many ideas as possible on what you'd like me to include so I can make the site as good as possible. You may want to look at my other sites such as: http://www.gta-sanandreas.com http://www.gta4.tv http://www.igrandtheftauto.com http://www.ireddead.com http://www.la-noire.tv or other gta5 fansites like: http://www.gtav.net http://www.gta5.tv http://gta5news.wordpress.com for some ideas. I wont be including everything you mention but if there's anything that I think will benefit the site that I've missed, I'll look to get it included. Cheers.

Yeah the 2nd one is the most actual users on the site (inc guests / spiders), the first is the actual registered users online at the same time.

Could be caused by any number of things, including any plugins you have installed - ad blockers etc, could be an old browser or could be a bug with the site, but it's not one I've ever seen.

Well I never!?

Yep. I'm off to Fuerteventura in Spain for 2 weeks with Crimson Butterfly so I won't be around much on here. Well I'm lying. Bought an iPad 2 SPECIFICALLY so I could sit by the pool and browse these forums. I haven't been away on a proper holiday for about 5 or 6 years (not counting my free trips to NYC and LA with Rockstar, muahaha), so this one should be good to relax, especially considering I just finished my degree at uni. Anyone else going on holiday this summer? If so where? You better behave yourselves while I'm gone!