Maaya's official site - time for a revamp?

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Do you want Maaya's official homepage to be renewed?

 
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I love Maaya's official site, I really do. It's cute, simple and sweet - just my type of design.

But...it's been like that for, what, ten years now? And they've stopped updated the news section in favour of a really annoying pop up window to another service on Flying Doc Inc.'s website. They also have that ugly google translate button. So! Is it time for Maaya's website to be updated for 2011/2012. With a new album coming up it would be the perfect timing...

Would you like it to change? What sorts of website would you prefer? Improvements? Things you would like to keep? Since we can't do anything, let's think of this as just a fun discussion on web design and how awesome Maaya's site could be in future :angel:


Personally, I think they are making it difficult for themselves with the all the pop-up windows. I think perhaps a website design that is easier to update would be better. Although, perhaps it is to save money by having all the news looked after by one team on the Flying Dog website instead of someone responsible for Maaya's site. An example I really like is Utada Hikaru's website, it's *ahem* very 'simple and clean'.
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dillpops wrote: But...it's been like that for, what, ten years now?
Pretty much forever. If you look at the Wayback machine at archive.org, it's hardly changed at all.
dillpops wrote:With a new album coming up it would be the perfect timing...
Funny; I thought her 15th anniversary was perfect timing, but that came and went... :-/

I'm all for a new site. (But let's not tell the web folk at JVC, or it'll turn into some monstrosity packed to the gills like the main site.) So let's start by saying the 90s called, and they want their frames back. Oh, and pictures! Like from her recent concerts, or just random "What's Maaya doing this week?" type of eye candy.

The discography could be way awesomer with more focus on the cover art and a snazzier display method.

Better and larger type, anyone?

But the design needs to stay simple. Utada Hikaru's site is indeed a great example to go from.
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they should make a chatroom maaya visits every couple of days & only i can join. the site should be in german only, with personal greetings from her to me on freshly released news. upcoming concerts should all become private for the person able to enter the chatroom on her site, with a pole on the stage. :heart:
they also need an amount of sweet pictures to catch me into her spiderweb.
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Great ideas, deltafour!

And...er...well, I think you'll have to keep dreaming about those updates gradualpretrify XD
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Hey my fansite hasn't changed in 10+ years too. :P

Anyways, I don't really care whether or not flying dog redesigns Maaya's site. As long as it's readable, I'm not picky. Well deltafour has a good point about the frames, lol. Those really need to go. ;)
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I can't remember the old website anymore XD I think it changed for Easy Listening. I just remember that I was shocked because of the new layout.
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the font which is used for "hikki's website" at hikki's... website.. is pretty darn good!
and about maaya's website, i don't even know the previous design myself :S
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Megumi wrote: I can't remember the old website anymore XD I think it changed for Easy Listening. I just remember that I was shocked because of the new layout.
Woah, you remember it changing?? That's crazy, I don't have any memory at all! Although, now that I think about it - I'm sure your site was already around when I became a Maaya site. I used to visit your site and Sora's site all the time when I first became a Maaya fan.
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old times... the first site i knew is jason's site (coz it has that simple address no one can ever forget lol)
then i saw sora's site, then meg's site, dilly's site about the same time.. then freckle's site. Splendid job everyone.. really lot of time spent... XD
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maayas hp should also consist of a big heart wit M+M engraved <.<
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dillpops wrote: I used to visit your site and Sora's site all the time when I first became a Maaya fan.
Woooow.
It was 10 years ago...
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I think Maaya's news page has gone a little crazy with the Tweet and Facebook buttons, when you scroll down to look at the magazine and radio appearances every single one has it's own tweet/facebook like button...that's a little over the top.

It's good for the major news items though, like the single news and album release info. I approve!
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Well, but the single and studio albums mini-websites are great! :D
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