SnowJapan Admin Popular Post SnowJapan 178 Posted September 18, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2011 So here is our new logo. We hope you like it. It took us about 2 months to get it locked down with the help of a very talented logo designer type dude (to whom SJ1 apologises for being so massively fussy). We started off with a very general request and initially got about 25 different general ideas based on our rough outline of the sort of 'concept' we wanted. Once we got the main idea going there was literally more than 200 adjustments and fine-tunes to get it like you see it now. You will be seeing a lot of this in a few different guises around here and eventually also on the main site as well of course. Anyway, we also have made some lovely new shiny stickers, about 10cm in size and some nice flyers as well. Soon we will be letting you know how to get some of those if you so wish. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Very snazzy. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Love it. Very bold, shiny. Better than that green one Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Ok I am a bit of a dinosaur and don't especially like change but looks very bright. I am going to guess that the red relates to the rising sun and the s is snow? Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 It looks totally awesome. Truly fabulous looking logo. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Stickers look great too. I think David said it really well here, seemore: These Forums represent a very big change and we realise that not everyone will like such big changes. It is definitely going to take a while to get used to the new setup... I have been using this online for three months now and I am still finding new cool things that our programmer put in that I did not know about! But to move forward, change was necessary. And we believe that this new platform is a huge step forward. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Looks great. Pretty complex graphic. Colour scheme is cool. It's a little "Pepsi" but It works. I know logo design is REALLY difficult. I'm busy with a couple logo's of my own right now. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 that was my impression as well Chris, a little "Pepsi"....not a bad thing although I'm sure you don't want any virtual knocks by their lawyers!! Its gonna take a while to get used to the new layout but its definitely cool. 1 thing though, before when I clicked on a thread it would take me to the last read post....that doesn't appear to happen anymore, is this a setting I can adjust or is it just the way it is now? I'm lazy and don7t like trawling through which ones I've read before! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted September 19, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 19, 2011 See the little round dot to the left of a topic in the list? Click on that to go to the first unread post. OR from the main forums index page, click on the name of the thread shown as the most recently updated one to go to the last unread post in that thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 cheers david.....sorry another Q.......with the change over, does the forum not remember the threads I've been in already when it was the old format? When I press the button, it always takes me to the 1st post. Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I agree, when I first saw it I thought Pepsi lol (only at first glance). It looks good though...now for some reason I want to push it like a button, haha. I'll sport some stickers when the come out! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted September 19, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 19, 2011 cheers david.....sorry another Q.......with the change over, does the forum not remember the threads I've been in already when it was the old format? When I press the button, it always takes me to the 1st post. Not sure I follow you there, what 'button' do you mean Tubby? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 the little one at the side you mentioned before. Anyway its ok, I just need to visit every thread now and I can use the button at the side to direct me to the first unread post Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 The first unread post should work whether you have posted in it or not, Tubby, I think. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Great logo btw! Top stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted September 19, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 19, 2011 Yes, if there is a new post that little graphic will be bold and if you click on it you should be taken to the lastest unread post. In the case of you posting in the thread, the icon becomes a bit like a quote bubble rather than just a dot, but the functionality is the same. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted September 20, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 20, 2011 Thanks for the comments both in here and in mails. Just to add a few comments and answer a few questions. I thought it was about time that we had a proper 'logo'. It's pretty amazing that we haven't had a really proper one until now. Decided that was to be part of the plan to move forward in late May/early June, and started working with a designer and had this all fixed up by the end of July. What we really didn't want was a cliched and obvious design. So no skiers, boarders, snowflakes, temples, etc. I wanted something bold and something that would be easily recognizable. Apart from that, the only thing initially I told the designer was that we could like some sort of subtle 'Japan' reference in there along with the idea of perhaps using a globe. I'm a bit of a frustrated designer myself in that I know what I like in my head but I just don't have the skills to actually get it happening on a computer, so it was reallyexciting to see it all come together over that period of time. I really enjoyed doing that, tons of fun. What does it mean? If you want it to mean anything you have the globe, the red blob which can be the 'Japan' bit, the swooshy S (we have been known to use swooshes for quite a while now!) which can stand for our name, and the little reflected mountain icon - the mountains shape is actually some of the local mountains here in Minamiuonuma. Obviously, the top graphic on the Forums here is based on a large sea creature. But I'm well pleased with it and very happy that we made that move. It will eventually be appearing on the main site and in a few different guises in other places too. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Very bright bold and shiny. I like it a lot. It's well cool that the mountain shapes are based on real ones too. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Top quality. Link to post Share on other sites
sand 17 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 that was my impression as well Chris, a little "Pepsi"....not a bad thing although I'm sure you don't want any virtual knocks by their lawyers!! Its gonna take a while to get used to the new layout but its definitely cool. 1 thing though, before when I clicked on a thread it would take me to the last read post....that doesn't appear to happen anymore, is this a setting I can adjust or is it just the way it is now? I'm lazy and don7t like trawling through which ones I've read before! my friend asked if I had joined a Pepsi forum. But all good anyway . I like it, it's the choice of a new generation Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Makes me laugh this. It really doesn't look much like Pepsi at all. In fact, this is far superior if you care to take a look. Funny how people have to associate something with something else on first sight. Any design is going to be compared with another design. Must be pretty annoying to go to the obvious care and trouble they have done and just get cheap quips like that. After that short blast of seriousness, I'll go and be silly in another topic now. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted September 20, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 20, 2011 It's ok, I find this more amusing than anything. Don't take it personally, and I think it's natural that people compare things to something they already know. It's just what people do. You're right though, ours is way better than Pepsi. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 The first unread post should work whether you have posted in it or not, Tubby, I think. Well any thread that I click on that little button that I had entered before the move, puts me on the 1st the page of the thread. Nevermind I'm just gonna trawl through. After being in the thread now, when clicking the button, it takes me to the first unread post. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted September 20, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 20, 2011 Tubby, if a topic has new posts, the title should be a darker, bolder colour. To the left of the name of the topic, you should see a small circular dark colored icon, or, if you have posted in that topic, something that looks like some quote balloons. Clicking on that and you should be taken to the first unread post. Is that not happening? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 yeah, it is now that I have entered the thread, whether I post in it or not. But if I haven't entered the thread since before the change over, then when I press the darkened little circle it takes me to the 1st post of the thread, as opposed to the 1st UNREAD post of the thread. like I said, its no biggie, just means i gotta go into it on page 1 then flick to the last post manually Link to post Share on other sites
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