After some recent discussions, I think I came up with a reasonable path of what needs to be accomplished, in terms of new features for the site. The features are designed with several goals in mind: improving accessibility, and creating a bigger community. I thank everyone for their suggestions, and am always looking for input, including if someone disagrees with this post. Here are the features, in order of planned implementation:


Remove the VGMdb integration from the site, and replace it with a new "tagging" system, which is more generic. Tags will be defined by tag type and tag text. One important tag type, of course, will be the source game for remixes, which will be obtained from giantbomb.com (assuming no unforeseen technical difficulties are encountered). In the future, influences will effectively be selected by game rather than by track.[/*:m]
Fix some issues with these forums, like a link back to the main site and adding a login bar here.[/*:m]
Replace the "flexigrid" displays with a simpler type of display for highly-rated songs.[/*:m]
Rearrange the homepage so that the information is displayed differently.[/*:m]
Integrate the "reviews" feature with these forums, so that each song auto-creates a thread here.[/*:m]
Make some changes on how information is displayed on the song details pages.[/*:m][/list:u]

There are some suggestions which I'm going to put off for a little while, because I want to concentrate on the things at which I am strong and not make mistakes with things I'm not good at.


Some people have suggested that the site be renamed and rebranded with a different logo, but I do not have the marketing experience to come up with a good name by myself.[/*:m]
Some people have suggested that the site have a more major color and design change, but I don't have the graphic design skills to come up with one myself. Furthermore, the last time this happened, there were two competing designs, and people who supported the one that wasn't chosen were disappointed.[/*:m]
Some people have suggested that the site is slow during peak hours, which I agree with because the shared servers that host this site also host hundreds of other sites. However, at this point there is no funding to purchase a dedicated server.[/*:m][/list:u]

Please keep in mind that this stuff is hard. It will probably take months to accomplish even working at full speed. I need to consider the concept of "opportunity cost," which means that for everything that is implemented, the time could have been spent implementing something else. With only 10 hours of available time per week, there are features that simply cannot be implemented because others are more important. The goal is to get the most done in the shortest amount of time.

There have been lots of good suggestions, and I am interested in making them happen. Feel free to add your own below.