• Guys, we've spent considerable money converting the Les Paul Forum to this new XenForo platform, and we have ongoing monthly operating expenses. THE "DONATIONS" TAB IS NOW WORKING, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS YOU CAN MAKE TO KEEP THE LES PAUL FORUM GOING! Thank you!

NEW burstserial.com site with NEW features!

zorglub!

Burst Detective!
Joined
Aug 13, 2003
Messages
5,230
The new burstserial.com site is now LIVE!!!


After 10 years the site has grown and evolved so much, that it really deserved to be refreshed. With almost 9,000 photos classified per serial number, and 6 millions hits per year, the new platform allows for brand new features like:

  • Much clearer site structure with all menus, including albums, available from the home page
  • When browsing the galleries you can now select the size of photos and thumbnails
  • Navigation inside a gallery using your keyboard right and left arrows
  • Now you have the option to download each photo in its original resolution! (great for those amazing CD pictures...)
  • Slideshow to sit with your drink and enjoy the view
  • Visitors can now define the sort order inside the galleries (ie: photo name, date created, date posted, number of visits)
  • Option to remove the menus and maximize the viewing area in your browser
  • Search box to look quickly for a specific guitar without having to browse through the galleries

--->>> And the big new feature that has taken me ONE YEAR to complete: a new album/gallery called Burst Faces. It includes just ONE photo per Burst serial number, to help you identifying any unknown one. It also shows very nicely the commonalities and differences among Bursts with close/adjacent serial numbers. The key reason why this is so interesting is that previously you could not identify a Burst because it was impossible to browse 9,000 photos. So I have done it for you! I have selected the clearest photo for each Burst, and edited each one of them individually to show you their most distinct features, with focus on the maple top in vertical position. It really took me ages to do it, but this way you can just browse this gallery looking specifically for a certain mineral streak, maple pattern, or simply enjoy the evening... :biggrin: <<<---


Now the most important thing... if you like this new website please let slimdave and hoss know. They have worked SO hard in the last 10 days to make it look this good. They are truly amazing! I could not have hoped for a better team to make this new site happen... MANY thanks guys!! :salude:salude
 

hoss

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 1, 2004
Messages
6,748
Developing the new site was a real tour de force AND a lot of fun, been learning a lot - as it should be.

People, if you dig the site make sure you click the "DONATE" button here:
http://www.burstserial.com/index.php?/page/contact

The money will go to Julio who can use it to pay off the new server hosting.
 

slimdave

Member
Joined
Oct 6, 2012
Messages
893
It's been great being able to put a little help into this site. Lots of fun working with you guys.

But, in my opinion, the biggest recognition goes to Julio who has been collecting almost 9000 burst images for the last 10 years. That's some serious effort !! :salude

And now time to enjoy the pics!
 
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