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Gauging Market Trends: Market Breadth Data
by Wayne A. Thorp, CFA
Stock prices do not exist in a vacuum. While many company- and industry-specific issues affect a given company's stock price, the overall temperament of the market also plays an important role in dictating whether a stock price rises or falls. Gauging the overall health of the stock market can help you understand the forces impacting specific stocks in your portfolio. While popular indexes such as the S&P 500 help to indicate the direction of the largest companies, the movements of many stocks are not effectively captured by most market indexes. Investors turn to market breadth indicators to gain a feel for how widely the full range of stocks is participating in the movement of the market. Market breadth indicators are the aggregate of data from multiple stocks. They are oftentimes used to determine whether the market is in an uptrend or downtrend as well as to identify market tops or bottoms.
Advancing and Declining Issues
Figure 1 shows several market statistics from the Yahoo! Finance Web site (quote.yahoo.com). This example shows statistics for the New York Stock Exchange NYSE, American Stock Exchange Amex, Nasdaq, and Bulletin Board OTCBB as of the end of trading on April 16, 2002.
The first set of data shown on the table is the number of issues that are advancing, declining, and unchanged for the trading day. Advancing issues are stocks that are higher than their previous day's closing price. Declining and unchanged issues are similarly determined relative to the previous day's close. The most oft-quoted statistics are those for the New York Stock Exchange.
Comparing the number of advancing issues to the number of declining issues provides an indication of market momentum. For April 16, 2002, advancing issues outnumbered declining issues by 1,260 (2,191 – 931).
When most stocks are participating in a general market move—advancers greatly outnumber decliners—the market is said to have good breadth. However, if only a subset of the market—such as the Dow Jones industrials—is advancing while the majority of stocks are declining, the market has poor breadth.
Advancing, declining, and unchanged data can be further manipulated to give rise to several other indicators, including the advance/decline ratio and advance/decline line.
Advance/Decline Ratio
Typically, advance/decline information is reported as a ratio, such as "advancing issues outpaced declining issues three-to-two." Referring back to Figure 1, we see that, for a day where the Dow Jones industrial average rose almost 208 points, the advancing issues on the NYSE outnumbered the declining issues better than two-to-one.
The advantage of this ratio is that it remains constant regardless of the number of issues that are traded on the exchange. A moving average of the advance/decline ratio is used by contrarians as an overbought/oversold indicator. The higher the value, the more apt the market is to be overbought and, as a result, more likely to see a correction. Similarly, low values imply that a market is oversold and perhaps poised for a rally. It is important to remember, however, that a market can remain overbought or oversold for extended periods of time. For that reason, technicians often wait for prices to confirm the market's position before acting.
Advance/Decline Line
Market analysts often track the differences between the number of advancing issues and declining issues and keep a running total. The advance/decline line is such a measure and is one of the simplest of all breadth measures. It is typically calculated by subtracting the number of declining shares from the number of advancing stocks and plotting the result on a chart. Figure 2 shows an example of the advance-decline line for the NYSE calculated in this manner. Since the daily advance/decline line can be rather erratic, moving averages can be used to smooth the line, as was done over 10- and 50-day periods. When more stocks are advancing than declining, the advance/decline line rises, and, conversely, it falls when decliners outnumber advancers. Whether the advance/decline line is rising or falling provides an indication of the market's overall strength.
Figure 3 is a daily chart of the Dow Jones industrial average for the last year from the Big Charts Web site (www.bigcharts.com). In the upper window of the chart, there is a cumulative advance/decline line and in the lower window, the NYSE daily, non-cumulative advance/decline line. Here, the advance/decline line is calculated for the NYSE by subtracting the number of declining issues from the number of advancing issues and then dividing that figure by the total number of issues traded. Generally, values above 0.25 are interpreted as a bullish condition while values below –0.25 point to a bearish condition.
When comparing the price history of an index to the advance/decline line, investors take special note when divergences between the two develop—the index is declining while the advance/decline line is rising, or vice versa. When this happens, technicians look for the index to eventually follow the trend in the advance/decline line. In addition, because the advance/decline line begins at zero for whichever time period you use, the numeric value of the line is of little importance. What investors focus on is the slope, pattern, and direction of the advance/decline line.
Unchanged Issues Index
The unchanged issues index is calculated by dividing the number of unchanged issues by the total number of issues traded. This ratio, normally expressed as a percentage, is used by some technicians to help judge whether the market is at a turning point. The ratio is normally low when the market is moving strongly, either upward or downward, but it is relatively high during periods of market indecision or consolidation. As a rule of thumb, the normal range for this index is around 15%, with an expected range between 5% and 25%. On April 16, 2002 (Figure 1), the index value for the NYSE was a low 9.0% (307 unchanged divided by 3,429 issues traded), further confirming the relatively strong market move for that day.
Absolute Breadth Index
The absolute breadth index indicates strong market participation without regard to market direction. It is calculated by examining the absolute difference between the number of advancing issues and declining issues. [Note that the term "absolute" means "regardless of sign." Thus, the absolute value of –100 is 100 and the absolute value of +100 is also 100.] The absolute breadth index is an "activity index," where high readings indicate market activity and change, while low readings indicate lack of change.
New Highs, New Lows
Companion statistics to the advance/decline numbers are the number of stocks reaching a 52-week high or low for the day. The example in Figure 1 shows these statistics for the NYSE, Amex, Nasdaq, and Nasdaq Bulletin Board. Increasing numbers of stocks reaching new highs and fewer stocks reaching new lows is representative of a bull market, with the reverse being true of a bear market. On April 16, 2002, 235 NYSE stocks reached new 52-week highs while only 19 hit new lows.
Another way to use new highs and new lows data is to calculate the daily difference between the two and track this value over time. In other words, you subtract the number of stocks hitting new lows from those reaching new highs. Since, on a daily basis, the value can experience significant fluctuations, moving averages are used to smooth the figure.
In general, this new high/new low indicator reaches extreme lows just ahead of a major market bottom. As the market turns up from the major bottom, the indicator will rapidly rise in value—many new stocks are making new highs because it is easier to make a new high when prices have been at depressed levels for an extended period. Over time, a divergence may develop as fewer stocks are reaching new highs—i.e., the indicator value falls, while indexes continue to make new highs. This bearish divergence is often a signal that the current uptrend in the markets is weak and may reverse. Again, to smooth the daily fluctuations, some technicians use a moving average of the value.
Another method of "smoothing" the daily difference between new highs and new lows is to keep a running total of these differences. Figure 4 is the market breadth page from StockCharts.com (www.stockcharts.com) that contains cumulative advance-decline and new highs/new lows charts for the NYSE, Nasdaq, and Amex.
Volume (the total number of shares traded) is often used to confirm the movement of an individual stock. However, it can also confirm market movements. If share prices are rising or falling, it is more meaningful if volume is high. When volume is low and trading is thin, buy/sell decisions can move the market disproportionately.
Volume can also be looked at from the standpoint of the volume for stocks that have advanced in price (advancing volume), declined in price (declining volume), and whose price has not changed (unchanged volume). One would expect advancing volume to be higher than declining volume during market uptrends and reversed during periods of market decline. When volume does not confirm the overall trend in the market—a divergence exists—this typically indicates that prices will reverse to match the trend in volume.
The upside-downside volume indicator shows the net flow of volume into or out of the market. It is calculated by subtracting the daily volume of advancing stocks by the daily volume of declining stocks. A reading of +10 indicates that up volume exceeded down volume by 10 million shares. The upside-downside volume indicator is useful in comparing today's volume with previous days.
Another variation on up and down volume is the upside/downside ratio, which is calculated by dividing the advancing volume by the declining volume. When the ratio is above 1.0, the trading volume in stocks that are rising in price outpaces the volume in stocks whose prices are falling. This indicator is shown at the bottom of Figure 5.
Referring back to Figure 1 again, on April 16, total volume was relatively high for the NYSE, with 1.6 billion shares changing hands. Of this total volume, almost 1.4 billion was for stocks that rose in price that day, 220 million for stocks that fell in price, and only six million for stocks that did not change in price for the day.
Traders Index (TRIN)
Combinations of trading statistics have been constructed to capture fast-changing market trading information into one number. The traders index, or TRIN (also referred to as the Arms index), is the most quoted of these combinations for measuring market breadth.
The TRIN measures the distribution of the up and down volume to the number of advancing and declining issues. It is computed by dividing the ratio of advancing issues to declining issues by the ratio of advancing volume to declining volume:
Advances ÷ Declines
Advance Vol ÷ Decline Vol
The TRIN is computed continuously throughout the trading day and has the advantage of weighting the number of issues moving up or down with the volume behind the movement. The TRIN is also simple to interpret, with readings near 1.0 being neutral, readings significantly below 1.0 bullish, and readings much above 1.0 bearish. Trading volume for the day can, in theory, be limitless, while the number of advancing or declining issues is constrained by the total number of issues available to trade. Therefore, when the market moves up strongly on high volume, for example, advancing volume will overwhelm declining volume. Even though advances may be far ahead of declines, the large ratio of advancing to declining volume will offset the advance/decline ratio, and the TRIN will fall below 1.0, flashing a short-term bullish signal. Figure 6 shows a chart of the daily TRIN for the NYSE over the last six months as well as a 20-day moving average of the TRIN.
One of the most sensitive measures of market activity, minute-to-minute, is the tick. The tick is calculated continuously over the trading day and is the number of stocks trading higher than their previous trade, less the number of stocks trading lower. An uptick or positive (plus) tick is bullish—more stocks are trading higher than their previous trade, and a downtick or negative (minus) tick is bearish—more stocks are trading lower. A large plus tick indicates that the short-term direction of the market is up, and a large minus tick is an indication that the market is trending down.
Since the tick is computed continuously, it is very dynamic, giving up-to-minute readings on the mood of the market. The market average may be up, but the tick can turn negative, indicating that the trading trend has reversed. The closing tick is frozen at the end of the trading day, but provides some insight into the ending market sentiment. Figure 7 shows the daily tick for the NYSE over the last month.
The tick of the stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average is referred to as the ticki and provides a quick indication of the direction of the Dow. The ticki adds up the plus and minus ticks for the Dow 30 stocks, therefore its range is –30 to +30.
There is more to gauging the movement and strength of the market than just following the major market indexes. Market breadth statistics help to point out how well the overall market is acting and the direction and strength of the typical stock.
Market Breadth Data Sources
Click on the Markets button at the top of the main page to view "market diary" data: advancing/declining issues and volume and 52-week highs and lows for the NYSE, Amex, Nasdaq, and OTCBB. This data is updated throughout the trading day. To chart market breadth data, click on the interactive chart link at the top of the main page. This function allows you to chart either indexes or individual issues over a variety of time periods and frequencies. You can overlay indexes and stocks over the primary chart as well as choose from over 20 technical and fundamental indicators. The market breadth indicators available for charting include the cumulative and non-cumulative daily advance/decline line, breadth advance/decline line, traders index TRIN, and up/down volume ratio.
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Daily market barometer reports for each of the last five trading days can be accessed by clicking on the link at the main page. The data provided in the reports include advancing/declining issues, new high/new lows, and advancing/declining volume for the NYSE, Amex, and Nasdaq, as well as totals for these three exchanges.
At the bottom left of the main page, click on Nasdaq Corporate and from here select Market Data. The Downloadable Nasdaq Data area offers downloadable market statistics dating back to 1971. From 1971–2002, numeric data is provided for the Nasdaq composite and other Nasdaq indexes, including the industrial, transportation, and utility indexes. Market statistics offered include the number of Nasdaq advancing and declining issues, the number of trades for the Nasdaq National and Small-Cap markets, and the share volume for the Nasdaq National Market. Downloads for 1971–2002 are available in Excel and comma-delimited formats, Lotus 1-2-3 for 1998 and earlier, and FoxPro DBF for 1997 and earlier.
New York Stock Exchange
At the NYSE Market Information section, the Market Summary provides information such as daily trading volume, number of shares traded, and the value of those trades ($US). The number of NYSE issues up, down, and unchanged is also provided.
Click on the markets tab at the top of the main page and receive advancing/declining issues, TRIN, tick, and total volume data for the NYSE, Nasdaq, Amex, and CBOE. Daily new highs/new lows data also provided for Nasdaq, NYSE, and Amex. Clicking on an exchange listed under the exchange data heading also provides market breadth statistics for the respective exchange as well as up and down volume. The data is updated throughout the trading day.
Under the Tools & Charts area on the left side of the main page, click on breadth charts to view six-month advance/decline and new highs/new lows charts for the NYSE, Nasdaq, and Amex—all on the same page. By entering the ticker symbol for any of these charts at the top right of the page, you can create charts with moving averages of these indicators.
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The advances & declines area at the bottom left of the market overview page provides advancing and declining issues, up and down volume, and new highs/new lows for the NYSE and Nasdaq. Clicking on the "more" link takes you to a table that provides this information for the Amex and OTCBB as well.
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First of all, that STXI is consciously designed to appeal to a wider audience is simply a fact. Check Paramount's business strategy, check the folks they hired and it becomes impossible to deny this. The folks who do it nonetheless are simply lying. Second, of course people can claim that the script of STXI is great and thus imply that everything about the movie is perfect (obviously it is visually fantastic and the acting is very good). Surely a bit of an extreme opinion but nonetheless a valid one. But I think the crucial stuff is not foreground stuff like the quality of the plot but the background.* Naturally it is hardly surprising that people who don't care about the background atmosphere of Trek, who don't want Trek to be, to paraphrase you, more than just random entertainment, don't notice or mind the absence of this feature. To them it is an arbitrary ingredient whereas to us it is not merely a quintessential ingredient but the very canvas without which Trek cannot sustain itself. To me this seems to be the core of the issue that is reflected in this eternal discussion about STXI. * - Of course the foreground is not totally irrelevant, only folks who like classical sci-fi stories realize that STXI isn't one. This is reflected e.g. in the preferences concerning the two TOS pilots. One is a decent sci-fi story, one is a more cowboyesque story about a megalomaniac dude. Last edited by horatio : 01-28-2013 at 11:52 AM. |
We don't deny it, in fact I have brought up myself many times the need for the reboot to cast a wide net.
What I realize, is that Ster Trek TMP and it's sequels were originally intended to cast just as wide a net. And I realize just fine what it was meant to be, and why it works is that it succeeds brilliantly in being what it set out to be. A movie like Insurrection on the other hand, set out to be a movie with a message, and it did not succeed in achieving that vision.
If following the rule of law already constitutes a message we are in deep sh*t.
Seriously, you neatly illustrated my point. People who like the background stuff of Trek like e.g. the Federation being a decent organization and so on are more likely to appreciate a movie like INS whereas folks who do not care about what I would call the Trek spirit don't mind its absence in a movie like STXI (IMO FC best captured this spirit not incidentally via music but that's just a sidenote.). And I say this without any judgment, it is a mere description of what I consider the most important difference among Trek fans. Last edited by horatio : 01-28-2013 at 12:01 PM. |
I don't think there's anyone left here who isn't aware of the fact the last film was part of a conscious effort to widen the appeal of Star Trek. In the absence of specific names everyone here seems in agreement on that..................it seems widely accepted.
Nor am I aware of anyone here who actually has the film as their number 1 favourite of the whole series. I don't have it there. So, I'm not sure why we're still on the simplistic notion that liking the thing equals loving everything and it being the best still get propagated. It's seems about the hundredth time this has come up. Insurrection is just a badly written movie, irrespective of mystical 'spirit' elements. For what it aims for. The Abrams film is written for an entirely different purpose and for it's purpose works better. That's not to say Insurrection is without potential (or was without potential) but at the end of the day it didn't quite work.
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I don't think that's it at all. Insurrection fails in part because it doesn't have the courage to fully explore it's own premise. They have this idea, that there is an element in the Federation that is willing to turn their back on their ideals in return for the scientific gain that can be taken from this planet at the expense of it's people. That's a pretty interesting premise. But they waste it completely. Look at how the movie unfolds, the solution is presented that Enterprise just has to get into communication range out of the Bryar patch, and why, because once they talk to the REAL FEDERATION everything will be fine. It's weak, it's a cop out. Even the Dougherty character eventually has his "coming to Jesus" moment where he stands up for his Federation ideals. The movie didn't have the courage to explore the premise of a Federation that may not always do the right thing. It's a hollow, weak story.
First of all, the story of INS is totally in line with TNG. It's the old Picard vs. the evil Admiral story but with more phaser fire than in a television story.
Anyway, our preferences concerning INS and STXI reflect, as I already showed, deeper preferences concerning the core values of Trek. In these times of hunting down whisteblowers I am quite happy that there is a movie like INS in the oeuvre of Trek. You guys are more happy with a post 9/11 movie about some evil Romulan terrorist. This is fine, we are not Borg and need such differences in Trek fandom. But let's be honest about them. Last edited by horatio : 01-28-2013 at 12:13 PM. |
It has nothing to do with the morals, as I just explained. It's the horrid execution. The basic idea behind Insurrection could have lead to a great film. It's just that it didn't.
You mind that we did not see more of the rottenness of the Federation. Well, sorry, but that's how TNG worked!
In a dramatic context it is fairly natural to illustrate structural issues via a character. In Hamlet it were Polonius and Claudius that embodied the rottenness of Denmark, in TNG it is Satie, Nechayev (to a minor degree, she is obviously not a criminal but nonetheless an ideological opponent of Picard) or Dougherty that show the problems of the Federation or, to express it more poetically, the fragility of paradise, how you have to constantly struggle to maintain it. Same in DS9. There as no Section 31 except via its dramatic representation in the form of the character of Sloane. As you argue for the original Heart of Darkness like idea behind INS, even in Apocalypse Now our own evil had been personalized in Kurtz and it is fairly easy to watch the movie and pretend that this guy has nothing to do with our society, that he is a just a soldier gone crazy in the jungle. Last edited by horatio : 01-28-2013 at 12:23 PM. |
I would have been happier with a story that really looked at the notion of forced relocation of a small group for potentially greater good. At the ethics and morals that perhaps it can be justified vs the notion it never is in a manner that would let the viewer decide rather than be told.
That isn't quite how it went. Of course it's also hard to argue for Insurrection when the main villain descends into someone just out to get back at his people for being kicked out for misbehaviour. One can't complain about Nero when the primary villain of something like INS is as thinly motivated and executed. And his cohort is a weak Admiral.
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Poor scripts will always invoke negative reactions and rightly so. Its more apparent in todays market with the studios preferring to knock something together and raise some quick cash.
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Cleaned up this post and added the new suggestions + checked the old ones - Nemome
Because the thread "CA lose its touch?" is getting kinda messy, even though there are some great ideas in there, I though that it might be a good idea to open a new thread JUST for the suggestions to improve this forum in the future.
I'll try to edit this post from time to time that we have all the good suggestion in this one post. : )
- getting the job site back ( Team is working to update the code - If anyone knows web coding and wants to help -> Hit up one of the persons of our team! )
- study group/partner section - finding groups, buddies, .. to study together with
- a new "official" chat function integrated as a link in the top bar under the banner ( "What's new" "Forum" "Chat" ) - Better chat feature. Current one looks messy and unclear. Going to ask in the team what they think.
- new forum skin - is getting worked at. You can select it at the bottom of the site. It's still WIP, but you can get a sneak preview there!
- new badge-system - is getting worked on!
- Adding a WIKI to look up informations in a clean way
- bundled PDF system to get to people's portofolio, ...
- Art feed - Whenever an artist you've subscribed to posts a new image you see it in a little box. Like twitter with images only. When you click on the image it goes to wherever it was posted.
- Ian's design mock-up: CLICK
Suggestions that are added by now:
- showing the "... of the week" winners in a banner on the top --- Challanges themselves are added
- cleaning the forum from old stuff and spam ( BlackSpot is already doing this, thanks! ) --- Being worked on 24/7
- more participation from the founders and other professionals --- Is happening right now but this needs some time. It will come over time.
- less flaky forum engine --- More or less done. With have a new person that helps us with everything regarding our forum software. If you notice any bugs -> report them please.
- social sharing buttons everywhere (for linking threads, tutorials, ...)
- streaming video library - http://www.conceptart.org/forumdisplay.php?f=249 - Populate that guys! Gogo! : )
- Thunderdome baby! It's coming back!
- merging not used forum sections with popular ones to give the forum a cleaner look
- clearing the hundred of stickies
Suggestions that got rejected:
- manually approved registrations --- Too much work and it's hard to decide between spam and no-spam.
- new users for the "exclusive sketchbook" section, most of the current users aren't even active anymore --- Exclusive sketchbooks aren't "advertising" the artists good enough anymore. They section will get deleted perhaps. Good and hard working artists will get featured in the banner.
If you have any more suggestions, feel free to post them.
Even though the team is quite busy with current work, it would still be awesome to see some of this stuff changed in the future.
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Manually approved registration, on any level.
Stop the spam, discourage hacking, improve the forums.
nevermind about the archives, I found the link someone gave it to me lol.
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Attract the right sort of people.
Seriously, though, more participation from the founders and other professionals would be always welcome.
Also, it'd benefit from a less flaky forum engine.
And getting the jobs site back should be a good thing.
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I updated the list.
A manually approved registration might me impossible. The team seems to be very busy already right now so would be kinda overkill I think. Even though the idea is quite nice!
Arenhaus, they are working on the forum engine since the major forum update, aren't they? At least that's what I heard. BlackSpot is also doing her best to get the job site back.
But the suggestion to have more participation from the founders and other professionals is good. But how could we do that?
Lets face it, the majority of the people that post are in the SB, lounge or art discussion forums, and out of those 3 the majority are in the SB section.
Other than that alot of the other sections nobody even visit, other than looking up old obscure tutorials with links that are dead.
The whole tutorial section needs a overhaul. Maybe manley PLC can make videos for beginners that have clear drawing and painting sections that will entice users to see stages in paintings and drawings etc, rather than whoring of the VLP videos which are 10 years old, and now trying to pass them of as new information that people should pay for.
How about making this site worthwhile again rather than whoring of the VLP videos on the Deviantart TAD section for $$$$$.
That's sort of the kind of thing I want to do with the tutorial section. There aren't many links to beginner stuff - they don't even have to be on this site. I'm hoping to make a start next weekend and any of you do have suggestions of which threads should be included for a beginner, I'd be grateful. There are tutorial all over the place, like Fine Arts etc. Getting rid of a lot of the stickies would declutter the place a lot. I'd like to see only a few and those can contain links to the orginal stickies if needed.
Nemome, I don't have access to the engine room of the forum, my powers are limited, but I can nag and do. The whole site needs a bit of a rest from updates until what has been done settles in and no further problems occur. The more complicated it comes, the harder it is for the programmer to find the problem, whch is why a lot of the badges etc have disappeared - they're somewhere in the attic.
And, please, no more drama.
I didn't think it was possible to be called an artist when you have nothing to say. It's like being a writer who publishes individual words as books and expects to be praised for it.
A quick way of searching everywhere excluding the sketchbooks. (results always get cluttered)
Social sharing buttons everywhere. That would increase the exposure of threads and the site in general.
See what Behance has been doing. Find a way to make a user's CA profile double as a sort of porfolio (which could be also be used in the job section).
An option to see all images of a SB in a slideshow/gallery. It would make it easier to comment on large SBs.
Blackspot is there no chance of something like this happening on CA? Instead of manely whoring out the VLP videos as new info on DA, isnt there a possibility to setup a separate section to the forums or part of the site that directs new users and more advanced users into a tutorials section like the way this site is setup. Instead of the shitty VLP site that outdated and nobody uses.
I don't mean exactly like that site, and specially made videos, but more clearly defined sections, and maybe if manley plc isnt to busy whoring out tad on DA he can get people onto the case of making videos for this site if possible. I know this might be a big undertaking, but i feel its what the site needs to evolve.
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Well you already grabbed my suggestion from the CA lost it's touch thread of Community activities banner showing the winners and linking to the thread. That's about all I wanted. Simple little banner you can swap out pictures easily, same kind that's on a lot of news sites, among countless others. Can't be that hard or expensive, some of these sites are cheap looking lol.
Started messing around with CHOW, 2nd week, very fun. Imagine if more people joined it would be even funner seeing what people come up with.
Januz You can easily do an advanced search and mark everything except sketchbooks for the search. Otherwise you can also search on this site via google: "site:conceptart.org blableurghwhatever". This gives you most of the times way better search results cause the search engine of this forum is not the best, hehe.
Socialsharing buttons sound nice. I added them to the list! But people can still post links into social sites, so the buttons would just be a small addition to make things easier.
And the portfolios are already in progress if I am not mistaken. They were going to be part of CA.org 4.0, and all these functions will be implented over time.
For the tutorial section:
In my opinion it would currently just help if a few of the amateur tutorials that only link to another site would be deleted. There are some tutorials that were made during a few seconds and they just look amateurish and aren't help for anyone.
I think these are the ones that should be deleted first.
VBulletin is a stable engine, but they were warning us for weeks on the backend about an exploit that needed a manual adjustment and a patch ASAP. If the reason CA got hacked was because no one has access to the Admin Panel to view these important news flashes, every single day, then that needs to be fixed. I catch 1-2 people attempting exploits VBulletin's staff warned us to patch, years and weeks ago.
Vbulletin is unfortunately the best choice for a forum. Especially an art forum. It is ideal for image presentation, with its complete lack of sidebar bloat and has major customizability. CGHUB uses Vbulletin as well as the now defunct GFXartist, as far as I can tell. CA is bigger, gets more traffic and thus more exploits, spam etc. Server load was a problem, which is why Jason bought us all new servers, which is why the forums are so much faster and stable.
Manual registration takes ONE click to kill a spammer, as opposed to 5-10 clicks, and more, if there are responses from live members, so tell me again how this adds work? Granted, the person needs access to the admin panel, but these powers can be limited.
This cannot be fixed, use google's search within site. Tags are all we have, so tag threads.A quick way of searching everywhere excluding the sketchbooks. (results always get cluttered)
I second this.Social sharing buttons everywhere. That would increase the exposure of threads and the site in general.
Also if you are bringing back the banner with the sketchbooks (Which makes the forum really annoying and too bulky to load on Android phones btw) please weed out people who no longer actively contribute to the forums or who no longer work for MB.
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Izi Thanks for the informations about VBulletin. Good to know.
Our idea was not to bring back the banner with the sketchbooks, but to bring the winners from "... of the week" into some kind of banner, so you actually get some inspiration to participate in them.
I also had an idea for the tutorial section.
How about the idea that every tutorial (new thread) has to be checked by an moderator before displaying it in the section. This way the quality of the tutorials would increase much more because not everyone would be able to post and the moderator could have a quick look if it's just a link to another tutorial website or if it is made just for this site.
What do you guys think about this?
We seriously don't have new spammers joining much now - we have a lot of nice new tools for that. It's mainly clearing up the old stuff and it goes back right to the beginning. I'd like old users with zero posts to be deleted (means they can rejoin later - except spam won't) but the answer was no sadly.
I love the banner idea for the winners too.
There are approximately 25 new members every day. While manual registration might be possible, it's a heck of a lot to do day in, day out. Some of us mods do have lives.
I think if some of the sections were tidied up and stickies were fewer, but with information set out in a logical way in them, buttons etc wouldn't be needed. Less clutter - this comes from someone who hates housework.
I didn't think it was possible to be called an artist when you have nothing to say. It's like being a writer who publishes individual words as books and expects to be praised for it.
Just read this thread - now that'd make a great addition to the Challenge & Collaboration bit, especially if we can get places to post them directly.
I didn't think it was possible to be called an artist when you have nothing to say. It's like being a writer who publishes individual words as books and expects to be praised for it.
Any chance to get this added as soon as possible? It owuld be a quite nice feature and give the forum a fresh look. With this added we could also advertise them a bit more again.Originally Posted by Black SpotI love the banner idea for the winners too.
Can users help the team in some way btw?
I would love to help somewhere.
Request sent. Please don't hold your breath.
I didn't think it was possible to be called an artist when you have nothing to say. It's like being a writer who publishes individual words as books and expects to be praised for it.
I have an idea for a "showcase" section. It would be an area where game, movie and comic studios would be encouraged to promote their games, comics or movies etc. by flossing their art in a thread.
As for more founder participation? Too many of the founding members have been banned. That's a different conversation though.
I like all of these suggestions. Every time those kinds of threads like 'CA lose its touch?' comes up, the community shows again and again how dedicated it is to these boards and how willing it is to make this a better place. Lots of people really love CA because of what it has done for them on many different levels and want it to be an even more awesome place to be on.
It's not the first time negative threads have been turned into positive threads with a lot of feedback on how to make things better. Sadly, not much is done afterwards and things sink back into normalcy.
I really hope many these suggestions get to see the light. This site and its community deserves it.
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One thing that would be cool is a "study group" section.
A study group section would be kind of the thing that CrimsonDagger is running in their forum, even though it's quite a nice idea.
I added it to the list.
What are the opinions from all other users here?
Would you like to have a study group section to find groups, buddys, ... to study with?
Maybe a Skype group kinda thing that allows peeps to IM or chat, have a physical discussion as you will... Could be nice, however I imagine there to be flaming and spamming by people.
As for study group section.
I like it. Maybe have it in particular areas. Like a study group on environment painting, figure painting, mech ect...
While I'm not totally against the idea of having a chat built directly into CA.org, I haven't seen many websites where it's been well implemented. Skype or some other IM could work. There have been some chat related things in the past, though I'm not sure what's still active (and I don't have time to check right now).
Ventrillo (voice chat):
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Alt Server: chi01.hurricanehost.com (from 2011 post)
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Sketching App
CA used to have a sketching app, and I'm partially in favor of bringing that back. I say partially since there are decently sophisticated painting apps that can be installed directly into Chrome and other browsers now.
Study Groups
Any greater emphasis on group activities would be great. I tend to do a lot of studies, and often participate in things like Spartan Camp.
There have been skype groups before, and some of them might still exist.
But the problem was that there was no real moderation so after a while most of the conversations in the group were only off-topic (one of the reasons why I left them after a while).
I don't know exactly what's up with the new Google Hangouts, that are getting more and more popular recently, but I think they would also be an option.
If I am not mistaken than there would also be screen sharing and stuff like that.
The Ventrillo chat should be still alive, but pretty dead. One of the main problems of Ventrillo is that no one really knows this service (or is it just me?). Perhaps Ventrillo used to be popular, but IF then it was definitely in the past, lol.
So ---
Study groups as a new forum section sound like a good idea.
I kinda like how CrimsonDagger handled it over in their forum. They have basically two sections: "Seeking a partner" and "Seeking a group".
Now the question is if the conceptart team wants to "copy" that or what they think about the idea.
Well there are several Sketch Book Groups going in the Community Mentoring and a thread here for SB buddies. It's more a matter of tidying up the place.
I didn't think it was possible to be called an artist when you have nothing to say. It's like being a writer who publishes individual words as books and expects to be praised for it.
Okay, so we basically need to wait now.
How is the teams opinion to hiring a few more members for the team by the way?
You, Arshes Nei, Star Eater and Elwell seem to be the only ones who still participate in the forum.
Sorry if I forgot to mention someone active, but these were the first names that drop into my mind.
My idea for the study group would be like Crimson Daggers, but hopefully blossom into something like Massive Black. The Crimson Daggers forum has an all inclusive rule with good reason. This would be focused towards finding members of similar taste, similar skill level and similar goals. Maybe build a brand to be proud of.
The Mentoring section has always been temporary. I haven't checked there in a while, but whenever I've checked the threads they have been expired for quite some time. If it is still up and going that's news to me and it should be promoted a little. I still think it's a great idea, but I think the two ideas could be in the same subforum along with tutoials and other study resources.Originally Posted by Black SpotWell there are several Sketch Book Groups going in the Community Mentoring and a thread here for SB buddies. It's more a matter of tidying up the place.
Study groups would just take the SSG's a step further.
Ah... So a chat thing may be a possibility. Who know's?
I'll have a look at what you all have provided in terms of IM, IRC, chat ect...
Anyway, I found these lately Multiuser Sketchpad and superfreedraw
They allow for many users to draw onto the same workspace. The better one appears to be Multiuser Sketchpad, however I think the developer stopped supporting it.
It would be pretty cool for CA to have a server for that and those on the forums could draw together or so "live" tutorials on basic drawing.
But again, I'm pretty sure the idea had been scrapped by the developer, Mr.doob.
Fun little thread/tool.
A proper forum chat, integrated into the top bar ("What's new" "Forum" "Chat") would be a good beginning in my opinion and not too complicated to add.
The good thing is that a lot of people would be using it because it would be the "official" chat, just a click away from the forum page.
I'll add that to the list!
Edit: To the drawing and painting apps for multiply users: I don't think there is any app that would work flawless and keep all the spam away. The problem is that most of them don't work that good for painting and that after a while the whole canvas would be spammed by bots with advertisment stuff or just boobies, ...
It WOULD be a nice idea, but as far as i know not realizable yet. :<
CA used to have a sketcher where people could draw together. I dont know what happened to it.A proper forum chat, integrated into the top bar ("What's new" "Forum" "Chat") would be a good beginning in my opinion and not too complicated to add.
The good thing is that a lot of people would be using it because it would be the "official" chat, just a click away from the forum page.
I'll add that to the list!
Edit: To the drawing and painting apps for multiply users: I don't think there is any app that would work flawless and keep all the spam away. The problem is that most of them don't work that good for painting and that after a while the whole canvas would be spammed by bots with advertisment stuff or just boobies, ...
It WOULD be a nice idea, but as far as i know not realizable yet. :<
Edit: found the old sketcher thread http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...sketcher/page8
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John Sugarmann, executive director of the U.S. Violence Policy Center, told reporters that this foray in "eater-tainment" shows that the NRA is "bizarrely out of sync" with the times.
And yet there is something undeniably in synch—something positively now—about the NRA's announcement. It is a recognition that lifestyle branding has swallowed all other forms of communication, including politics. And nowhere more so than in New York City.
First came the scrubdown of Times Square, turning it into a blank slate for superbrands such as Disney and the Gap to install their most three-dimensional, lifestyle-aspirational, interactive displays yet. Then the giant ads started to spill out into other parts of the city: vinyl ads reaching around some of New York's oldest and most beautiful buildings, as well as new free-standing ad edifices, such as a neon-lit monstrosity advertising Yahoo! in NoHo.
It has gotten so out of hand that, this Saturday, a group of activists will be handing out satirical tourist maps of Manhattan in Times Square. The map will be focused, according to event organizer Carrie McLaren, "entirely on advertising" and on the insidious "ad creep" swallowing the city.
And as neighbourhoods are swallowed whole, individual branded retail outlets have emerged as the new neighbourhoods of New York. With CD listening booths in Old Navy stores, DJs at Diesel, and literary essays accompanying every product at Restoration Hardware, each superstore is now its very own subculture.
On the streets, the brands are layered like old-style billboard hoarding. Steps away from the Kate Spade flagship store, for instance, street vendors are rushed by a mob of shoppers as they pull out green garbage bags of counterfeit Kate Spade handbags. Across the bridge in New Jersey, there is more brand currency being traded: sprawling brand-name outlet malls ring the city. Items that were showcased like objets d'art only weeks ago in the downtown brand Meccas are regurgitated as suburban debris, scooped out of bargain bins.
The triumph of branding has come to every major city in the world, but it is a uniquely complicated issue in New York. Part of the appeal of New York, and certainly of Times Square, is its over-the-top commercialism. Tourists make pilgrimages to the big ads and the palatial superstores that allow them to experience the full lifestyle potential of their chosen logos.
There has also long been a sense in New York that, despite the stature of the brands, they still don't have the power to overwhelm those essential qualities that give the city its character. Sure they add to the visual noise, but what is New York without noise?
This debate erupted four years ago when K mart opened an outlet in Greenwich Village. Reading about the debate, I remember thinking that it would take more than a few chain stores and a big gaudy K to change the character of the Village. Until very recently, New York was a marketing paradox: Multinationals with their headquarters in Manhattan have succeeded in selling Everywhere USA to the rest of the world. Yet New York itself, because of its sheer density, was able to absorb a seemingly limitless amount of branding and franchising, while still remaining stubbornly and defiantly unique.
It turns out that it was only a matter of time. It may have taken a while but even New York has been dwarfed by the superbrands. Calvin Klein and Disney, even NASDAQ itself, are no longer shiny pieces of New York's rich and complicated cultural mosaic. In the past two years, their towering billboard and superstores have passed some invisible threshold to become the overarching cultural and architectural infrastructure of the city. Everything else—art, media and politics—have shrunk to miniature size in comparison.
Which is why they are fighting back. I heard the news about the NRA's theme restaurant in the back of a New York cab, right after a segment on Rudolph Giuliani's decision to pull out of the Senate race. It seemed fitting that the man who made Times Square safe for Disney was now leaving New York to the ultimate franchise: Hillary Clinton. She may not be from New York, but she's got great brand recognition.
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Due to limited space and a bad back, I am looking to buy a recliner. I have checked out every website from here to Slumberland and, let's face it, most recliners are ugly!! I don't want something that came out of a 1970's man-cave, i.e. overstuffed, rolled-arms & covered in naugahyde, and I don't want my grandma's wingback. I just want something with contemporary lines that won't cost me more than a new car. Any suggestions? All input is appreciated. | |||
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I think the fabric has a lot to do with it. We found some we both loved in a micro-suede fabric that looks like weathered suede. They were quite expensive, but we love them and 'live' in them Also, we used to have a double recliner/loveseat that was maybe a bit 'cuter'. | ||||
Look at transitional or contemporary recliners. Tho I don't have modern decor, I admired one years ago in a Danish furniture store. It was sleek in design and upholstered in a yummy shade of orange in a butter soft leather. Shop locally and try each recliner style to see if it suits you comfort level and stature. It must be noted that some recliners are difficult to push into a reclining position while others take little effort. Some take up less space in the reclined position (wall savers). Note too where your head hits. Some backs aren't as high as others. We like our heads resting on the back of our recliners. | ||||
A well made ergonomic recliner is so much better and lasts longer than what the uninformed public 'thinks' is more comfy when it looks like the Stay Puff ad puffy guy! People think that fluffy is better (fluffy does not last long before it is flat) Love the examples shown on the other posts! * | ||||
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Mary Ruth - Fool me once ... Yeah, it's taken me (more than a few) years to figure out that looks aren't everything. But I'm getting wiser and now know enough to do some research about quality of construction. Tired of throwing good money after bad (and bad furniture after bad). Figure it's about time to spend a little more to get a little more! | ||||
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I see that Joyluck has shown you some ideas for Contemporary recliners that don't look like recliners at all. Very goood ideas she's shown. If one does their own research, they can find a recliner to suit their particular taste, style, and price range. I do not think recliners are ugly as long as they suit the owner's taste and needs. Just do a quick google search for contemporary recliners, and you will find the ideas are endless. Good luck in your search for the "one" for you. | ||||
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Be sure to check out the foot rest part. If not all one piece, can be uncomfortable for your legs. That is where checing out for your personal needs comes into play. If going to be used a great deal, go for comfort. JMHO Strings Friends divide our sorrows and multiply our joys. | ||||
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