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This is the Front Page of Rate Your Music. It consists of 5 primary frames displaying the following items:
This is center stage for RYM's reviewers. When someone talks about a review being "front-paged", this is where it appears. Admins select between 1-4 reviews from the previous day to be displayed in the Reviews frame, although sometimes there will be a review-theme or a tribute to an artist whose reviews were not necessarily recent. Usually 2 or 3 reviews are chosen.
At top-right of the page is a streaming display of the latest ratings by RYM Users.
The News section displays latest features and updates to the site, as well as news about festivals, interesting lists created by users, tips and items of general interest to the RYM community.
New Releases displays the most recently released music as listed in the database. Click the + sign to view more recently released music.
Because this is indeed a rating site, there are plenty of charts which calculate the highest- and lowest-rated releases of a given year or decade. You can choose by year, decade, release-type and other means.
The find page is divided into three parts:
The search feature enables you to search in artists, releases (be it Various Artist or regular ones), reviews, lists, Genres, labels
Enter the name of a location (city, state/region, country) to search for concerts and/or venues located in the vicinity of that location.
The "browse" feature allows to browse the content of the RYM database according to specific criteria.
The go! page is designed to help users rate, review and tag releases very quickly, much more quickly than using the search box at the top-right.
The lists page takes you to all the user generated lists on RYM. You can use the 'Search lists for' for a fast search or you can use the 'Browse by category' section to get all the lists from a specific category.
The charts page can be used to create charts. A set of different restrictions can be given (release types, year, genres, ...)
Community is the page on which you can access the RYM forums, the list of users online, the users/members directory and the list of newest members.
General Discussion. Any music-related topics welcome here.
For music-related message board games, polls, surveys, "x vs y", "best/worst", "make a list of", and other non-discussion threads.
Discussion of the Rate Your Music web site. Suggestions, complaints, and comments welcome.
Discuss film-related topics here.
Discussion of the RYM film alpha test.
For film-related games, polls, and non-discussion threads
The purpose of the Off-Topic Message Boards is allow members to discuss topics other than music. However, it does not mean "anything goes." The RYM Message board rules and guidelines still apply.
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This is the Front Page of Rate Your Music. It consists of 5 primary frames displaying the following items:
Reviews
This is center stage for RYM's reviewers. When someone talks about a review being "front-paged", this is where it appears. Admins select between 1-4 reviews from the previous day to be displayed in the Reviews frame, although sometimes there will be a review-theme or a tribute to an artist whose reviews were not necessarily recent. Usually 2 or 3 reviews are chosen.
Latest Ratings
At top-right of the page is a streaming display of the latest ratings by RYM Users.
News
The News section displays latest features and updates to the site, as well as news about festivals, interesting lists created by users, tips and items of general interest to the RYM community.
New Releases
New Releases displays the most recently released music as listed in the database. Click the + sign to view more recently released music.
Charts
Because this is indeed a rating site, there are plenty of charts which calculate the highest- and lowest-rated releases of a given year or decade. You can choose by year, decade, release-type and other means.
find
The find page is divided into three parts:
Search for music
The search feature enables you to search in artists, releases (be it Various Artist or regular ones), reviews, lists, Genres, labels
Search for concerts
Enter the name of a location (city, state/region, country) to search for concerts and/or venues located in the vicinity of that location.
Browse Music by:
The "browse" feature allows to browse the content of the RYM database according to specific criteria.
- Artist name: This will give access to an alphabetical list of artists. Click on the artist name to access the respective artist profile.
- Top Charts: This will give access to the RYM top charts.
- New releases: This will give access to the list of the new releases (by release date).
- Recently rated/reviewed: This will give access to the list of releases that have been recently rated/reviewed.
- Random: This will give you a randomly picked artist.
- Esoteric charts: This will give access to the RYM esoteric charts.
go!
The go! page is designed to help users rate, review and tag releases very quickly, much more quickly than using the search box at the top-right.
lists
The lists page takes you to all the user generated lists on RYM. You can use the 'Search lists for' for a fast search or you can use the 'Browse by category' section to get all the lists from a specific category.
charts
The charts page can be used to create charts. A set of different restrictions can be given (release types, year, genres, ...)
community
Community is the page on which you can access the RYM forums, the list of users online, the users/members directory and the list of newest members.
Forums
General
General Discussion. Any music-related topics welcome here.
Polls/Games/Surveys
For music-related message board games, polls, surveys, "x vs y", "best/worst", "make a list of", and other non-discussion threads.
Rate Your Music
Discussion of the Rate Your Music web site. Suggestions, complaints, and comments welcome.
Film Discussion
Discuss film-related topics here.
Film Site Discussion
Discussion of the RYM film alpha test.
Film Polls/Games/Surveys
For film-related games, polls, and non-discussion threads
Off-Topic Message Boards
The purpose of the Off-Topic Message Boards is allow members to discuss topics other than music. However, it does not mean "anything goes." The RYM Message board rules and guidelines still apply.
Message Boards in other languages
Members online
Here you can see the current number of users online.
Member directory
Here you can search for users by Username, Name, Location, or Profile Description.
Newest members
Here you can find the newest members to the site.