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Category ArtistServer
Date Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 3:06:30 PM
The Evolution Continues, Six New Updates
One thing you can count on... there will always be updates happening at ArtistServer, and here's six new ones to check out:
  1. Site Skins Updated - the header bars for song titles, etc now support a background graphic, which is currently a slight bevel. This only applies to the common areas of the site, not artist/member pages. If you are not familiar with what Site Skins are, visit the site and click on the skins button on the top right corner of the site, and select a different skin for the site.
  2. Favorites - I updated the favorites widget - it now has a better layout on the listing of items in addition to using people's icons, etc. If you haven't used the favorites tool, you are missing out - by using it, you customize ArtistServer's homepage to meet your needs.
    After you signin to the site, you'll see the favorites widget display on the homepage, if you don't see it there, add something to your favorites, like an artist, playlist, genre or song, then return to the homepage. You can also click on the favorites button at the top of the site and a popup window with your favorites will display - with this, you can take music from ArtistServer with you as you browse the Web.
  3. Song page - I fixed the layout on the song page (each song has a song page). In Internet Explorer, the page layout was off a bit and is now cleaned up.
  4. My Account Menu - The menu in the My Account area has been condensed so there are no longer any multi-level sub menus. Single pages on artist/member sites were moved under the menu item "Web Pages" - this includes: homepage top and side, Store side, links page, and your contact page.
  5. My Account Buttons - all the buttons for view, edit, delete, etc have been updated and should be displaying a 'mouseover' action (image highlights green) for better feedback.
  6. Homepage - the site's homepage was rearranged a bit, not too much of a change, but a better use of space. 

I have a few other ArtistServer developments underway including:

  • Music Widget - for songs or ringtones
  • Tell A Friend - a means for people to tell freinds about the site, a song, an artist, etc
  • Photos - yes, I'm still working on the photo sharing system - I found a few bugs today while trying to break it, so I'm still holding off as I beta test it some more. I also decided to leave out a few features for this first release - most importantly, the ability to watch the photos as a slideshow using an RSS feed. I felt it was better to just get it out there instead of making it do EVERYTHING before I release it.
I'm also working on a mobile Web project which will result in a new open source offering. It's been quite a learning experience developing this project, as I'm coding the same solution in three different languages: ColdFusion, PHP and classic ASP. More on this soon...


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