Discussion on Aural Moon updates

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone else:

I'd like to announce the NEW WORLD RECORD for the SINGLE BIGGEST UPDATE to the Aural Moon Library! The Gold Medal goes to our very own ProgDirJim, for sending up SEVENTEEN albums equalling ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY INDIVIDUAL TITLES!

I'm getting Carpal Tunnel just looking at the additions! In fact, I had to add an entire new subdirectory just for this upload (or I'd still be at it well past midnight).

The list:

• Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy
• Cairo - Conflict And Dreams
• Flash - In The Can
• Flash - Out Of Our Hands
• Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
• Hands - Hands
• Kinesis - Misc Sampler (Three different albums)
• Kraan - Wiederhoren
• Lifetime (Tony Williams) - Believe It
• Lifetime (Tony Williams) - Million Dollar Legs
• Magenta - Broken
• Qadesh - Misc Sampler
• RPWL - World Through My Eyes
• Second Sufis - Seven Rays
• Spock's Beard - Octane
• Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
• Wappa Gappa - A Myth
• WLUD - Carrycroch'
• Zello - Zello

Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee, didn't think there was that much cool stuff out there!

[moses]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

• Lifetime (Tony Williams) - Believe It
• Lifetime (Tony Williams) - Million Dollar Legs

Interestingly enough, these showed up at my door too just the other day!

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by moses
Interestingly enough, these showed up at my door too just the other day!

That happened to me with the last update. Hmmm.......

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
[*] Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy

Not that easy. I took it camping and still couldn't use it. (it's got a cool star chart as the cover) I think it might have been because I know Orion's Belt, Sirius, the dippers, and an occasional planet. That's it.

Avain I've failed you!

Anyway, good bunch of guys, Boud Deun.

[Rick and Roll]

yea!

Anything on the main page is a bonus, easier to find. And to have a link to the forums will spark more discussion. And making it easier on Roger will delay the inevitable of admitting him to the loony bin.

A win win win situation! Bravo Jim!

[podakayne]

we are all prone to the path of least resistance....great idea the link...and you just keep expanding the playlist as i discover new additions to add...

always ready for more tunes
poda

[Steady Stan]

How difficult would it be for the new additions listed in the forum to be actual links to that section of the playlist? Click on the artist's name & go to their listings; click on the cd title, and go to the song listings for that cd. Seems like that would encourage listeners to request new additions.

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by Steady Stan
How difficult would it be for the new additions listed in the forum to be actual links to that section of the playlist? Click on the artist's name & go to their listings; click on the cd title, and go to the song listings for that cd. Seems like that would encourage listeners to request new additions.

If you can figure out a way of figuring out the post number of the last post regarding the updates, bypassing the extra chatter, comments, cheap shots at Yesspaz that I love to take on occasion, cheap shots at Yesspaz that Keithie loves to take on occasion, cheap shots at Yesspaz that Rick loves to take on occasion, cheap shots at myself, Keithie, and Rick that Yesspaz loves to take on occasion, and other such frivolities that we all like to engage in on occasion, then ... er ... what was I saying? Oh yes. If you can figure out a way of getting past all that, then I'm all ears.

Unfortunately there IS no postid=Dr.Dot'sLastPostRegardingUpdates function in the system. I only wish there were.

Roger -Dot- Lee, if for no other reason than to record my prose for posterity (or would that be 'posterior'?)

My shots at Spaz are NEVER cheap. They cost me a lot.

[Rick and Roll]

If you can find a link to only the music I like then I'm definitely all ears!

[Steady Stan]

I thought it might be as simple as a hyper link. Obviously, if it was, you would have that figured out by now.

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by Steady Stan
I thought it might be as simple as a hyper link. Obviously, if it was, you would have that figured out by now.

Exactly. If it was a hyperlink, I likely would have. Quite some time ago.

However, I am pondering a different way of doing it thanks to your suggestion (actually, more thanks to my response to your suggestion, but, well, you started it).

We'll see if it pans out.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[progdirjim(Admin)]

what I think Stan meant, (and if not, then I mean it) was when you (Roger-dot-lee) post here in the forums, make the band or album name a link to the playlist. Something like <a href="http://www.auralmoon.com/html/pnplaylist.php?search=band1"> band1 </a>

I know that href url is bogus, but you get the idea...don't you?

We will be somewhat limited by the behavior of the search script - but I think it will be cool if you can take the time to include a link or links...

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by progdirjim
what I think Stan meant, (and if not, then I mean it) was when you (Roger-dot-lee) post here in the forums, make the band or album name a link to the playlist. Something like <a href="http://www.auralmoon.com/html/pnplaylist.php?search=band1"> band1 </a>

I know that href url is bogus, but you get the idea...don't you?

We will be somewhat limited by the behavior of the search script - but I think it will be cool if you can take the time to include a link or links...

I see what you're saying. I don't know if that's what Stan was asking, however. I got the impression that he wanted the link to go right to my ever-so-wonderous prose here in the forums.

Stan? Which did you mean? If you meant the search going to the playlist, then that'd be a lot more do-able than going straight to the post.

Actually, I'm liking that idea too. Putting search links in the posting is likely to be more do-able with a little experimentation...

Roger -Dot- Lee, at least more so than going straight to my posting from the front page...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Actually, I'm liking that idea too. Putting search links in the posting is likely to be more do-able with a little experimentation...

Roger -Dot- Lee, at least more so than going straight to my posting from the front page...

Yeah, I tried to figure out how to go to the last post - and it ain't easy if it's even possible...

[mossy]

Dot, how's about having the most recent additions to the playlist coming up at the top of the thread rather than the last page. Just an idea and I know you're busy.

[mossy]

Dot, how's about having the most recent additions to the playlist coming up at the top of the thread rather than the last page. Just an idea and I know you're busy.

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by mossy
Dot, how's about having the most recent additions to the playlist coming up at the top of the thread rather than the last page. Just an idea and I know you're busy.

Interesting idea. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way of doing that on a forum by forum basis, and I don't know about how to do it on just the posts short of creating my own dot only forum. Don't want to do that because it'll cut down on the opportunities for ... feedback.

I like the way the ideas are going, though.

[Steady Stan]

for the posted addition to be a link to the playlist.

Thank you for grokking, Jim.

[Rick and Roll]

Is there a way just to post the additions on the main page without putting them into the forums?

In other words, when the "latest playlist additions" is clicked, it simply brings up the new additions. Sort of like when you click "shows", the shows appear.

Having the additions in the forums seems to be a duplication of effort. As for feedback, one could always start a forum thread like "yeah that Steve Stevens rocks" or "yeah that Steve Stevens is a ahole".

After that is accomplished, it may be easier to link the new additions to the playlist as Stan has suggested. Although I see a few drawbacks to that.

So to summarize, the "latest playlist additions" is great on the main page, but we may want to consider not having the resultant forum thread at all.