PROGtology.com Signatures: Testers needed

^ I see - don't worry, the website is meant to focus on prog, but you can add any artist/album you like. I will add a filter which by default hides non-prog albums, and which you'll be able to tweak in your profile settings.

I want my website to be useful to any music lover, not just prog fans. So while there is an emphasis on prog, the website should also be useful to fans of other genres. Classical and Dance/DJ present problems though: Classical music albums are essentially all "cover albums", meaning that you have the original composer and the performing artists (directors, musicians), and Dance/DJ music is centered on tracks, not albums.

So: add any studio/live/DVD album you like, and I'll make sure that when visitors enter www.progtology.com they only get to see the prog albums until they decide to allow the rest. I'll even add a filter for tags, so that you can filter out metal albums if you're so inclined.




Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 22 2007 at 06:11

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Hi guys - thanks for testing the system! Let's collect feature requests and suggestions for a few days - feel free to mention anything that you like (or don't like) about the current implementation, and by the end of the week I'll post a detailed answer.

After using it all day I have to say it gets easier as you get used to the system.

Unfortunately pics are a bit of a problem ... the server is located in Germany, and German law is a bit tricky when it comes to publishing pictures without knowing about their copyright situation.

Would it be possible to add password cookies to the site, so that users are remembered and don't have to re-enter passwords?


I really like the sig.  Keep up the good work. 

^ I know about the nickname change ... but what's wrong with calling you Trickster? If you prefer Ivan I'll use that, and cause some confusion for newer members who only know you by Trickster.

About the images: Well, the thing is: If I enable people to upload pics, how do I know that they're free of copyright? Even if you faxed me a letter declaring the image free of copyright, I still wouldn't know for sure, because there's no way for me to know whether it is really your picture.

The thing is: when asking for pics in signatures most people fancy band logos, cartoon characters etc. ... and those images are almost always copyrighted.

^ about the ratings: Currently the system stores your rating of the album when you add it to the playlist. It's intentional - you can listen to the album for the first time, then rate it and add it to the playlist, and then later (when you know it better) you can compare your first listen rating to how you rate the album now.

I'll make this configurable in the signature settings - and of course you'll also be able to configure whether you want the playlist signature to show ratings at all.

^ it doesn't have to be totally accurate - that's why I chose a "fuzzy" date/time display. People should just see whether someone listened to an album just recently, a few days ago, a few months ago etc..

Trickster F. wrote: All right, cool. I just think it's a too big of a fuss to rate albums once you hear them (and when I listen to music, I hardly ever feel like I should judge it on the scale - might not be the case for ours, but music and numbers are two very separable things to me) - plus, sometimes reviews disappear on your website and all the work is gone.   Changing that is a good idea. A configuration that allows you to change time would be excellent, but I'd have to remember the time I actually listened to these albums and that's the hardest part.

Seems like you've been enjoying some Immortal Ivan.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ sure, if you listened to many other albums sice then. But I'll add the same mode configuration that I now have for the last.fm signature - so you could configure your playlist signature to use the entire space for the playlist history (e.g. much more than the last 10 albums). Or you narrow down the list to Neo Prog Metal, in which case your signature would probably only show a few entries for a whole year ...