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Subject: I am going to update the parody submission page
I want to try and make it more usable (especially to first time posters).. any suggestions??
Subject: Re: I am going to update the parody submission pag
Well, I never know what decade it is, maybe a link to a search site that'd show it?
It's a pretty straightforward page, though
Subject: Re: I am going to update the parody submission pag
How about first-time parodists, when they're putting their name in, to be told whether that name is taken already? I didn't know where to find all the names until I had written several parodies. Chucky had to change it for me.
Subject: Re: I am going to update the parody submission pag
I think Iīm with wdh on this. As a newbie I didnīt see any poing in the decades field/box. As an somewhat acostumed user, I still see no real relevance for that piece of fact, outside the message forums discussions. If Iīm out to check wheter a song has already been parodied the way Iīm thinking of doing it, or parodied at all, Iīm searching by artist primarily, and original title secondly. So unless thereīs a use I so far have totally missed, it can, IMHO, go. ::)
Other than that I think the submission page is all right.
Hmm... come to think of it: When/If I use the preview option a second (or third, or forth) time after having found something to correct, the checkbox that allows comments becomes automatically disabled. Thatīs not a biggie though. I mean, songs should be spellchecked in advance anyway, but I discovered this when I, in a last second second though, decided to rewrite an intro to one of my parodies.
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Subject: Re: I am going to update the parody submission pag
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I think Iīm with wdh on this. As a newbie I didnīt see any poing in the decades field/box. As an somewhat acostumed user, I still see no real relevance for that piece of fact, outside the message forums discussions. If Iīm out to check wheter a song has already been parodied the way Iīm thinking of doing it, or parodied at all, Iīm searching by artist primarily, and original title secondly. So unless thereīs a use I so far have totally missed, it can, IMHO, go. ::)
Other than that I think the submission page is all right.
Hmm... come to think of it: When/If I use the preview option a second (or third, or forth) time after having found something to correct, the checkbox that allows comments becomes automatically disabled. Thatīs not a biggie though. I mean, songs should be spellchecked in advance anyway, but I discovered this when I, in a last second second though, decided to rewrite an intro to one of my parodies.
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the parody archives are arranged by decade, which is why the decade setting is quite necessary for people looking for songs
the bug with the comment box I thought was fixed, I'll have to look into it again
Subject: Re: I am going to update the parody submission pag
I understand. Though sometimes itīs really hard, if one doesnīt own the actual album, to find out if a song is from letīs say 1989 or 1991, and what decade it should be "marked" with. Maybe that submission box should come with an "I donīt know" option. :-)
Well, I guess if search engines canīt provide an answer one can always ask on the boards, and contribute to the socialising process here. Thatīs also an option. :-)
As for the comment box, it stays marked the first time I press preview, but if I make alterations and then press preview again from the first preview page, it doesnīt. I discovered this because I have gotten into the habit of not writing an/the intro to a song before I submit it. So itīs definitely not a biggie and easily taken care off on my side by just simply start to write those too in advance. I just thought you might like to know about it.
Maybe itīs a Windows thingie. Iīm posting from computers at either work or school which both uses the old IE5. :-(