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Artist Page Improvements!

JoshR	Date: December 19, 2003 @ 5:32 PM Changes to artist pages are coming! What would you like to see? DMusic wants to give our community control to tell us what you want. What would you like to see in each artist page (as a template)? If you’d like, go ahead and give us an example! Post links on this forum. Of course, we will repay your kindness!
chikko	Date: April 9, 2004 @ 4:38 PM It'd be nice to have the option to provide Instant Messenger screen names (AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Instant Mesenger, MSN etc...) on each of the artist's pages or wherever would make sense. I think most people would agree with me.
robbydadrummer	Date: April 9, 2004 @ 7:08 PM Chikko, you can do that in the short description or in the "notes" on your artist page, as well as on your user page "journal".
robbydadrummer	Date: April 9, 2004 @ 7:09 PM As in, type it into your information...
pog	Date: April 9, 2004 @ 9:11 PM adding IM addys used to be a function, but I think it was taken down on a code cleanup at one point.. maybe it'll be introduced again sometime. Until then, if you ask an admin (gold lightning bolt) really really really nicely in a note, they may be able to help you out.
Tudris	Date: April 10, 2004 @ 12:03 AM RSS feeds for comments on the music!
ronnie71	Date: April 10, 2004 @ 7:00 AM Whats an RSS feed? I would like to know the e-adress of the people who sign up for a newsletter on the artist page. I would be more inclined to use it.
kyodylee	Date: April 10, 2004 @ 10:54 PM Yes Yes Yes RSS. Repeat the mantra. I love RSS. RSS is good. Yes Yes Yes. Pretty Pretty PLEASE.
robbydadrummer	Date: April 11, 2004 @ 1:04 AM Isn't RSS = Repetitive Stress Syndrome???
fu-dog	Date: April 12, 2004 @ 10:27 PM RSS will one day be all over this place. ATOM too. It's all about delivery capabilities.
Tudris	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 5:43 AM For those who don't know yet: RSS = Really Simple Syndication, and a lot of other things. It comes in around seven incompatible formats, but let's not get into the complexities which authors have to deal with. The name is a little misleading, so just ignore it. An RSS feed is simply a lightweight XML format that contains a list of items. The items can be anything: news headlines, journal entries, or, in this case, new comments on DMusic songs. Go and download an RSS reading (FeedDemon on the PC [I think], NetNewsWire on the Mac). Add the URLs for RSS feeds of sites you want to track. Every now and then, the program will download the RSS feed and check for any changes. When a new entry appears or an existing entry is edited, you'll be alerted to that fact. RSS is like email for site updates, but SO much less annoying. It's so convenient that I've almost done away with using bookmarks anymore, and nowadays I don't read many sites that don't have RSS. I hope that explains it adequately. Try it out sometime. You'll like it.
8111	Date: September 27, 2004 @ 12:39 AM when you go to leave a comment on an artist's page or in the forumns, sometimes after you press the "Post" button you realize you made a boo boo in your entry. It would be kinda cool if when you go to add your comment you can have "preview" page before committing your entry, something that asks you if your entry is exactly the way you want it before you post it. Kind of a "safety catch" for us dummies out here who get in a hurry. I dunno how many times I've had to add an additional post to a page to correct something I should have done right the first time...
tsand19151	Date: September 27, 2004 @ 8:14 AM ...and on that same note: why can't I delete a post but I can delete a shout? What's the difference? I'd like the option to delete a post.
blacklieder	Date: September 27, 2004 @ 9:57 AM billrhynes is right. A lot of blogs set up like this have the option of reviewing your post before submission. Some sort of "I'm finished " button which sends you to a review page, and then you can submit from there. It would slow things down a bit. Hey, we're artists; we sometimes need to be reminded to self-edit.
shadowself	Date: September 28, 2004 @ 2:32 PM RSS would be amazing. And you don't need a reader if you are using the latest version of Firefox (if not, why aren't you!?) I second the suggestion of being able to delete shouts. It's possible that someone could leave a really nasty message, and the only one who would be able to kill it would be the poster.
dicktruth	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 10:46 AM I'd like to see guests being able to post on pages. Maybe if each artist chooses whether they can or not? Thing is, most of the people who listen to the music on my page are either mates or people from other local bands and I'd really like to get their feedback.
ICF	Date: October 3, 2004 @ 10:50 AM Yeah, i agree with that one too! On the topic of deleting posts: in someways deleting posts could be used against someone as in someone says something horrible so someone else says something in reply but the first person deletes it and the second get the blame... well.. just my theory. One thing i would like to have is a link next to the icons one that can tell you the code to do all the fancy stuff in journals like text colouring and stuff like that totally irellivent to music i know but.. what the hey!
popdem	Date: October 5, 2004 @ 8:18 AM i bet you could let people choose their sites color scheme... maybe?.. and as i mentioned elseware... you could also allow small video clips or music videos as long as it didn't exceed the dmusic limits... hm... you could put a "MY ARTIST" link up for users so they can easily navigate back to their artist page... i always have to retype it... quite annoying...
popdem	Date: October 5, 2004 @ 8:34 AM another suggestion is that you electricute every user that goes around giving excellent reviews to terrible music just so they can get people to like them and come listen to their music...
kingo	Date: October 5, 2004 @ 9:13 AM You could also kick the ears of people who think they know what music is terrible and what music is deserving of good reviews and which users are faking reviews to get listens.
popdem	Date: October 5, 2004 @ 6:34 PM or not...
dicktruth	Date: October 6, 2004 @ 4:47 AM Seriously, video clips are the way to go.
TopDollar	Date: October 17, 2004 @ 12:48 AM I think the artist should have control over everything that's said on his artist page. The journal or .NET page, I'm fine with not being able to delete shoutboxes or journal comments, but the artist page where the music is (.COM), I think it is a MUST that artists should be able to control what is said. If someone flames my .COM page or makes loads of spam, how can I combat this? I CAN'T. I would have to go to an administrator everytime, and I don't see them online often. Basically what I'm suggesting is that artists should have power to delete offensive posts on their artist forum, comments, etc. Some people use DMusic as a serious way of displaying/advertising their music, (I wouldn't be surprised, you guys provide great service to us!) and if it's loaded with garbage, spams, and flames, no one will be as enticed to listen, or will hold the artist in a different light just because of the flames ignorant people and haters have given them. What do you think of this? I feel it's a reasonable request...if it's impossible for us to be able to erase vulgar/bad/spam comments on our own tracks, then at LEAST give the us artists power over our own personal forum. Thanks a lot..keep up the good work.

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