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tracy	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 1:50 AM What little things would you do to dmusic to make it better? i.e. yesterday we changed the DStore link to "Upload Music Now" which should benefit all newcomers immensely. Post away:
zedsalt	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 3:46 AM That was a nice idea, good for the site, friendly-looking and inviting...or at least, it will be when the graphic matches the new link. I just had the first few lines of another post cut off, and my "Last seen" clock is still funky- there are a couple buggy, so-little-I-almost-hate-to-mention-it kinda things.
zedsalt	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 3:52 AM Hey! That was quick! Just the right balance between "fits visually" and "stands out", too, IMHO.
tracy	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 5:23 AM last seen is still messed up for you?
GeneHilbert	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 7:09 AM Mine seems stuck "Online 0s"
tracy	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 7:56 AM That means you're online
tracy	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 7:56 AM woah, it's may 1st?
Rodrica	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 8:03 AM I've noticed that a lot of members' clocks are wrong But that's not a huge concern for me. I'm more concerned about protecting members who use the site in the following ways: 1) I'd like to see a function where ALL members can delete comments from their artist pages/song comments boxes, also to be able to delete posts/comments from their own shoutbox and journal. This is to protect all members from the minority of malicious posts that we get from time to time, and also to help prevent spam (and I don't mean friends letting each other know they have a new track up, I mean mass spammers who don't usually interact). 2) I'd like to see the "search friends by email" function stopped altogether. Again, spammers/hackers can get software to get hold of email addresses this way. 3) I have already raised this point as a suggestion before - but I think it's unnecessary for the store to ask for a buyer's date of birth. Credit card number, address for delivery, email and possibly a phone number are all that's required. Providing a date of birth is a security risk and will put people off purchasing merchandise. Overall I believe that more protection for users of this site will result in more confidence in the site and an increase in subscriptions/purchases.
GeneHilbert	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 8:04 AM You got me...... LOL
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: May 1, 2008 @ 2:47 PM I'd like a free Dmusic teddy bear and to get 4 months of free subscription time for all the money I paid between January and April .... I want less protection, spam away, go on, fill my junk mail, spammers are the only friends I got
ShadowMom	Date: May 2, 2008 @ 12:33 AM "Last seen" seems to be a bit fickle. It works, it doesn't work. I log out, it still says I'm online. I'm online 6 hours, it still says 0. I'm getting so confused! And Martin, the teddy bear is MINE!! Also, community page-- the shoutbox should be posted ABOVE the buddy list, not below it. On the main page, make the artist icons rotate. Create an adults-only forum for chicken-lovers, and I'll gladly lock them up there. Also, coffee and donuts in the morning would be lovely...
Rodrica	Date: May 2, 2008 @ 9:51 AM tea in the morning as well - thank you! ...and I'd like a way of deleting obsolete links or mistakes from my favorites sites panel - we don't have a way of doing this at present. Tracy...I'll bet you wish you'd never asked!
Distilled1	Date: May 2, 2008 @ 10:15 AM I would like to see the sale of MP3 beta move into active and see if we can't get it rolling better, now I am all for giving away our/my music but would like to sell some also I love the uplad things like that need to be bright and out front for those new to the site!!@ maybe some more things like that pointing to help, faq, etc. I would like to see the featured artist changed, aeropete has been up for what like a year??? no offense Pete
zedsalt	Date: May 3, 2008 @ 3:18 AM Ooh, yeah, I had forgotten all about my "Overview" page, including "Favorite Sites". Mine has always been mucked up, because, apparently, the good advice I'd been given as to how, precisely, to post those links wasn't still good advice by the time I got around to populating that list a few days later. Now, see, if there had been some sort of regularly-updated Users' Guide here, I would've checked it first to see if the process had changed. Then again, the creation of a Users' Guide, like the implementation of any new feature, should be put on the back burner until EVERY EXISTING FEATURE on the site has been fixed for EVERYONE.
miraclemaker	Date: May 10, 2008 @ 3:31 AM would be cool if you could edit your comments I cant stand it when I make a typo and have to explain it in another comment also delete old journal pages
ChillinBuzz	Date: May 12, 2008 @ 12:14 AM On 3rd May 2009, zedsalt said: Then again, the creation of a Users' Guide, like the implementation of any new feature, should be put on the back burner until EVERY EXISTING FEATURE on the site has been fixed for EVERYONE. couldn't agree more, Zed. why are they tripping over themselves to add to a site that's still got plenty of existing issues, some of which have been waiting since before the crash? funny way to run a business...
GeneHilbert	Date: May 12, 2008 @ 3:36 AM Some dancers would be nice. I can see it now; "The Dmukittens"
leflaw	Date: May 12, 2008 @ 8:37 AM Ok. Buzz. we get it. we get it. we get it. we get it.
evansorchid	Date: May 12, 2008 @ 12:43 PM I would like some kind of voice-activated soothing female voice to greet me whenever I logged in to this site. Kinda like in that Will Smith movie I Robot where the advertisements would address him by name. Spike: [log in] DM Sexy female voice : Good morning Spike. How are you today? Spike: [checks watchlist] DM Sexy female voice : There is one new track from Mojosnake. Would you like to listen? Spike [checks users online] DM Sexy female voice: None of your buddies are online right now. Might I suggest a massage? *That might be kinda fun*
Distilled1	Date: May 12, 2008 @ 1:22 PM hehe^ I had a voice thing from axe spray that was supposed to do all that, never did work right
GTOriginal	Date: May 14, 2008 @ 8:55 AM On 10th May 2009, miraclemaker said: also delete old journal pages Although non-subs can't actually delete old journal pages I have found that removing ALL content including spaces renders the journal invisible. I now have fifty thousand invisible journal pages....
gimpnipples	Date: September 17, 2008 @ 1:18 PM Too many pages! Why does the artist page have overview, bio, music, etc etc tabs? Why not put them all onto 1 page and save space/time/my m ouseclicking finger? Its the same with the forums. Too much clutter it gets confusing especially for new members
zedsalt	Date: September 18, 2008 @ 3:14 AM Much of that material used to be on one page, and the forums used to be listed once each (with only the most recent activity listed again at the bottom). The reason, we were told, for spreading things out and stacking things up was...and I'm not making this up; you can check the forums around the time of the redesign...to reduce "clutter". I've never seen the movie "Office Space", but I've been told it's a similar situation.
zedsalt	Date: September 18, 2008 @ 3:17 AM Artists can request that their simple music URL take users straight to the "Music" page. It doesn't make it as good as it used to be, but better than it is.
southwing	Date: September 18, 2008 @ 4:53 PM Ch-Ch-Changes Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers and yea right Zed, If you could just go ahead and aaaaaaa watch 'Office Space' that would be G R E A T mmmK ? Thanks
zedsalt	Date: September 19, 2008 @ 3:53 AM Well, heck yeah- I considered it pretty much a must when gimpnipples mentioned that flick in another thread, but what's with the "mmmK ?" That's more South Park than southwing...
southwing	Date: September 19, 2008 @ 4:58 AM I don't want to spoil it, but all I can say is 'Bill Lumbergh' tapler:
TameasDust	Date: September 20, 2008 @ 5:31 AM we need more flowers .. everywhere. maybe a VW minibus
gimpnipples	Date: September 20, 2008 @ 11:46 AM we need a cool wall
gimpnipples	Date: September 20, 2008 @ 11:46 AM we need a cool wall
KV-	Date: September 22, 2008 @ 12:53 AM I think something I would like in the artists section is the ability to say which folder your upload goes to rather than uploading then searching through your list and having to move them from there, or has this been mentioned before
shadowself	Date: September 22, 2008 @ 6:13 PM Has third-party forum software ever been considered? Something like vBulletin is massively customizable and would save the coders a hell of a lot of work so they could concentrate more on the rest of the site. The forums would be much easier to navigate, and make much more sense.
BlackMage	Date: September 26, 2008 @ 12:45 AM Either get rid of the preview button, change the preview button so that it reads "post" instead of "preview" or make it actually preview my god damned posts.
Tattoomom	Date: September 27, 2008 @ 3:49 PM I would change the color....
evansorchid	Date: September 27, 2008 @ 3:52 PM The drapes.....definitely the drapes.
Cryxan	Date: September 27, 2008 @ 7:24 PM On 22nd Sep 2009, shadowself said: Has third-party forum software ever been considered? ... We did try 3rd party forum software once, as a matter of fact. We ran it for a while and had some interaction on it. There were issues with it. For one, integrating it to our system (linking usernames to DM pages, the point system, etc). Another was that once you start tweaking its code, software updates become problematic. There may have been more, I don't know. I also don't know the official reason we didn't switch to it, but I consider that decision to be a good thing. Personally, I didn't like it because it was set up for sites where the forum is the main (if not the only) form of interacting. So with every post, along with your name and avatar, it posted your location, post count, signature, and other things of that nature that are 100% clutter. (I consider that clutter at DMusic because here, we have neato userpages where all that info is available. It shouldn't be in the forum.) What I'd like to see changed... aside from a major overhaul of the business plan, I'd like to see the buddy list work like it did in 2002. :]
Distilled1	Date: September 27, 2008 @ 7:48 PM ^ me too! I frequent many forums, and there are some running 5 year OLD code no updates that are breaking because to change it screqws the whole site!!!... this is ours yes??? its basic and ours no one to update it? I would love to see the buddy list work like it did (I think it will and better!) and I would like to see every user here bring 5 of there friends and get them here and make them see its faster better and easier that any other music/social site even when its having bugs!!! so bring 5 people here and sign them up listener or musician.. thats what I would change!!! give something good to bring them here and then adds can pay for the site (well a bit )
celtaidd	Date: October 3, 2008 @ 12:19 PM I know it's just a minor thing. When you've logged in, it says "Hi *****!" Why is the "Hi" and the "!" parts in a different colour? It doesnt look too professional. (me pedantic? I dont know what you mean! )
celtaidd	Date: October 3, 2008 @ 12:20 PM
gimpnipples	Date: October 3, 2008 @ 3:46 PM I would get rid off all the emoticons. every last 1 of them
zedsalt	Date: October 4, 2008 @ 3:00 AM Aren't the icon/user name and the "( no new messages )" links, while the "Hi", the "!" are not? I don't mind a little pedanticism (not sure if that's even a word, but what the hey). In fact, I'll suggest that a few lines of code to prevent "you have one new messages" would be nice.
zedsalt	Date: October 4, 2008 @ 3:01 AM Or is it just "one new messages"? It's been awhile since I received one...
TameasDust	Date: October 4, 2008 @ 2:19 PM

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