I was thinking of a kind of affiliate program for Librarius Metallicus. Basically, it would let people create their own CD review site, using the existing database available on Librarius. The catch would be that if they want to review an album that isn't listed, they'd need to add it themselves. So, they'd be able to write reviews and have their own site, and we'd get extra content by way of them adding new bands and albums that they want to review. You'd have control over the design of your review site, but you'd only be able to review things in the database (to motivate you to add new stuff when you need to). You'd also be able to get the lineup, track listing, and album cover from the database, so basically you'd just have to enter your review into a web form. And I would provide hosting for the review site for free. Do you think that's a cool idea? Would anyone be interested in such a thing?
The idea occurred to me when I was talking to a dude who hand-codes the HTML for all the reviews on his site, and I thought what a horrendous waste of time that is. Plus I'm having a hell of a time recruiting people to work on Librarius, so I think it's a win-win type of deal.
The idea occurred to me when I was talking to a dude who hand-codes the HTML for all the reviews on his site, and I thought what a horrendous waste of time that is. Plus I'm having a hell of a time recruiting people to work on Librarius, so I think it's a win-win type of deal.