I've been busy working out the bugs with the new code, but I've also been updating the design of the site. Besides the obvious asthetic updates, I've been tweaking things here and there. Now, it tells you how many releases a band has in the 'Discography' bar. In the lineup, it now differentiates between 'Currently Also In', and 'Used To Be In'. Basically, active bands that the musician is still in go in the first column. Bands that he either played on an older album or the band is defunct go in the second. Each album has a total length next to each disc (as well as a total number of tracks). Band name changes are now highlighted next to the band name at the top of the page. I cleaned up the presentation of the albums by year section to make it easier to read. Albums that have multiple bands listed now say (split with yadda / blah) in the discography section.
Oh, and on a related note, there are still remnants of the old site lingering around. Musicians are listed with aliases on releases that they played on their real name (for example, it lists the Death Machine aliases on the Zero Hour page). Split albums are not tied together properly in many places. These things will take time to get worked out. Mostly, I need to make easy ways for the librarians to correct them, and I'm working on it, but it isn't ready. So, if you see some of those things, don't fret, we are working on it.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm continuing to work on things. If you have any ideas or suggestions for things that don't quite work how you'd like or missing features that should be added, post them here. I can't promise I'll get to everything right away, but it's nice to get some feedback on what's liked and what isn't.
Later,
Greg
Oh, and on a related note, there are still remnants of the old site lingering around. Musicians are listed with aliases on releases that they played on their real name (for example, it lists the Death Machine aliases on the Zero Hour page). Split albums are not tied together properly in many places. These things will take time to get worked out. Mostly, I need to make easy ways for the librarians to correct them, and I'm working on it, but it isn't ready. So, if you see some of those things, don't fret, we are working on it.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm continuing to work on things. If you have any ideas or suggestions for things that don't quite work how you'd like or missing features that should be added, post them here. I can't promise I'll get to everything right away, but it's nice to get some feedback on what's liked and what isn't.
Later,
Greg
