Looks good, Charlie. Nice to see that you are learning a selection of tunes that are not just from the 'hit parade' of session repertoire. Keep learning the tunes you love.
Hi charliechamo, we recently got our site up and running so we have a lot of empathy for you with the work that you have to put into it. Everyone at the session.org was a great help to us regarding our website with no exceptions so you're in good company! Your site looks sharp and modern and easy to navigate. We think that you are doing a great job and wish you the best of luck with it.
Very clean so far, a very good job; it will be interesting to see how this scales as you add more information.
The "Complete" List of 5 reels made me laugh, although I suppose it make the job of learning them easier
I would personally like to see some notation along with the tunes, preferably something of better quality than those here on thesession.org. Audio/Video clips for the would also be great.
houlberg, do you mean smth like having a list of all the tunes on the website in the menu on the right instead of the "favourite reels" or anyhting like that ?
If you had a link to some ABC resources like ABC Explorer and such then you wouldn't need to post notation. You could have a link up top that says, "looking for notation..."
Also, the navigation menu isn't the same on every page. If I enter a category of jigs under tunes and then select "the coming of spring" then I see all four jigs there. However, if I select "The Kilmovee" then the list of four jigs is reduced to just two. The same happens under Reels. Try selecting "Old Pinch of Snuff" and the reels are reduced to just one.
I think it is a good idea to post notation and MIDI as well as the ABC, because all ABC software has bugs that will prevent anything but the most basic tunes from reliably displaying or playing as the author intended. Better the author gets to sort it out first so the readers don't have to.
Nice Graphics. You don't say if you are going to fully develop and maintain the site?
We stayed at the Daly B and B. Very professionally run. Enjoyed it. But we were the only guests who spoke english though. The rest were German and Japanese. More of a very nice stop over point. Not quite the intimicy we were looking for though. But we found a nice place in Cashel that filled that bill and stayed there.
kuec's comment is a good one. Just be sure to put one in that allows corrections to submitted tunes. That is the one tweak that this site's tune section could use.
Doolin and the Shannon area are reqlly wonderful areas.
New Website - Suggestions, comments
New Website - Suggestions, comments
Hi there!
I am new to making websites and I am practicing on one about Irish Music.
Have a look and please let me know what you think, your suggestions etc. !
www.trad.katesplacedoolin.com
Cheers!
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by charliechamo
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
http://www.trad.katesplacedoolin.com for the link
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by charliechamo
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Well, here's a tip, Charlie!
Always post your links with the "http://"; prefix, thus:
http://www.trad.katesplacedoolin.com/
Then folks will able to click 'em ...
- good luck with the website ..
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
xposted !!!
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
yeah just realised after I poster it first... That proves I am still learning about websites ;)
Thanks Mix O' anyways!
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by charliechamo
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Na bother Cherloch, I just fed it into my address line the old fashioned way and it got me there soon enough. All the best with the site.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Solidmahog
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Also, when you put ABC on the web, start each tune with an X: line or most software won't know what to do with it.
Nice un-fussy design.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Jack Campin
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Allright thanks Jack.
Btw, what does that "X" stand for ?
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by charliechamo
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
X:1 "the index field"
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Solidmahog
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Looks good, Charlie. Nice to see that you are learning a selection of tunes that are not just from the 'hit parade' of session repertoire. Keep learning the tunes you love.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
@charliechamo
"X:" allows you to have multiple tunes in one abc file.
X:1
(abc for tune #1)
X:2
(abc for tune #2)
X:3
(abc for tune #3)
etc.
It's a mandatory header ...
As Jack C rightly says, if you omit this header, most software designed to read and act upon the code won't work.
Other "mandatory" abc headers are:
T: (Title)
L: (Default note length)
M: (Metre or time signature)
K: (Key)
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Hi charliechamo, we recently got our site up and running so we have a lot of empathy for you with the work that you have to put into it. Everyone at the session.org was a great help to us regarding our website with no exceptions so you're in good company! Your site looks sharp and modern and easy to navigate. We think that you are doing a great job and wish you the best of luck with it.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by dulahan
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Looks great Charlie. Very professional. Good luck with it.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by amhrán
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Nice and tidy, good luck with it!
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by tradguy
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Very clean so far, a very good job; it will be interesting to see how this scales as you add more information.
The "Complete" List of 5 reels made me laugh, although I suppose it make the job of learning them easier
I would personally like to see some notation along with the tunes, preferably something of better quality than those here on thesession.org. Audio/Video clips for the would also be great.
A Musicians tab may also be appropriate?
Include a link to http://www.doolin-tourism.com/index.html
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Rick Payman
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Looks good to me. Keep it up.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by gam
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Nice,but it would be more nice not having to click on "Tunes" again in order to go to the list, from a particular tune
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by houlberg
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Thank you all for the comments, great stuff!
houlberg, do you mean smth like having a list of all the tunes on the website in the menu on the right instead of the "favourite reels" or anyhting like that ?
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by charliechamo
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
If you had a link to some ABC resources like ABC Explorer and such then you wouldn't need to post notation. You could have a link up top that says, "looking for notation..."
Also, the navigation menu isn't the same on every page. If I enter a category of jigs under tunes and then select "the coming of spring" then I see all four jigs there. However, if I select "The Kilmovee" then the list of four jigs is reduced to just two. The same happens under Reels. Try selecting "Old Pinch of Snuff" and the reels are reduced to just one.
Looks great.
Best.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by abuteague
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Using this logic, given that the site already has a link to http://www.thesession.org, you wouldn't need to post the ABC's either.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Rick Payman
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
I think it is a good idea to post notation and MIDI as well as the ABC, because all ABC software has bugs that will prevent anything but the most basic tunes from reliably displaying or playing as the author intended. Better the author gets to sort it out first so the readers don't have to.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by Jack Campin
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For someone new to building websites I think you have done a smashing job. Very nice layout.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by overbeyond
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Yes, it looks very nice!
How about a link to the ABC-Converter
http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by kuec
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I think this will be a Good One,, I have it Bookmarked.
Many Thanks, And Good Luck with it -
jim,,,
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by FIDDLE4
Re: New Website - Suggestions, comments
Nice Graphics. You don't say if you are going to fully develop and maintain the site?
We stayed at the Daly B and B. Very professionally run. Enjoyed it. But we were the only guests who spoke english though. The rest were German and Japanese. More of a very nice stop over point. Not quite the intimicy we were looking for though. But we found a nice place in Cashel that filled that bill and stayed there.
kuec's comment is a good one. Just be sure to put one in that allows corrections to submitted tunes. That is the one tweak that this site's tune section could use.
Doolin and the Shannon area are reqlly wonderful areas.
Best of luck.
# Posted on April 1st 2011 by zippydw