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PhilMusic.com Announcements & Feedback => Forum Inquiries & Suggestions => Topic started by: chette on October 31, 2006, 09:55:43 AM
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Kamusta ang bagong server natin sa PhilMusic.com? Mas mabilis ba? Mas mabagal? Nakaka-receive pa rin ba kayo ng database connection errors?
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as of now, normal pa rin, i'll let you know pag nakareceive ako ng database error mam.
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sa akin down pa forbiden pa rin, gumamit lang ako ng proxy server pra maka access
suggestion lang, bakit kaya hindi nalang disable un image as signature kasi kahit paano kumakain din ng bandwidth yun? lalo na ang lalaki prang edsa :D suggestion lang naman :)
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hi admin chette,
thanks again for bringing back the site...pano nalang kaya kung wala ka?just to let you know,it's hard to be tagged as "forbidden" guy yesterday(30Oct06).
rgds,
Direk
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wala pa po ba yung philmusic blog? :lol:
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ayus much much better... THANK YOU...
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sa akin down pa forbiden pa rin, gumamit lang ako ng proxy server pra maka access
suggestion lang, bakit kaya hindi nalang disable un image as signature kasi kahit paano kumakain din ng bandwidth yun? lalo na ang lalaki prang edsa :D suggestion lang naman :)
Edge, we actually pointed the philmusic.com domain to a totally new server - this one is in California :) The old one was somewhere in the east coast. It takes about 48 hrs (ah tama ba chette) for a new domain pointer to propagate throughout the Internet. When I was trying to access the board from my office network in the morning I was still getting the "forbidden" message but on a nearby wifi hotspot, all clear.
About the signatures - it's just a matter of discipline on the part of the users - some guys just insist on putting large billboard type sigs no mater how we suggest restraint or suggest appropriate sizes (468 x 60 pixels maximum). We can ban graphics in sigs altogether though - i think that is an option in the admin section.
About bandwidth use of sigs, that doesn't affect our server because the graphics are being pulled from someplace else (imagebucket, etc.) but it does affect the board design and also the time it takes for you to download the page.
So if everyone cooperates in reducing the size of sig graphics, all well and good. If not... well, we'll see what we can do :)
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wala pa po ba yung philmusic blog? :lol:
Nope - that's a low priority at the moment. The talk.philmusic.com migration took top billing. Same thing with photos.philmusic.com - down at the moment while we upgrade the gallery software to something more current. In time, in time...
I think the main reason this board gets the attention is that when it goes down, in just 5 minutes people manage to bug us non stop through text, email, and IM to get it back up... sheesh!! :evil:
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hi admin chette,
this one for the new theme; WOW! as in BIGTIME!great looks indeed.
cheers,
Direk
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wala pa po ba yung philmusic blog? :lol:
Sandale lang po ... photos muna daw :)
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hi admin chette,
this one for the new theme; WOW! as in BIGTIME!great looks indeed.
Salamat, salamat!
(Di pa tapos, actually ... may mga di pa nabago sa inside pages ... unti unti na lang. Kailangan ko rin ng tulog hehe)
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mas astig to ngayon chette!
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mas astig to ngayon chette!
Uy Jasper! Long time!!! :)
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haha oo nga :)
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because of the addictive nature of browsing this forum, i would like to make some time saving suggestions:
1. ban thread bumping / "up"-ing - sure it puts a topic on top or on the front pages, but sayang talaga yung oras sa pag scroll ng ang haaaaaaabaaaaang "up" posts lang. other forums like philMUG (mac users group) ban bumping. concise, simple, useful, practical = efficient.
2. wag din sana mag-post ng "no added value" comments. these come in the form of "ganda naman nyan!" or "danda naman ser!" or "WOW! (with tulo laway smiley), etc. no offense meant, but better sana pag posted comments are of help, informational and educational. better for all.
3. enforce proper title-ing of topics. fictional for example lang: sa guitar classifieds: > FS: electric guitar.
yun lang. o diba sana man lang nilagyan nung model or make para may clue naman yung nagb-browse?
as of this writing i'm still at newbie status (8 posts?). but i don't mind. matagal naman na akong lurker!!! kidding aside, i don't see why others have to pad topics with ups, bumps, kung may pera lang ako posts if all it accomplishes is waste our precious time while not adding any "nutritional value" to what we devote some of our spare time to.
yun lang, just my 2 cents worth. sorry in advance if anybody gets offended. it's not my intention. just wanted to save some of our time so we can do other stuff pa... like practice para gumaling tumugtog, read books, sleep earlier, etc.
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1. ban thread bumping / "up"-ing - sure it puts a topic on top or on the front pages, but sayang talaga yung oras sa pag scroll ng ang haaaaaaabaaaaang "up" posts lang. other forums like philMUG (mac users group) ban bumping. concise, simple, useful, practical = efficient.
The suggestion has come up once in a while. But so far, the mods haven't found it too annoying yet. They'll scream when it does.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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Jim & Chette --
Right now, bdays lang ata pina-publish nito and I'm sure not all are represented. IMO, maliit value nito. Tsaka the people who want to greet fellow forumites already know their bdays and don't look at the calendar feature to keep track.
Instead I suggest users (artists as well as productions and clubs/bars) be allowed to input:
- gig skeds of bands/artists
- clinics, workshops, etc.
- other music related events (Rock awards, Battle of the bands, etc.)
It'd be nice if the user can provide details too: you click a Calendar entry and it takes you to gig details in another website or a thread started by the user in the Gig announcements section.
One benefit for the artists/bands is they can avoid better schedule their gigs and avoid overlap with artists/bands of the same genre. Kami sa blues community di naman madalas mag-gig pero nagkakaroon pa rin ng sked conflict. Imagine 2 blues gigs on the same night, sometimes within the same city pa!
Possible ba to? :-)
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suggestion lang po kapag mag make ng new thread, maglagay sana ng warning with red and/or bold text sa start a new topic window na nag sasabing: check kung meron na nga bang gumawa ng topic na balak gawin ng thread starter using search function.
just to always remind the new people and also the old ones... :-D
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gusto ko yan.... saka nakalagay "dont use textspeak" or bawal ang "text" spelling..
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then why are they only in the first page of the forum?
may napuntahan kasi akong isang forum site where yung "sticky threads" nila e talagang sticky, either page 1 or 100 eh andun.
but then again, only the R&Rs and FAQs were stickied there.
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uu nga noh!
may mga forums na pag sinabing sticky eh kahit anong page ka pa magpunta nasa unahan pa rin yung sticky thread napansin ko rin yun
:D
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I think phpbb software is like that pero I'm not 100% sure. This forum uses SMF and while I think it can be done, we're not that intent on modifying a lot of things just yet, concentrating more on stability and bughunting for now.
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considering the # of stickies we already have in most sub-forums, i would dread having to avoid all of them by scrolling down on every page... first page is the "best practice", IMHO.
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considering the # of stickies we already have in most sub-forums, i would dread having to avoid all of them by scrolling down on every page... first page is the "best practice", IMHO.
OR
"sticky-all-pages" only the most important and LEAST read (ie Rules and Regulations) and leave the rest of the stickies in the front.
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Gentlemen,
I would suggest that our THREADS should be private or accessible only to registered users.
The problem about the THREAD being public to the web is, web crawlers like ones
used by google can crawl to our thread and make it readable by googlers.
This thing maybe known to you already, anyway this is just a suggestion.
Thanks
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Kaya yung mga nagpopost dyan ingat lang baka matrack-down kayo ng FBI,NBI, hackers etc. Ingat lang. Anyone can investigate about you using forums like this.
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What's so bad about that ? :D
Those who hide are those with something to hide. IF that were the case, then one should be careful about what he says in public forums in the first place.
It's an exercise in Net Prudence :D
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i think kung isusurveilance ka ng FBI e kahit anong gawin mo na tago, they can track u down. dbaga?
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What's so bad about that ? :D
Those who hide are those with something to hide. IF that were the case, then one should be careful about what he says in public forums in the first place.
It's an exercise in Net Prudence :D
+1
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Wala namang jurisdiction ang FBI sa Pilipinas.
OTOH, pabor din naman ako na members lang ang may access. +1.
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Wrong Forum! Sana pinost mo toh sa "Forum Questions & Suggestions" not sa Guitar Central coz guitar central is all bout Guitarssssssssss!!!!!!! :)
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Im starting my own webpages and my adsense account just arrived. philmusic makes money on ads and the revenue is dependent on traffic.Shut down googling and traffic goes down. Unless we want to pay to subscribe...
Thats just me of course. its still jim and chette's call.
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Common sense lang... one of the reasons why we had to crack down on links to pirated software and the selling of cracked software, instructionals, and cds. Much the same reason why the Anything Goes and Relationships forums are being strictly monitored.
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A sticky on each and every page would be way too makulit. :roll:
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Sir tanong lang?Magkano kaya ang kinikita nila sa ADSENSE ng Google? :-D
Im starting my own webpages and my adsense account just arrived. philmusic makes money on ads and the revenue is dependent on traffic.Shut down googling and traffic goes down. Unless we want to pay to subscribe...
Thats just me of course. its still jim and chette's call.
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BAMF has hit the nail on the head. There are sections we keep private, but for the most part, we keep much of the boards public, because the more content that can be spidered by search engines, the more our search engine rankings go up.
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I can't seen to find a topic about great improvements and/or, for lack of a better term, things Philmusic did recently. :)
I'll start:
Ang galing ng ginawa ng Philmusic nang pinaghiwalay nila yung Guitar and Bass Accessories! World Class. Mas madali na ngayong mag-GAS! :-D
Sa mga mahilig mag-GAS like me, this is a small way of thanking Philmusic. :-) Coolness.
Hmmm... Maybe make a new THANK YOU forum. :-)
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I'm tempted to say "Thank you! Ang galeng galeng ko!" hehe.
But the credit really goes to your moderators :) Utusan lang ako :)
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Astig pa rin, Ma'am Chette! :)
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I suggest adding "Influences" to the Forum Profile Information page.
This would be great so that we'd know who's listening to who. Also, if you're looking for bandmates and you wanna know who's listening to the same stuff.
I mean, for example, when I hear deltaslim, or psychic_sushi, makes me wonder who they listen to the most. :-)
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Hi,
Suggest ko lang na kung possible na disable ang post count under Anything Goes kasi marami akong nakikita na insecure pag maraming post counts tapos puro sa Anyting Goes lang yung post.
Tingin kasi ng iba malaking issue yung post counts :)
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ewan ko kung magawa nila ito.. marami kasing walang kwentang threads.. bumabagal ang site.. minsan gusto ko magtingin ng gamit angtagal magload..
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Possible yan pre kasi sa Vbulletin na forum possible yun surepack ako na may features din itong Simple Machines Forum na ganun.
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Tingin kasi ng iba malaking issue yung post counts :)
Side effect kasi ng ragnarok mentality. :| High post count does not guarantee seniority or special privileges here.
We'll see kung kaya ng SMF ang ganyang functionality.
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Side effect kasi ng ragnarok mentality. :| High post count does not guarantee seniority or special privileges here.
We'll see kung kaya ng SMF ang ganyang functionality.
Ayus! thanks KitC
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WTF is wrong with people who counts posts? May prize ba tayo sa highest poster? Wala diba? So what's the deal?
I dunno kung bakit andami talaga alimango sa mga pinoy. Pati post count napaka big deal sa kanila....
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WTF is wrong with people who counts posts? May prize ba tayo sa highest poster? Wala diba? So what's the deal?
I dunno kung bakit andami talaga alimango sa mga pinoy. Pati post count napaka big deal sa kanila....
face it; some dudes think that the higher the post count the greater their forum powers, or the higher their social status in this forum.
admittedly, post count is really useful when buying or selling stuff. in that sense, you really do have more social power.
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If that's the case, dapat sa B&S e-di-disable ang post counting... specially yung mga posts na "up", "ganda sana kaso...", and the ever famous "pics pls". :)
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May prize ba tayo sa highest poster? Wala diba? So what's the deal?
korak pare!
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Wala na din sa ayos tong Philmusic.
Napaka-inactive ng mga forumites sa Pinoy Music Fan Forums na talaga naman sentro ng PM.
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If that's the case, dapat sa B&S e-di-disable ang post counting... specially yung mga posts na "up", "ganda sana kaso...", and the ever famous "pics pls". :)
Well... the mods have been cleaning those up discretely.
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Sir, panu naman yung mga ligaw na topic.
Di ko na kasi nakikita yung "Move Power" ng Mods. :-P
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Sir, panu naman yung mga ligaw na topic.
Di ko na kasi nakikita yung "Move Power" ng Mods. :-P
Be specific.
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Be specific.
Sorry po ah, pero ayaw ko magpoint eh.
Makikita nyo naman sa Anything Goes eh.
Salamat.
Kahit ako merong pong ligaw na topic dun eh.
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Sorry po ah, pero ayaw ko magpoint eh.
Makikita nyo naman sa Anything Goes eh.
sheesh! you're going to make accusations and you won't back it up?
Kahit ako merong pong ligaw na topic dun eh.
I've seen that topic. Even that is vague enough to stay in Anything Goes since it doesn't belong in either GC or Bass forums.
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sheesh! you're going to make accusations and you won't back it up?
Ehehehe... JLo-style. Uso na ngayon yan. :-D
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sheesh! you're going to make accusations and you won't back it up?
I've seen that topic. Even that is vague enough to stay in Anything Goes since it doesn't belong in either GC or Bass forums.
Ok sige, yung
1. Your Band's Videos Thread (Pwede naman po yun sa Free For All di'ba?)
2. Nakaka-in love tong batang to...panoorin nyo (Artist naman po yung sentro ng topic eh, bakit hindi na lang sa Free For All)
3. Studios, where do you practice/Jam (Sa tingin ko din Free For All)
4. Fall Out Boy Will Play In Antarctica To Set World Record (Artist din to ah)
5. New Band Name For Rivermaya
6. Para sa mga drummer (Meron di'bang forum for drummers?)
7. Need Some Help...Mangmang kasi ako pagdating sa magagandang gitara or bass...(Akin to eh, Sorry!!) :-D
8. WARNING TO ALL MUSICIANS Thread (Free For All po ulit)
9.Old skul to pre, what's your favorite snes....(Gaming forums...)
10. The Dawn, Sugarfree, Hemp Republic (Ewan ko basta Pinoy Music Fan Forums)
11.Giniling Festival News! Mainit na.......(Pinoy Rock...I guess?)
12.MXPX (Magnified Plaid) Thread (Pinoy Rock?)
13.Amazing Guitar Player....(Ewan ko kung saan basta meron tong mas magandang pwest kesa sa anything goes na sinasabing "If It Doesn't Fit Anywhere, Here It Goes!".
Dun po sa may ari ng mga thread na nabanggit ko, sorry ah.
Meron din naman ako dyan eh. Hope you'd understand. Peace!
Ehehehe... JLo-style. Uso na ngayon yan. :-D
Anu ba yung J-Lo Style?
(Kung mali "Accusations" ko, ok lang. Di naman lahat ng accusation tama eh)
Salamat!
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Ok sige, yung
1. Your Band's Videos Thread (Pwede naman po yun sa Free For All di'ba?)
2. Nakaka-in love tong batang to...panoorin nyo (Artist naman po yung sentro ng topic eh, bakit hindi na lang sa Free For All)
3. Studios, where do you practice/Jam (Sa tingin ko din Free For All)
4. Fall Out Boy Will Play In Antarctica To Set World Record (Artist din to ah)
5. New Band Name For Rivermaya
6. Para sa mga drummer (Meron di'bang forum for drummers?)
7. Need Some Help...Mangmang kasi ako pagdating sa magagandang gitara or bass...(Akin to eh, Sorry!!) :-D
8. WARNING TO ALL MUSICIANS Thread (Free For All po ulit)
9.Old skul to pre, what's your favorite snes....(Gaming forums...)
10. The Dawn, Sugarfree, Hemp Republic (Ewan ko basta Pinoy Music Fan Forums)
11.Giniling Festival News! Mainit na.......(Pinoy Rock...I guess?)
12.MXPX (Magnified Plaid) Thread (Pinoy Rock?)
13.Amazing Guitar Player....(Ewan ko kung saan basta meron tong mas magandang pwest kesa sa anything goes na sinasabing "If It Doesn't Fit Anywhere, Here It Goes!".
Dun po sa may ari ng mga thread na nabanggit ko, sorry ah.
Meron din naman ako dyan eh. Hope you'd understand. Peace!
That's the problem with Anything Goes... it becomes a placeholder for threads that apparently aren't serious enough for the boards you mentioned. I contemplated on moving some of those threads you mentioned, but got sidetracked in overseeing the rest of the forums, which can be quite time consuming. I think I'll pitch for another mod in the AG forums.
Anu ba yung J-Lo Style?
Hey, I don't read the papers much, but at least I know about Jun Lozada.
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That's the problem with Anything Goes... it becomes a placeholder for threads that apparently aren't serious enough for the boards you mentioned. I contemplated on moving some of those threads you mentioned, but got sidetracked in overseeing the rest of the forums, which can be quite time consuming. I think I'll pitch for another mod in the AG forums.
Hey, I don't read the papers much, but at least I know about Jun Lozada.
Thank you Sir!
I though J-Lo was Jennifer Lopez. :lol:
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Thank you Sir!
I though J-Lo was Jennifer Lopez. :lol:
Misdirection... classic magician's trick (and also from Sun Tzu's The Art of War).
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Hey, I'm up for this. Looks like a good idea. Prevents people from posting for the sake of posting (I'm guilty of that too). Pero ano po ba disadvantages if post counts are disabled?
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Misdirection... classic magician's trick (and also from Sun Tzu's The Art of War).
*Confused*
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*Confused*
See?
It worked. :wink:
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See?
It worked. :wink:
And it's stil working. :-D
*Confused*
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One minute is too long especially since they count replying to PMs as "posting from your IP". Example, I reply to a PM, I need to wait 1 minute before I can reply to another PM or to a topic.
Why not lower it to 20-30 seconds? Harmony-Central has theres for 15 seconds. I think spam bots are non-existent due to the CAPTCHA from registration so spam is no longer being posted multiple times hence lessens the need for a long waiting time between posts.
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Yeah. Or at least separate the PM's from the posts.
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parang na-disable na ata...di gumagalaw ang post count ko pag nagpopost ako sa AGT...
the good thing about this is that it encourages forumites to post more about music, bands and whatnot...this is Philmusic, after all...the Jimocracy, and nothing pleases sir jim than healthy discussions about music-related topics. :-D and it discourages those who are after boosting their post counts with one-liners or monosyllabic replies like "up" or "+1" which i don't exactly condone...though it doesn't really piss me off either...
but looking at another school of thought, it gives the idea that musicians should focus their discussions solely on music-related topics, anything else aside from music be damned. IMHO, i find this a bit too serious a concept, and, dare i say, boring. i seriously doubt that doctors spend their after-hours talking medicine and patients, or lawyers spend their after-hours talking about their clients or cases. as a call center agent, one thing i dislike is discussing calls outside of the office. likewise, at AGT, we're musicians talking about non-musical related topics during our after-hours. so this disabling of post count for AGT posts does have its downside...
just my two cents. :-)
EDIT - sensya na't bangag ako kanina nung pinost ko. edited out the inconsistencies... :-D
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No one else is in favor?
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mas maganda nga kung 30-20 seconds. hassle kasi yung 60 seconds pag sinisipag ako mag post eh
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oo nga magaantay ka pa ng 60sec... 20-30 ok na :-D
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Re: Lower the time between posts
Agree ako dito, in my case.. marami kami dito sa office na nag PhilMusic. Sana naman, babaan yung time between posting with same IP add..
see.. An Error Has Occurred!
The last posting from your IP was less than 60 seconds ago. Please try again later.
kitams, ang hirap bago ko ma post to.. :|
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Seriously, just take out the entire anything goes including the foodtrip, movies, etc. Its just a waste of space for the entire forum.
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Seriously, just take out the entire anything goes including the foodtrip, movies, etc. Its just a waste of space for the entire forum.
wow..very serious, elite and career oriented...nothing but music...eh?..
maybe the AGT guys will take you out too...why don't you tell it on AGT?..:-D
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wow..very serious, elite and career oriented...nothing but music...eh?..
maybe the AGT guys will take you out too... :-D
Really? Maybe we should rename the url to www.philanythinggoestalaga.com then?
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Really? Maybe we should rename the url to www.philanythinggoestalaga.com then?
then try to suggest that on AGT so you will be heard....
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then try to suggest that on AGT so you will be heard....
Thats not the forum to post suggestions on :-D
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Thats not the forum to post suggestions on :-D
at least everyone will know...then we'll find out how many serious guys like you we have on philmusic that thinks so differently...like you..I mean...die hard.. :-D
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at least everyone will know...then we'll find out how many serious guys like you we have on philmusic that thinks so differently...like you..I mean...die hard.. :-D
Wow. Mukhang tinamaan ka masyado dun. Kaya nga suggestions hindi demand. Pero mukhang natamaan nga kita. But I won't apologize.
So wait, yung statement mo, walang serious guys sa Philmusic? Mga mods hindi sila serious?
I have 1 or 2 threads that I post on in AGT but I posted on those thread when it was still in Guitar Central before it got moved. Haven't posted there since because I noticed that among all the sub-forums here, its the slowest to load and gets the most errors. Even more than any of the classifieds. So either we take away the AGT, or upgrade to better servers, or we archive everything from page 4 and above to save space.
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hindi na nga gumagalaw ung # of posts ko pag nag-reply ako sa AGT. :-D
@greenweenie,
you have a good point man...but i think taking out the whole Anything Goes (along with Food Trip, Movies, etc.) is a little too extreme. these forums add variety to PhilMusic. it may also act as a medium for friendships and connections to be established. however, you are right about archiving. the nonmoving threads should be deleted already. can the mods set a limit on how long a thread has been idle before deleting it? :-)
@SCREWER,
don't be sore now that your posts in AGT will not be counted. pansin ko kasi isa ka sa mga very active sa AGT eh. i myself am active sa AGT but i see greenweenie's point. don't make unnecessary comments.
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Wow. Mukhang tinamaan ka masyado dun. Kaya nga suggestions hindi demand. Pero mukhang natamaan nga kita. But I won't apologize.
So wait, yung statement mo, walang serious guys sa Philmusic? Mga mods hindi sila serious?
I have 1 or 2 threads that I post on in AGT but I posted on those thread when it was still in Guitar Central before it got moved. Haven't posted there since because I noticed that among all the sub-forums here, its the slowest to load and gets the most errors. Even more than any of the classifieds. So either we take away the AGT, or upgrade to better servers, or we archive everything from page 4 and above to save space.
ndi naman tinamaan...just had a time to read that unfriendly suggestion...i mean ngayon pa...people there are having fun..a suggestion to minimize nonsense threads would be better but not removal...if you know what i mean...
again from endshift: "but looking at another school of thought, it gives the idea that musicians should focus their discussions solely on music-related topics, anything else aside from music be damned. IMHO, i find this a bit too serious a concept, and, dare i say, boring"
kaya ndi kita masyado nakikita dun..maybe iba ka nga...again you know how they would react with your suggestion right?
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hindi na nga gumagalaw ung # of posts ko pag nag-reply ako sa AGT. :-D
@greenweenie,
you have a good point man...but i think taking out the whole Anything Goes (along with Food Trip, Movies, etc.) is a little too extreme. these forums add variety to PhilMusic. it may also act as a medium for friendships and connections to be established. however, you are right about archiving. the nonmoving threads should be deleted already. can the mods set a limit on how long a thread has been idle before deleting it? :-)
@SCREWER,
don't be sore now that your posts in AGT will not be counted. pansin ko kasi isa ka sa mga very active sa AGT eh. i myself am active sa AGT but i see greenweenie's point. don't make unnecessary comments.
I'm not worried about those post counts...I suggest they could just put the registry date below the username...i think that's enough for what they call social power...I don't join every thread as well... :-)...
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ndi naman tinamaan...just had a time to read that unfriendly suggestion...i mean ngayon pa...people there are having fun..a suggestion to minimize nonsense threads would be better but not removal...if you know what i mean...
again from endshift: "but looking at another school of thought, it gives the idea that musicians should focus their discussions solely on music-related topics, anything else aside from music be damned. IMHO, i find this a bit too serious a concept, and, dare i say, boring"
kaya ndi kita masyado nakikita dun..maybe iba ka nga...again you know how they would react with your suggestion right?
I dare AGT to minimize pointless threads.
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I'm not worried about those post counts...I suggest they could just put the registry date below the username...i think that's enough for what they call social power...I don't join every thread as well... :-)...
good point on the registry date. :-)
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Lol @ forum seniority.
The only people I see as seniors in forums are the mods and the owners themselves. Everyone else is equal. But I really hate newbies who use the excuse "noob lang po eh".
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disabling the post count sa Anything Goes is no big deal... go on :-D
tama, ragnarok mentality, pataasan ng level...
well, WRONG!, this is NOT an ONLINE GAME, its an ONLINE FORUM... grow up!... :/
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Ops, ayaw madelete mga threads nya..haha. hindi ba nawawala na yong iba??
If AG forums will be abolished then I have to take music seriously..haha.. lyrics ?? no, i mean doing my own compo then I will publish them.. I hope not so busy to deal with it..and also have to learn to play guitar and keyboard...just to enjoy this site w/o AG or total absence after endorsing...another person-oriented website with chat and webcam options.
I think it's really harsh to delete the AG forums at once, especially the Movies Movies Movies or AGT.. Im not a fan of relationship forum anymore.. lost appetite.. I think I have another website for that...err..friendster perhaps.. classic but boring..NO.. other.
Remove AG for good??..then I think this site will have less downtime, traffic and members..less war and more GAS deals since would-be remaining members will focus on music-related topics so maybe the benefits will be highly appreciated.
On the contrary, AG is the melting pot where musicians and listeners mingle to discuss non-music related topics. like ice-breaker and breathing space for congested minds and exhausted limbs..i think thats negative, haha.. have to say brilliant and enthusiastic elements to converge ingredients from different/similar fields.
then try to suggest that on AGT so you will be heard....
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whoa...easy lang kayo mga parekoy...
yes, i've already adjusted to AGT post counts being disabled. dami ngang mga forumites dyan na ginagawa nilang pampataas ng post count ang AGT, so disabling post counts on AGT discourages this practice...that's all well and good...
but yes indeed, taking out the whole anything goes forum is way too extreme. again, we are musicians in our after-hours time, so talking solely about music on these forums is pretty much like a lawyer speaking legalese with his wife and kids when he gets home for dinner. we musicians have lives too outside of our craft...we have girlfriends, wives, families, friends, co-workers, classmates, and outside interests that deserve a separate forum for discussion and sharing. then there's the concept of networking...and friendship between musicians that are fostered, especially in AGT...
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Honestly, I do post mostly at AGT. It's really funny and you cope up with new ideas (outside the world of being a musician) and gained a lot of friends. Well, It doesn't matter if the posts are not counted or credited for that forum or for any forum perhaps. As long as you’ve enjoyed it and being part of it. But.. are you guys here only for the sake of having higher post? To bully new forum members? Hmmm.. Although some threads are lame and none sense.. Reality Bites.. Yet It's Fun. I know it causes forum traffic or downtimes (sometimes). But I Strongly believed that our beloved mods are doing a great job regarding this matter.
Simply, AGT creates the other side of me aside from being a musician. :-)
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Simply, AGT creates the other side of me aside from being a musician. :-)
+111111 to that. :-D
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feedback from mods?
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I dare AGT to minimize pointless threads.
all that forum needs is another mod who's more iron-fisted than the current ones, and i really mean iron-fisted. :-D
and yeah, deleting everything from, maybe, page20 above won't even be noticed by the AGT residents.
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all that forum needs is another mod who's more iron-fisted than the current ones, and i really mean iron-fisted. :-D
They are bro. Fair and Balance is what they are implementing. Alam nila ang tama at mali sir.. :-)
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I suggest they could just put the registry date below the username...
i definitely agree with this.
suggestion:
1.tanggaling ang post count.
2.tanggalin ang status na "philmusic addictus", "newbie", "forum fanatic", etc.
3.dapat MOD lang ang may status.
-- IMO, if thats implemented, that will prevent future members of PM who thinks its all about status/count of posts OR oldies here that thinks every new member here posts because they want to UP their status!
removing the whole AGT forum is not a good suggestion! its here because it has a purpose and everyone knows that! otherwise, why would the owner of this site put that specific forum? :-)
BTW, another suggestion. automatically delete threads after being IDLE for, say three months? :-)
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we can't delete those threads.
don't delete threads en masse - for one, the messages in the forum are "legacy" content, googleable and part of our "long tail" of inventory for ad banners.
Secondly, if you do a lot deletions we need to compact the databases. That might lead to downtime.
jim
also, when we became a member of Philmusic, all of those post counts, status etc. were already there. we need to adjust to the site and not the site to us.
IMHO.
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all that forum needs is another mod who's more iron-fisted than the current ones, and i really mean iron-fisted. :-D
That being the case, I think you should run for our next president, then see what happens.
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That being the case, I think you should run for our next president, then see what happens.
:lol:
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this suggestion is good.
but then again, if this happens, magwawala ang mga i-have-more-than-a-thousand-post-that-means-i'm-more-intelligent-than-you-are personalities.
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Ok done - as suggested, post counts are disabled, but only for "Anything Goes Talaga." Let's see how this goes as an experiment in social modification. :evil:
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I hear ya - SMF has so many options I don't know how to do that yet :mrgreen:
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all that forum needs is another mod who's more iron-fisted than the current ones, and i really mean iron-fisted. :-D
oo, tapos magrereklamo ang mga balat-sibuyas dito, lol.
trust me, adding an iron fisted mod won't work, been there, sa dami ba naman ng uber sensitive dito eh hahahaha.
Ok done - as suggested, post counts are disabled, but only for "Anything Goes Talaga." Let's see how this goes as an experiment in social modification. :evil:
nice, sana maging ganito rin sa classifieds, since wala namang discussion dapat sa classifieds.
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nice, sana maging ganito rin sa classifieds, since wala namang discussion dapat sa classifieds.
agree ako dito..
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oo, tapos magrereklamo ang mga balat-sibuyas dito, lol.
trust me, adding an iron fisted mod won't work, been there, sa dami ba naman ng uber sensitive dito eh hahahaha.
nice, sana maging ganito rin sa classifieds, since wala namang discussion dapat sa classifieds.
Honga, No discussion at all. They can use private messaging regarding the adds.. :lol:
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nice, sana maging ganito rin sa classifieds, since wala namang discussion dapat sa classifieds.
Tama. Lalo na yung mga umeepal lang na "up ko ito" o "open for trade?" lalong lalo na yung "pics please". Nagpaparami lang at umeepal lalo na yung si JS. Lahat ata ng thread may "up ko ito" niya eh.
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We actually delete needless ups so those thinking they will increase their postcounts via upping and other lame techniques, think again. This is a forum, not ragnarok.
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Oi na tupad din ito yay!!! you guys kick azz!!!
iba naman ang paningin ko sa post count, mas maraming post count mas patay ang Social Life hehe... Get a life LOL jk :) peace ya' all!!!
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We actually delete needless ups so those thinking they will increase their postcounts via upping and other lame techniques, think again. This is a forum, not ragnarok.
+111111. couldn't have said it better, sir kit...
ako, guilty din ako dun dati...but whenever i go "+1", parating may kasunod na hirit...at inu-up ko lang yung mga "LF - " threads na sinimulan ko sa musicians wanted...
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i have nothing against the 60-second rule, as it prevents flooding. sa pinoyexchange nga, 90 seconds between posts...
what i just don't like is when your posts get throttled...parang nagrereset sa 60 seconds kahit na hindi pumasok yung post mo...maybe it should be 60 seconds between SUCCESSFUL posts...not "postings from your IP"...
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to admin: sir natry nyo na sir yung punbb? mas ok sya. lightweight. baka mag improve pa yung performance ng website. it also free.
thanks
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ano to parang vbulletin??
mukang oras na para palitan ang bulletin na to :-D
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ano to parang vbulletin??
mukang oras na para palitan ang bulletin na to :-D
yata. hehehe. pero mas konti kasi table ng database ng punbb
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to admin: sir natry nyo na sir yung punbb? mas ok sya. lightweight. baka mag improve pa yung performance ng website. it also free.
thanks
i have been to different software migration projects, if i am not wrong, you don't have any idea how expensive and resources consuming migration can be. Web performance should not only be based from being an open-source or free. You should also consider all the players or factors affecting a particular project. IMO.
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although I'm new here, I just wannna share my experience regarding the performance of this site
hindi na rin kasi ako bago sa mga forums or sites such as these, napaka informative nitong site na to kaso it performance is so poor at parang di organized lalo na sa mga classifieds...
sana hindi nakahiwalay yung userfeedbacks, lagi crash ang site, di magamit ng husto ang search bar, missing post, slow loading...
bakit ganun? hardware upgrade ba kelangan?
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Site has now been upgraded to SMC (simplemachines).
You should see some improvement.
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I love the new look... easy to the eyes and mas improved nga performance. More power Philmusic! Galeng galeng! :-D
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Forums are now MUCH faster and the layout is more space-efficient. Congrats!
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new look's great! kudos!
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At first I thought I went to a wrong forum :-D
To all mods: This is such a big improvement, and I mean BIG. Kudos!
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Sarap nito sir, sakto! Bigg Ups sa mga involved sa pag improve ng site natin! =P PhilMusic astig!!!
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Am i the only one na parang naduduling sa new color skin ng forum site natin?
mas ok sana if medyo bold or high lighted ng konti yung New Topics sa thread for our eyes to see it clearly?or i am only the only one na parang naduduling?BTW,Two THUmbs Up sa upgrade ng PM!Very much improved! :mrgreen: :evil:
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honestly matagal ako hindi nakapunta sa site na ito... akala ko maling website napuntahan ko... :-D NICE ONE!!! BIG IMPROVEMENT!!!
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wasn't the old forum SMC too?
pero bumilis ung site ^^
kudos
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Nice!! Ito na ang buhay ko Philmusic, napakasarap sa feeling na nagimprove tong site na to at bumilis unlike noon pahirapan.. More power philmusic!!! :-D
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congrats sa new look.. gumanda din ang process ng pag popost :wink:
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Mod sana medyu darkened natin ng pag kaka upgrade sizes and tone dto sa phil music kase medyu light masyado,
Mas madaling makikita ung mga threads and post dto kung mangyayare po ito...
tnx jhuv
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repaint ko na lang ulit yung F5 ko eheehehe...
mejo ok na..
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oo tama sir medyu darkened nyu sna para madaling makita talagang maliwag na malabo na maliit pa ang kulay kya masakit siya sa mata. :wink:
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repaint ko na lang ulit yung F5 ko eheehehe...
mejo ok na..
:lol: F5 figther jet?
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Am i the only one na parang naduduling sa new color skin ng forum site natin?
mas ok sana if medyo bold or high lighted ng konti yung New Topics sa thread for our eyes to see it clearly?or i am only the only one na parang naduduling?BTW,Two THUmbs Up sa upgrade ng PM!Very much improved! :mrgreen: :evil:
di ka nag iisa sir..ako din parang pag pumikit ako parang naluluha ako, parang ma bright yung theme..
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Am i the only one na parang naduduling sa new color skin ng forum site natin?
mas ok sana if medyo bold or high lighted ng konti yung New Topics sa thread for our eyes to see it clearly?or i am only the only one na parang naduduling?BTW,Two THUmbs Up sa upgrade ng PM!Very much improved! :mrgreen: :evil:
Sorry, it's not actually a "new skin" - this is just the default set up of SMF. The PhilMusic skin hasn't been applied yet :-)
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horaaay!its nice know that sir.. more power!:-D
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Question lang po. Kelan po maayos yung search engine ng forum? 3 days na pong hindi gumagana.
Thanks!
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Question lang po. Kelan po maayos yung search engine ng forum? 3 days na pong hindi gumagana.
Thanks!
Since the search engine also uses the Google algorithm, you can search what you want in Google. Just append "philmusic.com" after the search box.
(http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5320/philmusearch.jpg)
Pag peak hours talaga ng Philmu, di gumagana yung search bar and yung previous posts function. :|
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Simula nung na-revamp ang forum, nawala na yung favicon. May paraan ba para maibalik yung favicon like we used to have?
Btw, favicon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
Medyo maarte kasi ako sa pagbabrowse and I think mas okay talaga kapag meron nun. Thanks.
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Any feedbacks?
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Certain features were changed or disabled when PM migrated to a new server, coupled with an update to the SMF software.
Please bear with us. The admins are quite busy people (they DO have day jobs) and will get to addressing this and other pertinent issues as time permits.
Thank you for suggestion.
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wish ko lang lakihan ang Inbox capacity ng PM, pero ok lang kung hindi.
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Yeah, it's way too small at 100.
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Certain features were changed or disabled when PM migrated to a new server, coupled with an update to the SMF software.
Please bear with us. The admins are quite busy people (they DO have day jobs) and will get to addressing this and other pertinent issues as time permits.
Thank you for suggestion.
Thanks for the reply. Gumawa nalang muna ako ng sarili kong Favicon for Philmusic para mas maayos tignan sa pc ko. (meh is obsessive compulsive).
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Kelan po maaapply yung bagong skin mga sir? Saka po, ano itsura ng lumang layout? Just a newbie question. :-D
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Am i the only one na parang naduduling sa new color skin ng forum site natin?
mas ok sana if medyo bold or high lighted ng konti yung New Topics sa thread for our eyes to see it clearly?or i am only the only one na parang naduduling?BTW,Two THUmbs Up sa upgrade ng PM!Very much improved! :mrgreen: :evil:
Kelan po maaapply yung bagong skin mga sir? Saka po, ano itsura ng lumang layout? Just a newbie question. :-D
Pics or descriptions will be pretty much appreciated. thanks.
I for one strongly agree with this.. sana malagay na ung bagong skin, mahirap nga naman talaga makita ng maayos.. :|
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I noticed the surge of spam bots in different sub-forums. Apart from the captcha in sign-up, would PM implement it in posting? Say, if a user's posts are below 50 counts, captcha is mandatory.
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We'll look into it, aside from other technologies and possibilities.
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good idea, even if i personally hated captcha at first due to its cumbersome nature.
after the trolls, eto naman...mga spambots na nagpopromote ng kung anu-anong s**t... :-(
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instead of someone having 5 threads for 5 different guitars in guitar classifieds... why not have just one and post everything on it?
when they up their thread in consumes half of the first page.
they can just bookmark it in their pc or if they dont have one just email the link of the page to their email,,,,
hope this gets noticed by the mods.. thanks
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instead of someone having 5 threads for 5 different guitars in guitar classifieds... why not have just one and post everything on it?
It can get quite confusing if you start looking for a particular seller or guitar. The UPs are limited to strictly once per day and having a preponderance of those does mean the ad has been up for some time.
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naisip ko lang to actually noon pa sana. tutal lahat naman tayo nakikinabang dito sa Philmusic.
To Mr. Jim Ayson:
kung magwowork po ito. I'm willing to support for this. and yung macocollect sayo na lang po i-address or account mo.
tutal kayo po ang admin.
thanks,
andrew
sa mga gustong sumoporta, simulan ko na
1. royallatones
2.
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I've browsed around for possible solutions to common problems here in PM and found some under our noses. Turns out that simplemachines has available mods to customize forums. Here's some link
'Read the Rules' Link Above Post Button
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2696]
Read Sticky Topics
This mod allows you to require users read sticky topics in a board before making new topics in that board.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1847
Rules On Post V1
This mod allows the administrator to display the forum rules in the area of the user posting the preferred range.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1790
Facebook and Twitter Sharer
This mod adds easily customizable, and translatable Facebook Share and Twitter Tweet -buttons to topic view.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2827
Good Post/Bad Post Mod
This Mod will add post voting to your forum in a user-moderated fashion.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1890
My apologies if this has been suggested before. Forgot the search function works already, sorry, force of habbit.
Oh and here's how those mods are installed.
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Manual_installation_of_mods
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Our admin, qen, is already on top of it and he DOES know his SMF, thank you very much.
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Our admin, qen, is already on top of it and he DOES know his SMF, thank you very much.
oh ok. if you say so. sorry.
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hi mrgobots
thanks for you're suggestion, but right now our main concern is forum stability, performance and security.
we've already done some major changes to improve search on our forum, making use of sphinx search engine,
which also improve forum posts a little, although sometimes when making a new post, the forum it takes a long time to respond, so we still have some database infrastructure to setup correctly so that our forum is scalable.
and currently we are tackling spambots issue, our moderators are hard at work monitoring spam bots and it's posts,
so we have installed anti spam mods, but my concern is false positives users, so we are implementing anti spam mods
one step at a time.
i guess once we have a good / scalable / manageable forum at hand,
then we can install some of the good stuff :D like what you have pointed out
although it needs to be discussed with the moderators,
and the impact it could have into the forum.
we do have you're best interest at hand, so you're philmusic forum surfing is as smooth and pleasant as possible 8-)
cheers
qen
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bossing, you have customer serviced me. nahiya naman ako. salamat po but PM is more of a privilege to me and something a lot of us owe to Jim, the mods and everyone else behind it. let me know when and where the BTS guys and mods have their meeting and I'll go and send you guys a few boxes of pizza or something.
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How about 15-30 days lang pwedng ibenta yung item, pag hindi pa nabebenta sa loob ng 15-30 days, delete ng mga mods yung thread and gawa na lang ulit ng bagong thread yung magbebenta, para lang malinis tignan yung sa selling, salamat mods
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Pwede din bro. Pero mas maganda kung auto-delete ang mga unreplied threads sa Classified for the last 6 months. There mas magiging malinis ang classifieds.
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Auto delete would be a good idea, but i think SMF doesn't have a capability to delete old posts :-(
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There are just too many newbies here that blatantly disregard the forum rules and regulations (if they read them at all). What I'm proposing is that we integrate a simple form of filtering system into our registration page so newbies are forced to read and understand the rules before they can join the forum.
openkore.org (yes, I used to bot in pRO, LOL) implemented something like this a couple of years back to keep the lazy and "intellectually challenged" out of their site. These are the people who come in and bug other members to give them working codes instead of actually learning how to do it themselves and contributing to the forum.
What the openkore team did was change the "I agree" link into an underscore and put it somewhere inconspicuous in the page away from the actual registration form. They left a fake "I agree" link in place of it and clicking it opened a dialogue box that said something like "You have to read the rules from top to bottom before you can proceed." It was crude but very effective. It took me a good 10 or so minutes before I figured out what needed to be done.
Of course, we can't do the exact same thing here because I just told everyone how it works. What we can do is explore some simple variations.
Thanks for your time. Let me know what you think.
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I agree. In Pinoymtbiker forum you will wait for 5 mins before making a thread. In that 5 mins the rules and regulations are shown and you are forced to read it.
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I agree. I've been seeing a lot of posts by certain music school recruiting at every sub-forums.
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Mas ok po siguro kung lalagyan ang site ng ganitong function. Just like the other forums. Yung ibang forumer tamad kasi magedit ng post nila, instead na iedit ang post gagawa na lang ng panibagong post. Which is para madagdagan ang post count nila. May kinwestion din akong mod dito nung baguhan ako kasi siya mismo double poster. Sharing my thoughts. It would declog this site kapag nagkaroon nito. Especially sa classifieds, merging those up post in one post count.
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Mas ok po siguro kung lalagyan ang site ng ganitong function. Just like the other forums. Yung ibang forumer tamad kasi magedit ng post nila, instead na iedit ang post gagawa na lang ng panibagong post. Which is para madagdagan ang post count nila. May kinwestion din akong mod dito nung baguhan ako kasi siya mismo double poster. Sharing my thoughts. It would declog this site kapag nagkaroon nito. Especially sa classifieds, merging those up post in one post count.
that's what us mods are here for (among other things). but just to clarify, we only merge multiple posts but take out double or duplicate posts. cluttered or consolidated, at the end of the day, it still eats up bandwidth. that's why we tend to maintain new posts/threads and delete or archive old or duplicate posts re declogging the site.
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Forumers!
I had an interesting talk with Jim last night and he voiced his intention to improve and expand on PM with regards to scope, maybe even services and cross platform availability (android, iOS, et al). After brainstorming on his idea last night, I figured I would get your inputs as well.
So, without further ado, what would you like Philmusic ver.3.0 (Jim coined this) to be? Note that this is no-holds-barred, open suggestions, but I will still be trimming out unnecessary comments AFTER I receive your suggestions. Lets just say I got bigger plans for this so stay tuned.
Let the games begin!
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I don't think this would be possible considering the resources it might take, but it would be useful if we can upload our own sound clips here. That way, we may eliminate using third party sites.
Not everyone will gonna upload or you may limit how much data a forumer may use. So, MAYBE. :-D
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a few months ago I did a usability/user experience testing on how to properly and efficiently port a "forum" site into an iOS application.. I used Philmusic as my base example and played around with it on what to port and what not to include, I did a rough sketch design of the app in a mockup screenshots.. (I posted it in the gadgetopolis section for iPhone/iPod thread):
http://talk.philmusic.com/index.php?topic=89128.800
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/A.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/B.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/C.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/D.jpg)
just if ever Sir Jim would pursue an iOS Application for Philmusic :)
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I don't think this would be possible considering the resources it might take, but it would be useful if we can upload our own sound clips here. That way, we may eliminate using third party sites.
Not everyone will gonna upload or you may limit how much data a forumer may use. So, MAYBE. :-D
this is nice! I would enjoy having my own soundclips uploaded here.. kaso I think this will require huge storage for our servers.. malaki laki kasi ang mga soundclips kahit na mababa ang bitrate kung isangdaan naman tayong mag uupload in less than an hour baka mag hang ang servers.. :-(
anyways I would suggest a better "marketplace" section, one that can have extra security for buyers and sellers.. something like it will require a forumer to spend time muna interacting with the community, have a specific post number or atleast introduced him/herself properly in the newbies section before he/she can post an ad.. actually its not that harsh, di naman lahat manloloko pero it will protect us from bogus sellers and others who want to take advantage of the system..
and another thing.. much higher penalty on trolling and extra moderation rules on ultra-nonsense topics na obviously gusto lang magparami ng post counts :idea:
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I've been a lurking member 6 years and what kept me are the classifieds. They look and work great but how about a proper searchable catalog and doing away with the daily bumps? I have no complaints really but i do see "LF: Burny LP" right after a "FS: Burny LP".
Login with FB account ... uso ngayon :-D
I don't think this would be possible considering the resources it might take, but it would be useful if we can upload our own sound clips here. That way, we may eliminate using third party sites.
Not everyone will gonna upload or you may limit how much data a forumer may use. So, MAYBE. :-D
Many popular 3rd-party services are embeddable.
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Login with FB account ... uso ngayon :-D
eto ok to, this will verify agad who the member is, he/she can have access to the marketplace section immediately.. malalaman nman kung hindi legit yung facebook profile na ginamit nya eh..
ill support the login with your facebook account.. this will lessen the "pataasan ng wiwi", "basagan" and "in-fighting" here since malalaman na kaagad kung sino ka. :wink:
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FB would use/sell your personal info. Whereas PM won't :)
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anyways I would suggest a better "marketplace" section, one that can have extra security for buyers and sellers.. something like it will require a forumer to spend time muna interacting with the community, have a specific post number or atleast introduced him/herself properly in the newbies section before he/she can post an ad.. actually its not that harsh, di naman lahat manloloko pero it will protect us from bogus sellers and others who want to take advantage of the system..
About the marketplace, dati ko pa ito naisip, ok na ok sakin ito, yung mga seller, need to pay, para makapag benta. Pero viewing free lang. Ganung idea, pwede rin i-alter. That way, nasagot na ang malaking storage and bandwidth issue. hehehe. :-D
Many popular 3rd-party services are embeddable.
Yes, pero di naman sa post mismo ma-embbed.
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Well, we are here to float ideas around. Like I said earlier, I got some ideas flowing, but who better than to ask the forumers themselves?
Again, this is no-holds-barred brainstorming where all ideas are welcome. We'll weed through the non-essentials later.
Keep 'em coming!
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For sections with materials we deem 'mature/adult', age verification can be a very good option.
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better social media integration like
when you comment or post a topic it shows up on your FB timeline. and people can like and share your post. (of course this should be a feature that users can opt out of)
like and tweet buttons for every topic and post
video and soundclip embedding capability from youtube, vimeo, soundcloud, etc... on all posts
better profile pages with apps and customization options ala myspace
auto-updating forum wall. like say refereshes after 10 or 15 seconds and the new posts are shown ala facebook
payment options through site with seller feedback options.
instant messaging
jquery lightbox features ala facebook theater
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Nice suggestions, all!
Yes, we are looking towards better integration with multimedia and we want to provide more integrated services to all members. One thing I wouldn't like is to be another FB, of course, but we also have to keep the core of PM, which is the forums.
Keep 'em coming, folks!
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instant messaging
this one will be a nice feature.. something like a "livechat" window on the main page.. www.apple.ph has a live chat in their homepage.. yun nga lang baka magkulitan lang yung mga forumites pag nagka live chat sa main page.. unlike sa applei yung purpose ng livechat eh to immediately help/assist those who need to jailbreak their devices or stuck in a process/bricked their phones..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/ct.jpg)
nonetheless its still a nice feature 8-)
and another thing.. lots of forum sites I frequent can also show who or how many forumites are currently "viewing" a particular thread.. it displays their name on the bottom part of each thread page.
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Nice suggestions, all!
Yes, we are looking towards better integration with multimedia and we want to provide more integrated services to all members. One thing I wouldn't like is to be another FB, of course, but we also have to keep the core of PM, which is the forums.
Keep 'em coming, folks!
not another FB...
PM is social media and FB has introduced features that made social interactions easier. So take those features from FB and integrate with PM then you have not just another FB but a better PM. these are very basic add-ons just to keep up with the times. wala pang breakthrough ideas...
on that note, more suggestions:
a moving navi bar (forgot what that was called) with options like Favorite sections, jump to section, new post etc...
a side box for live announcements and events calendars
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Paid ads. Marami tayo kapwa musikero/negosyante na willing mag-invest sa ganyan para mas maging visible sa members/guests yung mga kalakal nila. Yun negosyong maitulong ng Philmusic sa kanila ay bumabalik rin sa inyo. Maski maliit na halaga ay malaking bagay narin pandagdag sa pang-bayad ng hosting, domain renewal, etc.
Pwede rin mag-offer ng adspace sa mga music stores/shops. X-deal nyo nalang in the form of discounts or gift cheques na pwede nyo pa-raffle or gamiting prize sa isang contest.
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Tagged yung mga thread sa classifieds di ko lam ang exact term or kung pano i implement
naka kita nako neto sa isang forum
for example
FS:[insert item here]
pag click mo yung FS: or LF:
ma fi-filter sya sa FS: or LF: threads lang
mas madaling mag browse ng items sa classifieds
:)
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well i was hoping there would be Phimu shows ... either an interview with a famous forumer, a band, a mod ... etc. i mean PM is its own universe
i could do it, but i would need a team... and it would be nice if i wont have to spend on everything lol
i actually was thinking of a test interview session with Matanglawin to which he agreed ... the thing is, i would need someone to hold cameras, edit the footage (adding music and all), and someone to help me with the material.
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ayoko nung FB idea! wala kasi akong FB, bwahahaha! at wala ring plano gumawa nun, kase malamang di ko rin buksan yun.. okay naman sakin yung present PM! pero kayo bahala, pero sana lang iconsider din yung mga taong hindi fan ng Social sites like FB and othe vanity URLS!
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ayoko nung FB idea! wala kasi akong FB, bwahahaha! at wala ring plano gumawa nun, kase malamang di ko rin buksan yun.. okay naman sakin yung present PM! pero kayo bahala, pero sana lang iconsider din yung mga taong hindi fan ng Social sites like FB and othe vanity URLS!
Well, we are looking for something that provides interaction in the same vein as FB, but at the same time, we want to add content.
Keep 'em coming, guys! I'm making this a sticky so it stays on top.
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Well, we are looking for something that provides interaction in the same vein as FB, but at the same time, we want to add content.
Keep 'em coming, guys! I'm making this a sticky so it stays on top.
ah okay.. ayos yun..
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@rockophoria and ierofan - we are actually considering adding content and porting PM into android and iOS. You concept looks great, rockophoria! Maybe you could develop it further? brownie points to you!
Keep up with the suggestions, guys! I'll see how we can get a live chat working soon.
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@rockophoria and ierofan - we are actually considering adding content and porting PM into android and iOS. You concept looks great, rockophoria! Maybe you could develop it further? brownie points to you!
Keep up with the suggestions, guys! I'll see how we can get a live chat working soon.
If only pinagbuti ko yung android ko, i might help sa pagdevelop ng android app.
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@rockophoria and ierofan - we are actually considering adding content and porting PM into android and iOS. You concept looks great, rockophoria! Maybe you could develop it further? brownie points to you!
Keep up with the suggestions, guys! I'll see how we can get a live chat working soon.
yep thanks! ill post a complete screen mockup proposal soon.. :-D ill try to do the same with for the Android OS.
If only pinagbuti ko yung android ko, i might help sa pagdevelop ng android app.
dude can you do JQuery Mobile? we can also do a "Web App" version of the Philmusic App.. its much different sa native approach which will need XCode or Appecelerator
atleast we will have 3 versions of the App.. for Native App for iPhone and Android and Web App version for either handset.. the thing with Web App approach eh "browser based" sya at di sya magdedepend sa UI limitations nung OS.. or something like that :-D
anyways will work on it soon 8-)
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well i was hoping there would be Phimu shows ... either an interview with a famous forumer, a band, a mod ... etc. i mean PM is its own universe
i could do it, but i would need a team... and it would be nice if i wont have to spend on everything lol
i actually was thinking of a test interview session with Matanglawin to which he agreed ... the thing is, i would need someone to hold cameras, edit the footage (adding music and all), and someone to help me with the material.
This is a good idea. I can help (if time permits, he he he).
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feedback system especially for buying and selling purposes.... :cool:
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feedback system especially for buying and selling purposes.... :cool:
I think the "Karma" system works on this one? altho di ko pa talaga malaman kung paano maglagay ng plus karma or negative karma heheh :-D
paano nga ba?
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Live chat is a very essential feature especially for those uber active sellers here in pm.. it could also help buyers to instantly connect with their prospects..
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A new format for posting in the classifieds. Just like the one we see at sulit dot com dot ph. Since a big part of PM is gear trading and a lot of people registered here for that reason.
Since naka-section na yung mga items, I suggest that before an ad in the classifieds section is posted, some fields would become a required field like item name/model, pricing, picture etc. to avoid incomplete and confusing ad posts. also feedback on other forumites with the seller.
A better member homepage that would give more info on the member. An optional choice for those who want their other internet accounts to be linked with their PM profile.
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A new format for posting in the classifieds.
actually some forum sites already upgraded their "classifieds" by creating a separate section for it that no longer resembles a "forum thread".. parang sulit.com na yung hitsura ng classifieds nila.. nakahiwalay sa threads.
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actually some forum sites already upgraded their "classifieds" by creating a separate section for it that no longer resembles a "forum thread".. parang sulit.com na yung hitsura ng classifieds nila.. nakahiwalay sa threads.
let's just say this is part of the plan for ver.3.0 but it does involve a major rewrite to the forum software.
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let's just say this is part of the plan for ver.3.0 but it does involve a major rewrite to the forum software.
Indeed, altho the main purpose why other forums created a separate marketplace thread is to filter those who sell to get rid off old stuffs, sell to upgrade their stuffs from "career sellers" which they prohibited..
In our case we support career sellers too, since the only problem we always encounter in the marketplace are scammers and those who sell defective items.. So I think we can retain the same "thread style" approach but can add more features that can help both sellers and buyers from scam deals (like additional background check, grading/feedback system,valid facebook profile page requirement etc).
Anyways will we change the overall design/look and feel of the site too? :)
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Anyways will we change the overall design/look and feel of the site too? :)
I do believe that ver.3.0 does deserve a new look.
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great idea! come on i move na agad! :lol:
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To all active and budding graphics artists out there, show me your stuff! Give me some ideas on how you want PM ver.3.0 to look like.
Who knows? There may be something in it for you!
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To all active and budding graphics artists out there, show me your stuff! Give me some ideas on how you want PM ver.3.0 to look like.
Who knows? There may be something in it for you!
I suggest a simplistic, minimalist approach, reminiscent of the old original Philmusic that We used to know.. :D
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/philmusicv02.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/philmusicv02loggedin.jpg)
And as much as possible minimal changes on the UI so that we can take less burden to the developer who will modify the site, as more UI changes the more codes to be updated.. we can play around with the colors, icons for each section and an overall balanced look so that we dont take a lot of attention away from the users.
:) :)
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Live chat is a very essential feature especially for those uber active sellers here in pm.. it could also help buyers to instantly connect with their prospects..
I think the "Karma" system works on this one? altho di ko pa talaga malaman kung paano maglagay ng plus karma or negative karma heheh :-D
paano nga ba?
We are looking at utilizing smf patch upgrades to enable and integrate social media such as chat and rep point allocation for the classifieds boards come v.3.0 - perhaps even more! :-D
To all active and budding graphics artists out there, show me your stuff! Give me some ideas on how you want PM ver.3.0 to look like.
Who knows? There may be something in it for you!
something that's simply amazing if I may say.. :cute:
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Specifically for the classifieds section:
1. Ads that automatically expire (i.e., deleted) after a year (or some time limit), unless prompted by the user to extend. Parang sa Sulit.
2. Searching by tags, in addition to keywords. I would tag a Boss DS2, for example, with "Boss" "DS2" "pedal" and "distortion". Tagging could be limited (e.g. 5 tags) or moderated to minimize unrelated tags.
3. In the user profiles, a feature that will segregate the "topics" (started threads) stats of the user. For example, when viewing my profile, you can see that I have 5 threads created in the "Classifieds: Guitars". Now it's just one continuous list. This way, we can sort of have user "stores".
4. Segregating your bookmarked or followed threads, within your own user control panel. E.g., threads that you have followed within "Classifieds: Guitars" will be grouped together.
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kahit embedding of videos sana :D
or if you wanna take it another step, enable the upload of pics/vids
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Specifically for the classifieds section:
1. Ads that automatically expire (i.e., deleted) after a year (or some time limit), unless prompted by the user to extend. Parang sa Sulit.
2. Searching by tags, in addition to keywords. I would tag a Boss DS2, for example, with "Boss" "DS2" "pedal" and "distortion". Tagging could be limited (e.g. 5 tags) or moderated to minimize unrelated tags.
3. In the user profiles, a feature that will segregate the "topics" (started threads) stats of the user. For example, when viewing my profile, you can see that I have 5 threads created in the "Classifieds: Guitars". Now it's just one continuous list. This way, we can sort of have user "stores".
4. Segregating your bookmarked or followed threads, within your own user control panel. E.g., threads that you have followed within "Classifieds: Guitars" will be grouped together.
great idea! it would make the classifieds more user-friendly for both the forumites and the mods as well. we'll look into existing upgrade patches that we could integrate to make this a reality if possible. thanks!
kahit embedding of videos sana :D
or if you wanna take it another step, enable the upload of pics/vids
we're looking at social media integration for v.3.0 so this is one possibility that we're looking at right now. keep the ideas coming guys! thanks!
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what else would you guys like to see come v3.0? feel free to post your comments here. thanks! :wave:
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More of enhancing the rules in the Classifieds.
- Images must be embedded on the ads. This can be done using 3rd party upload sites. This is not rocket science. The upload sites have image tags and links for forum posting. It wouldn't hurt to RTFM.
- External images that requires 3rd party log-in must not be allowed. Like pictures from a private facebook album.
- External link to other ad sites must not be allowed. Example, FS: Uber Strat Guitar. Then on the body, the only contents are "just look for the details on this sulit post".
- Standardization of terms like mint, brand new condition and the likes. What is mint? What is brand new? Just let the pictures and sound speak for the item's condition.
That's all for now :)
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a few months ago I did a usability/user experience testing on how to properly and efficiently port a "forum" site into an iOS application.. I used Philmusic as my base example and played around with it on what to port and what not to include, I did a rough sketch design of the app in a mockup screenshots.. (I posted it in the gadgetopolis section for iPhone/iPod thread):
http://talk.philmusic.com/index.php?topic=89128.800
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/A.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/B.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/C.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/D.jpg)
just if ever Sir Jim would pursue an iOS Application for Philmusic :)
Hi rockophoria! any updates re your app dev? we're excited to see what you came up with since last time. thanks! :wave:
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Hi rockophoria! any updates re your app dev? we're excited to see what you came up with since last time. thanks! :wave:
yep, I made significant usability changes since my last design, specially on the way we can reply on threads and quoting specific replies.. Im also thinking about a feature on how we can immediately post a photo we took from our camera roll (iPhone/Android) but I think its impossible as Philmusic doesnt have a dedicated server for uploading photos.. so I guess we will stick with tagging them from hosting sites.. or facebook..
ill post it asap..
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yep, I made significant usability changes since my last design, specially on the way we can reply on threads and quoting specific replies.. Im also thinking about a feature on how we can immediately post a photo we took from our camera roll (iPhone/Android) but I think its impossible as Philmusic doesnt have a dedicated server for uploading photos.. so I guess we will stick with tagging them from hosting sites.. or facebook..
ill post it asap..
Social media integration is already in the works. I could check with Qen if we could setup a dedicated server for uploading photos, cannot promise anything though but it's worth a decent try. I'll be tuning in this thread re your updates! Thanks! :wave:
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Social media integration is already in the works. I could check with Qen if we could setup a dedicated server for uploading photos, cannot promise anything though but it's worth a decent try. I'll be tuning in this thread re your updates! Thanks! :wave:
nice! ill just pass the photo posting for now and will just add it later.. im about to finish the "new thread" and "new poll" posting..
will post the samples soon. :-D
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nice! ill just pass the photo posting for now and will just add it later.. im about to finish the "new thread" and "new poll" posting..
will post the samples soon. :-D
nice! we're really excited to see the recent developments you came up with. sakto sa PM v.3 yan! thanks sir!
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we need a budget for a new box and for file / song clips uploads, i can setup some amazon s3 integration
but right now my primary concern is really the server, we have a really modest server specs,
even my gaming laptop is 10x more better hahahaha... also we only have like 914mb disk space left
so yeah, [strawberry]! hahaha
it's kinda amazing somehow it can still manage the traffic that the forum gets and of course the forum search too
i propose a meeting hahahaha, sagot ni jim at chette hahahaha :-D
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I think the next logical evolution of PM is going mobile.
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we need a budget for a new box and for file / song clips uploads, i can setup some amazon s3 integration
but right now my primary concern is really the server, we have a really modest server specs,
even my gaming laptop is 10x more better hahahaha... also we only have like 914mb disk space left
so yeah, [strawberry]! hahaha
it's kinda amazing somehow it can still manage the traffic that the forum gets and of course the forum search too
i propose a meeting hahahaha, sagot ni jim at chette hahahaha :-D
noted. usap muna tayo sa mod board.
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Here we go.. Im having a hard time trying to figure out how I will translate the "Poll" thread (or if its still necessary to include it in the application port) but while im yet to make I might aswell post those I have already finished.
Please take note that the designs/colors/icons here are not final and for testing purposes only, I paid attention to the UI flow, Usability and User Experience of the application as its important to do so being the application a ported "mobile version" of a fully working "forum website".
First up.. the Springboard where we can see the Philmusic Application Icon:
Next after we initiate the application is the Login Screen, we have 2 options here to either login (existing users) or register (new users):
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/1Springboard.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2ALoginPage.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2BRegister.jpg)
If one choose to register it will take him to the "Terms of Use" and "Registration" Page:
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2CRegister.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2CTermsofUse.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2DTermsofUse.jpg)
will be ask to accept the terms first before one will be able to continue and clicking accept will move to the main registration page:
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2ESetUsernameandPassword.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2FSetUsernameandPassword.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2GSetUsernameandPassword.jpg)
Clicking submit will send the information to the server:
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2HSendingRegistration.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2IFinishRegistration.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2JFinishRegistration.jpg)
A popup message will inform the user that his/her registration is successful and a verification email is sent to complete the registration.. (one needs to click that link first to verify the registration before he/she can use his account)..
If one is an existing user he can immediately log into the application using his credentials..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/2KFinishRegistration.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/3LoginPagewithKeyboard.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/4LoggingIn.jpg)
Logging in will take him immediately into the Main Menu:
The main menu shows the section of the main philmusic board, it also shows new personal messages (or unread ones), and will appear as a red badge in the segmented control on the toolbar below.. it will also show a message if you have received or unread messages available:
Pressing the "messages" section of the segmented control will bring you to your "personal messages" screen
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/5Menu.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages0.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages1.jpg)
You can read, reply, delete and manage your messages in this area..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages2.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages3.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages4.jpg)
You can edit or "swipe to delete" messages in each field, you can also use the standard "pull down to refresh" to check for new incoming messages..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages5.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages6.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages7.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages8.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages10.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/6Messages12.jpg)
The third section of the segmented control will be your "Profile Page".. now im still thinking if we are going to give the users the feature to edit his profile here or will require him to just do it in the main website.. altho I think it is best have it as "read only" for now as I think most of the Philmusic users will be acquainted with the website first before using the mobile application.. thus will already have his profile posted even before he can edit or do it in the mobile app. (altho we can still add it, will still depend).
Clicking back the menu we can start browsing the main forum, say by clicking the "Anything Goes".
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/7Profile.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/7BMenu.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/7CMenu.jpg)
We will see the sections under Anything Goes, and the color of the title represents it if you have visited it already, if its gray it means there are no recent activity, if its in dark orange it means there's new posts and new threads available, checking for updates will be by using the same gesture of "Pull down to refresh".
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes0.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes1.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes2.jpg)
This will refresh the whole Anything Goes section and will fetch new updates from the serves, all texts will turn into dark orange if the system detects multiple activities in all the sections.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes3.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes4.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/8AnythingGoes5.jpg)
Clicking a section will take us into its main page that will display all available thread/topics related to that section (like the Hobbies Beta Section).. we can also update it by using the pull down to refresh.. to fetch new replies, new threads, locked threads or deleted threads.
The main thread page under the Anything Goes section will display the "newest" threads and the threads with new replies.. a sub header will display the "paging" of the threads section, here we see "1/11" means we ware in page 1 with eleven total pages.. scrolling up will automatically load the next page to show the succeeding threads until the last page.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies0.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies3.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies4.jpg)
You can also do a search of a specific thread you want by using the search bar in the list.. this will fetch the keyword from the server or if its already loaded (if you browsed all the pages thus loading all of it) it will show immediately.. (example the "Digital Painting" thread).
You can also click the thread immediately in the search results..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies5.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies6.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/9Hobbies7.jpg)
Inside the Digital Painting thread will display the replies from old to new (just like the main page), but im thinking about adding a "settings" in the menu page to give users an option to display thread replies "the other way around" or from "newer to older" this will make the user see the latest reply on that specific thread immediately, unlike when we use the "older to newer" display option we still need to "scroll down" to load all the pages until we see the newest reply.. this is a usability hiccup as mobile users wanted "efficiency" when using the Philmusic Mobile App.. they will want to "see immediately" all updates thus we need to give it to them because most of those who will opt to use a mobile version of the forum are those people "on the go" thus they dont have time to spend scrolling up and down just to read the new post and reply to them..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/10DigitalPainting.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/11DigitalPainting2.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/11DigitalPainting3.jpg)
Just like the sub thread section we can view the succeeding pages by scrolling down to automatically load the next page of replies (older to newer or newer to older will depend on the user).. we can see here after loading the next page we scroll up the sub header pagination will show "2/11" means we are already viewing the 2nd page of the thread..
Threads with 5 or more replies will show the replies in "preview" mode to maximize list space, you will see a "progressive disclosure" control (down arrow) on each reply which means it can be "collapsed" to see/read the whole reply.. the user can click the "chevron/arrow" (down arrow) to collapse that specific reply.. then you can also click it again to close it..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/12ADigitalPaintingPage2.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/12BDigitalPaintingCollapseDisclosure.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/12CDigitalPaintingCloseDisclosure.jpg)
Replying will be simple, you can click the reply icon in the toolbar anywhere in any page you are since every new reply will automatically be displayed on the last page (older to newer) or the first page (newer to older).. clicking the "reply to thread" will be the usual reply but clicking the "reply with quote" will bring you back to the list so you could click the specific reply you wanted to quote..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/13DigitalPaintingReply.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/14DigitalPaintingReply.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/16ADigitalPaintingReplywithQuote.jpg)
You will notice that once you select a specific reply to quote in the list it will automatically be added on your reply page..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/16BDigitalPaintingReplywithQuote.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/17DigitalPaintingReplywithQuote.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/18DigitalPaintingSentQuotedReply.jpg)
After the reply is sent to the server you will automatically be brought to the last page to see your reply (older to newer) or the first page (newer to older).. this will also be initially displayed in "preview" mode to save space and can be read in whole by collapsing it.. (clicking the progressive disclosure arrow).
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/19ADigitalPaintingReplywithQuotePosted.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/19BDigitalPaintingReplywithQuotePosted.jpg)
Now on creating a new thread..
You can click the "new thread" icon in the toolbar anywhere or anypage you are in the section.. this will pop up the action sheet that will display the options of either creating a "new topic" or "new poll" or to cancel (unless you accidentally pressed the new thread icon).. creating a "new topic" will bring you to the standard create topic page..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/20ACreateNewThreadTopic.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/20BCreateNewThreadTopic.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/20CCreateNewThreadTopic.jpg)
Clicking "post" will send the new topic request to the main server to post it.. after that it will display immediately on the first page (under stickies) of the threads section.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/20DCreateNewThreadTopic.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/20ECreateNewThreadTopic.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/21ANewThreadIsPosted.jpg)
Clicking the new created topic/thread will show you the author's reply immediately (not a preview) because there is still plenty of space to show it.. unlike when replies started to swarm to a certain number the application will automatically turn all replies into "preview mode" where you need to collapse it by clicking the progressive disclosure button (to save space ofcourse).. but until there is significant replies added the thread will display the replies (up to the 5th reply depending on the size of text) in its "whole" not "preview" version (without the progressive disclosures).
You can also modify your thread by clicking the "Edit" button on the navigation/header bar (above) the "Edit" feature will only be available to users who are the "creators" of the thread, those who are in read only will not see the edit button..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/21BNewThreadPosted.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/22AThreadPostedDetails.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/22BEditDetails.jpg)
Clicking the edit button will give the users option to modify the title or add text, details into the thread (like adding a photo link)..
im also thinking of adding options here to "lock" your page or to "delete" it.. lets say in the classifieds section where in the event that your item is already sold you can edit your thread to either lock or delete it.. but this will depend on the decision of the moderators.. we can add the feature later..
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/22BEditDetails.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/22CPasteImageLink.jpg) (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/ragemark/22DImageLinkAdded.jpg)
After editing your thread (pasting an image link) you can click the "save" button to request the server to update the existing thread with your new details added..
The photo link will immediately display the image you posted (hosted on another site like Facebook or Photobucket).. now this is what I want to make sure if we are going to have our own servers I can add an option to each user to use their phone's "built in camera" to take photos of anything (a guitar for example) and post it immediately in his thread or reply.. the application will automatically scale the photo into standard HVGA (640x480px) to optimized it "display" and "file-size" wise.. but unless we settle wether we will have that resource I will for now make the adding of photos solely "host-based" since we can just add the feature later.. or in version 1.1 of the app :-D
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so far this is all I have for now.. im still about the finish the "New Poll" pages.. altho I need feedbacks from you if the Poll is a worthy feature we have to include in the Port? as I dont see the need for a user to post a Poll "on the go".. but I might be wrong.. :-(
also another feature I will add soon is another section on the segmented control titled "new updates" which will show all updates/activities on the threads, discussions and polls you are in.. this will help you see/monitor immediately all replies to your thread.. all replies to threads you are watching etc.. atleast you wont need to browse into the sections just to check updates on your activity..
I also forgot the "Recent Posts" is a very usable section.. im thinking of where to put it.. I can add it up on the main menu when I post my next updated mock ups..
this is a mock up in progress.. this can change anytime depending on the feedback we will have, but "usability" and "user experience" wise? this is my recommendation if ever we are going to push through porting Philmusic into a mobile app.. this is just for the iOS platform.. if ever we are really serious with it we will also need to do the same for the Android platform too (for android users).. which is a totally different user experience.. and will require another round of work. :-D
will post updates soon!
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This is great work, rockophoria! Did our admin, qen, get in touch with you already?
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This is great work, rockophoria! Did our admin, qen, get in touch with you already?
thanks! there's a lot of work to be done, altho I am in constant communication with Riff_6603 when it comes to admin/mod feedbacks..
if ever this will be a very complex application that requires a very experienced application developer (XCode/C++/Java for native and JQuery for webapp) with server side knowledge.. :-\
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Here's another update..
I added another segment control "Updates" this will display all updates related to all threads the current user created, engaged to or watching.. this section will fetch all recent activities in the server everytime the user signs in and the user can also "clear" those fetched data anytime to save memory (as uncleared datas will be cached below the new fetched ones).. the user can also refresh the list for new updates by using the "pull down to refresh" gesture.
Clicking each update will automatically bring the user into the related thread..
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After the update is clicked by the user the link will turn gray on the Updates list to signify it as "read".
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Will post more updates soon! :)
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thanks! there's a lot of work to be done, altho I am in constant communication with Riff_6603 when it comes to admin/mod feedbacks..
if ever this will be a very complex application that requires a very experienced application developer (XCode/C++/Java for native and JQuery for webapp) with server side knowledge.. :-\
lemme check with the local guys re XCode, C++ and the like. I've seen some of em' lurking in the tech forums every now and then.
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lemme check with the local guys re XCode, C++ and the like. I've seen some of em' lurking in the tech forums every now and then.
yep, I believe we need a mix resource for development as this is not "App-Specific" alone.. it will require connection to the main server that hosts the forum website.. thus we need the logic to translate all command/connections from the Mobile Application to be recognized by the server.. I dont know if we will create new "command parameters" so that the server will identify if the request is from the "mobile app" or "the main forum site".. this way we will be able to control the application's "limited features" akin to he main site's complete browser-based features.
I recommend an iOS Application Developer (XCode and Objective C / C++) and a Web Developer (HTML5/XHTML/CSS, ASP/PHP with Server-Side Scripting knowledge) unless the Application Developer has "Web Development" background (specially the attributes above) he will need the assistance and server knowledge of the web developer.
Oh an API Developer as well
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Hopefully, this is in addition to an existing forum/regular website and not mobile-centric only.
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yep, I believe we need a mix resource for development as this is not "App-Specific" alone.. it will require connection to the main server that hosts the forum website.. thus we need the logic to translate all command/connections from the Mobile Application to be recognized by the server.. I dont know if we will create new "command parameters" so that the server will identify if the request is from the "mobile app" or "the main forum site".. this way we will be able to control the application's "limited features" akin to he main site's complete browser-based features.
I recommend an iOS Application Developer (XCode and Objective C / C++) and a Web Developer (HTML5/XHTML/CSS, ASP/PHP with Server-Side Scripting knowledge) unless the Application Developer has "Web Development" background (specially the attributes above) he will need the assistance and server knowledge of the web developer.
Oh an API Developer as well
:-D :-D
Web developers are easy to find. as for the App and API guys well.. ^-^
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Web developers are easy to find. as for the App and API guys well.. ^-^
oh thats the problem.. as you can see the web developer would only act as a "consultant" on the server side if ever.. but if you are going to ask me the API Developer and XCode Developer is enough to build this application..
I just want to make sure we have all the right persons in tow.. the web developer is just a "contingency plan" in the event the API Developer is a little "green" enough to translate the programming interface of PM.. (which I doubt because he would not an API Dev if he cant).. :-D
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oh thats the problem.. as you can see the web developer would only act as a "consultant" on the server side if ever.. but if you are going to ask me the API Developer and XCode Developer is enough to build this application..
I just want to make sure we have all the right persons in tow.. the web developer is just a "contingency plan" in the event the API Developer is a little "green" enough to translate the programming interface of PM.. (which I doubt because he would not an API Dev if he cant).. :-D
Rockophoria are you stil around?? Would like to see what you have done so far.
So far we have gone using the Tapatalk route - they handle forums very well. It's also possible to create a custom app using their API but there are API licensing costs. Would like to see if we can do other forms of apps, not forum related.
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Rockophoria are you stil around?? Would like to see what you have done so far.
So far we have gone using the Tapatalk route - they handle forums very well. It's also possible to create a custom app using their API but there are API licensing costs. Would like to see if we can do other forms of apps, not forum related.
Hi Sir Jim, I have temporarily halted the design proposal for a PhilMusic native application as I also agree that Tapatalk does the trick pretty good already.. so what I have posted here so far are the latest designs regarding the said proposal. :)
And yes I also design UX for mobile applications both on my dayjob and sideline projects.. I have a few free applications available in the apple appstore already and I have another one coming soon. :-D
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what are your apps in the app store? would like to check em out!
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what are your apps in the app store? would like to check em out!
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its "PinoyLotto" and "PinoyWeather".. I have another but the devs said the API stopped working its "Smug Movies" all are almost 3 years old in the appstore, and I have another one in development called "ShoutMe" a photo collage designer app with facebook integration, but its still in testing as of now.. :-D
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are you indie or with a company?
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are you indie or with a company?
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Sir Jim I work as a UX Analyst/Designer for a BPO-IT company as my dayjob, but I also accept projects outside as a hobby specially application, usability and user-interaction consultation and design for mobile applications..
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