babyteen Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I know I may have asked this question a long time ago, but I still haven't found the answer. I know that you can browse the songfacts by Song Title, Year, and artist, but is there a possibility of browsing the songfacts by Category? I wonder if this can be a new feature included in your next update. you said that that particular feature will appear when you redesign the homepage. Also, you had asked how the categories should be displayed, and I believe the best way to display them is in a full list, like in a pulldown menu (Combo Box), or you could put them in a list format, with a link for each category. If the homepage has to be redesigned, do you have any idea of a specific time that this will happen? Will it be part of your next update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I'm not sure I understand your question completely, but I've always thought categories CAN be browsed... for example: if you look at the Songfacts for "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by Charlie Daniels, underneath the Songfacts you'll see a list of other categories that provide links to songs that would be under those same categories. The ones listed under "Devil" are: More songs by The Charlie Daniels Band More songs with U.S. states in the title More songs inspired by poems More songs about music More songs that won Grammys More songs used in movies So you can click on any of those links and come up with a list of more links to songs with U.S. states in the title, songs that won Grammys, etc. Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyteen Posted September 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I believe it is actually a misunderstanding on your part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 I think what babyteen meant is she's not able to browse through categories directly from the mainpage, yes we can browse through categories like Shawna explained, but with this you first already have to know one song from it to start from, and also there's no single list of all categories that are on Songfacts... I for one like the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Yes, we do have plans to put the categories in a browsable list, so you'll be able to search them without being on a specific song. It should be a pretty cool feature. The problem is technical - it involves some code that's not easy to write. After looking into it, we decided to wait and make it part of a bigger homepage redesign project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyteen Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Will the "Browse By Category" feature be available soon? When is the homepage going to be redesigned? Will this be part of your next update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Hi Annabelle. Check out the "Category Update" thread for the explanation on that one. The coding should be done by the end of the year, and then we can figure out how to incorporate it into the site. We're looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyteen Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Which specific code or codes need to be rewritten? Also, into what specific groups will the songfacts categories be divided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Which specific code or codes need to be rewritten? the source code from the homepage... I would guess that it's PHP... is it that what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyteen Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 the source code from the homepage... I would guess that it's PHP... is it that what you mean? I'm not sure. I believe Carl was the one who said that thing about code rewriting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 yes, I know and he did mean the source code from the homepage It's just that not everyone is interested in such technical details, so I wasn't sure if you wanted to know what kind of source code he was (re)writing, or what else you could have wanted to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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