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Post by experiencehaze on Jan 25, 2008 21:08:19 GMT -5
what do you mean by "we"? do you work for Superfly or something? WHEN WILL THE LINEUP BE ANNOUNCED!!?!?!? at least give us some sort of cryptic message or something like the zodiac killer
with our combined powers we will break the message and set the world free! MAUAAHAHAHHAHA..... im a loser
"I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fücking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" -Radiohead
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Post by brillyfresh on Jan 25, 2008 22:11:54 GMT -5
experiencehaze said:
what do you mean by "we"? do you work for Superfly or something? WHEN WILL THE LINEUP BE ANNOUNCED!!?!?!? at least give us some sort of cryptic message or something like the zodiac killer
with our combined powers we will break the message and set the world free! MAUAAHAHAHHAHA..... im a loser
we = site developers (not superfly though)
can't tell you about the lineup, sorry ... i'd love to know myself and getting antsy too
^^^Let me pick your brain for our mutual benefit then. I'll ask my question numerically, as cumbersome as that is, to separate questions and thoughts from one another:
1) What's the goal of the message board? I guess, the reason I ask this is because the message board doesn't seem to spurn continued discourse. It's format seems more geared towards message board posting or chat room functionality.
2) Are there plans to integrate the activities page with an actual map of the festival site?
3) Was the design interactivity made with post-Roo 08 primarily in mind? That is to say, are you expecting the site to function as a sort of scrapbook for our collective experience at Bonnaroo?
Post by brillyfresh on Jan 26, 2008 1:28:45 GMT -5
dudezer47 said:
^^^Let me pick your brain for our mutual benefit then. I'll ask my question numerically, as cumbersome as that is, to separate questions and thoughts from one another:
1) What's the goal of the message board? I guess, the reason I ask this is because the message board doesn't seem to spurn continued discourse. It's format seems more geared towards message board posting or chat room functionality.
2) Are there plans to integrate the activities page with an actual map of the festival site?
3) Was the design interactivity made with post-Roo 08 primarily in mind? That is to say, are you expecting the site to function as a sort of scrapbook for our collective experience at Bonnaroo?
1: i'm the wrong person to ask that question, i'm just a web developer, and business motive isn't my forte in this project ... if i were to speculate, it's included with the community area, and integrates the video, audio, photo, blog sections in the community ... look at myspace's forums; they certainly don't have the best functionality in the world (far from it imo), but it integrates with the site
also, i didn't build any part of the message board, it's handled by a different team of devs, so i can't really give you much more info than that, and it's purely speculative on my part
there's an upgrade to the community area that will launch next week, so hopefully some features are added/revised ... the message board is not meant to replace any other boards on the web, inforoo included, but the community area was added to try to create a central spot for folks to find organic, dynamic bonnaroo content ... of course, that depends on members uploading that content
2: originally i had intentions of integrating google maps API for the activities area, so that it would be draggable, zoomable, each activity would pan to a point on the map, etc ... but that would've taken more time to do, and time is money ... something that insane just wasn't in the budget, and certainly wasn't in the scope of this release, but that doesn't rule it out of future releases (hopefully)
3: absolutely! i couldn't speak for anyone else behind the site, but it's certainly my intention for people to use the site beyond 2008 if possible, and to, in a way, chronicle previous years of the festival too ... of course, that all depends on the content the users are willing to contribute to the community, i.e. if anyone has cool photos/videos/etc. from previous 'roos, upload it! i've actually been impressed with some of the contributions already, especially the ones from the years i didn't go, and some of that stuff can be hard to find around the web ... so if you have any cool photos/videos/etc that you want to share, please upload it!
i have a question as well, just to throw out there (and maybe it would belong in another thread, mods can decide/split if necessary):
what features do you want in a lineup schedule this year, when the schedule is released? don't say "lineup"
Post by steveternal on Jan 26, 2008 9:25:23 GMT -5
uh, lineup?
Sorry, I had to. But seriously I think the '06 design was the best thus far. A tiered list I think is much more digestible than one in more of a paragraph format. I suppose the drawback is not being able to see the full lineup on the screen at once. But in addition, the '06 design was convenient in that the artists' bios would open next to the list, instead of in a separate page and navigating away from the lineup list.
In the bios, having audio samples and other media for the artist is fantastic. It's very nice to be able to simply play a sample song from right there, particularly for unfamiliar artists. But I could also see additional press release photos, or even video (YouTube?) if possible, being helpful.
One feature that would greatly to appeal to some of us self-professed "Bonnaroo geeks" would be info on how the artist relates to Bonnaroo. In particular I'm imagining a section under each bio which states if, and which years, that particular artist has previously played Bonnaroo. Then it could link to archived media of that appearance.
I'm also thinking it might be cool to be able to to quickly email the lineup, to a friend or something. Not sure how popular that feature would be, but I could see myself using it.
Just a few thoughts. Thanks for picking our brains! It's nice to know people behind the scenes care what we think. And from one fan to another, have some karma.
Post by experiencehaze on Jan 26, 2008 10:08:36 GMT -5
yes, definitely have audioclips for each artist and don't just include singles but also fan favorites, but that might mean you will have to do some research into each artist so I don't know if you can do that. But after every schedule is released I always found myself on looking up all their albums and listening to every song to see if I would be into them.
And will the message board change so when you open up a thread you go to the most recent instead of the very first. Thats always been a pet peeve of mine.
"I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fücking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" -Radiohead
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin
Post by brillyfresh on Jan 29, 2008 14:38:00 GMT -5
steveternal said:
uh, lineup?
Sorry, I had to. But seriously I think the '06 design was the best thus far. A tiered list I think is much more digestible than one in more of a paragraph format. I suppose the drawback is not being able to see the full lineup on the screen at once. But in addition, the '06 design was convenient in that the artists' bios would open next to the list, instead of in a separate page and navigating away from the lineup list.
do you have a screenshot of the 06 lineup layout?
i agree with you ... the way they wanted the lineup to be laid out on the page is hard for users to read, and hard for me to style properly ... the bullets in the list don't display correctly in IE
if you need to find an artist in the list quickly, you can always try Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on mac) to find on the page, and if you don't want to navigate away from the lineup when clicking on an artist, hold down Ctrl or Shift or both to open in a new unfocused tab, window, or focused tab respectively
steveternal said:
In the bios, having audio samples and other media for the artist is fantastic. It's very nice to be able to simply play a sample song from right there, particularly for unfamiliar artists. But I could also see additional press release photos, or even video (YouTube?) if possible, being helpful.
artist photos for each artist are on the left side of the artist bio, under the sub nav area
and videos are under the main image of the artist, if there are videos in the media area of the site ... linking to YT vids is a good idea also, and easy to implement thanks to YT's API, but superfly has to approve something like that, maybe in a future contract?
steveternal said:
One feature that would greatly to appeal to some of us self-professed "Bonnaroo geeks" would be info on how the artist relates to Bonnaroo. In particular I'm imagining a section under each bio which states if, and which years, that particular artist has previously played Bonnaroo. Then it could link to archived media of that appearance.
i was anticipating a feature like that, since i went to roo back in 03 and the previous site didn't let me see anything else about that year besides the lineup ... so i've designed the new artist database to support features such as the one you suggest, which would also support such a feature as viewing previous festival artist schedules, or other stuff like that
now the problem is getting superfly to approve features like these perhaps in a future contract
steveternal said:
I'm also thinking it might be cool to be able to to quickly email the lineup, to a friend or something. Not sure how popular that feature would be, but I could see myself using it.
we're one step ahead of you; we're already at work to build a "tell-a-friend" feature on the site for when major events like tix sales and artist lineup announcement, among others
steveternal said:
Just a few thoughts. Thanks for picking our brains! It's nice to know people behind the scenes care what we think. And from one fan to another, have some karma.
thanks after all, the site is for the fans, myself included ... i'd love to be able to add in a bunch of cool features on the site, but the site isn't mine, and as much as i would love to do it for free, that doesn't get the bills paid
Post by brillyfresh on Jan 29, 2008 14:40:55 GMT -5
experiencehaze said:
yes, definitely have audioclips for each artist and don't just include singles but also fan favorites, but that might mean you will have to do some research into each artist so I don't know if you can do that. But after every schedule is released I always found myself on looking up all their albums and listening to every song to see if I would be into them.
we've (devs) provided superfly with the ability to do that, but the content they publish is solely at their discretion ... we don't have any influence over the content on the site, just how the content works on the site
Post by spookymonster on Jan 29, 2008 15:53:51 GMT -5
Just added you as a friend, Ryan.... now, how do I find a list of all my friends? It was on my home page a few days ago, I swear... now all I get is a list of my friends' recent activities and a link to add friends.
No biggie.... I'll open a ticket up with the help link when I get home .
This man came up to me just the other day, asked me I'd been born again. I told him, "I didn't think I had." That I had been rejected. But I think, Hell's got all the good bands anyway. And Bonnaroo.
Post by brillyfresh on Jan 30, 2008 19:12:39 GMT -5
spookymonster said:
Just added you as a friend, Ryan.... now, how do I find a list of all my friends? It was on my home page a few days ago, I swear... now all I get is a list of my friends' recent activities and a link to add friends.
No biggie.... I'll open a ticket up with the help link when I get home .
there's a menu item at the top, "my friends", or you can view your profile and select "view all" in the friends box ... either way should work
seriously, keep the feedback coming, good or bad, it lets us know what we're doing right and what needs fixing
perhaps in a future contract
