Song Rec Integration with Forums

[arn]

Users will note a new link under people's usernames.

"xyz's Song Recs"

These are iTunes Songs recommended by the user on Dailytunes. To add to your own personal recommendation list, go to http://www.dailytunes.com/ and log-in (same username/pass as this forum) and you can start recommending songs by adding songs to your list.

Note that if you create a new song recommendation list, it will take up to 30 minutes for your forum username to update and show a link to your recommendations.

arn

[Doctor Q]

It works! Thanks, arn.

This'll make me more likely to check out what music people recommend, especially once I learn who has similar taste to me.

[edesignuk]

Just noticed that under my name, very nice touch.

Now I need to recommend more tracks :o

[WinterMute]

Good stuff, I'd forgotten about some of those recommendations, I'll have to go make some more, people will think I'm some kind of old rocker... ;)

Hmmmm, Jazz, nice.

[Blue Velvet]

I don't see anything.

Are you mods being used as guinea-pigs? :)

[WinterMute]

I don't see anything.

Are you mods being used as guinea-pigs? :)

Have you recommended any songs over at http://www.dailytunes.com/
?

If you have then you get a little link to show people what you like. Neat.

[edesignuk]

I don't see anything.

Are you mods being used as guinea-pigs? :)
Doesn't look like you've recommended anything yet?

[Blue Velvet]

Doesn't look like you've recommended anything yet?

I haven't but has anyone else? Because I don't see any links e.g. under your name...

[Applespider]

So do you have to be signed up at Daily Tunes before you get to see what anyone else has recommended?

Because I can't see anything under your names either at the moment.

[WinterMute]

You're not seeing this?

[Jaffa Cake]

You're not seeing this?I've got to say I don't see it either. :(

[Applespider]

Nope

[brap]

Since the forum is quite diverse - maybe this would be a good time to request the UK, and other countries' music stores are included in the dailytunes listings?

I'm a member, but haven't been able to submit any whimsical additions since they're only in the UK iTMS, and Dailytunes is locked to the US version.

Oh, and... I'm with BV on this one. Can't see anything under profiles yet.

[homerjward]

yeah, i cant see anything either. hmm...

[WinterMute]

OK, I PM'd Arn, but he'll probably be asleep now, (or working) so I expect it'll get sorted out once he's back online.

[arn]

ok, it should show up for everyone now. :)

arn

[iGary]

Nicely done!

Got me to actually visit Daily Tunes. ;)

[wordmunger]

Okay, that's a little weird, since I've only ever recommended 4 songs. Not exactly representative of my tastes. Maybe one of these days I'll add a few more.

[iGary]

Okay, that's a little weird, since I've only ever recommended 4 songs. Not exactly representative of my tastes. Maybe one of these days I'll add a few more.

Billy Holiday? :p

Well, there is no hiding my love for a certain Candian band that hogs 1.5 gigs of my library.

[Doctor Q]

This will definitely boost visiting at DailyTunes.

arn, have you thought about expanding the list of Themes? That's a rather short list. I'm sure members here could offer other ideas for categories. For starters, you could add the other decades, so the themes don't seem preoccupied with the 80s.

[mkrishnan]

Yay! :) I submitted one. *waits for it to come on*

[arn]

This will definitely boost visiting at DailyTunes.

arn, have you thought about expanding the list of Themes? That's a rather short list. I'm sure members here could offer other ideas for categories. For starters, you could add the other decades, so the themes don't seem preoccupied with the 80s.

ya, unfortunately there isn't a good mechaism in place to nominate existing songs in dailytunes for new themes.

but more themes would be good...

arn

[mkrishnan]

Arn, I love that you love t.A.T.u. :D

[arn]

btw

if it's not obvious, you don't have to suggest new songs to add them to your list... you can add existing DailyTunes songs to your recommended list by using the

Action: Add to List

link

arn

[wdlove]

I just gave it a try, thank you arn. This should be very useful. :D

Now to wait and see if it works.

[Doctor Q]

When I come across somebody else's song that I like, I can use "Action: Add to List".

But when I have a tune of my own to add, the submission form says to search first to make sure the song is not already in the database. What if I don't do that? What problem results?

I will certainly search first if submitting duplicates causes a problem, but it's so easy to paste an iTMS URL into the "iTunes Link" box on the submission form that I'd find that easier than searching for the song and using "Action: Add to List".

[mkrishnan]

if it's not obvious, you don't have to suggest new songs to add them to your list... you can add existing DailyTunes songs to your recommended list by using the ...

Yay, mine worked! :) So lemme make sure I'm doing this right, right? If type in a song in the search bar at the other site, and it doesn't find it, then I do the suggestion box?

[arn]

Yay, mine worked! :) So lemme make sure I'm doing this right, right? If type in a song in the search bar at the other site, and it doesn't find it, then I do the suggestion box?

ya, that works.

arn

[mkrishnan]

I like the new feature a lot! Thanks, Arn! And I still love that you love t.A.T.u. ;)

EDIT: And I added Joey, by Concrete Blonde, from your list to mine. ;)

[arn]

When I come across somebody else's song that I like, I can use "Action: Add to List".

But when I have a tune of my own to add, the submission form says to search first to make sure the song is not already in the database. What if I don't do that? What problem results?

I will certainly search first if submitting duplicates causes a problem, but it's so easy to paste an iTMS URL into the "iTunes Link" box on the submission form that I'd find that easier than searching for the song and using "Action: Add to List".

The site will deny it if the url is exactly the same as one already in the database. Sometimes songs are in the iTunes database in multiple versions though... so I can't screen it easily. Which is why. nothing terrible will happen if you submit a dupe... but it will split the recs across two.

arn

[munkle]

This new feature is pretty cool. It's interesting to see what music people are in too, it helps you get a feel for the person behind the username as well! Let's just hope music snobbery doesn't rear it's ugly head.

I'll be sure to sign up, it'll be the first time I've bothered to go DailyTunes!

[DeSnousa]

Great way of advertising arn, i just found out about the site. Ive placed in some songs but i havn't bothered commenting to them yet.