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24 24 September 2011, gsparaco @ 9:54 am
Since Collectors Music Review started in 2007 we have focused upon writing great, in-depth reviews of the latest unofficial releases. We have close to 3,500 reviews and other posts on the site. The writers try to offer comprehensive, insightful and entertaining articles. We also know the layout has serious limitations. Chief among them is the sloppy, alphabetized categories on the site. We’ve been using an old version of WordPress and manipulating the categories would be an unending task. Now we are discussing revamping the site to make it more presentable, easy to navigate, and visually appealing. Please give us your ideas about the future direction of the site. How would you like it to look? What else can be provide? Write your comments below and we’ll take them into consideration. And, in a related point, remember we can continue due to your donations. Please consider feeding us with donations so we can provide up to date reviews on new releases.
Related posts:18 Responses to “We’re revamping the website and we’d like your suggestions….”Subscribes to this topic Comment RSS or TrackBack URL1st-THANK YOU for this site and Mor importantly your TIME. I use this everyday, Im not joking. Yes fix the left column, PLEASE. I personally don’t use the right at all (labels) except the 5 star rated releases. I would like to see that expanded. Maybe a 4 star rating column. I’d love it if the search tool was a little more sophisticated. I’d like to be able to search for a phrase or group of words, but have the option to search only titles by a specified artist. So a search for “Who Fillmore” could find just Who titles, and not any review with both those words in it. It would also be great if you updated the excellent label discographies! I very much like this excellent site just the way it is now, but what I’d most like to see are the “Recent Comments” section expanded from just the 5 most recent comments to as many more as reasonably possible – at least 8, hopefully, or 10 or more. Thanks in advance for any serious consideration of this. Love the site! Visit it everyday – how sad is that, and always look forward to the new releases features. Would like to be able to search more easily for artists on specific labels such as just Springsteen on Godfather. Would also like to see the older reviews still being available to view – such as some of the earlier Godfather. otherwise keep up the good work. This web site is great. For me, the BEST one!! My suggestions would be: 1) Improve the SEACH feature; I agree with Chambau how about adding a forum where members can share information. The comment feature is nice and I have learned a lot from others comments but that information gets buried in the sea of reviews. Would be nice to have a place to exchange info that is searchable… Also possibly a market place where we can sell used discs we no longer want. I’d like a biography of the reviewers on the site, linking the reviews ( Or at least latest reviews to the reviewer ) – telling the readers about first bootlegs bought, first experience of a bootleg & favorites, etc. I’m never happier than when I’m talking about myself, massive egotist that I am. I also like this site very much! Thanks a lot for all the love and time that is invested in this project. Maybe a personal best of list (10 titles or so) at the end of December with our favourite boots of the year would be great. I know there are other sites that are doing this, but as this site has no limited access, there would probably be more participation. Mr. Sparaco- Yes, this is the BEST site of this nature on the web, and Im more than happy with things the way they are! Some great suggestions by others on this particular post. If I were to make improvements, I’d like to see a menu where all articles about a selected band are available on a single page; that way if you’re seeking a review posted at an unknown time ( say, three years ago ) you’ll have access in a heartbeat. Also I’d like to be able to access all reviews from a given author ( ” more articles by… “, as it were ). Is there another way to contribute financially to the site besides PayPal? I tend not to deal with them ’cause of all the spam I’ve received in their name ( not their fault I realize, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth ) Again, thanks to everyone involved for all the great work on the fabulous resource that is Collectors Music Reviews–especially you gsparaco!! I would like to see the left column fully alphabetized with every artist reviewed in the list. I also agree with johnbrownsbody that it would be great to have a menu of all the articles about a selected band available on a single page (if possible). Even if it means without the cover scans. This would certainly make it easier and quicker to find older reviews without scrolling through numerous pages. Also, a forum might be nice as we could all comment on titles that don’t have reviews posted. My point over trading wasn’t really to start swopping CDRs between each other but if you find you have two copies of a silver pressed disk on, say, Godfather while another collector has a spare Rover Records disk that you need for your collection then you can work something out from there – no money exchanged but we all still get to build our collections. Sorry the comment area are closed |
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