Dahora
03-01-2009, 06:00 AM
I don't know if any of you guys have heard about this but here is some news on the progress of Pianosheets move to Gazelle.
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Some of you probably think that as it's gone all quiet about the gazelle upgrade that nothing is happening... well nothing is further from the truth.. bit by bit new bits are being added to the " vanilla" site - extra tags, more user friendly forum additions (the view unread is back!!) ... bug fixes. Biggest initial issue that had to be fixed was making sure that people could upload and actually seed the torrents (something we had issues with at first) and of course that took longer than expected. The beta testers have been poking about making sure it all works - and letting us know if it doesn't
The beta devvers have a "to do list" that is being whittled away bit by bit - they have been doing an awesome job i must say bugs can be sneaky in code - sometimes a tiny ' left out can mess up a whole section of code - and is hardest to spot too!
Of course you want to have a sneak preview too
Allow me to give a small tour of what we are doing - i can't promise that it will look the same when it opens cos stuff is still doing changed as we speak
Sneak peek of the main forum view:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4201/mainforumsviewiq3.png
I'd give you a peek at the posts but then you'd see the new default avatar (and we do want to keep some things secret for now )
Then the torrent view - this still needs a fair bit of work by the coding team - but for those not yet on a gazelle site it will give an idea of what to expect.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1500/torrentsviewhe3.png
Onwards ever onwards ... on to the help section - also known as the knowledge base or wiki.. still very empty but hopefully over time (also after the site is open!) it will be filled with all kinds of helpful posts and/or links to helpful forum posts
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9841/wikiviewuc0.png
Last of all the gauntlet we threw down for the beta testers:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1860/challengefortestersfp2.png
Good news.. they failed to bring the tracker down again
I hope you enjoyed the sneak peeks! Don't loose hope cos it's taking so long.. it's being worked on as fast as is possible between school, work and sleep
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Now there is some other news that you guys should here:
Slight Delay....
2/27/2009 - all seems quiet again but in the devvers channel things are on a roll as we test the new tags system to make sure it's working properly - for a site like this the standard music tagging isn't a good fit so many things needed changing. The coders team have been working very hard to recode this section - i for one am glad i don't need to do this cos making it work and searchable must be a bit of a nightmare tbh.
The Bad News....
2/18/2009 - Pianosheets.org has hit a critical point in time. Though the new site is almost ready, this site is costing Hanzo a lot of money every month. Donations have dried up, and he is struggling to pay the bill for the server each month.
This website will not survive without donations. I'm not being overly dramatic, if donations stay at the levels they are currently at, PianoSheets.org might not be around next month.
"This info was gathered from the Pianosheets.org forum"
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Some of you probably think that as it's gone all quiet about the gazelle upgrade that nothing is happening... well nothing is further from the truth.. bit by bit new bits are being added to the " vanilla" site - extra tags, more user friendly forum additions (the view unread is back!!) ... bug fixes. Biggest initial issue that had to be fixed was making sure that people could upload and actually seed the torrents (something we had issues with at first) and of course that took longer than expected. The beta testers have been poking about making sure it all works - and letting us know if it doesn't
The beta devvers have a "to do list" that is being whittled away bit by bit - they have been doing an awesome job i must say bugs can be sneaky in code - sometimes a tiny ' left out can mess up a whole section of code - and is hardest to spot too!
Of course you want to have a sneak preview too
Allow me to give a small tour of what we are doing - i can't promise that it will look the same when it opens cos stuff is still doing changed as we speak
Sneak peek of the main forum view:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4201/mainforumsviewiq3.png
I'd give you a peek at the posts but then you'd see the new default avatar (and we do want to keep some things secret for now )
Then the torrent view - this still needs a fair bit of work by the coding team - but for those not yet on a gazelle site it will give an idea of what to expect.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1500/torrentsviewhe3.png
Onwards ever onwards ... on to the help section - also known as the knowledge base or wiki.. still very empty but hopefully over time (also after the site is open!) it will be filled with all kinds of helpful posts and/or links to helpful forum posts
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9841/wikiviewuc0.png
Last of all the gauntlet we threw down for the beta testers:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1860/challengefortestersfp2.png
Good news.. they failed to bring the tracker down again
I hope you enjoyed the sneak peeks! Don't loose hope cos it's taking so long.. it's being worked on as fast as is possible between school, work and sleep
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Now there is some other news that you guys should here:
Slight Delay....
2/27/2009 - all seems quiet again but in the devvers channel things are on a roll as we test the new tags system to make sure it's working properly - for a site like this the standard music tagging isn't a good fit so many things needed changing. The coders team have been working very hard to recode this section - i for one am glad i don't need to do this cos making it work and searchable must be a bit of a nightmare tbh.
The Bad News....
2/18/2009 - Pianosheets.org has hit a critical point in time. Though the new site is almost ready, this site is costing Hanzo a lot of money every month. Donations have dried up, and he is struggling to pay the bill for the server each month.
This website will not survive without donations. I'm not being overly dramatic, if donations stay at the levels they are currently at, PianoSheets.org might not be around next month.
"This info was gathered from the Pianosheets.org forum"