Basilisk Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 After much work I am pleased to announce to the psynews forum that many features have recently been added to the Astralogue. Have a look for yourself, or read below for more: http://www.ektoplazm.com/astralogue/index.php The major difference you may not have seen thus far is... we're now doing reviews as well as providing a vast repository of rich information! Easily register for an account and you'll gain access to a growing community as well as the ability to write your own reviews which are -immediately- seen from the index! The actual interface comes in two flavours - one is stripped down and extremely easy to use (quick review) while the other is fully integrated into our highly-customized copy of phpBB and features all sorts of formatting tools and useful features for writing reviews, commentary, messages, and whatever else. I hope that with the added value provided by all the work I've done that some users here will not object so strongly to going through the quick process of gaining an account. Its fully automated and if you forget your password its easy to get a new one (again, all automated) so you'll never be waiting around for user info. As to the intent... I'd like the site to not be limited solely to new music - I've started with many reviews of older and more obscure titles, and I welcome new users to dust off some old gems and provide your opinion. All reviews will be linked directly into the record label discographies themselves, such that one day I hope users will be able to browse around for hidden gems and read the opinions and thoughts of fellow members of the community - which certainly more valuable than a flat listing of all the technical details of a release (year, format, artist)! How many of you have bought (or, cough, downloaded) a release based on a favourable review? That's how music is exposed, and thats how many of us find interesting new treats for the ear. So you see, this interaction has importance... Comments, suggestions, and flames are welcome on our BBS in the forum dedicated to the Astralogue itself - link here! NO registration is required to post in this room, so if you'd like to sound off on the login/password issue, drop by. Hell, if you so strongly object to spending 2 minutes getting an account you can even drop off anonymous reviews for consideration here. But really, getting an account isn't the end of the world... To wrap it up, thanks for checkin this out... and I hope to see some new faces over at the newly integrated Astralogue community. Peaze... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Considering the complete lack of response I'd appreciate someone clueing me in on what I'm missing, or what the page lacks, or where I went wrong... anyone? Feedback please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest r2d2 Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Looks like people are in their "comfort zones" visiting their usual places with a lot of traffic like Psynews or Isratrance. I really don't see anything wrong with your site. I just think it'll take some time to grow. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Yeah I spose... well I'm not going to do much more to it unless it gets some use, so I hope some people drop by. BTW about time... we've been up for two years now. Maybe I should have taken the plunge and advertised on audiogalaxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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