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+Recent Changes
+ +I've made some more changes:
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- Removed the list of songs from the front page. There were getting to be just +too many songs listed to be helpful. Instead I now have a drop down list of +artists and songs as well as a search box. Select an artist or a song and then +select go to go to an artist page or a song page. Or search for a term. The search +will search for a word or phrase in the title, artist or in the song itself. The +search is not that bright but works fairly well. + +
- There's a new artist's page which shows you all of the artists songs in one +page. Many artists have only one or a few songs. Some artists have quite a few +songs. + +
- The song pages now are on auto play. If they have music assoicated with them +then their music will start playing automatically. +
Past Changes
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- Changed the home icon to something much bigger. Clicking on this gets you + back to the Songbook home page. + +
- Now if the song has an associated .mp3 file in the Media folder that + exactly matches the song's title then a little HTML5 MP3 player will + appear. You can play the song while you read the words and follow the + chords! Note: You can right click and save the song's mp3 file to + your computer. If the song does not have a corresponding .mp3 file then + no .mp3 player is displayed. For example, Amie. + +
- Again, if the song has a corresponding .mp3 file I now re-write the .pro + file to include {musicpath:/sdcard/SongBook/Medai/<title>.mp3}. + This string "links" the ChordPro file with music such that (in SongBook, the + app I use on my Android Tablet) you can play the song's mp3 file on your + tablet! I'm not sure if OnSong (the iPad equivalent of SongBook) does the same + thing. If you sign up for sharing my songbook via DropBox (send me email if + you want an invite) you should be all set. +
Note: Currently my code is very picky. The file name for the .pro file +and the .mp3 file must match exactly - is case sensitive, etc. If you +have access to my songbook in DropBox and wish to add a .pro file and it's +corresponding .mp3 file then be sure to match the names up correctly and put the +.mp3 file in the Media folder.
+ +Future Changes
+ +Here are some of the things I'm thinking of implementing:
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I'm thinking of re-vamping the main page. Instead of listing all the + songs, which are getting to be a bit much, I would like to possibly make a + little search facility that would scan the .pro files for text matching in the + song titles and lyrics themselves.
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+ - Another change I'm thinking of making is making it so that when you hover + over a chord a little popup happens that shows the chord's fingering. Sorta + like it's done over on tabs-ulitimate-guitar.com (For example: + here). + Anybody know how to do that? + +
- Maybe a simple editor so people can edit songs directly. + +
- Maybe interfacing with Dropbox to display information about the last + person to update the songfile... +