ghost of miles Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Hey all, we are in the midst of launching a new website for Night Lights. Would love to hear from previous or new users--the old site will remain up for awhile, and we'll eventually plug in a redirect for those who go to it from bookmarks. I'm going to be able to maintain this site myself, which will be a tremendous help in making sure that programs get archived in a regular and timely manner, etc. We haven't finished yet--I still have quite a few of the older programs to transfer (they will all eventually show up under title links on the "Shows" page, though many are already available in the monthly archive tabs), and I haven't written blurbs for some of the new additions to the former Book Nook (now an "Amazon store," currently with Larry Kart's JAZZ IN SEARCH OF ITSELF at the very front). You'll see a number of other Organissimo-related links and people on the various pages. Let me know how it does/doesn't work for you, as we're still making changes and experimenting. Thanks much for all of the support I've gotten from here, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Its about time to upgarde the website David. The new one looks much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Great site! I could very easily waste more time there than I do here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Nice site David and thanks for the earlier peek inside! Thanks for using my two photos of Henry Grimes (one with Fred Anderson @ the old Velvet Lounge) as well!!! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. We are going to be listing all of the programs as title-links on the shows page--it will be fairly similar to the current archives page. I had this same concern as well & we will address it. One nice thing about the new site is the tag feature and the search function--you can immediately find & group all shows that reference, say, Coltrane, or Blue Note, or soundtracks/films, etc. Thanks much for the comments so far, and we'll keep working on it. Everything should be finished within the next 1-2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. We are going to be listing all of the programs as title-links on the shows page--it will be fairly similar to the current archives page. I had this same concern as well & we will address it. One nice thing about the new site is the tag feature and the search function--you can immediately find & group all shows that reference, say, Coltrane, or Blue Note, or soundtracks/films, etc. Thanks much for the comments so far, and we'll keep working on it. Everything should be finished within the next 1-2 weeks. will all the shows remain archived? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 (edited) I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. We are going to be listing all of the programs as title-links on the shows page--it will be fairly similar to the current archives page. I had this same concern as well & we will address it. One nice thing about the new site is the tag feature and the search function--you can immediately find & group all shows that reference, say, Coltrane, or Blue Note, or soundtracks/films, etc. Thanks much for the comments so far, and we'll keep working on it. Everything should be finished within the next 1-2 weeks. will all the shows remain archived? Yes, although in the case of repeats, we'll only keep the most recent broadcasts (i.e. audio files) online. I think, counting shows that are already taped but not yet aired, that there are close to 140 in all. Edited August 3, 2007 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. We are going to be listing all of the programs as title-links on the shows page--it will be fairly similar to the current archives page. I had this same concern as well & we will address it. One nice thing about the new site is the tag feature and the search function--you can immediately find & group all shows that reference, say, Coltrane, or Blue Note, or soundtracks/films, etc. Thanks much for the comments so far, and we'll keep working on it. Everything should be finished within the next 1-2 weeks. will all the shows remain archived? Yes, although in the case of repeats, we'll only keep the most recent broadcasts (i.e. audio files) online. I think, counting shows that are already taped but not yet aired, that there are close to 150 in all. wow. how do you decide who/what/when other than the obvious choices? aloc is overjoyed that they are all still available. each of them is worth hearing, and, sooner or later, aloc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) The shows page (basically the new archives) is now active. It will display the upcoming weekend program on the top; the archived shows are all listed & linked at the right, starting with the most recent broadcasts first. I've transferred all but about five of the earliest programs, which lack images & text (they pre-date the original website)... will get to them eventually. The tag, search, and related-post functions should make finding/isolating certain artists and themes much easier...something I've been wanting for quite some time. A # of Organissimo-related folks on the links page--the board & band itself, King Ubu and neveronfriday's blogs, Allen Lowe's site, White Lightning, Chris A., Lazaro, Chuck, Nate Dorward, sheldonm's jazz photography site, stereojack's shop... and Larry Kart, Chris, and Allen are all in the "store." Obviously the time I've spent here and on the old BNBB has had some influence on the program, so the site reflects that (organically, I think & hope). We're still tweaking some things, so continued input remains welcome. I'm actually able to post material and run much of the site myself, which is a very liberating feeling. Edited August 3, 2007 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Very nice update, David! One minor quibble: the link to this forum says "One of the best jazz discussion groups on the Web, tending to focus on 1950s and 1960s jazz"... While I totally agree that it is one of the best, I think that one of its best qualities is that it *doesn't* focus only on 50/60s jazz... while the roots of the board seem to have evolved from that wonderful era in jazz, there's plenty of discussion going on about music from both earlier and later than that time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 I was unable to get either the shows or the links page to display properly in Firefox (latest version - 2.0.0.6) - the only thing visible on either page was the Night Lights logo. Is the site not compatible with FF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Dave: try again & let me know if you still can't get into it. I forwarded your note to the site admin; he says it seems to be opening fine in both mac os and windows versions of Firefox. He was working on those pages a little while ago & thinks that might've caused the problem you experienced. Uncle Skid: the Organissimo description "tending to focus on 1950s and 60s jazz" was written in summer 2004 when I first started the show--maybe a carryover from the old BNBB mindset. I do think the scope of discussion has expanded quite a bit, though I'd still make the case that the overall default era of choice for many posters here is roughly 1945-1980 or so. I'll take a look at possibly rewording it in a way that reflects the broadened nature of the ongoing subject matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Dave: try again & let me know if you still can't get into it. I forwarded your note to the site admin; he says it seems to be opening fine in both mac os and windows versions of Firefox. He was working on those pages a little while ago & thinks that might've caused the problem you experienced. Still seeing the same thing today. My first thought was that since I run a local proxy server with web filtering, it could be something in one of the filters causing the problem, but it displays fine in IE and IE is using the same proxy/filter set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Not sure what to tell you in that case, but I passed along your update as well. We've been able to open it in Firefox without any difficulty here... if anybody else is running into this issue, please post here or PM me. The site admin is going to spend the weekend kicking the tires, as it were, looking for glitches and potential problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I suppose it is too early to tell, but I was having trouble seeing how the archive would work, since the shows appear to be mixed in with more general blogs about music. I think the current archive is more straight-forward, i.e. user-friendly. Does this work better, ejp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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