The Music Banter Members' Journals Monthly Update Thread

Machine · 11-30-2014, 05:55 PM

I was never here when it first started, but this is pretty awesome gives me a lot better look into what I want to read.

Josef K · 11-30-2014, 06:26 PM

Yeah, this is great. (May even bump my reader numbers up to three!)

Key · 11-30-2014, 06:29 PM

Happy to see this back in full swing.

Trollheart · 11-30-2014, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josef K

Yeah, this is great. (May even bump my reader numbers up to three!)

You should always check your views: you're hitting one thousand soon. That's not bad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ki

Happy to see this back in full swing.

Well, not fully but we'll get there.
Really, I'm surprised (and happy) so many people missed this. I always figured it had a few readers but wasn't that popular. Nice to see my work is being appreciated...

Freebase Dali · 11-30-2014, 09:31 PM

I think it's a marvelous journal and that's not solely because one of the links goes to my music. Always a good perspective from TH. Glad this guy is around.

Lurkers... COME ON NOW, GIVE SOME INPUT!

Wpnfire · 11-30-2014, 10:34 PM

Trollheart's exuberance in contributing to this forum is hardly newsworthy at this point, but it is praiseworthy. Wonderful job Irishman.

Trollheart · 12-01-2014, 09:28 AM

Thanks both of you.
Nice to be able to "preach" to a whole new audience, as it were. Wait till this week's update!

Isbjørn · 12-01-2014, 10:29 AM

I'm so glad this is up and running again! You kicked it off again with style, man.

Trollheart · 12-05-2014, 06:22 AM

A small note of advice:

While it's truly great to see the Journal section hopping again, I have noticed that some people don't seem aware of one important point. If you link to a large picture, or post one, the text follows that picture, often off the screen, so that it may not be possible to read it all without scrolling right all the time. This is annoying and may cause people not to bother reading your articles.

Can everyone just think about maybe either linking to a smaller picture, or if they can't find one and really want the big one, save it, resize it, upload it and then link to it? If you use the "preview post" feature when writing your articles (which I'm sure we all do) you can see quite clearly if an oversize picture is pushing your text beyond the limits of the page.

Don't worry: I'm not perfect. I've done it too and had to go back and amend the picture. Of course, you're not under any obligation to do this, but it can definitely ruin the experience when someone tries to get past a huge picture to see the rest of what you wrote, then back left then right and so on: I'm sure it would get frustrating.

I may add this to my Journal Guide, but for now just wanted to put it out there, so that those to whom this is happening can consider it.

Thanks

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-05-2014, 08:06 AM

Well said, it's so annying when people do this I don't know what possesses them to do it as it should be blindingly obvious when they're doing itm people are just scum really.And yes I mean all of you, you hear? all of you.

11-30-2014, 05:55 PM	#421 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	I was never here when it first started, but this is pretty awesome gives me a lot better look into what I want to read. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

11-30-2014, 09:31 PM	#425 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I think it's a marvelous journal and that's not solely because one of the links goes to my music. Always a good perspective from TH. Glad this guy is around. Lurkers... COME ON NOW, GIVE SOME INPUT! __________________

11-30-2014, 10:34 PM	#426 (permalink)
Wpnfire Dragon Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas, United States Posts: 2,744	Trollheart's exuberance in contributing to this forum is hardly newsworthy at this point, but it is praiseworthy. Wonderful job Irishman. __________________ Last.FM My RYM Ratings *My Glitchwave Beta Profile*

12-01-2014, 09:28 AM	#427 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Thanks both of you. Nice to be able to "preach" to a whole new audience, as it were. Wait till this week's update! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-01-2014, 10:29 AM	#428 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	I'm so glad this is up and running again! You kicked it off again with style, man. __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

11-30-2014, 06:26 PM	#422 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Yeah, this is great. (May even bump my reader numbers up to three!)

11-30-2014, 06:29 PM	#423 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Happy to see this back in full swing.

12-05-2014, 06:22 AM	#429 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	A small note of advice: While it's truly great to see the Journal section hopping again, I have noticed that some people don't seem aware of one important point. If you link to a large picture, or post one, the text follows that picture, often off the screen, so that it may not be possible to read it all without scrolling right all the time. This is annoying and may cause people not to bother reading your articles. Can everyone just think about maybe either linking to a smaller picture, or if they can't find one and really want the big one, save it, resize it, upload it and then link to it? If you use the "preview post" feature when writing your articles (which I'm sure we all do) you can see quite clearly if an oversize picture is pushing your text beyond the limits of the page. Don't worry: I'm not perfect. I've done it too and had to go back and amend the picture. Of course, you're not under any obligation to do this, but it can definitely ruin the experience when someone tries to get past a huge picture to see the rest of what you wrote, then back left then right and so on: I'm sure it would get frustrating. I may add this to my Journal Guide, but for now just wanted to put it out there, so that those to whom this is happening can consider it. Thanks __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-05-2014, 08:06 AM	#430 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Well said, it's so annying when people do this I don't know what possesses them to do it as it should be blindingly obvious when they're doing itm people are just scum really.And yes I mean all of you, you hear? all of you. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.