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Balok
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My template, for those who want it.
on: Aug 10th, 2008, 5:39pm |
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I've finally finished my on again, off again work on a template. Thanks to Andrei for answering my many questions! If you'd like to take a look at it, you can download it from here:
http://www.filesco.com/download.php?id=38FD36B21
I called it "Green" because the default colors are various shades of green. Many of them are configurable. I shamelessly stole certain features from the default template, while others are entirely mine. I'll check this thread periodically, so if anyone has questions or comments, post them here.
I wrote this to match what I wanted in a template. Feel free to modify it if you wish. It was tested with Orange 6.2.4. It will probably work with earlier minor revisions of version 6, but I don't have any idea about versions earlier than that.
If no one downloads it within a certain period, the free file host will delete it. It was uploaded today, and I think the time limit is 60 days.
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Joebugs
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #1 on: Aug 11th, 2008, 12:31am |
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Balok,
Thanks for sharing your template with the community.
I downloaded the template this morning and I am very happy with the improvements to the default template. It has one feature which I have asked for some time ago; the sorting of musicians. It is great.
I would like to make two suggestions:
1.Is it possible in the album page to add the composer near the track title in the track listing (possibly in a different colour).
2. Is is possibe to add the Artwork Credits in the album page.
These will enhance this great template.
Thanks again,
Joe
PS The album rating is also missing from the album page
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gurnemanz
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #2 on: Aug 11th, 2008, 2:07am |
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Tried and liked your template, but using 6.2.4 when I re-opened the program I got this message:
Template error
Ending tag for 'composer' was not found in C:\Program Files\OrangeCD\Templates\[filesco]Green.dax at line 200, character 35.
<dax:artist/>
<dax:if(composer)>
/ (<dax:composer>)
</dax:if>
<dax:else>
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Balok
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #3 on: Aug 11th, 2008, 7:10pm |
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on Aug 11th, 2008, 12:31am, Joebugs wrote:| 2. Is is possibe to add the Artwork Credits in the album page. |
Not at present. The explanation is here: http://www.firetongue.com/boards/dax/12164824....html.
I will look into the other requests/issues when I have some time - probably later this week.
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Balok
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #4 on: Aug 11th, 2008, 7:26pm |
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on Aug 11th, 2008, 2:07am, gurnemanz wrote:Tried and liked your template, but using 6.2.4 when I re-opened the program I got this message:
Template error
Ending tag for 'composer' was not found in C:\Program Files\OrangeCD\Templates\[filesco]Green.dax at line 200, character 35.
<dax:artist/>
<dax:if(composer)>
/ (<dax:composer>)
</dax:if>
<dax:else>
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Okay, this one was pretty easy. 
It only applies if you use the classic layout (which I don't, that's how it got by me). The fix will be in the next version I upload, but if you want to fix it yourself before then, follow these steps:
1. Go to the OrangeCD/Templates directory. Right click on green.dax and select 'Edit'
2. Click on the 'Start Page' tab and scroll down until you see line 200.
3. Add a forward slash to the end of the world 'composer' so that the line which starts out looking like this:
Code:
looks like this:
Code:
4. Select 'File' and then 'Save' from the menus, and answer 'Yes' when it asks if you want to save the file.
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Joebugs
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #5 on: Aug 12th, 2008, 12:05am |
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on Aug 11th, 2008, 7:10pm, Balok wrote:
Thanks, very kind.
Joe
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #6 on: Aug 12th, 2008, 9:57am |
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Thanks, Balok, for taking the trouble to explain the composer problem. I followed your instructions and it worked.
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Joebugs
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #7 on: Aug 17th, 2008, 1:32pm |
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Balok,
I've just noticed that when using the Green Template the bottom slide bar disappears in the Tables View/Tracks View pages.
It is OK with the default view.
Joe
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Balok
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #8 on: Aug 24th, 2008, 7:41pm |
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on Aug 11th, 2008, 12:31am, Joebugs wrote:| 1.Is it possible in the album page to add the composer near the track title in the track listing (possibly in a different colour). |
I've implemented this (and also the fix I explained to guernemanz earlier). The new file is here: http://www.filesco.com/download.php?id=59B595CD1
Notes and cautions:
1. It has the same name as the older version. Rename the older version if you want to keep it. Otherwise when you click on the downloaded file Orange will tell you it has the same name as an existing file, and if you click OK it will replace the old file.
2. Even though the file name is the same, you will lose any customizations you have made to the template via the customize view dialog. For this reason, I recommend against downloading this version unless you're trying to solve this specific problem and don't mind this hassle. I can't do anything about this, it's built into Orange.
3. It's turned off by default, because I don't use that field. There's a checkbox labeled 'Show composer below artist' in the customization to turn it on.
4. I added support for a user selected color. That's called 'Color for Composer Name' You can add additional customizations by editing the template and searching for "span.trackcomposer" and then applying other style elements. You'll need a cascading style sheets reference, but those are all over the web.
5. The reason I don't use this Composer field is that I enter this data on the credits tab. IIRC, Andrei said that since version 6, this is the preferred way to enter data, and that someday the Composer field on the General tab may even go away. Don't take my word for it, though - start a thread and ask him yourself.
6. However, and here's a warning: the Composer filter for viewing your collection DOES key off of this field. If you leave it blank, that filter will not work.
on Aug 11th, 2008, 12:31am, Joebugs wrote:| PS The album rating is also missing from the album page |
That's true, and it's likely to stay that way. The reason is that the code to implement this (with the stars) is complex. I'd need to sit down and figure out how it works, first, and I'm unlikely to have the time soon. On top of that, I tend not to rate my albums, so the feature isn't much use to me, so there's a motivation problem.  There are other features that I'll probably put in first because they're more useful to me. No, I'm not going to say what they are, because they're just glimmers right now. I have to deal with firm schedules enough at my real job!
I am not sure what the Table View/Track View page is. Perhaps if you could list some of the information on it that would help. I'm guessing you mean either the Album view (lists album contributors on the left, and tracks on the right) or the Track view (lists lyrics and notes on the left, track contributors on the right).
I'm also not sure what a slide bar is. You might mean the scroll bar. However, even when I make Orange very thin, I still see a scroll bar.
I'm going to need some more information to even start investigating this one.
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #9 on: Aug 25th, 2008, 4:56am |
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Balok,
Thanks for the update.
Composer: Composer/colour change feature is great. This feature works perfectly.
Album Rating: Ok, no problem. It would have been great to have this feature; but I appreciate that you have your priorities.
Scroll Bar: Yes, I meant the scroll bar, sorry about that. In the View Menu there are three options: Thumbnail view, Table view and Tracks View. In any of these pages the bottom scroll bar disappears and cannot be accessed. I can send a screen dump if necessary.
Orange very thin?: What do you mean by this? and how do you go about it?
Regards and thanks again for sharing the template.
Joe
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Balok
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #10 on: Aug 25th, 2008, 2:52pm |
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on Aug 25th, 2008, 4:56am, Joebugs wrote:| Album Rating: Ok, no problem. It would have been great to have this feature; but I appreciate that you have your priorities. |
It may yet go in - it just won't happen until I have some time to devote to it. I've got a vacation coming up and a bunch of stuff to do before that happens, so...
on Aug 25th, 2008, 4:56am, Joebugs wrote:| Scroll Bar: Yes, I meant the scroll bar, sorry about that. In the View Menu there are three options: Thumbnail view, Table view and Tracks View. In any of these pages the bottom scroll bar disappears and cannot be accessed. I can send a screen dump if necessary. |
I'll have to look into it. I suspect it's a stylesheet problem; the stylesheet (if you're not aware) controls many aspects of the presentation (fonts, colors, relative positions).
on Aug 25th, 2008, 4:56am, Joebugs wrote:| Orange very thin?: What do you mean by this? and how do you go about it? |
Sorry, I thought you were talking about something that might happen when the Orange window is narrowed down. Doesn't sound like that's it.
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Balok
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Re: My template, for those who want it.
Reply #11 on: Aug 30th, 2008, 9:54am |
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New version: http://www.filesco.com/download.php?id=F4DF76371
This corrects the scroll bar problem reported by Joebugs, and a problem with the top (dark green in the default color scheme) bar on the track page that caused it not to display the name of the artist for certain albums.
This is likely to be the last update for at least three weeks, but I'm still interested in hearing about bugs or feature requests. The old link will remain active for now, in case there's any kind of serious problem I've missed you can revert if you like. There shouldn't be - I've been using it for several days without incident.
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Reply #12 on: Aug 30th, 2008, 10:33am |
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THANKS FOR ARRANGING THE SCROLL BAR
Joe
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