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I am currently using Yola and am about to attempt another try with concrete5. My site is very simple. Around 10 pages. They consist mainly of mp3 (my radio shows) and pdf files (my playlists).
If you look at my page you will see that my shows are separate from my playlists. I want to know if there is a way so that if someone wants to listen to a show, a corresponding playlist will be available for viewing.
Look forward to what alternatives I have!!
Here is my current website:http://www.mcran.com
Thanks!!!!
If you look at my page you will see that my shows are separate from my playlists. I want to know if there is a way so that if someone wants to listen to a show, a corresponding playlist will be available for viewing.
Look forward to what alternatives I have!!
Here is my current website:http://www.mcran.com
Thanks!!!!
One way would be to use the page list block, and there is a "related topic" option, which would show a list of related pages.
Hi rmcellig,
Currently, each show on the In Transition Shows page is a link to an MP3 file and each show playlist is a link to a PDF on the Playlists page.
One approach would be to combine shows and playlists and display them together on one page. You could remove the Playlists page and keep the Shows page. On the Shows page, you still have the calendar layout (or some form of date navigation), but instead of linking to an MP3 file, it links to a new page for that specific show. The specific show page would have the MP3 link and the PDF playlist link.
Also, you might want to consider including the playlist information in an HTML table instead of a PDF. Creating a table instead of a PDF would be faster and accessing the information would be much faster.
Currently, each show on the In Transition Shows page is a link to an MP3 file and each show playlist is a link to a PDF on the Playlists page.
One approach would be to combine shows and playlists and display them together on one page. You could remove the Playlists page and keep the Shows page. On the Shows page, you still have the calendar layout (or some form of date navigation), but instead of linking to an MP3 file, it links to a new page for that specific show. The specific show page would have the MP3 link and the PDF playlist link.
Also, you might want to consider including the playlist information in an HTML table instead of a PDF. Creating a table instead of a PDF would be faster and accessing the information would be much faster.
Excellent comment. When I create my playlists, I just write them up in Google sheets while I am doing my show. After that is when I save them to pdf for no other specific reason than that they look good. I have hundreds of pdf files on my site as well as probably thousands of mp3 files of my shows going back to the early 90's. Musicians and people do access my site to listen to them as well as making sure that their music is being featured.
One thing I have been thinking of and it is something I really like about Google drive is their search engine. When I want to search through my pdf files I have on google drive I can for example search for John McLaughlin and a list of pdfs will be displayed with dates of when I featured him. I would love to do the same thing with my site to make it easier for musicians and people visiting to search through my playlists.
You mentioned switching from pdf to html tables. That sounds good but how can I convert my pdfs accordingly?
Love your comments and advice!! I want to keep this as simple as possible.
One thing I have been thinking of and it is something I really like about Google drive is their search engine. When I want to search through my pdf files I have on google drive I can for example search for John McLaughlin and a list of pdfs will be displayed with dates of when I featured him. I would love to do the same thing with my site to make it easier for musicians and people visiting to search through my playlists.
You mentioned switching from pdf to html tables. That sounds good but how can I convert my pdfs accordingly?
Love your comments and advice!! I want to keep this as simple as possible.
You may want to check out my File List Pro addon, as it may be useful, especially when dealing with many files.
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/file-list-pro1/...
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/file-list-pro1/...
@rmcellig
If the playlists were in HTML table form, you should be able to use the standard concrete5 search to search through them.
Converting thousands of playlists from PDF to HTML tables would require some type of "batch" scripting. Even if you kept the existing PDF files, you would likely need to use some type of batch scripting to import the thousands of playlists and MP3 files into concrete5.
If the playlists were in HTML table form, you should be able to use the standard concrete5 search to search through them.
Converting thousands of playlists from PDF to HTML tables would require some type of "batch" scripting. Even if you kept the existing PDF files, you would likely need to use some type of batch scripting to import the thousands of playlists and MP3 files into concrete5.
Thanks MrKDilkington!!
I took your advice and have started converting my spreadsheets to html tables. It's working out great!!
I took your advice and have started converting my spreadsheets to html tables. It's working out great!!
