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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
Riverwash releases not under latest entries?
A lot of the Riverwash entries ended up under latest additions, and not under latest releases. I'm guessing the release date decides what goes into additions and what goes into releases? I'd rather not subscribe to the latest addition feed, as there's just too much old crap there, but missing half the compo releases kinda sucks...
We Are One Family by Tropyx (31/8-08) (Demo)
Fucking (31/8-08) (Music)
Departure (31/8-08) (Music)
104 (31/8-08) (Music)
Atak Zmutowanych Kotow (31/8-08) (Music)
Error (31/8-08) (Music)
Sentence 2 (31/8-08) (Music)
Half-Blown-Flame (31/8-08) (Music)
Shitt'y! (31/8-08) (Music)
Short Rave (31/8-08) (Music)
C12H17N2O4P (31/8-08) (Graphics)
Socialising (31/8-08) (Graphics)
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
I'm not sure I see the problem or really understand...
Latest releases lists the latest releases, ie based on the date it was released. All Riverwash releases are in that list if you expand it.
Latest additions lists the latest additions to the database no matter when they were released.
If you add something released today it will show up at the top of both lists. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1647 |
I guess the problem is that you tend to miss stuff that was released a few days ago if it's not added right away. At least if you don't spend all your time checking CSDb.
But you are right of course that the feeds works as they are supposed to work, technically.
...or perhaps I missed something in Magervalps post too?
The ultimate function, I guess, would rather be:
"Show new additions since my last visit which was released the last month". |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
The problem is the latest releases RSS feed. Some of the Riverwash releases never appeared on it. The query needs to be a bit more intelligent than "the latest 25 entries sorted by release date", otherwise a lot of people will miss stuff that's uploaded a few weeks after release (which happens every now and then).
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Ok, now I get your point. Better shout for Perff.
PERFF!!
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Shadow
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 355 |
Yeah, I tend to miss releases due to this as well. I always check the 'Latest releases' list on the mainpage, and if I recognize those from the last visit, I think 'OK, nothing new released since last time' and move on. |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
Heard someone yelling! :)
Let me check that I understand the problem correctly:
Some new release X comes out. It is first added to CSDb a few weeks later, when 25 other newer releases was already added. Therefor the (almost) new release X dosn't show up on the top of "latest releases".
So. How do we solve this? Any ideas? |
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V-12
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 206 |
The stuff from Riverwash 2 party was officially released after party on amiscena ftp but we've been waiting so long for count the votes and get the results. Now I've added stuff to csdb but with original release date... |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
Yes.
I guess what we are looking for here, is a function like "latest additions" which displays what have been added lately, but only those releases which are new enough.
This would be easy enough to implement into the RSS-feed, as there are no need for sorting here, but how to implement this into "latest releases"?
I guess we can agree on that a release released yesterday, should be more or less on top of this list, so how do we put a release, that was released some weeks ago into this list, so it will be noted, but so this list dosn't gets all un-cronological? |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
But what is "new enough"? |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1647 |
33,36 days old |
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assiduous
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2007
Posts: 343 |
maybe it should be possible to allow to specify the number of entries in a feed via a parameter in the php file ? the more entries the wider timespan they cover.
to make sure that i dont miss out on any release i subscribe to the feed via Google Reader. i also installed Google Reader Notifier so whenever something new appears on the feed i get a popup notification. works great although the RSS refresh frequency on GR leaves abit to be desired. |
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d0c
Registered: Apr 2006
Posts: 186 |
i think he want something like this....
the list of releases shown on the front page of csdb:
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new and hot releases of 2008
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new but not hot and released in 2008
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old shit
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today we only have the listing of new and hot releases of 2008 and old shit...
so older 2008 releases get mixed with old shit, here the mess starts. what we need is someone that can fix the "new but not hot and released in 2008" so they dont get mixed with "old shit", but i guess this aint never going to happen...
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
Quote:I guess what we are looking for here, is a function like "latest additions" which displays what have been added lately, but only those releases which are new enough.
Yes, exactly. What's "new enough" is of course up for debate, but how about "recently added, and release date within the last 365 days"? If it's older than that, it's probably a "historical" addition to the database.
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
I now changed the RSS-feed so it should meet your demands.
They now return all releases released within the last 90 days AND that was added in the last two weeks.
That should do the trick. Please check your feed-readers to verify that the missing entries now show up. :)
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
Perff-ect! |
