Posted by kristofferrom on July 31, 2012 at 8:34pm
Hi,
we've just launched this - thought it might be of interest to you guys. If you've got questions let me know.
The theme is build on zen. all the contextual stuff are done via node references and we've built a custom soundcloud player.
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Link?
Did you mean to include a link?
LINK
haha, yes I did. www.tambourhinoceros.net
Very Cool..My label's site is
Very Cool..My label's site is D6, views, node references,etc...Artists, Albums, Songs, Photos, Videos, Events
http://headwreckas.com
Likewise
Thanks, yours look very nice too!
Your website
You have done the sort of thing I want be able to achieve. Currently my website www.johnrlhunter.co.uk is built with bespoke PHP and Flash, but I am banging my head against a brick wall to pull it into Drupal 7. Like your website I link between songs, recordings and albums. It is good to see someone get close to doing what seems so easy not using Drupal.
for links
.... between albums, songs, artists, products, blog posts etc. I used Node Referenceres and the contextual filters in Views. It took some days to get my head around it, but once you learn it it's very powerful.
how did you create the artist page
i'am doin a record label site in D7 and i'am tryin to figure out to create the main artist page then have each photo link to the sub page
My recommendation would be to
My recommendation would be to create an "Artist" content type that has all the fields you will need for both pages - pictures, logos, website links, elevator pitches, bios, song uploads, video embeds, etc - then create a view for your artist list page that uses the Title and Image field, and when setting up those fields in your view, set them both to "link to content." Then just style your artist list page and your actual full artist content type page however you want. Here's a record label that uses Drupal that set it up similarly to how I'm talking about: http://www.wordlabelgroup.com/
I'm also currently building a site for a local record label that does the same thing - I'll make sure to link back here and give a full case study once I'm done (should be by Mid-September if they stick with the contract! :) ).
exactly
That's what we did w www.tambourhinoceros.net too :)
thank you Ishmayl but 2 more thing's
how did up the pics to align(like a portfolio) like that on arist page
how did they get the header to change and add the tour updates on the side of the artist page
I don't know the specifics,
I don't know the specifics, since there are about a dozen+ ways it could be done, but if I was doing it, I would set the view up as a table with the items I wanted in specific locations, or I would set it up as unformatted fields, and just order them the way I wanted them, then style them in in the css file.
For the tour updates on the side of the page, it's likely a view-block that they set to appear on specific pages.
Not sure what you mean about the header.
If you have a site set up somewhere and already have some things you're working on, I would be happy to see if I could answer more specific questions, but for the most part, a lot of how those pages are shaped are likely just done as a matter of personal preference of the designer/developer.
Both of these sites look
Both of these sites look great. Curious, do either of you use Panels or Context for layouts?
yes...
... layouts on www.tambourhinoceros.net is pretty much done with panels,views and CSS. We didn't do much php templating (as in almost none)...
A foundation for a record label distribution?
Some great sites and examples of how to put together a D7 label site. Particularly timely as a 'record label' flavor of the Pushtape music distribution might be next in the queue after a single artist/band site is released.
For those interested in contributing or observing, this (somewhat outdated) post provides a good overview http://drupal.org/node/1398262
Gus Austin
nice idea
I'm actually about to build a label sites more, but I haven't any experience in making distributions - but point me in the right direction and I'll give it a shot... There's definitely a lot of the core of those sites that'll be the same.
Pushtape should be ready enough to build a label site & profile
The Pushtape music distribution is not yet complete, but we have a working demo with Pushtape, Panopoly, and additional features. Since the artist site shares almost all of the same features it should be relatively painless to spin up another setup for record labels.
Anyone still interested in helping make this happen?
Gus Austin
yes & no
I'd be very happy to pitch in with mapping features and general record label know how - but I'm afraid my coding skills aren't good enough to build distributions.
Looks like you're already working on it?
Hi Kristoffer,
It looks like you've already been testing Pushtape for a label site? What are your experiences so far?
If you're interested, possibly we can create a label instance on Pantheon where we can work on a prototype using Pushtape features.
Gus Austin
Yep, I'm working on it
Hi Gus.
Yes, I'm working on a label site, and I'm liking it.
Concerning co-developing a label distribution I'm simply not a php coder, so I'm afraid my skills won't be sufficient. So unless you want me on as a consultant for label needs I don't think it'll make sense.
Our label however do have a developer and I've let him know about your suggestion.
, best
An update on new features on the shop side of our site:
http://tambourhinoceros.net/shop
More new features
We've added a fixed top bar with key elements (user menu, newsletter, cart, social etc.)
Apache SOLr search have been added too giving the site a dynamic search engine.
Player / Playlist
Hi kris,
your site is awesome, may I know how did you implemented the block with the player an the "playlist" in there? It's quite a work of art.
thank you!
Sure thing
It's based on our soundcloud so a lot of the code is provided by them.
Take a look here: http://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/custom-player & here http://soundcloud.com/tambourhinoceros
And thanks for the nice words