http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp

13 Aug 02 - 09:06 AM (#764350)
Subject: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Mr Happy

NEWS!, NEWS!

jon freemans new folk music site is now up & running at http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp

go have a look!

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13 Aug 02 - 09:30 AM (#764360)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Hawker

Clicky for those who want to get there quick!
Click Here

Cheers, Lucy

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11 Oct 02 - 09:08 AM (#800987)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

Nice website.john

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11 Oct 02 - 09:33 AM (#801008)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST

Opps, meant to do the song datbase

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20 Oct 02 - 10:20 PM (#807524)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

refresh.The site is progressing very well, there is loads of songs being added, information on song collectors, and an events page listing sessions and other folk events, and there are discussions on instruments etc.

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29 Jan 03 - 09:09 PM (#878114)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: JedMarum

looks like a good site. Congrats! Now just get users to it and you're there!

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29 Jan 03 - 09:14 PM (#878116)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: McGrath of Harlow

Nice to have a quiet pub to call in on as well as a noisy one. Let a hundred flowers bloom.

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30 Jan 03 - 04:27 AM (#878268)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST

Congrats! Now just get users to it and you're there!

Thanks Jed,

I don't know how many people still look in but, to date, 123 people have joined.

The forum is quiet and I think always will be, at least compared to Mudcat!

The area that has gone very well is the song database where we have about 170 traditional songs so far all with notes and with some of the "usual suspects" from here providing useful information as they continue to do here.

Our choice of using abc as also proved useful and within our small membership we have been lucky enough to gain Phil Taylor (author of Barfly) and Wil Macauly (author of Skink) so we have some real expertise on hand!

ABC itself has worked well for us. We can offer any song in the database in any key you want and as an abc, a midi, a "draft" png graphic or a "print quality" pdf with all the words.

Jon

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30 Jan 03 - 07:35 AM (#878338)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Nigel Parsons

"Jon"
I read that last paragraph of yours as offerings a song as a "draft" pornographic time for new glasses I think

Nigel

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30 Jan 03 - 07:54 AM (#878346)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST

LOL Nigel. I don't know off the top of my head what png stands for but I believe it is an open standard graphic format similar to a gif. gif, although widly used is, I believe, a proprietry format (Compuserve I think) and is not avialabile in the graphics conversion routine (a version of ghostscript) I use for that reason.

All usless info...

Jon

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30 Jan 03 - 08:15 AM (#878358)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST

png = Portable Network Graphics

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17 Apr 03 - 03:04 AM (#935234)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

refresh, over 300 trad songs in the data base and a good session listings thing in the events page, take a look if you like traditiona l folk songs.john

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23 Jun 03 - 10:29 AM (#970921)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

refresh

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10 Jul 03 - 02:20 PM (#980738)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

refres

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16 Jun 04 - 12:03 PM (#1208661)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

refresh

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17 Aug 04 - 01:49 PM (#1249538)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

frefresh

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17 Aug 04 - 02:12 PM (#1249550)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Clinton Hammond

Why the hell do you keep refreshing this thread john?

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17 Aug 04 - 02:27 PM (#1249560)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST,Jon

I don't see any point but I'm sure John means well. This time though, John's timing is a little unfortunate and certainly won't be doing me any favours with anyone who might look in for the first time.

As I announced both at the Annexe and Folkinfo last week, I am expecting downtime on both servers at various times this evening as my ISP prepares to move thier machines to a new data centre. The acutal physical move is scheduled for Wednesday 18th, starting at 6am BST. They aim to have all services restored by 9am but I would not be too surprised if things over-run a little.

Jon

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17 Aug 04 - 02:28 PM (#1249561)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

So that new people can find out about folkinfo.

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17 Aug 04 - 02:36 PM (#1249568)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: Clinton Hammond

By that rational, why not refresh every single lyric submission thread, so new people can learn about the songs...

Or all the computer advice threads...

Or all the Rubbish is rubbish threads....

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17 Aug 04 - 04:12 PM (#1249651)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: open mike

well since the mud cat was especially problematical yesterday..
this is a good time to remind people that there is a back-up
alternative place to meet if we can't get in here. hope the
move goes smooth.

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17 Aug 04 - 04:30 PM (#1249675)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: McGrath of Harlow

What open mike said. Reminding people that there's another place where you are likely to run into people you know on the Mudcat makes a lot of sense.

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17 Aug 04 - 04:53 PM (#1249699)
Subject: RE: http://www.folkinfo.org/forum.asp
From: GUEST,Jon

Oh well, having given the info here about downtime on both folkinfo and the Annexe, I have just recieved an email from my ISP... The move has been posponed until next week.

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