-Brading Software Message Board
+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Suggestions
+---Topic: HTML List Output started by Chris F.
Posted by: Chris F. on Feb. 14 2003,15:25
A good feature i've seen in some other programs is the Output list to HTML Table-format feature for MP3 List making.
This way, the MP3's are properly aligned, formatted, etc. and can be easily followed thru the table, rather than tab-delimited text or just regular text.
I hope to see this feature soon!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Feb. 15 2003,00:18
This is already fully possible in the current version. Please take a look in the help file section for the list maker tool (press F1 when being in the list maker tab for example).
You are then welcome to ask more specific questions about it here if there's still something you don't understand about the creation of HTML output.
Posted by: Chris F. on Feb. 15 2003,20:52
Thanks Magnus, I got it working but I would like to make a suggestion or two:
1. Allow some sort of modification to the first lines that display the field name, i.e. Artist, Title, Comments, etc. before the tag contents.
Example:
/<b/>Artist/</b/> | /<b/>Title/</b/>
Artist Name here | Song title here
2. Allow addition of a header and footer - such as text to the top and bottom of generated files, for such reasons as the date the list was made, the directory, etc. etc.
Thanks!
Posted by: Chris F. on Feb. 15 2003,21:24
3. Allow a <!--startrepeat--> <!--endrepeat--> sorta control variable so that something can be repeated (like table rows, etc.) after <!--startrepeat-->, and whatever is after <!--endrepeat--> is at the end of the output, as in my example, closes the table.
This is the way it is right now, and it repeats the whole line, so you can't create anything but a full table (instead of repeating rows and columns like real html tables):
\<table border="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"\>\<tr\>\<font face="Tahoma" size="2"\>\<td width="50%"\><Artist>\</td\>\<td width="50%"\>><Title>\</td\>\</tr\>\</font\>\</table\>[NEWLINE]
Allow it to be this way:
\<table border="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"\>\<!--startrepeat--><tr\>\<font face="Tahoma" size="2"\>\<td width="50%"\><Artist>\</td\>\<td width="50%"\>><Title>\</td\>\</tr\>[NEWLINE]<!--endrepeat-->\</font\>\</table\>
Posted by: Disposable Hero on Feb. 15 2003,21:28
Magnus: though it would take more front-end planning, one answer might be to allow users to attach style sheets (CSS) to HTML output. I'm assuming that most folks use the same settings for most or all of the HMTL lists that they generate. Users would need to specify the CSS file to be referenced in the HEAD section, and probably adhere to some default naming convention (class=artist, class=album and so forth).
Complicating your life, but with warm regards
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Feb. 16 2003,13:37
Chris F and Disposable Hero, if I understand your suggestions correct, they can all be solved by using the "extended tool settings" of the list maker tool in the current version of Mp3/TS:
Headers and footer to the list:
Use the header and footer settings (duh
).Custom first line:
Add the custom first line to your header, and disable the "Include field headers" option.
Repeatable parts:
Add all non-repeated parts to the header and footer, add the repeated part to the list template.
CSS files:
Simply link in the CSS file from the header, and then reference the CSS classes from the template in any way you like.
If I have misunderstood any of your suggestions, please tell me.
If you love the flexibility of Mp3/Tag Studio, you're welcome to say that too.
Posted by: Chris F. on April 30 2003,17:44
Magnus,
Howabout adding a Date & Time field so you can add to the list when it was generated?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on May 01 2003,02:22
I guess it could be added if many people want it. I just have to try to keep the number of fields relatively low not to swamp the GUI, that's all.
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