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theSTR App Entry Directory
Hello Everybody,
We're pleased to announce the new soundtestroom App Entry Directory! This will serve as a database so that users can search for music production apps, and the features and categories that define them. Right now there are about 170 entries, and we have loads more to go through and add. We also need your help to keep this accurate, as well as submitting entries if you can. Please check out the post below and watch the introductory video for more information. Otherwise please enjoy!
http://thesoundtestroom.com/thesoundtestroom-app-entry-directory/
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Wow cool! Thanks
Hey Guys, @TSTR, watched the video, haven't checked it out officially yet but it looks very interesting. Looks like it will work out well!
Keep up the good work! I'll see what I can do!
:-)
Added: just had a quick run through. Nice smooth process, searched a couple apps, worked well.
It would have been nice to see the price in more than one currency (£'s) but no biggy!
Hope you get many customers coming through you!
Bless!
Ps: One other thing, I was using the 'Refine Your Search' feature, it didn't find my criteria which was no Suprise (I was just seeing what would happen). But when I went back to the 'Refine Your Search' page, my selections were unchecked. (Obviously the page refreshed) but this meant I would have to re-check the boxes. (Some may not have such a great memory) lol
I know not all site implement this, but if you have a button that turns it on, press it! :-)
Maybe if it didn't take you to another page to tell you it can't find. Just an idea!
Again no biggie, just my story! :-)
Let me watch the video again and make sure I'm leaving my feedback in the correct place. Hang on...
... Yeah I believe it's ok here!
Wish you the best!
More: I'm adding info as I go.. Just submitted an app that I didn't see on the site!
Some of the entries will need editing! Is there a way we who submit can make changes?
An idea of the boxes to be ticked would help, so one knows what info is required, example 'IAA host', Drop box support' etc...
Goodnight!
Holy shit. Great idea. Much work and will need chasing (as you well know) to keep on point, but could become THE repository/go-to thingie far beyond these hallowed walls.
Congrats and good luck.
Thanks for the feedback guys and big thanks to @funjunkie27 for being the first to submit!
@KING777, thank you as well for your kind words and submission, I have added it to the directory. Unfortunately, it's not an instant process, I still have to see your message and manually post the app. I will be checking for submissions all the time though. Yours was perfect! If it needs editing, you can leave a comment below the app entry or shoot me an email.
The categories questions are essentially, "can this app be considered a ... (synth, daw, fx)?" The MIDI category is meant to be for if the app supports virtual/core/any kind of MIDI usage, not just necessarily MIDI specific apps such as Lemur. Same for the AB/IAA questions, "can this app be an IAA host?" etc...
There is no way I can think of to automatically keep your refined selections unfortunately, but if you use your browsers back button rather than reload the page, they might still be there.
If anyone else has any questions or ideas, please let me know!
I'm sure most can guess what I submitted.
Great idea @TSTR. I can see this being very valuable once it gets built up.
Was it DD per chance? Thanks to those who have helped and to those who will help with this MEGA project, we think this is a much needed thing for sorting apps. There are so many now and reading the forum many of the questions everyone's asks are exactly the questions this directory is going to try and answer, making the process a whole lot simpler when it comes to finding out the basics
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You welcome!
What I meant was, a list of the questions one will be asked when submitting (before submitting) so one may do their research on the app being submitted. :-)
I had to go back n forth to the App Store and the Audiobus app to gather the required info. Not knowing if the open page (your submitting page) had a no-input-timer.
Remember the easier it is to submit the more will be submitted.
I learnt what the required fields were as I scrolled down whist filling them out..
You know what, I'll be back in a minute!....
(I'm back!)
Required info for submitting: (checklist)
Your Name:
Your Email:
App Name:
App Link:
Audiobus Input:
Audiobus Effect:
Audiobus Output:
Audiobus State Saving:
IAA Instrument:
IAA Effect:
IAA Host:
VoiceOver Support:
Dropbox Support:
Audioshare Support:
Then app classification..
Synth:
DAW:
Effect:
Guitar:
Drums:
Misc Instruments:
Utillity:
MIDI:
These questions are either (Yes), (No) or (??).
(I would have typed them closer together but Audiobus's forum doesn't do the space/next line thing correctly).
Peeps can familiarise themselves with this list.
You know me too well Doug and JGY!
Huzzah! Thank you and congrats.
@CSwinn Have you looked into the Advanced Custom Fields plugin? A million great features but in particular for this (and your sanity/time), it allows you to create public facing forms that get submitted to you as a post (or custom post type in this case I imagine). That form can look exactly like the backend form you use so that everything maps correctly. There's also an easy plugin to get it to show up on a (public) page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/acf-frontend-display/
Here's a little overview of how to do it manually; this is for a regular post but it's the same idea. http://thestizmedia.com/front-end-posting-with-acf-pro/ The tut is a little overly complicated because they're using the Genesis. I reality, it's very easy to make them public facing.
Looks good, haven't used that one. I use Toolset for more complex Wordpress websites: http://wp-types.com/ It's great for custom searching and post type display. I'm building a fully featured membership site with it at the moment and used it in the past for directories and ecom. Toolset would work well for this sort of site as it'd tie in with the directory nature.
Another (cheaper) option than Toolset for custom forms is Gravity Forms http://www.gravityforms.com/ which you can then link up with the free Toolset Types component: https://wordpress.org/plugins/types/
Not jumping in and saying they're better than Advanced Custom Fields, just another option to consider. I'm going to have a look at Advanced Custom Fields as I like to know all the options too.
That's great news, guys! Thank you and keep up the good work. Looking forward. T
I just looked at my post with the checklist, don't worry guys it's simples to fill out!
Mostly just a single click..
Wow. I'd seen the free plugin before but missed all that extra magic. Looks amazing. ACF is really just focused on the custom fields part. It does it unbelievably well but how you connect it is up to you.
Toolset is very powerful, especially if you hook it up with Gravity Forms which you can use for user registration and login forms. It's not cheap if you buy all the components, but a full lifetime license isn't probably that much more than buying a batch of other commercial options. I would say though the documentation isn't up to scratch - I've spent the last three weeks banging my head against the desk through lack of tutorials and missing manuals. It'd work well for the STR site though.
Hmm, we do have ACF installed already, I'll look into it for sure. This current setup just gets submitted to our feedback and I have to fill it in from there (which is still super easy).
I'm a little leery to do anything that would automatically post to the site, lest we get a bunch of candy crush spam submissions. Thanks for the links though guys, maybe I can set those plugins to draft posts instead, I'll check it out.
Yes, with ACF you can have any public post automatically set to save as a draft awaiting your approval. Looks like Toolset will do the same as well.
If you already have ACF for other reasons, definitely investigate it. I want more Swinn tutorials and this would save a lot of time.
The Toolset system, and Gravity Forms both allow posts to be submitted as drafts, with customizable notification options so you can check them first, and with a full-blown Toolset system you can create user account sections which are really easy to lock down and moderate. Gravity Forms comes with built in CAPTCHA's too, which I find help keeps out the spam. I'm guessing ACF has these features too.
It's the sort of thing that scares me with big beautiful looking frameworks like this. If you use it 100% their way, you're golden. Deviate three inches and it can crush your soul!
Yeah, thing is the only other option is to build a custom system, and then you're at the mercy of £100+ per hour developer costs every time Wordpress is updated and the system needs tweaking. Toolset allows idiots like me to code relatively complex sites for clients for small beans. It's good that the 'suite' of plugins is handled by one company too - so you avoid the endless 'it's not our plugin that's the issue, it must be theirs' passing the buck support nightmare scenario.
£100+ per hour? Moving to England. brb.
I was quoted 30k for a custom membership site a few years ago by a developer. Now I can build it myself in a week.
^ needs to be in the front page of WordPress.org.
And sorry for the thread hijack Collin. "Don't thread hijack" should be on my front page.
yeah I'm sorry too - it's sort of relevant but drifted off course a bit. I need to take Syrupcode down the pub, we can carry on nattering about Wordpress down there.