On Vox: Music from the Cube: What Am I Listening To Today?

[liz_marcs]

James Hunter, People Gonna Talk Rating=$$$$$[Support the Artist]How I Got This CD: Bought on the spur of the moment while standing at the counter in the local Starbucks.Note: To stream the sample tracks, click on the thumbnail image in this...

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Sooooo. This is what a cross-post from Vox looks like. Mein gott, that is really freakin' ugly. The formatting is not only non-existent, it isn't even the whole Vox post.

Bleh.

Although access to the streaming music is nice (and certainly more legal than the downloads I've been doing), I still dislike Vox too much to do something like this on a regular basis.

And by the way, you can't "go backwards" and cross-post from El Jay to Vox. I've already checked.

God forbid they allow us to cross-post from El Jay to Vox, hunh?

Comments

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't even checked Wordpress yet. You've intrigued me.

I also love the ability one has at LJ to make posts private or friends-only, and even make special filters. Far as I know, no other site has that.

I admit it, I'm kind of a freak. I thought it was *fun* learning everything about LJ, and I still go read the FAQs every so often ~ although you are right, often they don't seem to have the stuff I need to know. Then I get even more freakish and google up stuff about HTML and obscure LiveJournal tips & tricks trying to figure stuff out!

I can see where they need to make it easier, but I hope LJ doesn't go away or lose the features that make some of us love it. (Then I guess we'll all have to move to Wordpress, eh?)

[matgb]

For Wordpress, you can try the basic version at wordpress.com, but an install on your own server gives a lot more functionality.

Vox has filtering for friends/family and neighbourhood, and I'm told MySpace has some filters but I've never tried to use them. However, we're working on a full port for all LJ functionality at lj2wordpress, I'll be installing my test version within the next few weeks as I plan to decamp for most of my writing.

I'm actually pretty sure that LJ/6A is doomed as we know it, but I hold out hope they'll turn things around (recent comments from peopl esuch as rahaeli, anildash and brad lead me to think all is not lost.

But regardless, the data server, with no back ups, is located the wrond side of one of the dodgiest faultines in the world. An alternative that's portable to any server is pretty much essential just because even if 6A stop sucking, nature isn't on their side.

Besides, this l'il anarchist likes the idea of a completely decentralised model...

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Nice!

I nosed around the on the online tour and the site a bit. I kind of like the idea of importing LJ posts there, but I'll have to read up on how to do it. I double-love the fact that you can upload files there as well.

Also, it appears that Community Blogs are an option as are various levels of locks.

I think the private server option is just a leeeeeetle bit too much for me, though. I don't need that much flexibility.

I doubt I'll be jumping the LJ ship, but I've been trying to find a decent place to backup this LJ "just in case." I haven't been terrifically happy with GJ (even though much of the coding is the same) and Vox is a pain in the arse to use.

Best of all (Woo-HOO!) I've locked in my name there.

I'll try it for mirroring music posts and see how it goes.

First, I've got to figure out how to use it.

I'll look forward to what you cook up for an import

[matgb]

Eye, the locking name in thing was the main appeal at first, but it's just so much better overall. The friends viewer beta is pretty good as well, and inviting new users in looks straightforward.

Unfortunately, no extra plugins, WP plugins can get a bit adddictive, I've been collecting them for ages. I'll be posting lots about it when it's ready to go, dinnae worry.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

And I can't figure out when I posted a reply whether it went to you or not. :-(

Bah! The comment threading is sorely missed.

[matgb]

Agreed, and it doesn't notify; you can subscribe via email somewhere, and there's a bit in the admin panel about your recent comments around the site, it's not as good.

Which is why I'm working on a server based install, there are plugins for threading, and there's also one for email notification, just haven't installed them yet. Keep talking online rather than actually doing any work...