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Inside AP.net: ABSOLUTExclusive Notification
03/26/08 at 01:40 AM by Jason Tate
Because I'm pretty much obsessed with our notifications system (found on the right side of your UserCP), I added an ABSOLUTExclusive notification tonight. I was about to go to bed, just got off the phone (in a great mood, I might add), and figured, "eh, why not add the code really quickly." So ... I did, and thankfully I got it right on the first try. So, now if there have been any exclusives since the last time you visited the website, you'll get a nice little notification letting you know about them (and clicking the link will bring you to them). I've got quite a few other notifications I want to add - but this is the start. Someday I'll figure out the right way to memcache these so they can be on the main page/mini-CP. This way you'll never miss another bad-ass exclusive - another benefit of being a member of our little playground (one who uses their userCP - do it - it'll change how you use the website, I promise).



Next up is "friends' album reviews" notification. So you will know when your favorite staff member (or user reviewer) posts a new review (because the staff don't make blog entries like I kinda thought they would). Shouldn't be too hard to do - I'll play with that in the morning. The goal is to let users within the website know about things going on they may miss. Controlling, moving, keeping traffic flowing within the website itself. Information and the tools to control and present that information to the user in a manner in which it is most beneficial and easy to use. Soon we'll have ways of doing this with news as well (your favorite-bands-only-custom-news, for example).

Hopefully soon I'll have an engineering/PHP/MYSQL/Code audit that will help cure some of the limitations to my self-taught coding. We'll get things cleaned up and moving faster ... and that will be a benefit to everyone. Then it's SEO audit time.

Now, I'm going to go write a few more things to our marketing plan and try and get something for Anton ( Hey, Buddy) to look over by the end of the week. Speaking of The Ton, I need to work on his gallery ... get that improved. It needs spiffied up.

I've been fighting a cold most of the day ... looks like I won! Me: 1 - Disease: 0.

Speaking of that ... I'd like to ask anyone that reads my blog to keep my grandmother in their prayers, thank you.
Tags: inside ap.net, ap related, absolutexclusive
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The Evergreen EP + More (Free Music)
02/04/08 at 02:52 PM by Jason Tate
We are teaming up with The Graduate and Icon MES to bring you an ABSOLUTExclusive version of the Evergreen EP. What's it come with? All sorts of goodies. It's a great way to supplement your love for their full-length or introduce new fans to the band. So please grab a copy for yourself, and then tell your friends about this so they can check it out as well. We believe free music is a great way to spread the word about new bands - but now it's in your hands to make sure that happens. Grab it here.

Track Listing
01) Anhedonia (Alternate Version)
02) Sit and Sink (Alternate Version) [Exclusive]
03) We're on the Same Page [Exclusive]
04) The City That Reads (Acoustic)
05) Gunslinger
06) Sit and Sink Video (Quicktime)
07) $2 Off Coupon for Anhedonia
08) EP Album Artwork
Tags: free music, mp3, absolutexclusive
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