Brand New Submission Form

As a first step in a process to integrate user submissions in the database, we developed a new submission form.

At the bottom of every song page you find a button "Add Cover" which leads to the above menu. Have a try and give us feedback!

Bastien:

I'm apparently missing something. All this form seems to me to do is allow a user to suggest a video, but users can already add those directly. I don't see how the form in any way adds covers. I clicked on "Add Covers" from a performances page and it takes me to your form which includes no fields for even the artist performing the new cover -- let alone all of the mandatory information we include about covers in the database.

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/topic/55178

Tim,

The form serves mainly two purposes:

• Assist users so they don't add web covers as regular submissions or vice versa.
• Providing a starting point for the 'real' submission form so we can improve it step by step. For instance, if people agree that the next most important piece of data is the artist, we can add it to the form. In the meanwhile people can already use it and give feedback on how it works.

Help!

Can anyone give me an answer?

Why do not I receive multiple notifications or answers, about my actions?

There is still something I have to learn about the new procedure?

I would not say it, but annoys me this new method, the first method was more immediate, intuitive and easy to use for everyone.

Among other things, a web cover you could always add as and when you wanted.

I apologize if I ventured a little criticism, but nonetheless harbor a great respect for this beautiful site.

Thanks for any reply.

Some feedback;

First and most importantly: a great first attempt on streamlining the necessary forum addition process.

Second: a somewhat annoying typo in the 'Availability of the cover' section; CD instead of CP.

Third: In case a user chooses to add a commercially released cover: please place the suggested YouTube link at the bottom of at the input / message field instead of the top. That way the focus is on the remaining information which the user is supposed to supply and the video is not in the way of the work link just below the video.

Last: My main concern with the form as it is now is that you're trying to accomplish two things at once. You want to use one form to fit all submissions (commercial and webcovers). This makes the form imho more complex than necessary.

At the moment this may not be obvious as the current form only contains some basic questions, However, as soon as the rest of the form is implemented users will have to go through more steps than necessary, This will lead to users abandoning the submission process, resulting in half filled out and / or abandoned forms.... Not something we want, I guess.

I would suggest to split the admission processes in two: one submission process / form for commercial covers and one for web covers. How?! Let users choose themselves which kind of cover (commercial / webcover) they want to post. This requires 3 buttons (including the error button) at the the bottom of work / performance pages to choose from with - and this is important - tiny INFO buttons next to each of these buttons (which will open up little explanatory text fields helping users to select the correct cover option).

I hope I make sense

Looking forward to some more feedback from both users and editors and managers !

Quote from ignazio

Why do not I receive multiple notifications or answers, about my actions?.

I am also not receiving notifications when there are replies. For example, I didn't receive notifications for the two replies immediately above. It looks like either (i) I only get notifications for replies to topics on the Errors board or (ii) I only get notifications for topics created before the Beethoven implementation.

Quote from baggish

Quote from ignazio

Why do not I receive multiple notifications or answers, about my actions?.

I am also not receiving notifications when there are replies. For example, I didn't receive notifications for the two replies immediately above. It looks like either (i) I only get notifications for replies to topics on the Errors board or (ii) I only get notifications for topics created before the Beethoven implementation.

Indeed, notifcations are not linked to the submussion form. Please create a ticket.

Quote from ignazio

the first method was more immediate, intuitive and easy to use for everyone.

It's supposed to be step by step, to guide users in making the right choices. For example, in the past you submitted a few regular covers as web covers. These new menus should to avoid this.

Right now it seems a bit cumbersome for a such a simple process, but when new features will be added (pick artist for example?), it will make more sense.

Quote from ignazio

a web cover you could always add as and when you wanted.

I don't understand? You still can add Web Covers on all pages.

Quote from Bastien

Indeed, notifcations are not linked to the submussion form. Please create a ticket.

Done. Ticket 1982.

Last edit: 2014-06-08 05:41:50 UTC by baggish

WOW! I missed this whole discussion.

I like the new form and used it for a few submissions. Now I get stuck at the Add Covers, so can no longer add covers. I notices some recent covers that I posted do not show up. Also, I cannot see and access the Topics section on ANY song.

What's happening?

Mary.

Quote from maryhelen

WOW! I missed this whole discussion.

I like the new form and used it for a few submissions. Now I get stuck at the Add Covers, so can no longer add covers. I notices some recent covers that I posted do not show up. Also, I cannot see and access the Topics section on ANY song.

What's happening?

Mary.

This should all be fixed now.