I am more than disappointed with the change that was made because the response time is incomprehensible far above any other site & I think that this change was not necessary & in my opinion it is the first thing to be reviewed in priority
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slade
14/01/2021
Hello,
What are the reactivity problems you are experiencing? As many people have said, the site is much faster since a few days.
On which device and browser are you connecting?
Best regards,
Slade
What are the reactivity problems you are experiencing? As many people have said, the site is much faster since a few days.
On which device and browser are you connecting?
Best regards,
Slade
Hello to all,
it is with great pleasure that I can "finally" show you the future P-A! I know I've been talking about a new version for a very long time and a lot of things have happened in the meantime that have delayed it.
2019 was the year of the new score-accordion, we spent most of it working full time on the website redesign. The goal was to keep all the functionality of the website while adding new things that should make your life easier.
The only thing that disappears is the chat, because it was very very little used and took a lot of resources for not much.
The heart of the website is now the news, which will summarize everything that happens on the site, discussions, new scores, classified ads etc... Each "news" can be commented. A number of new options are available for members, the ability to create events, add a requested score in one click etc.
A library system is coming
Due to the fact that most of you prefer to use the "view" function rather than the download, we thought that allowing you to save personal libraries, to help you during your performances / rehearsals would be an interesting possibility.
The future P-A mobile application will allow you to have your libraries with you everywhere in order to avoid printing/downloading them and to be able to read them directly via a tablet on the website during your performances.
You will be able to browse other members' libraries, copy them, share them etc...
In order to make the search and use of scores easier for you, you will now be able to search by genre and by instrument. Scores now have a system to indicate if they are original scores or not and in which key the score is written. Composers, performers, authors etc. are now individually identified on each score, which we hope will make Cindou's work easier in the future and allow a better classification! A youtube link can also be associated to a score, in order to easily have a visualization of the score without having to use an external service.
We have also decided to focus on members' compositions and to make P-A a place to find original music around the accordion. A real music player will allow you to listen to members' music, make playlists and show your appreciation for other website users' compositions/covers. The music profile is also now coupled to your profile on the website and is no longer a separate category.
Partitions-accordeon will also integrate a store, which I will tell you about in another post so as not to bombard too much information at once. There are also a lot of other improvements that we will tell you about as we go along :)
The redesign of the score-accordion has been in the works since the beginning of the year, it required several months of design, reflections and meetings in order to try to produce something that we hope will be as satisfying as possible for you. It also required a complete technical overhaul of the website and the system that powers it. As I write this we are talking about hundreds of files, and over 12,000 lines of code to power the new platform, which will also come with many improvements in the speed and fluidity of the platform as well as for us and for cindou in the administration of the website. The new website is not yet finished but we are in the final stretch and we can assure you that it will be available for you, at the latest in January.
In addition to all these new features, unfortunately another change is coming to the new P-A. Partition-accordion is now a team of 3 full time people, not counting the work provided daily by Cindou and the revenues from the website are not enough to compensate for all this, which leaves us all in a situation far from optimal for us and for P-A.
After deliberating for a long time on the issue, we had to take the decision to raise the subscription price to 24.99 euros per year for everyone. This was already the case for new subscribers and it would unify the subscription price and allow us to have a minimal remuneration that would allow us to continue to devote 100% of our time to the development and support of the platform and its community. This will also allow us to double P-A's participation in the annual fund for cindou! And also hopefully continue to increase this participation year after year, as it has been done since it was set up.
We understand that this is news that will not please you, but we think that the price (about 2€/month) remains affordable and in adequacy with the service offered. We hope you understand all this and we are here to answer your questions, criticisms, and any other form of feedback you want to give us :)
Thanks for reading this far, feel free to express your opinion on the new site, on the functional changes that will come, and on the price change. We hope you'll enjoy these few screenshots as much as we do :)
PS: I forgot to mention that the new site is fully adapted to tablets, and mobiles!
it is with great pleasure that I can "finally" show you the future P-A! I know I've been talking about a new version for a very long time and a lot of things have happened in the meantime that have delayed it.
2019 was the year of the new score-accordion, we spent most of it working full time on the website redesign. The goal was to keep all the functionality of the website while adding new things that should make your life easier.
The only thing that disappears is the chat, because it was very very little used and took a lot of resources for not much.
The heart of the website is now the news, which will summarize everything that happens on the site, discussions, new scores, classified ads etc... Each "news" can be commented. A number of new options are available for members, the ability to create events, add a requested score in one click etc.
A library system is coming
Due to the fact that most of you prefer to use the "view" function rather than the download, we thought that allowing you to save personal libraries, to help you during your performances / rehearsals would be an interesting possibility.
The future P-A mobile application will allow you to have your libraries with you everywhere in order to avoid printing/downloading them and to be able to read them directly via a tablet on the website during your performances.
You will be able to browse other members' libraries, copy them, share them etc...
In order to make the search and use of scores easier for you, you will now be able to search by genre and by instrument. Scores now have a system to indicate if they are original scores or not and in which key the score is written. Composers, performers, authors etc. are now individually identified on each score, which we hope will make Cindou's work easier in the future and allow a better classification! A youtube link can also be associated to a score, in order to easily have a visualization of the score without having to use an external service.
We have also decided to focus on members' compositions and to make P-A a place to find original music around the accordion. A real music player will allow you to listen to members' music, make playlists and show your appreciation for other website users' compositions/covers. The music profile is also now coupled to your profile on the website and is no longer a separate category.
Partitions-accordeon will also integrate a store, which I will tell you about in another post so as not to bombard too much information at once. There are also a lot of other improvements that we will tell you about as we go along :)
The redesign of the score-accordion has been in the works since the beginning of the year, it required several months of design, reflections and meetings in order to try to produce something that we hope will be as satisfying as possible for you. It also required a complete technical overhaul of the website and the system that powers it. As I write this we are talking about hundreds of files, and over 12,000 lines of code to power the new platform, which will also come with many improvements in the speed and fluidity of the platform as well as for us and for cindou in the administration of the website. The new website is not yet finished but we are in the final stretch and we can assure you that it will be available for you, at the latest in January.
In addition to all these new features, unfortunately another change is coming to the new P-A. Partition-accordion is now a team of 3 full time people, not counting the work provided daily by Cindou and the revenues from the website are not enough to compensate for all this, which leaves us all in a situation far from optimal for us and for P-A.
After deliberating for a long time on the issue, we had to take the decision to raise the subscription price to 24.99 euros per year for everyone. This was already the case for new subscribers and it would unify the subscription price and allow us to have a minimal remuneration that would allow us to continue to devote 100% of our time to the development and support of the platform and its community. This will also allow us to double P-A's participation in the annual fund for cindou! And also hopefully continue to increase this participation year after year, as it has been done since it was set up.
We understand that this is news that will not please you, but we think that the price (about 2€/month) remains affordable and in adequacy with the service offered. We hope you understand all this and we are here to answer your questions, criticisms, and any other form of feedback you want to give us :)
Thanks for reading this far, feel free to express your opinion on the new site, on the functional changes that will come, and on the price change. We hope you'll enjoy these few screenshots as much as we do :)
PS: I forgot to mention that the new site is fully adapted to tablets, and mobiles!
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jodi
22/10/2019
Hello Slade and hello to the whole team.
Congratulations on all these changes.
The design seems to me very explicit and I can't wait to discover the new features.
Congratulations again.
Jodi.
Congratulations on all these changes.
The design seems to me very explicit and I can't wait to discover the new features.
Congratulations again.
Jodi.
slade
23/10/2019
Thanks to you Jodi, we hope it will live up to your expectations :)
gregory
24/10/2019
Congratulations Slade, I will never leave this site that I have known since the beginning. Congratulations for all these novelties and I am happy to remain a faithful customer, this small increase is nothing to be alarmed about compared to all that can be found in our Ali Baba's cave.AmicalementGreg
Cavag31
24/10/2019
Thank you to all the team for this great work! Of course I will continue to visit this site that I frequent since its creation. If in addition it improves! If it can really take away some work from Cindou...
Beyond the proposed scores, the forum allows me to spend a good moment each week even if we can say that unfortunately the music does not always soften the morals.AmicalementMichel
Beyond the proposed scores, the forum allows me to spend a good moment each week even if we can say that unfortunately the music does not always soften the morals.AmicalementMichel
slade
25/10/2019
Thanks for your support :)Glad you like it! I will continue to post the progress here
Unknown
26/10/2019
Congratulations for all these new features announced and the great work done, which will bring even more interest to PA. We can't wait, and we're looking forward to it. Thank you!
Vernonait
28/10/2019
Hello Slade
A very big thank you for all this work long studied and this site becoming even more powerful for our pleasure.For my part, I will not leave this site of which I am completely faithful and registered since the beginning; the increase is completely normal in my eyes.I look forward to being able to use all the new functions.Congratulations again to You Dear Slade and to your teamVernonait
A very big thank you for all this work long studied and this site becoming even more powerful for our pleasure.For my part, I will not leave this site of which I am completely faithful and registered since the beginning; the increase is completely normal in my eyes.I look forward to being able to use all the new functions.Congratulations again to You Dear Slade and to your teamVernonait
slade
31/10/2019
Thanks again for your support :)
This topic will remain marked important until the launch to try to get the maximum feedback possible.
This topic will remain marked important until the launch to try to get the maximum feedback possible.
butterfly effect
09/11/2019
hello slade i find this very interesting to visit. you say there will be an application? will it work on the apple? in advance thank you for your answer and for the maintenance of this forum.
B-E
B-E
butterfly effect
09/11/2019
hello slade
I'm sorry about the price increase...
I see that on the import of a score 97 telechargeeszero thank you it makes pleasure...
I will pay for them ...
I'm sorry about the price increase...
I see that on the import of a score 97 telechargeeszero thank you it makes pleasure...
I will pay for them ...
slade
10/11/2019
Hello,
The application will arrive after the launch of the site. But yes it is planned that the application will be for Android and iPhone.
As for "pay for them" I don't really see the connection. Everyone pays to download. They pay too it's not a zero sum game. Or someone wins so someone else loses in return.
On the new site, the depositions of scores can also be commented, hoping that it will allow more thanks for the time spent to deposit scores.
The application will arrive after the launch of the site. But yes it is planned that the application will be for Android and iPhone.
As for "pay for them" I don't really see the connection. Everyone pays to download. They pay too it's not a zero sum game. Or someone wins so someone else loses in return.
On the new site, the depositions of scores can also be commented, hoping that it will allow more thanks for the time spent to deposit scores.
Yvon 06
13/11/2019
The 24,99 € subscription fee is fully justified! When you see the price that a score costs. Bravo Slade and the whole team. And do not forget that any work deserves a salary. Good continuation and thank you ...
guitarfolle
14/11/2019
Hello Slade, hello to all,
The music is moving forward and your site is moving forward with it, I'm looking forward to your new version, and the price of the subscription seems to be more than justified, Thanks again.
The music is moving forward and your site is moving forward with it, I'm looking forward to your new version, and the price of the subscription seems to be more than justified, Thanks again.
Unknown
14/11/2019
I totally agree. The subscription fee is perfectly justified, considering the quality of the site, its richness, and all that one can benefit from. Thanks to the people in charge, and beautiful music to you all.
slade
15/11/2019
Thanks again to all for your support :)The work behind the scenes is going well, we can't wait to show you all this :)
basteau
04/12/2019
Hello
I am a beginner accordionist and I have just registered: having done the rounds of the sheet music sellers, your site is extremely varied and well thought out; the quality-price ratio is unbeatable; it's Christmas before time! Thanks to your team of enthusiasts, we catch the virus... bravo
See you soon.
JC
I am a beginner accordionist and I have just registered: having done the rounds of the sheet music sellers, your site is extremely varied and well thought out; the quality-price ratio is unbeatable; it's Christmas before time! Thanks to your team of enthusiasts, we catch the virus... bravo
See you soon.
JC
musette27
02/01/2020
Hello Slade,Thank you for this good news.I am looking forward to the new version.Congratulations to you to share with all the team involved in this development.With my friendly memory.Musette27
Yvon 06
02/01/2020
Thank you Slade and congratulations to the whole team for this accomplished work! The subscription of 25 € is amply justified. Best Wishes and Happy New Year to the Administrators and to all the members. Yvon
butterfly effect
14/01/2020
Hello slade is it in the forum sections of sale to search for scores .... is there will be an option ""resolved"" in order to no longer search for titles that are already in the site?
Sincerely
toffer59
Sincerely
toffer59
slade
15/01/2020
Hello,
There is already a system of resolution currently, but it implies that the person requesting the score revisits his topic to make it resolved. This is not always the case.
On the new site, we tried to think of how to improve the system. A button "I own this score" will be added to the requests, allowing the person who owns it to add it directly. This will notify the applicant.
The new site also has a real notification system that will allow the requester to know if his request has been solved and to mark it as such.
Hopefully this will make things better :)
There is already a system of resolution currently, but it implies that the person requesting the score revisits his topic to make it resolved. This is not always the case.
On the new site, we tried to think of how to improve the system. A button "I own this score" will be added to the requests, allowing the person who owns it to add it directly. This will notify the applicant.
The new site also has a real notification system that will allow the requester to know if his request has been solved and to mark it as such.
Hopefully this will make things better :)
butterfly effect
15/01/2020
Hello Slade
Thank you for these precisions which I think go in the right direction!
See you soon for the first tests loool
Sincerely
Thank you for these precisions which I think go in the right direction!
See you soon for the first tests loool
Sincerely
slade
02/02/2020
Hello everyone! January is over and still no new P-A.
We are indeed (especially me) late! As usual, things are taking longer than expected.
That said, this month should be the month of the launch :)We'll talk to you soon!
Thanks for your patience.
We are indeed (especially me) late! As usual, things are taking longer than expected.
That said, this month should be the month of the launch :)We'll talk to you soon!
Thanks for your patience.
Korniszon
02/02/2020
Hello, good luck and patience at work -- Korniszon
slade
26/02/2020
Hello everyone, the new imternet website will be available soon, we would like to call on the P-A community to test the website and let us know about any problems encountered before the launch.
If you are interested to give us your impressions and contribute to the quality of the new platform, contact us! :)
Send an email to [email protected]
Thanks to all of you
If you are interested to give us your impressions and contribute to the quality of the new platform, contact us! :)
Send an email to [email protected]
Thanks to all of you
slade
12/03/2020
Hello to all, to make you wait for the very next release of the new one, some screenshots of the mobile version :)Hope you like it :)
Vernonait
13/03/2020
Hello Slade
Thank you for the preview of the new version of the site to come......
It seems more detailed...It's Formi Formi Formi....dable......
MusicallyVernonait
Thank you for the preview of the new version of the site to come......
It seems more detailed...It's Formi Formi Formi....dable......
MusicallyVernonait
slade
08/05/2020
Hello everyone,
In order to help you wait and to give you a bit more details about what's going on behind the scenes, I'll now post every Friday the progress of the week on the development of the new site, for the last few weeks they have left.
This week, I finished the score request form, which is organized in several steps.
The process of requesting and adding scores is very similar to what is already in place, in process, but very different in how the information is organized.
Artists are now separate entities, with auto completion (on the screenshot you can see combinations with &, which is temporary, these will be separated individually in the database)
then follows a similar title list, smarter than the current process.
And finally the submission of the request.
I also worked on the partition addition, the form being almost finished.
Adding a score follows the same process as the first two screenshots, then more details are requested.
Here the genres are defined and also auto-complete, they are also their own entity and it will no longer be necessary to specify them in brackets.
You can also choose for which instrument the score is for (the options are the same as the current ones) as well as the key of the score.
You can attach several PDF files that will be automatically merged when you add them.
Here we come to the last two steps that I still have to finalize,
The possibility to specify if the score is original, or if it's a transcript.
A youtube link, if any, and any other useful information.
And finally the last step, if the score contains several files, the user can specify the page order.
Denis (dac on the forum) to rework the display of different parts of the website, add several visuals (including avatars and different icons associated with the status) and correct many display problems on the mobile version that we develop at the same time.
Concerning the general progress of the site,
We still have to finalize the score repository, then all the main features will be finished (score repository, request, tutorial, music, classifieds, library creation, discussion, event creation).
The messaging is also finished and functional.
The last big things left to do that I will tell you about as we go along are :
- The music player- The payment process- The email / notification process
On top of that there are a bunch of little things here and there, like the ability to filter news, share content etc...
We're in the home stretch and if you want to help us test the website, feel free to contact us by private message or by email at [email protected]
More next Friday! :)
In order to help you wait and to give you a bit more details about what's going on behind the scenes, I'll now post every Friday the progress of the week on the development of the new site, for the last few weeks they have left.
This week, I finished the score request form, which is organized in several steps.
The process of requesting and adding scores is very similar to what is already in place, in process, but very different in how the information is organized.
Artists are now separate entities, with auto completion (on the screenshot you can see combinations with &, which is temporary, these will be separated individually in the database)
then follows a similar title list, smarter than the current process.
And finally the submission of the request.
I also worked on the partition addition, the form being almost finished.
Adding a score follows the same process as the first two screenshots, then more details are requested.
Here the genres are defined and also auto-complete, they are also their own entity and it will no longer be necessary to specify them in brackets.
You can also choose for which instrument the score is for (the options are the same as the current ones) as well as the key of the score.
You can attach several PDF files that will be automatically merged when you add them.
Here we come to the last two steps that I still have to finalize,
The possibility to specify if the score is original, or if it's a transcript.
A youtube link, if any, and any other useful information.
And finally the last step, if the score contains several files, the user can specify the page order.
Denis (dac on the forum) to rework the display of different parts of the website, add several visuals (including avatars and different icons associated with the status) and correct many display problems on the mobile version that we develop at the same time.
Concerning the general progress of the site,
We still have to finalize the score repository, then all the main features will be finished (score repository, request, tutorial, music, classifieds, library creation, discussion, event creation).
The messaging is also finished and functional.
The last big things left to do that I will tell you about as we go along are :
- The music player- The payment process- The email / notification process
On top of that there are a bunch of little things here and there, like the ability to filter news, share content etc...
We're in the home stretch and if you want to help us test the website, feel free to contact us by private message or by email at [email protected]
More next Friday! :)
kouros
08/05/2020
Hello everyoneThank you for this great work in preparation and as all work deserves a salary the increase will be largely justified.I look forward to seeing the new site soon
slade
15/05/2020
Hello to all,
It's Friday and so it's time to review the progress of the week.
This week there were a lot of bug fixes. In particular differences between the mobile version and the computer version.
The score request form has been almost finalized and I was able to submit several scores.
We made some modifications and reworked the library mechanics. The possibility to add any score to one or more of its libraries.
I have reworked the tag system in order to validate the tags which is autocomplete either with the keyboard or by clicking in the list.
It remains to make the automatic grouping of the pdf files in only one at the time of the deposit and the deposit of partitions will be completely finished.
This will be part of next week's progress.
I spent some time working with Denis (dac) to fix the different display problems across the different resolutions / versions of the website.
See you next week :)
It's Friday and so it's time to review the progress of the week.
This week there were a lot of bug fixes. In particular differences between the mobile version and the computer version.
The score request form has been almost finalized and I was able to submit several scores.
We made some modifications and reworked the library mechanics. The possibility to add any score to one or more of its libraries.
I have reworked the tag system in order to validate the tags which is autocomplete either with the keyboard or by clicking in the list.
It remains to make the automatic grouping of the pdf files in only one at the time of the deposit and the deposit of partitions will be completely finished.
This will be part of next week's progress.
I spent some time working with Denis (dac) to fix the different display problems across the different resolutions / versions of the website.
See you next week :)
slade
22/05/2020
It's Friday and time for the news of the week!
- The partition deposit process has been fully finalized including the merging of the pdfs into 1 file with the possibility to order them, as well as the preview of the first page.
We finished to group and reorganize all avatar types with Denis, Online/Offline + premium or trial or normal. This makes the whole thing more homogeneous and easier to maintain for us.
I also spent a lot of time fixing bugs that seem to come back forever every time I touch something!
Problems with auto-loading (scrolling down, or scrolling up for private messages). Problems with comments, dynamically displayed content, etc...
I also spent some time reorganizing once again the way the website accesses information, in order to allow cross-searching, and filtered enough to have a global search system that really allows to find everything you want!
A lot of improvement on the management of errors in the forms of the site, to have something a little more intelligent. And that's what I'll continue on next week. Making sure that all forms have correct validations, checking that all required fields are mandatory, and that all values entered are correct.
And I hope to finish the audio player in the process :)
More news in a week!
- The partition deposit process has been fully finalized including the merging of the pdfs into 1 file with the possibility to order them, as well as the preview of the first page.
We finished to group and reorganize all avatar types with Denis, Online/Offline + premium or trial or normal. This makes the whole thing more homogeneous and easier to maintain for us.
I also spent a lot of time fixing bugs that seem to come back forever every time I touch something!
Problems with auto-loading (scrolling down, or scrolling up for private messages). Problems with comments, dynamically displayed content, etc...
I also spent some time reorganizing once again the way the website accesses information, in order to allow cross-searching, and filtered enough to have a global search system that really allows to find everything you want!
A lot of improvement on the management of errors in the forms of the site, to have something a little more intelligent. And that's what I'll continue on next week. Making sure that all forms have correct validations, checking that all required fields are mandatory, and that all values entered are correct.
And I hope to finish the audio player in the process :)
More news in a week!
slade
30/05/2020
Hello everyone,
It's time for the weekly progress update!
This week, I focused on the validation and security of the website, as well as the compatibility between the current version and the new version to come.
We checked and implemented the validation of all forms, adding security measures for blacklisted addresses, temporary emails etc...
I also finished a lot of details here and there to make the user experience better. Automatic resizing of images to avoid having to upload super heavy profile pictures for example.
The upload module is finished! With all that it implies to keep track of partitions downloads, avoid bots, protect files etc...
Several other things on the left and right, like the list of new registered members with a welcome note etc...
And finally what you all realized, some changes on the current database which had undesirable effects on the score searches, but necessary to be compatible with the new version of the intenret site.
I have just fixed this problem, so I take this opportunity to tell you that the search should be back to normal.
Thanks to let us know if it's not the case :)
It's time for the weekly progress update!
This week, I focused on the validation and security of the website, as well as the compatibility between the current version and the new version to come.
We checked and implemented the validation of all forms, adding security measures for blacklisted addresses, temporary emails etc...
I also finished a lot of details here and there to make the user experience better. Automatic resizing of images to avoid having to upload super heavy profile pictures for example.
The upload module is finished! With all that it implies to keep track of partitions downloads, avoid bots, protect files etc...
Several other things on the left and right, like the list of new registered members with a welcome note etc...
And finally what you all realized, some changes on the current database which had undesirable effects on the score searches, but necessary to be compatible with the new version of the intenret site.
I have just fixed this problem, so I take this opportunity to tell you that the search should be back to normal.
Thanks to let us know if it's not the case :)
slade
06/06/2020
Hello everyone, this week's update! This week, work has been rather slow because I moved!
This said, I managed to progress on the music player, it is now possible to search for tracks dynamically in the pop up of the player.
I also integrated the libraries that will be needed to play the music. As well as some additions to the platform to allow us to build sliders.
I also had to fight with a big bug on the news that pushed me to develop a home made debugging system!
More next week :)
This said, I managed to progress on the music player, it is now possible to search for tracks dynamically in the pop up of the player.
I also integrated the libraries that will be needed to play the music. As well as some additions to the platform to allow us to build sliders.
I also had to fight with a big bug on the news that pushed me to develop a home made debugging system!
More next week :)
slade
13/06/2020
Hello everyone, this week's update! This week there has been a lot of "background" work. Reorganization of processes and this kind of things to eliminate recurrent bugs.
This allowed to progress on the player, especially the creation of playlist.
But the biggest work consisted in integrating a system of "automatic update" which allows to refresh dynamically and automatically the elements of the page when an action is done.
For example the number of comments once a comment is added, or the number of "like" on a song once it is liked by the user.
The goal of the process is to adapt to all cases and to allow to fine tune the last details that remain across the pages!
More next week :)
This allowed to progress on the player, especially the creation of playlist.
But the biggest work consisted in integrating a system of "automatic update" which allows to refresh dynamically and automatically the elements of the page when an action is done.
For example the number of comments once a comment is added, or the number of "like" on a song once it is liked by the user.
The goal of the process is to adapt to all cases and to allow to fine tune the last details that remain across the pages!
More next week :)
slade
20/06/2020
Hello everyone, the weekly message! This
week we have worked to integrate the automatic update system
on the different features of the site. The ones that are supposed to
update without page refresh, and their opposite, also without page reload.
This includes:
- Like / unlike song- Add / remove to player list- Add / remove scores in one or more libraries.etc...
These features were already present and functional, but required a page refresh.
We also finished the last remaining pages
- Validation of an activation link - Forgotten password - Page to unsubscribe from newsletters.
As well as the design and layout of most of the emails.
Next week I'll integrate the email system, and we'll get to the end very quickly (with a lot of delay)!
More news in a week :)
week we have worked to integrate the automatic update system
on the different features of the site. The ones that are supposed to
update without page refresh, and their opposite, also without page reload.
This includes:
- Like / unlike song- Add / remove to player list- Add / remove scores in one or more libraries.etc...
These features were already present and functional, but required a page refresh.
We also finished the last remaining pages
- Validation of an activation link - Forgotten password - Page to unsubscribe from newsletters.
As well as the design and layout of most of the emails.
Next week I'll integrate the email system, and we'll get to the end very quickly (with a lot of delay)!
More news in a week :)
slade
11/07/2020
Hello to all !
I haven't posted any news for the last two weeks so it wasn't really interesting.
A lot of the work done in the last 3 ( now) weeks was testing the import from the current site to the new site. The process takes several hours and so it was a lot of tweaking, waiting, changing etc..
We now have a fairly robust process that should import and reclassify all of the current information and adapt it to the new structure.
We have also finished several other pages, such as the preferences page where you can determine which notifications and emails you want to receive, set the news and languages you want to see on the site.
We have also finalized the F.A.Q page and KPC is working on making it as exhaustive as possible.
On my side I also made stress tests to simulate between 10 and 1000 simultaneous connections, in order to check the response time of the pages and try to improve that as much as possible!
See you soon for more news :)
I haven't posted any news for the last two weeks so it wasn't really interesting.
A lot of the work done in the last 3 ( now) weeks was testing the import from the current site to the new site. The process takes several hours and so it was a lot of tweaking, waiting, changing etc..
We now have a fairly robust process that should import and reclassify all of the current information and adapt it to the new structure.
We have also finished several other pages, such as the preferences page where you can determine which notifications and emails you want to receive, set the news and languages you want to see on the site.
We have also finalized the F.A.Q page and KPC is working on making it as exhaustive as possible.
On my side I also made stress tests to simulate between 10 and 1000 simultaneous connections, in order to check the response time of the pages and try to improve that as much as possible!
See you soon for more news :)
Labeyrie
11/07/2020
Hello to all,
I came to this site by chance because I started playing diatonic music late in life, and I hesitated for a long time to join, not being convinced that this site would bring me anything. I am now a faithful user, especially for the search of scores of all kinds. I can only encourage you to persist and I think that the price of the subscription is derisory compared to the contents of the site.
With kind regards,
gilbert Labeyrie
I came to this site by chance because I started playing diatonic music late in life, and I hesitated for a long time to join, not being convinced that this site would bring me anything. I am now a faithful user, especially for the search of scores of all kinds. I can only encourage you to persist and I think that the price of the subscription is derisory compared to the contents of the site.
With kind regards,
gilbert Labeyrie
Unknown
13/07/2020
Thank you so much Labeyrie for this message of support. We are thrilled that you are finding your happiness on the site and that you are a member of the PA community!!!
We're also glad you find the price "paltry in comparison to the content". We do not base our subscription price on content (hence the inability to buy scores or score packages like many other sites for example). We try to respect a balance between operating costs, time and skills invested to allow you to exchange and access this content, while keeping a price affordable to the greatest number.
Musically :)
We're also glad you find the price "paltry in comparison to the content". We do not base our subscription price on content (hence the inability to buy scores or score packages like many other sites for example). We try to respect a balance between operating costs, time and skills invested to allow you to exchange and access this content, while keeping a price affordable to the greatest number.
Musically :)
slade
26/07/2020
Hello everyone, a little update for last week. Because I was on vacation the week before, this week I made a lot of changes to the current site. For the search for scores (the quotes are now solved) as well as improvements for the seo (search engine optimization).
I also worked on the new site and on the integration of emails. Denis had done the layout of all the different emails. I worked on sending them and formatting them, from general layout to specific display for email clients. As well as tools for us to configure when an email should be sent. Taking into account unsubscribes, etc.. All this starting with the account validation emails.
I think I'll finish all the different types of emails tomorrow. Then attack either the notification or the payment system. The last two things to do!
Thanks for your attention :)
I also worked on the new site and on the integration of emails. Denis had done the layout of all the different emails. I worked on sending them and formatting them, from general layout to specific display for email clients. As well as tools for us to configure when an email should be sent. Taking into account unsubscribes, etc.. All this starting with the account validation emails.
I think I'll finish all the different types of emails tomorrow. Then attack either the notification or the payment system. The last two things to do!
Thanks for your attention :)
slade
01/08/2020
Hello everyone, this week we continued to work on emails. Mostly trying to have a similar display on different clients (gmail, outlook etc...) which has led to a LOT of testing and back and forth, and it's not over... (thanks aol and yahoo among others).
I also started to integrate the payment system with new payment options for different countries, in the same way we currently offer bancontact for Belgians. :)
Nothing particularly exciting to announce, but some weeks are like that :)
I also started to integrate the payment system with new payment options for different countries, in the same way we currently offer bancontact for Belgians. :)
Nothing particularly exciting to announce, but some weeks are like that :)
Unknown
02/09/2020
Thank you for your current and future work. Good luck and patience,
Unknown
03/09/2020
Hello and thank you pacojb,
We also thank you for your patience ! The development of the site is linked to the progress of the tool that allows us to realize it, it takes more time than expected...
But we are in the last straight line and the new AP is coming (very) soon :)
We also thank you for your patience ! The development of the site is linked to the progress of the tool that allows us to realize it, it takes more time than expected...
But we are in the last straight line and the new AP is coming (very) soon :)
Korniszon
03/09/2020
Hello, I am happy, I wish you good luck - I keep my fingers crossed. Best regards.
slade
04/09/2020
Thanks for your support :)I forgot to continue the weekly updates. I will start doing that again!
Hello everyone,
It's a big change
that has just arrived on Partitions-accordeon. After months of
problems with Paypal, whether it be their non-existent support
(17 days to get an answer), their huge fees or the obligation
or the obligation often, for you, to create a paypal account to obtain a
subscription, we decided to change our payment platform.
payment platform.
The payments on
Partitions-accordeon.com are now validated by stripe (stripe.com).
Stripe is a company very present in the online payment and
whose security is no longer to demonstrate, as paypal, your banking information
your banking information is always protected.
What changes:
-
It is no longer possible to pay with a paypal account. But only
with a credit or debit card. (SEPA transfers could be integrated if there is a
if you request it, because of the extra work of integration
integration work that it generates)
- The payment form has changed and should be much easier to access than it was with Paypal.
-
The functionality to offer a subscription is (temporarily?) gone.
It was used only once or twice a year. I would
I will reinstate it if requested.
What doesn't change:
-
Your banking information is still not transmitted via
partitions-accordéon.com, we do not receive any information and therefore
we don't store anything. The payment information is transferred directly to Stripe
transferred to Stripe who just gives the result to
Stripe is extremely active in the field of online
in the field of e-commerce, and therefore a very reliable and secure payment platform
and secure payment platform :)
Since the integration has just been
integration has just been completed, you may encounter various bugs and/or
problems during your payments. If this is the case, please contact us at [email protected] so that we can fix it as soon as possible :)
Thank you all :)
Sincerely,
Slade
It's a big change
that has just arrived on Partitions-accordeon. After months of
problems with Paypal, whether it be their non-existent support
(17 days to get an answer), their huge fees or the obligation
or the obligation often, for you, to create a paypal account to obtain a
subscription, we decided to change our payment platform.
payment platform.
The payments on
Partitions-accordeon.com are now validated by stripe (stripe.com).
Stripe is a company very present in the online payment and
whose security is no longer to demonstrate, as paypal, your banking information
your banking information is always protected.
What changes:
-
It is no longer possible to pay with a paypal account. But only
with a credit or debit card. (SEPA transfers could be integrated if there is a
if you request it, because of the extra work of integration
integration work that it generates)
- The payment form has changed and should be much easier to access than it was with Paypal.
-
The functionality to offer a subscription is (temporarily?) gone.
It was used only once or twice a year. I would
I will reinstate it if requested.
What doesn't change:
-
Your banking information is still not transmitted via
partitions-accordéon.com, we do not receive any information and therefore
we don't store anything. The payment information is transferred directly to Stripe
transferred to Stripe who just gives the result to
Stripe is extremely active in the field of online
in the field of e-commerce, and therefore a very reliable and secure payment platform
and secure payment platform :)
Since the integration has just been
integration has just been completed, you may encounter various bugs and/or
problems during your payments. If this is the case, please contact us at [email protected] so that we can fix it as soon as possible :)
Thank you all :)
Sincerely,
Slade
2
Replies
EgoMe
03/10/2018
sorry, the wrong ENTER key, that's why:
Hi Slade,Sorry, I don't know "stripe", and won't use it either, that's why.Hi
Hi Slade,Sorry, I don't know "stripe", and won't use it either, that's why.Hi
slade
03/10/2018
Hello EgoMe, I don't understand your message. Could you give me more details?
Facebook, google, shopify, kickstarter, spotify, deliveroo, national geographic, pinterest, uber etc..
For more details you can see the list of their most famous clients here:
https://stripe.com/fr/customers
Facebook, google, shopify, kickstarter, spotify, deliveroo, national geographic, pinterest, uber etc..
For more details you can see the list of their most famous clients here:
https://stripe.com/fr/customers
Hello to all,
I have heard that a certain person who I will not name, has circulated an email to invite members to leave the site.
I find this extremely sad and I can't understand what the purpose of wanting to harm a site that we have praised and in which we have invested a lot.
Is it a desire to regain leadership?
Is it jealousy, frustration?
Is it to harm P-A or me?
I don't know but I find it regrettable. It also seems that some people see me as a profiteer who tries to take advantage of the community for my own personal gain.
I want to clarify several things about my background.
I have a masters degree in computer science, I recently made a dangerous choice in my personal life by leaving a job as a computer developer in a big company with a big salary to be able to devote myself to P-A and make it live the best I can.
It's been more than 3 years now that I'm taking care of this site and the 3 versions that have been made, that I answer your mails, requests, discussions, that I take care of the development and that I try to make sure that everything is going well.
In my field I would have dozens of better ways to make money than accordion scores, please believe me... Making websites is my job and I could exploit many threads if my goal was as some believe to get rich...
Instead I dedicate myself to the growing P-A community with the aim not to earn millions - which would not happen anyway - but to continue to make the site evolve, to make it a reference in the field of accordion and an unavoidable site in the field of music.
The contribution once again is only to allow me to offer to P-A the structure adapted in it has need and for me to be able to eat and to take care of P-A.
The contribution is fixed at 15 euros because it is a test, because I have no idea if it will even be enough, if it turns out to be too much I can assure you with great pleasure that it will be lowered or even removed if the publicity becomes at some point sufficient.
I don't understand how you can think that, I sincerely thought I had your trust and respect and I realize that some people don't hesitate to change their mind as well as their shirt on the goodness of the site and my intentions. For what purpose I don't know...
If there is anything I can do to make these people listen to reason, I would be happy to show them that one does not go from passionate volunteer to capitalist profiteer in 24 hours.
To come back to the email that invites to deregistration, I think it's a sad attitude and very little respectful of the community, of P-A and of myself. And I invite these people to ask themselves what could justify so much hate towards the site? This site that they were praising yesterday and that today they are trying to destroy.
I think that the people who will recognize themselves in this message - I do not speak about all the radiations, some of them can be well founded - have anyway nothing to do here.
And I will be glad to show them the way out, I don't want to stroke people, I have been repeating myself many times and trying to explain the why and wherefore of this, with backlash that is on the one hand, premeditated and gratuitously nasty.
So how does it happen. I made the proposal to karandre to write courses in exchange of a premium status - the only fair way to compensate him for his investment without creating jealousy - which he refused and I offer this possibility to whoever is interested, in order to make up for people who don't want to pay but still want to invest in the community.
You can do it, the course section will open very soon and it would be a good way to satisfy everyone.
P-A is going through a stormy patch, and that's normal, a drastic change in operation can only bring about a drastic change in the community.
The site will remain the same, as long as it will be good to live between you, as long as the exchanges will continue (and it is the case), as long as you will continue to feed the forum, to maintain you between you, and to bring your knowledge to the others. The spirit of P-A will remain the same, and it will be enriched by the new sections which are coming and which are also one of the reasons of the contribution considering the work which they represent (I think in particular of the music section).
The storm will pass and I notice that the noise always comes as usual from a minority that wants to be heard. I have nothing against that, P-A is a free speech area, I do not censor any message even those that give links to download for free because I do not want to pose as a censor of all that.
I just think that before spoiling the website, the best would be to be honest with everyone, to expose his goal, his motivations and the why of the thing.
But this is not a strike, this is the beginning of the new site, the turmoil was to be expected and the site will endure through this, the site existed before these departures, it will continue to exist after them.
Thank you.
I have heard that a certain person who I will not name, has circulated an email to invite members to leave the site.
I find this extremely sad and I can't understand what the purpose of wanting to harm a site that we have praised and in which we have invested a lot.
Is it a desire to regain leadership?
Is it jealousy, frustration?
Is it to harm P-A or me?
I don't know but I find it regrettable. It also seems that some people see me as a profiteer who tries to take advantage of the community for my own personal gain.
I want to clarify several things about my background.
I have a masters degree in computer science, I recently made a dangerous choice in my personal life by leaving a job as a computer developer in a big company with a big salary to be able to devote myself to P-A and make it live the best I can.
It's been more than 3 years now that I'm taking care of this site and the 3 versions that have been made, that I answer your mails, requests, discussions, that I take care of the development and that I try to make sure that everything is going well.
In my field I would have dozens of better ways to make money than accordion scores, please believe me... Making websites is my job and I could exploit many threads if my goal was as some believe to get rich...
Instead I dedicate myself to the growing P-A community with the aim not to earn millions - which would not happen anyway - but to continue to make the site evolve, to make it a reference in the field of accordion and an unavoidable site in the field of music.
The contribution once again is only to allow me to offer to P-A the structure adapted in it has need and for me to be able to eat and to take care of P-A.
The contribution is fixed at 15 euros because it is a test, because I have no idea if it will even be enough, if it turns out to be too much I can assure you with great pleasure that it will be lowered or even removed if the publicity becomes at some point sufficient.
I don't understand how you can think that, I sincerely thought I had your trust and respect and I realize that some people don't hesitate to change their mind as well as their shirt on the goodness of the site and my intentions. For what purpose I don't know...
If there is anything I can do to make these people listen to reason, I would be happy to show them that one does not go from passionate volunteer to capitalist profiteer in 24 hours.
To come back to the email that invites to deregistration, I think it's a sad attitude and very little respectful of the community, of P-A and of myself. And I invite these people to ask themselves what could justify so much hate towards the site? This site that they were praising yesterday and that today they are trying to destroy.
I think that the people who will recognize themselves in this message - I do not speak about all the radiations, some of them can be well founded - have anyway nothing to do here.
And I will be glad to show them the way out, I don't want to stroke people, I have been repeating myself many times and trying to explain the why and wherefore of this, with backlash that is on the one hand, premeditated and gratuitously nasty.
So how does it happen. I made the proposal to karandre to write courses in exchange of a premium status - the only fair way to compensate him for his investment without creating jealousy - which he refused and I offer this possibility to whoever is interested, in order to make up for people who don't want to pay but still want to invest in the community.
You can do it, the course section will open very soon and it would be a good way to satisfy everyone.
P-A is going through a stormy patch, and that's normal, a drastic change in operation can only bring about a drastic change in the community.
The site will remain the same, as long as it will be good to live between you, as long as the exchanges will continue (and it is the case), as long as you will continue to feed the forum, to maintain you between you, and to bring your knowledge to the others. The spirit of P-A will remain the same, and it will be enriched by the new sections which are coming and which are also one of the reasons of the contribution considering the work which they represent (I think in particular of the music section).
The storm will pass and I notice that the noise always comes as usual from a minority that wants to be heard. I have nothing against that, P-A is a free speech area, I do not censor any message even those that give links to download for free because I do not want to pose as a censor of all that.
I just think that before spoiling the website, the best would be to be honest with everyone, to expose his goal, his motivations and the why of the thing.
But this is not a strike, this is the beginning of the new site, the turmoil was to be expected and the site will endure through this, the site existed before these departures, it will continue to exist after them.
Thank you.
8
Replies
andre59
31/07/2012
Thank you for this long message which will perhaps allow to put back the flock in the good way. I find this site very enriching in all point of view and I wish him long life.
André
André
chaborel
31/07/2012
This is the message I was waiting for THANK YOU
DANY 14
01/08/2012
Hello to all,
Indeed, the message of Slade is very clear and it is, I think, what many of us expected. I can understand that a member does not find himself in the new site (membership fee, the impression that some people come to shop like in the supermarket, etc.), that he asks to be removed from the site, it is a decision that concerns him and that I respect, but why ask to remove all that he has so kindly offered free of charge to the site when he participated in its operation? Yes, these scores and these discussions would remain available to people who do their shopping but especially to the majority of members who still consider PA.com as a site of exchange and who believe in its development
This is only my opinion, but I find this move very regrettable.
I could not connect to the site for a month (the wifi connection was very bad) I learned the departure of Karandré, it's true that nobody is indispensable, but his departure puts PA.com in mourning. It was the most active and most responsive member of the site, his advice and tips were very valuable and he was always ready to help us. Although we can find him on other sites, he will be sorely missed at PA.com but his decision is his own.
Good day to all and good luck to Slade for his come back on August 5th.
Best wishes.
Daniel
Indeed, the message of Slade is very clear and it is, I think, what many of us expected. I can understand that a member does not find himself in the new site (membership fee, the impression that some people come to shop like in the supermarket, etc.), that he asks to be removed from the site, it is a decision that concerns him and that I respect, but why ask to remove all that he has so kindly offered free of charge to the site when he participated in its operation? Yes, these scores and these discussions would remain available to people who do their shopping but especially to the majority of members who still consider PA.com as a site of exchange and who believe in its development
This is only my opinion, but I find this move very regrettable.
I could not connect to the site for a month (the wifi connection was very bad) I learned the departure of Karandré, it's true that nobody is indispensable, but his departure puts PA.com in mourning. It was the most active and most responsive member of the site, his advice and tips were very valuable and he was always ready to help us. Although we can find him on other sites, he will be sorely missed at PA.com but his decision is his own.
Good day to all and good luck to Slade for his come back on August 5th.
Best wishes.
Daniel
Hello Dany
I understand very well the meaning of your intervention but you should not attribute to Karandré my own words: the story of the large surface emanates from my person as well as the problems relating to politeness and conviviality... I may have also missed a message from Lionel in which he made the same remarks ???
I don't think that he will come back on the site to justify his remarks, that's why I think that we can also understand the fact that he doesn't want to leave a trace of his passage on the site ... I think that everyone would have the same reaction !
Well, I would have reacted like him and so I understand him ...
It is for what I already explained that I am still on the site (not to supervise and check that his "wishes" at the time of his departure are realized!)
I gave myself some time to think about it and I haven't finished it yet ... I think I'm waiting to see, understand exactly where PA is going but the first incidents, don't suit me much ....
Slade is all alone to manage the site that's why he is overwhelmed ...
so, he wants it well ... a website runs with a staff ... it's been 6 days that huge bugs rot my life on the site and I have to wait another 6 days to hope for a resolution ???
Any amateur computer scientist could surely have solved these problems since it is with the modification of the message editor that the problem returned ......
It would have also avoided him to be almost 24 hours a day at the monitoring of the site and would have left him the time to have other occupations remunerative or not !!!!!
to be continued (at least as long as I am still ''premium'')
jmimi
PS: I assure you that I didn't receive any mail asking me to resign, otherwise why would I have a premium account!
However I frequent Lionel on other websites (Yahoo and Karaoké and midi etc.) and in private messaging ....
I understand very well the meaning of your intervention but you should not attribute to Karandré my own words: the story of the large surface emanates from my person as well as the problems relating to politeness and conviviality... I may have also missed a message from Lionel in which he made the same remarks ???
I don't think that he will come back on the site to justify his remarks, that's why I think that we can also understand the fact that he doesn't want to leave a trace of his passage on the site ... I think that everyone would have the same reaction !
Well, I would have reacted like him and so I understand him ...
It is for what I already explained that I am still on the site (not to supervise and check that his "wishes" at the time of his departure are realized!)
I gave myself some time to think about it and I haven't finished it yet ... I think I'm waiting to see, understand exactly where PA is going but the first incidents, don't suit me much ....
Slade is all alone to manage the site that's why he is overwhelmed ...
so, he wants it well ... a website runs with a staff ... it's been 6 days that huge bugs rot my life on the site and I have to wait another 6 days to hope for a resolution ???
Any amateur computer scientist could surely have solved these problems since it is with the modification of the message editor that the problem returned ......
It would have also avoided him to be almost 24 hours a day at the monitoring of the site and would have left him the time to have other occupations remunerative or not !!!!!
to be continued (at least as long as I am still ''premium'')
jmimi
PS: I assure you that I didn't receive any mail asking me to resign, otherwise why would I have a premium account!
However I frequent Lionel on other websites (Yahoo and Karaoké and midi etc.) and in private messaging ....
DANY 14
01/08/2012
Hello Jmimi,
I also confirm that I never received any email asking me to leave PA.com, neither from Lionel nor from any other member. to leave PA.com, neither from Lionel nor from any other member. to Lionel, but it is the feeling that hangs on the site, I speak about the on the site, I speak about the lambda member who leaves the site (which is , What I am saying is that a decision like this is surely not decision like this one is surely not thoughtless, it is meditated and I can understand that on a whim we want all traces of its passage disappears but more at the time of writing its termination. It reminds me of the person who resigns from his job and who does everything to undermine what he has achieved during his activity, I do not find it very gratifying I don't find that very gratifying, but again, that's just my opinion. my opinion.
As for Slade, of course we pay and if we pay, it is to have a site that works. to have a site that works. Slade has put in service in disaster the new site because some members had already paid on the old version and he did not version and he did not want them to be prejudiced compared to the rest of the subscribers. Then, he had problems with the internet (technical problem if I understand correctly). technical problem if I understand correctly), so let's be lenient and wait to see how it all evolves before to see how all this will evolve before shooting him in the foot. For the moment, he works alone but who says that he will not be assisted (he has all the assistance (he has offered on the site to take care of the course part) and the and the contribution, that many curse, will surely help him in this sense. surely help him in this direction.
I wish you and all the friends of PA.com a good evening.
Sincerely
Daniel.
I also confirm that I never received any email asking me to leave PA.com, neither from Lionel nor from any other member. to leave PA.com, neither from Lionel nor from any other member. to Lionel, but it is the feeling that hangs on the site, I speak about the on the site, I speak about the lambda member who leaves the site (which is , What I am saying is that a decision like this is surely not decision like this one is surely not thoughtless, it is meditated and I can understand that on a whim we want all traces of its passage disappears but more at the time of writing its termination. It reminds me of the person who resigns from his job and who does everything to undermine what he has achieved during his activity, I do not find it very gratifying I don't find that very gratifying, but again, that's just my opinion. my opinion.
As for Slade, of course we pay and if we pay, it is to have a site that works. to have a site that works. Slade has put in service in disaster the new site because some members had already paid on the old version and he did not version and he did not want them to be prejudiced compared to the rest of the subscribers. Then, he had problems with the internet (technical problem if I understand correctly). technical problem if I understand correctly), so let's be lenient and wait to see how it all evolves before to see how all this will evolve before shooting him in the foot. For the moment, he works alone but who says that he will not be assisted (he has all the assistance (he has offered on the site to take care of the course part) and the and the contribution, that many curse, will surely help him in this sense. surely help him in this direction.
I wish you and all the friends of PA.com a good evening.
Sincerely
Daniel.
Thank you Dany and good evening to you too
Musically.
jmimi
Musically.
jmimi
arzhvaelig
11/03/2023
Your site is very nice, continue.
They say that music softens the morals, the rowers are bad musicians, bravo to you
They say that music softens the morals, the rowers are bad musicians, bravo to you
arzhvaelig
11/03/2023
Grumblers
