New logo & site updates

This does look great! It's nice to see that the software is mobile-friendly with a mobile version.

Edited by eriejwg - 12 hours 53 minutes ago at 1:19am

Could the font size on the desktop version be made slightly larger?

Wow, Aaron, the newly relaunched Top 40 Music on Compact Disc website and database looks terrific! I haven't explored it in any real depth yet, but so far, I really like the much more colorful graphics and aesthetics! After 21 years, I thought this wonderful site was in need of a cosmetic "facelift", and now it finally has a fresh, new look for a new era! Meanwhile, I agree that everything indeed still has the same "feel" as before, so it's a big plus that we're not having to adapt to a completely new software interface in the process.

I like some of the new features, too, including the "Thanks" button option you mentioned and the database's new "table" format! Not only is each known available version of a song now neatly listed (as shown in the Thompson Twins "Lay Your Hands on Me" example), but each one even includes hyperlinks to their appropriate Discogs website pages for reference. What an excellent idea!

One specific question I do have as far as terminology goes, and I admit that this one has been nagging at me a bit lately... Are we now going with the term "promo" instead of "DJ" when discussing "promo 45/CD version" versus "DJ 45/CD version"? I will say, I still personally prefer using "DJ 45" or "DJ CD single" because 1) that's how the website has referred to radio-only singles for the past 21 years, and 2) the term "promo" is really a shortened word for "promotion", which implies that something's being/been given away for free. Yes, these singles are issued "free" to radio stations, yet they are obviously not made available to the public (which is why I don't think they necessarily warrant inclusion among a song's database CD listings, by the way, as has been discussed elsewhere in this message thread). The term "DJ", to me, more clearly implies something that was made exclusively available to radio only. I remember finding this term helpful when I discovered my first Pat Downey book in the early '00s (anyone remember those massive things? 😀).

I know that veteran message board members will understand what "promo single" means, and even I have grown accustomed to using that term more frequently in my recent message posts, but I just want to be sure that this won't be confusing to newer database users. Right now, it looks like the default term used in the new "table" format is "promo", while most of the individual CD comments still appear to retain use of the term "DJ". Whichever way we decide to go with this, my primary concern is that we should be consistent with using one term or the other throughout the database, rather than co-mingling them or using them interchangeably. Just my two cents on that.

Overall, I give two thumbs-up for the website and database's new look! Well done!

Edited by Todd Ireland - 39 minutes ago at 1:33pm

I think this is a good font size, Aaron. Thanks!

By the way, I just discovered the live chat room link on the tool bar at the top of this webpage! And it appears to keep a log of chat room conversations. How cool (and retro)! ☺️