#metabrainz

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does http://sos.ca.gov load anything other than a redirected DNS error for anyone?

ruaok: http://www.sos.ca.gov/ works

ah heh. thanks. :)

next time the state of california ought to print working URLs on their communications.

https://sos.ca.gov redirects there. (note httpS on that one, but the redirected is not https.. that's a pretty weird config)

ya, state governments have a hard time hiring competent people.

the competent ones don't like working for peanuts.

anyways, I offer you this as thanks: http://trumpdonald.org/

haha

(that's impressively well made)

yeah.

lol, simple and stupid ;)

fitting, in other words.

RAGE!

> Java is not enabled. Your Filing Will Not Be Saved

ruaok: haha, wtf

Eh?

Hmm. Shouldn't we have a link to MetaBrainz in MB's footer?

I mean, we link to basically everyone except our own stuff :p

("Cover Art provided by the Cover Art Archive. Hosted by Digital West. Sponsored by: Google, OSUOSL and others...")

I guess "others" is technically a MeB link but still

Something like "Run by the MetaBrainz Foundation. Cover Art provided …" could maybe work?

Yeah

Though it's plenty long already. :/

I dunno. It could be in some menu instead

It's just that we don't seem to have any clear links to MeB

(there's one inside the About page and one in the front page, but who goes there :p)

Do we need to denote who's hosting us? That seems like a very 1990's/early 2000's thing to do. :)

And do we need to mention Google and OSUOSL specifically? Maybe we could just link to the sponsors page?

And yeah, I was thinking about that too re: sponsors

(which also includes Digital West anyway :p)

I mean, they're one of our sponsors, so we link to them fro.. yeah.

ruaok: ^

And chrisskye perhaps. :)

Actually I might even link to both Sponsors *and* Supporters down there, but without giving names on the footer proper

Perhaps "Brought to you by [MetaBrainz Foundation] and [all our sponsors]. Cover art by …"

That sounds good to me

Then we just need ruaok and/or chrisskye to sign off on it. :)

I really think that there is a lot of really important information hidden in the footer.

we should really review that in greater detail and highlight sister projects from mb.org

I don't disagree, but at our current format, we really don't want to cram too much text down there.

I think it is REALLY important that links to the MetaBrainz site are present/clear and accessible.

It bothers me that MusicBrainz graphically appears so distinct from the parent...

chrisskye: Depending on how you look at it, MB is the parent of MeB :)

Freso: exactly. most of that text should leave the footer and be moved elsewhere.

Freso: what chrisskye said.

exactly that and a helping on top of that.

It is important that people get popped to the supporters page...

...from what I’ve seen of the business side...MetaBrainz is the parent.

...MetaBrainz is where the support flows to keep the projects going...

yep. MetaBrainz is the legal entity. everything else is a project.

It might seem like MusicBrainz gave birth to others...but really it is the baby that got adopted...and moved in with a new family

... in 2004.

ruaok: so, basically, what I'm hearing is it's ok to link to MeB on the footer for now, and that we should find even more and better places to connect the two later?

(speaking of, what's the plan re:graphics now that MonkeyDo made that first draft thing?)

you took words out of my mouth there.

we have a branch with his changes pending.

and it is ready for one of us to take it over.

Gentlecat, probably?

reosarevok: Perhaps "Brought to you be [MetaBrainz Foundation] and our [sponsors] and [supporters]. Cover art provided by [CAA]."

I mean he is more used to the style than I am for sure, or bitmap

Since he's used it elsewhere

Freso: me likey

Will send PR

It's a tad too long for my liking, but eh.

reosarevok: You saw the ticket, right? :)

Somewhat relatedly, why do we have layout.tt and layout/components/Footer.js that both have the same text?

Yes, I'm in the branch already :p

:)

my take on this stuff is to proceed as you see fit for now.

next step will be to take monkey's work and get it out the door.