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Poster:
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mujinga
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Date:
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April 16, 2006 08:11:53am
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Forum:
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netlabels
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Re: New basic netlabel-owner upload instructions.
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hiya, im getting started over at netlabel wanklank ... i found the ftp process a bit tricky to be honest and whilst i do think it is good to make mistakes and therefore learn for yourself, i thought maybe some people would welcome a larger help file, becuase simon's post here certainly helped me a lot ... so i expanded it a bit, hope it helps.
this is just my version so please change, edit, adapt as necessary.
added with no guarantee for success, even if it worked for me...
my edits are in CAPITALS
GETTING STARTED
email simon with your email
he needs the email you signed in to the archive with and the name for your collection.
you will then get given a site: www.archive.org/details/[YOUR COLLECTION NAME GOES HERE]
UPLOAD
1. Go to http://www.archive.org/create/ and pick a name for the item.
IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT THIS NAME IS CONNECTED TO YOUR COLLECTION NAME IE IF YOUR CONNECTION NAME IS 'DANDY' THEN MAKE RELEASE ONE 'DANDY_ONE' OR 'DANDY1' OR 'DANDY111'. NO SPACES ALLOWED.
2. THEN YOU MUST UPLOAD THE FILES EITHER BY FTP [A] OR THE CCPUBLISHER TOOL [B].
FOR FTP:
You'll be given an FTP address - YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS, EITHER LOG INTO TO IT VIA INTERNET EXPLORER [A1] OR LOG IN VIA AN FTP CLIENT [A2] SUCH AS CUTEFTP OR SMARTFTP.
Log onto it with your normal Archive email address and password, and upload all the MP3s and cover JPGs into there.
FOR CCPUBLISHER, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
THE FILES MUST ALL BE NAMED [YOUR COLLECTION NAME GOES HERE]... SO FOR THE DANDY COLLECTION YOU MIGHT UPLOAD:
DANDYTRACKONE.MP3
DANDYTRACKTWO.MP3.
DANDYTRACKTHREE.MP3
DANDYTRACKFOUR.MP3
DANDY.JPG
DANDYCOVERART.JPG
If you want a small cover JPG as a thumbnail, it should be called itemname.jpg where itemname is the real itemname!
EG DANDY.JPG FOR THE DANDY NETLABEL
3. After you've done that, click the link to 'check everything in' and #
THEN YOU GET TO 'Your item is not yet public.
You must pick a mediatype and collection now'
SO FOR AUDIO NETABELS, YOU PICK AUDIO AND [YOUR COLLLECTION NAME HERE] IE DANDY
THEN SUBMIT AUDIO
THEN you'll be given a chance to add details about the item (name, description, etc). Don't worry if it take a couple of minutes before you can edit the page - sometimes it takes a little while for the XML dropper to kick in.
THEn CHECK EVERYTHING IN LINK IS PRESENT ON THE INTERNET EXPLORER PAGE [A1]
THEN CHECK EVERYTHING IN LINK IS PRESENT BACK ON THE ARCHIVE WEB PAGE WHERE YOU CREATED THE COLLECTION IN STEP 1 [A2]
I DIDNT DO METHOD [B] SO I DONT KNOW WHERE YOU CHECK IT IN
4. Just fill in all the details, and make sure that collection = your collection name.
4a. To have your item associated with overall "netlabels", you need to also hit the "Add another field" button near the bottom. Two new boxes appear. Add to left box (exact case) the string "collection" (without quotes). Add to right box (exact case) the string "netlabels" (without quotes).
OOPPS DIDN TACTUALLY READ THIS BEFORE SO I DIDNT DO THIS, IT APPEARS THAT THE FIELD IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED AND THEN YOU MUST FILL IT IN. I FILLED IN MY COLLECTION AS [YOUR COLLECTION NAME GOES HERE] BUT WILL TRY ALSO TO FOLLOW THIS INSTRUCTION
AND MUST THE COLLECTION ITSELF BE LISTED AS 'COLLECTION - NETLABELS'? MINE IS LISTED 'COLLECTION - AUDIO' ..
4b. Then hit submit. Again, don't worry if it takes 5-10 minutes OR LONGER! for the item to go live, but when it does, everything should be good!
5. If you want to edit the item again, you can go to the 'Item Manager' link. IF YOU WANT TO ADD OR DELETE FILES YOU HAVE TO check the files out, and FTP up again to change things around. THEN REMEMBER TO CHECK EVERYTHING IN AGAIN ...
IF YOU WANT TO EDIT NAMES, TRACK ORDER AND SO ON THAT CAN ALL BE DONE WITHIN THE ITEM MANAGER ...
USEFUL TIPS:
FOR THE COLLECTION:
You can edit your collection by clicking the little 'edit' button next to its name on the collection screen - you can change the text, and also, if you want to add a logo, you need to go edit items, add a 200 x 75 pixel JPG, or thereabouts, and make sure it's tagged as 'collection header'. I CANNOT DO THIS .. I TRIED 'COLLECTION HEADER','COLLECTION_HEADER', '[YOUR COLLECTION NAME GOES HERE]' AND '[YOUR COLLECTION NAME GOES HERE]_HEADER'. BUT NO LUCK...
spotlight_identifier: The identifier for the item to spotlight for this collection.
THIS PUTS THE CHOSEN ITEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT FRAME ON THE LABEL PAGE ...
FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS YOU CAN EDIT UNDER THE NEW EDIT ITEM LINK, BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF PAGE. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE ITEM MAMANGER THROUGH THIS AS WELL AS THROUGH ITS OWN LINK:
pick: This item should appear on the "pick" list for this collection, 0 or 1. 0 IS NO, 1 IS YES
public: This item should be publically available for download, 0 or 1. 0 IS NO, 1 IS YES
[I GUESS THE DEFAULT IS 1 FOR THE FIRST TWO ..]
[I GUESS THE DEFAULT IS O FOR THIS ONE ..]
SEEMS LIKE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO NUMBER THE TRACKS IN THEIR TITLES TO GET THEM TO LIST IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
PHEW!
i hope that this of use. |
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