Technical Tips and Useful Information
Here you will find instructions for the following:
- How to check whether a song has already been nominated
- How to check whether a song is zedded (that is, previously listed)
- How to add a link to a post
- Information about The ‘Spill
- Information about Dropbox
1. How to check whether a song has already been nominated
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You must be registered/logged in to The Guardian site and inside the Readers
Recommend topic
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Go to the menu which lets you look at the comments by page
(Located just above the first post on the page)
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Click on
All
- give it a moment to load
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Use the control function on your computer or device to search for the
song/name of the band – e.g.
Control F
or
Apple F or click on the wrench icon in Google Chrome and select Find from
the drop down menu.
2. How to check whether a song is zedded (previously listed)
- Go to The Marconium
http://www.rrindex.com/
- Near the top on the home page (and all other
pages) are five menu buttons.
- The 3rd and 4th are A-Z by Song
and
A-Z by Artist
- Use these buttons and the search function on your computer or device to see whether the song you want to nominate
has been previously listed
- Note: If a song has been listed under an artist, it might be accepted by the
Guru as a nomination under a different artist.
3. How to add a link to a post
- To link a song clip (e.g. YouTube) do the following:
- If you wish to have the text for your artist & song title
in bold face, highlight it and click the
1st button (B)
- In a separate window find, select and copy the
address/link
from the address bar (Youtube, for example). For Spotify songs, right click & choose ‘copy
http link’
- Highlight your song title text again.
- Click the 3rd button (link
symbol)
Paste the copied address/link into the new box which is displayed.
- Hit
OK
It’s always a good idea to preview your post (you can even check whether the
link works)
- Post your comment
4. Information About The 'Spill
- Readers Recommend's companion site is The ‘Spill
http://thespillblog.co.uk/.
- There
are regular posts and playlists on random and regular topics, a weekly
challenge, and weekly earworms.
- Commenting
doesn’t
require registration.
- If you would like to create your own profile, register at wordpress.com.
- To create your own posts on The ‘Spill, complete the request form on the
Contact
tab at the top of the page.
5. Information About Dropbox
- There is also a dropbox we can use when necessary.
- Here RR community menbers can share songs
with others
- Contact [email protected]
for information
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