I updated the system to v3.1 today.

In addition to the features and bug fixes in the below posts, I also added a feature to music searches that allows users to specify words they do not want to appear in the results. Typing a minus sign in front of a word will cause the system to skip over albums that contain that word.

Complete list of updates:

• Added the global field back to the full music search.
• Music search only loads with a few search options now. There is a button to click to show the rest.
• Multiple words entered into a search field in the music search are now treated as separate search terms. This will return all results that contain those words regardless of if they are next to each other or not.
• Adding a minus (-) sign before a word in the music search will cause only results that do not contain that word to be retuned. These can be mixed with words that the user does want to be returned.
• Removed the '%' symbol from the power readings.
• Added a checkbox to toggle the color coding in program logs.
• Added the ability for users to adjust the font size in program logs.
• Fixed Javascript errors that would occur during AJAX requests from the program log.
• Fixed most IE incompatibilities in the program log.
• Updated coding so that all functions called by submitted forms in program logs are now done by a single function call.
• Pressing enter in the forms in program logs will now submit them for songs, announcements, and mic breaks.
• There is now time validation for all program log form submissions.
• Fixed some of the Javascript errors that would show up in the error console for the music search.
• Fixed error when removing a DJ from a program log.
• Sorting options for program logs only display under filter options now.
• Fixed bug in loading/saving form data on chart submission page.
• Fixed music search so that when you click an artist's name and are taken to the search, the search actually runs.
• Fixed bug in music search that caused the short description field to be ignored.

I released v3.0.6 last night. Only two minor updates.

• Fixed the "add synopsis" link in the program logs so that it actually shows up when it's supposed to.
• Added a button to insert links into bulletin entries.
  

I got the points list updated now so that the user can select one or more semesters at a time to view the points for. I also switched the sorting to the same javascript table sort function used in a few other areas of ELCRo. This really speeds up the searching.

With that done, I think I'm about out of steam for v3.0. It's not nearly what I was originally hoping for, but I think I'm pretty happy with it. I'm just glad to have gotten the new program logs done.

So right now, my road map looks something like the below. This is mostly the more major things that I have planned. There are a lot of other littler things and a few other big things that I'm not sure exactly where I'll fit in yet.

v3.1 (mid September):

• Minor music search enhancements
• Saved music searches

v3.5 (end of October):

• Revamped permissions system
• Equipment database
• Concert and community event posting (this will also be feed into a new tab in the program logs)
• Password manager
  

v4.0 (end of January):

• Revamped DJ info system
• DJ web info
• New DJ search (mimicking music search)
• Marking albums as favorites and recommending to other DJs
• Rating albums
  
• Meeting scheduling
• Ability for program logs to automatically receive entries from Google automation system
• Scheduling program grants with reminders in program logs
• Scheduling programming (will feed public website)
• Managing sub requests

v5.0 (end of April):

• Revamped (and working) log checking
• Messaging system (for taking phone messages and sending messages to other users)
• Personal blogging
• Alumni mailing list
  

I lied in my last post, I'm still adding new features. I just added a drop down box in the DJ detail page under the points tab that lets the user select which semester they want to see the points for. It will default to the current semester and only allows one semester at a time. I did not make this work via AJAX because I didn't think it was really necessary. I am going to extend this same functionality to the points list, but I may make that allow for multiple semesters to be added together in a single search.

I also started working on a search save/bookmarking system. It will start out for just music searches, but will also be added to the DJ search after I revamp that whole system. This will allow DJs to save a set of search criteria that they can then load up in a single click. I'm actually not entirely sure how I'm going to do this now. The easy way would be to just save the URL to the search with the criteria saved in the URL, but that would make the page refresh and negate the AJAX. The best way would be to save all of the criteria and then iterate through it to fill our the form. This will take longer, but I think it's the better way to do it.

Somehow, I found a way to get some serious work done on ELCRo this week.

I got the RSS reader all up and running in the program logs. It's pretty good, I think. It's basic, but it gets the job done. When you click the headline, the line expands to show the whole article and the headline becomes a link to the article. I still don't have a way to collapse the articles yet, but that will come in due time. The articles can be sorted by time or by site, but not all of the sites provide times with their feeds so I made the backend code add a time 24 hours in the past to those articles. Also, weather.com articles always have the time that they were accessed since they are generated on the fly.

Wednesday, while doing my show, I came up with the idea to have the current weather conditions always available when in live mode. This information is pulled from weather.com and displayed in the empty space to the right of the display section's tabs. It was a little annoying to work with because I had to write a script to find the correct article in the feed. If they ever change the subject line, I'll have to update the code. Then I had to get rid of the image and the "For more details..." at the end. I did it very basically since those seem to be static to every post. If they change this, I'll need to update the code as well.

I still can't figure out why the form in the program logs won't clear after you submit it sometimes. It only seems to happen on the log computer at the radio station, so I still think that the computer is just struggling to keep up with all of the scripting. I did fix a bug that I didn't know existed until now. Ampersands were not being escaped as they need to be for the GET method of submitting forms. This was a big problem in the music search and in the program log. It was a simple fix once I figured out that I just needed to add "escape()" to each of the terms. I only put this in for the program logs and the music search so some of the older pages my still have problems.

Some other features that I've added this week are:

• Got the stats tab up and running in program logs. This will get more stats later, but it's a good start.
  
• When using the move albums function, there is now an option to only show albums that have been reviewed. This should make moving albums from the drawer to playlist much easier. I also added the album ID number next to the album name as well.
  
• In the DJ details page, I added a stats tab and removed the program log and album reviews tabs. The stats tab shows the numbers of each and clicking the numbers will bring you to the search page with those listed as results.
• The music search page can now accept search terms via GET so links to searches can be made.
  
• I started slowly switching the links for artist names so that they link to the music search page and automatically search for that artist. Linking to the album details page will now be done from the album name and/or ID number.
  
• Made location select box in the program log music search an absolute width so that everything is on one line.
  

Additionally, I also redesigned and renamed the home page. It is now actually called the home page instead of the main menu. The layout is now a three column set up. At the top there is a horizontal bar that displays the old titlebar messages. I may or may not make only the tips messages stay. I haven't decided yet. Below that, going left to right, there is a column with user information, a column with bulletin/blog entries and a column for reviews. The user info section provides the user's name, number of program logs, points, number of album reviews and open issues. Everything except for points are links. The middle section displays the last 15 active bulletin and blog entries posted and the right section displays the last 15 album reviews posted.

All in all, I got a damn lot done over the last couple weeks. I'm thinking that this will probably be the complete feature set for v3.0, but maybe a few minor things will sneak their way in. Mostly, I want to spend the next few days debugging a bit so that by Tuesday when I unveil this, it's as good as it can be. I'd like to make the home page look nice and pretty, but that probably won't happen.

I finally got the news/pa info tab working on the new program logs. it was a stupid error that was causing it to not show any the of the DIVs when I tried switching. Turns out I had an "=" instead of a ":" in the height style tag.

I've also added the tech issues in. It displays all open tech issues.

I think I have log editing fully working! To get the playlist entries to work correctly, I had to figure out how to create simultaneous AJAX requests that don't collide with each other. It actually is really easy to do know that I know how to do it. I'm still not sure how to make multiple requests for the same function at the same time, but for different functions, it's not a problem.

Yay!

I got the entry editing code in and mostly working. I went with the simple ID of clicking the edit icon and having ELCRo delete that line and move the info to the normal form at the bottom of the page and adjust the clock.

the only problem that i'm having is for songs with ID numbers. I want the lookupalbum() function to run to get the location for the album, but that interferes with the deleteentry() function.

Still trying to find a work around for this.

I fixed a couple minor errors this morning...
- If you have the end time set to edit when the log refreshes, it cancels the edit, but then keeps the open edit status variable set to true and locks the user our of making other edits to the header.
- Reset button in the forms didn't reset the clock.
- When not in live mode, the code would still expect the checkbox for the display log when updated function which was only loaded in live mode. Now it loads in all modes, but is only active in live mode.

I also decided to do a program log stats tab to give the user some stats on their show. This will probably get done next week.

I started work on the entry editing. So far I have the time part working so that the clock gets set to the time that the entry was added. This required me to add date get date function to the javascript code to compliment the time one that already existed.

To fit some extra stuff in, I made the view options checkboxes into two sections. There is a button that can be used to toggle between which section displays. One section is for sorting and filtering, the other controls what information you can see about each entry.

I also fixed a bug that caused the last tracks/track listing toggle button to not switch back to the show last tracks setting when looking up a new albums.

I added a checkbox to hide the times in program logs so that users can copy and paste to their blogs. I think the checkbox is in a logical place and it seems that at 1024x768 everything on the line with the sorting options fits perfectly. Though now I'm thinking that I need more options, like to hide the album ID numbers and to de-link the song entries. I don't know where to put all of these options! Too much stuff and not enough room!

In other news, I'm still having the issue where other log entries come up. I can't figure it out. I have the same log open in Firefox and IE. The Firefox one is fine, but in IE, it's showing a different log. I don't get it. Refreshing isn't helping now.

It took me a while, but I finally got this to work. I want there to be a button on the song form that the user can press that will switch to the music search tab and bring up the details for the album that is entered.

I also fixed the order in which the focus tabs through for the call and music issue forms.

I added a checkbox in live mode on the program logs that allows the user to decide if they want the display section of the log to automatically switch to the log entries when a new one is added or not.

The "look up last songs played" button on the program log is now a toggle between the track listing (if available) and the last songs played.

I am working on a show details button for albums when the ID number is entered. This will allow users to click a button and the music search tab will be selected and the expanded results for that album will be displayed.