This crept up on us a bit, but our old URL (ninsheetm.us) expires in about a fortnight. The majority of our sheets on site still have our old URL on them and this is a massive problem. So we need to get them fixed ASAP!!!!!!!
We need as many people to help out as possible.
Guidelines:
1) Only URL fixes.
2) Upload to fixes dropbox and post all links in the other thread. (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=7063.0) This is done for streamlining reasons. We need PDF and MUS and feel free to also provide MUSX if you use 2014 to help out with some future proofing along the way.
3) This thread is for discussing/claiming/whatever. I know there are a couple of issues that will need sorting out.
How to fix URLs:
We just need the URL at the bottom of the sheet to be updated with our current one, just like it says in the formatting guidelines: http://www.NinSheetMusic.org/
Please, please, please use File Info (Or ScoreManager, depending on your Finale version) to do this so the text insert auto updates (if it doesn't auto update on your sheet, you'll have to add the insert yourself with Text->Inserts->Copyright Text). It makes so many things easier in the future.
If we could prioritise the more popular sheets (those with fuller popularity bars) that would be most helpful.
How would I go about fixing a URL? Maybe an example of a sheet. I'm little unsure what to do.
(And maybe change the title to something more attractive to get more attention. I know it's urgent, but Help Deku Get Dates really seemed to get the community going last time)
I knew I'd forget something. I added some explanations to the OP, although I'm not quite sure how to explain the part about using File Info and text inserts very well.
If I (or anyone else) think of a cool title, I'll update it. But I'm spending most of my free time trying to race through these fixes.
Note to self: Done Animal Crossing up to Nook 'n' Go and LoZ:OoT up to Lon Lon Ranch.
Doing Pokémon, starting from most recent games.
So we're basically going to update the url on all sheets and post it in that thread you made. Am I right??
Also my OCD senses are tingling. Are you sure you don't want me to fix little inconsistencies like the track title, game title, and copyright info as well since we're at it?
Sorry that I can't help with this. Although this was going to be a big part of my editing idea. I'd still like to clean up the rest of the sheets, but it looks like that will have to wait.
Quote from: Tobbeh99 on May 10, 2015, 07:59:42 AMSo we're basically going to update the url on all sheets and post it in that thread you made. Am I right??
Yep.
Quote from: Latios212 on May 10, 2015, 08:19:44 AMAlso my OCD senses are tingling. Are you sure you don't want me to fix little inconsistencies like the track title, game title, and copyright info as well since we're at it?
If you want, sure. eg if the sheet has no formatting whatsoever.
Quote from: Maelstrom on May 10, 2015, 08:21:08 AMSorry that I can't help with this. Although this was going to be a big part of my editing idea. I'd still like to clean up the rest of the sheets, but it looks like that will have to wait.
No worries, we do what we can when we can.
Also, leave out the Banjo section for now, I need to work out what to do there. I might just fast track the uploading of the replacements, we'll see.
Quote from: Deku Trombonist on May 10, 2015, 08:40:50 AMIf you want, sure. eg if the sheet has no formatting whatsoever.
Not a problem yet but when it gets to that point I'll try and fix formatting a little bit.
For now I'm just making the text consistent as it varies a lot from sheet to sheet right now.
Also fixing track titles. I'll let you know which ones.
Go ahead and skip any sheet I arranged, I have all of my files updated and I'll go upload them later today.
I can take Zelda: Oracle of Season/Ages, since I'm already arranging songs from those games, I might as well clean up some sheets.
I've done The Legend of Zelda (NES), Zelda II, LoZ: Majora's Mask, Zelda's Adventure, LoZ: A Link Between Worlds, Star Fox (SNES), and Star Fox 64 in that order.
Oh and everyone can just leave Pokemon RBY because the links are already getting fixed as part of the Fixing the Sheets Project 2.
As I was fixing some Zelda Oracles' sheets, I had the intention of also correcting some names. And I wonder:
In the game all dungeons are called "levels" and in a lot of ost-videos on youtube there are called levels.
So my question is: should I change the name of those songs? For example "Ancient Ruins" would be "Level 6 - Ancient Ruins", or something like that.
A lot of times, Youtube soundtrack playlists get the titles wrong. Go with the OST if you can find a listing of that.
Please, please, please, only fix URL's. It will save the updaters soooooo much time.
Quote from: Olimar12345 on May 10, 2015, 11:45:49 AMPlease, please, please, only fix URL's. It will save the updaters soooooo much time.
Could you elaborate? Why is that?
Lol, going against my usual instincts, but I'm uploading these in bulk and quickly so the less I have to review of an arrangement the easier/faster it is. Keep the titles what they are for games that don't have an official OST, and if something that does needs to be changes, pm me or post it here.
definitely don't change anything in the actual arrangement, as I don't want to have to stop to review the entire arrangement. 'got 2000 of em' to get through lol.
We have projects for fixing sheets, so do it there.
Quote from: Olimar12345 on May 10, 2015, 12:13:10 PMdefinitely don't change anything in the actual arrangement, as I don't want to have to stop to review the entire arrangement. 'got 2000 of em' to get through lol.
We have projects for fixing sheets, so do it there.
If there are arrangements like where it's the exact same theme like 4 times for some reason.., with no repeats like "[Lynna City] (http://www.ninsheetmusic.org/download/pdf/151)", or other sheets where I can reduce the amount of pages by page layout, is it ok to remove those repeats in Lynna City, and edit page layout?
^That sheet's so old that it doesn't even have a url xD
We need to bring back the general "Fixing the Sheets" topic, because things like that aren't what we're doing here in this topic.
Quote from: Olimar12345 on May 10, 2015, 12:13:10 PMLol, going against my usual instincts, but I'm uploading these in bulk and quickly so the less I have to review of an arrangement the easier/faster it is. Keep the titles what they are for games that don't have an official OST, and if something that does needs to be changes, pm me or post it here.
Ok cuz I've been fixing some basic formatting like missing arranger credit, incorrect game dates, stuff like that. Nothing that requires reviewing though.
Fix comic sans. That shouldn't need reviewing.
Done with Zelda oracles, continuing with Minish Cap
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow will be almost completely replaced soon. Do you want to skip those files and fix the few that need it after the project is uploaded?
Quote from: JDMEK5 on May 10, 2015, 09:48:27 AMEveryone can just leave Pokemon RBY because the links are already getting fixed as part of the Fixing the Sheets Project 2.
Also:
Finished
Animal Crossing: City Folk,
Animal Crossing: New Leaf,
Super Mario Bros. (NES), and
Super Mario Bros. 2.
Finished Zelda: Oracles, Minish Cap
I'm going to start with the Metroid games
A thought about the RESCUED Links thread -- it seems a little disorganized with me just going through everyone's posts striking them out as I upload the sheets. Is there a way we could condense it all into the first post (including sections of the site that haven't been treated yet)?
Yep. This thread name works, Mhmm
I don't really have any ideas that wouldn't take up time (if you have an idea, please share it). I love organisation but the name of the game here is speed. It also leaves people free to just do a couple, or just their own or whatever they want.
I might go ahead and do SSB and SSBM today/tomorrow...
Animal Crossing done and LoZ:OoT done up to Market.
Guys, don't forget to:
Quote from: Olimar12345 on May 10, 2015, 08:54:32 AMskip any sheet I arranged, I have all of my files updated
I uploaded most of them yesterday.
(Mostly for updaters)
All Metroid games done! I'll continue and do Zelda Link's Awakening.
Edit: Done with Zelda: Link's Awakening, will do Dragon Quest now.
Dragon Quest done, going to do Castlevania Games now.
Thanks for the contributions everyone! To help coordinate everything, I put together a table in the RESCUED LINKS thread:
(http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=7063.0)
(https://www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1111.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh475%2FBespinben%2Fchecklist_zpsvfeaae6f.jpg&hash=52f46d4292f98c4c81740c469087f8e43f8dddb1) (http://s1111.photobucket.com/user/Bespinben/media/checklist_zpsvfeaae6f.jpg.html)
I'm striking out (in green text) uploaded sheets, so now you can tag along to the Project URL's progress!
you're all working so hard :)
BUT WE NEED YOUUUUUU TOOOOOOO
I'll have 17 hour train ride back to California this Thursday to Friday (bro's wedding), so I'll definitely have a lot of time to pitch in to this stuff.
Quote from: Bespinben on May 11, 2015, 09:43:03 PMBUT WE NEED YOUUUUUU TOOOOOOO
I'll have 17 hour train ride back to California this Thursday to Friday (bro's wedding), so I'll definitely have a lot of time to pitch in to this stuff.
oh, congrats!
so jelly you get to take a train
All Castlvania done, moving on with the Harvest Moon games, and after that the Final Fantasy games.
All Metroid sheets are done.
Nice! I got some hours to blow atm; whacha doin' next? I'll just be uploading user contributions from the other thread.
After work I'll hit Pikmin and EarthBound. And maybe what's left of Animal Crossing, if that isn't done yet.
For some odd reason, when I try to upload a new PDF to Starfox 64 "Starwolf", it never updates the file on the main site, even though it says in the admin that it has. The MUS works though.
I'm still doing Final Fantasy games, have already done up to Final Fantasy VI, and I'll continue doing them.
DKC trilogy done. Didn't bother very much with some sheets, because they desperately need a replacement anyways.
All Final Fantasy games done!
note: Final Fantasy Bravely Default song already got URL up to date.
I'll do the Fire Emblem games now.
Btw. you've forgotten the "Other" or "more..." section in the list in the other thread (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=7063.0).
All Fire Emblem games done now.
Dang, turns out my train didn't have WiFi, so I couldn't do that 17 hour PDF upload spree. I wonder if there's an offline uploader?
I will start doing the Golden Sun games now.
Quote from: Bespinben on May 15, 2015, 05:22:41 PMPDF
you know we're updating the mus files too, right?
Finished the Golden Sun games. Btw. Am I the only one contributing to this project?? :-\ If everyone helped out this would be done much easier and faster! :D
Just wondering, what happened with this project?? First it seemed so urgent, but now it seem all abandoned.
Quote from: Tobbeh99 on May 31, 2015, 04:31:33 PMJust wondering, what happened with this project?? First it seemed so urgent, but now it seem all abandoned.
Probably due to the lack of Deku and Oli.
Is this still a thing?
With the new update with 4 updaters, this project might start to roll. At least some sheets in the "other thread" get's updated, I'm mainly interested in this because I've fixed so many URLs from different games and it would be a shame if it all were abandoned.
Have they been fixed in the site, yet, tobbeh?
some have been, here's the thread (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=7063.0) with the checklist of links that have/have not been fixed.
We are planning on getting this project going again. We are currently working on other things though.
I believe this idea died out because of a few reasons:
- We tried to fix everything at once, and:
- It seems unnecessary to change only the URL when there are so many other things that should be done, as most arrangements on site need some sprucing up.
So I think in the future we'll combine this with replacement projects where we fix the actual music and other formatting, and this will be an intermediate step in the process.
All that said, I'll see if I can upload the sheets that you've done. Wish me luck, I hope I don't break anything.
Quote from: Latios212 on June 30, 2015, 08:05:46 PMSo I think in the future we'll combine this with replacement projects where we fix the actual music and other formatting, and this will be an intermediate step in the process.
I agree.
After Paper Mario, Banjo, and Pokémon projects finish up, I'll get a replacement project chugging along. Perhaps not quite on the scale of redoing an entire section from scratch (that takes forever but can be well worth it), but fixing more things than the URL.
For now, though, all Fire Emblem URLs are updated. :D
I'm planning on doing a lot of replacements when I get my new computer.
Neat Latios! :), (some updater) put a strike through in this thread (http://forum.ninsheetmusic.org/index.php?topic=7063.msg290813#msg290813), so everyone knows.
I'll see if I can do some stuff in regards to this project, once I get back to my desktop (tomorrow, I think). I'll go a lot of the pokemon links (though I'll skip Red/Blue/Yellow since it's being restored by the respective project anyways, as per Latios' request), starting with oldest.
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on July 02, 2015, 12:39:25 PMI'll see if I can do some stuff in regards to this project, once I get back to my desktop (tomorrow, I think). I'll go a lot of the pokemon links (though I'll skip Red/Blue/Yellow since it's being restored by the respective project anyways, as per Latios' request), starting with oldest.
Looking through old Pokémon sheets, a significant number of them need replacements (like at least half). For this project try and aim for sheets that are already good (ex. nearly all of the HeartGold/SoulSilver sheets).
Quote from: Latios212 on July 02, 2015, 02:08:28 PMLooking through old Pokémon sheets, a significant number of them need replacements (like at least half). For this project try and aim for sheets that are already good (ex. nearly all of the HeartGold/SoulSilver sheets).
Got it. Will do. Thanks~