Blog Help

Blog

• All members can write blogs.
• All new blog posts are added to the "recent blog posts" block.
• Posts deemed worthy may be promoted to the Front Page, and/or added to the core of the site.

Event Help

Event Help

Only members who have been promoted to Contributor or Editor can add Events.

To get upgraded just contact us with a good reason. (We WANT to give you this power, as if you upload your Events it saves us some work, and helps prevent typos).

Good reasons include:-

• Band/Artist - to list gigs.
• Promoter
• Venue/Pub owner
• Club/Society press sec. (Sports/Hobby/Social)

If you have a one off or occasional event, just send us the details via Contact Us. If there is a web page for the Event, please include it.

For Event help, just call us when you are at your PC and we'll talk you through it. Phone usually answered 10am-10pm.

How to IFRAME your site in Likal

• You must be a Contributor. If you need to use this feature we probably want to make you a Contributor. Contact us telling us what you want to do.
• You must be Logged In.
• Copy/Paste the code below, but obviously with your URLs etc. (See bottom of page for working example).
  • Tip - if doing a few entries, open up this page in a new Tab or Window. This makes it much easier to copy/paste the code.
• Input Type - set at Contributor.
• Save (Submit) the page.

Code

My Page - www.mypage.co.uk

<iframe src="http://www.mypage.co.uk">
</iframe>

Common Problems, and their solutions

• Issue - Page displays "My Page - www.mypage.co.uk" but not the iframe.
  • Solution - check the Input Type. If it's on Filtered HTML, change to Contributor.

• Issue - The iframe page is Likal's front page, not the one you want.
  • Solution - check the code. The system may have inserted a line break, (often happens with long URLS) :-

    <iframe src="
    http://www.mypage.co.uk">
    </iframe>

    Simply put the cursor after the first " then press delete once. This should bring everything back into the form ...SRC="http...

    Save it, it should be fine.

• Issue - The iframe page is all techie, talking about Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or some other nonsense.
  • Solution - check the code. You made an error. (Usually have 2 https at the start of the URL):-

    <iframe src="http://http://www.mypage.co.uk">
    </iframe>

    Correct it, save it, it should be fine.

Example :-

Gloucester Blues Festival - www.gloucesterblues.co.uk

How to include video from YouTube, MySpace etc

How to include Video from YouTube, MySpace etc

You must be a Registered member, and logged in.

YouTube

• On the video's page, find the EMBED code.
• Copy/Paste it into your page.

MySpace

• On the videos's page, find the Video Code.
• Copy/Paste it into your page.

Other sites

The same - you are looking for the CODE for sharing the video, NOT the URL of the video file.

Techie Note - this works where the code is based on object and/or embed, but won't work for iframes.

Images

Image issues

Problems are often due to connection issues. If you are having problems try a small (under 100K) image as a test.

• Maximum allowed dimensions are 800x800.
• Max file size is 1MB
• Max TOTAL files to your account is 100MB
• Breach either and files will not upload.

If you have another problem, contact us.

Legal and Licensing

Licensing

We have an Online Streaming License with www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk

This covers us for recording live gigs/concerts and steaming tracks via our site (and YouTube etc).

It protects the interests of composers and artists.

Why we should film you

• Likal is about promoting live music in all genres, and getting people out to see it.
• People these days tend to YouTube any band that they are thinking about going to see, if they don't know them.
• So having material on YouTube is a good idea, esp when you are starting out. (A gig in front of hardly anyone can lead to thousands of YouTube page views and great comments, and help build your name for the future).
• If you are already established then there is probably too much on YouTube, too much mobile phone footage, too wobbly, too out of focus, too awful sound. In which case we can help balance that with decently shot material with decent sound and use of a tripod for stability.
• If you are a Classical artist, it's even more important to try and get the message out about this great work, and because we have a license, there are no rights issues.

Experience

During 2007/8 we covered:-

• The International Rhythm and Blues Festival
• Hydraid (all day gig at GL1)
• Cheltenham Folk Festival
• Exposed Club (wild jazz)
• SLAK
• Elbandito

Info for Artists

We can do whatever you want us to do.

We will give you a copy of the unedited material for your own use, if you request it, and you can use this as you wish.

Info for Promoters (including Classical)

If you invite us to film, we will assume that agreement has been given by the artist.

We normally expect to put up about 15mins from a set, but in some cases, (where the artist is keen for the coverage, and we are told so), we put up more.

There is no problem with rights issues because these are all covered by our license.

In our experience artists are usually happy to be filmed, but we will abide by any specific restrictions. (For example artists with major record contracts often state that we only put up one track).

Making Video - Tips

Making Video requires imagination, not money

Take a look at Eyes - which was made by Rizen Tablada at St Peter's Sixth Form Centre.

I asked him how he did it , (because it looked a damn sight more expensive than the gig footage that I personally do), and this was his response:-

"I used a Sony mini-DVD camera (DCRDVD105E model) and Sony Vegas 7 software for editing the film.

I'm not entirely sure on what you mean by how much I shot it for, but if I were to take into account expenditure for the travel, spendings on my school mates (who are the actors in my video), life Starbucks coffee, bus fairs and food; mini-DVDs, I'd say around £40.

well most of the video were shot in Gloucester park, the train station, my school, my house, inside a bus. Some of the scenes I shot during my road trips to different universities. Some were at special events like Children In Need. The last bit which was the shot of the clouds, I shot that when I wan in an airplane coming back from Spain.

I started shooting from late August but due to school works I finished filming in early February. "

So, as you can see, if you can beg/borrow a camera (though as of today, that camera is listed at £225, new, from Amazon UK), all you need is imagination. (I looked up the software and as of today, Amazon sell it for about 150 quid. But that's a one off to cover all your vids). I'd also note that if you start by doing music vids, like Eyes, you don't need to worry about sound/mics etc.

Navigation and Search Tips

Navigation and Search Tips

• [Book Navigation]

  Presents all of the "reference" pages as a sitemap. Ideal for seeking the formal pages about clubs, organisations, etc, while ignoring blogs, forums and other chit chat.

• Search box

  Finds text in the BODY of pages.