OverClocked ReMix: New Submission Standards Published; Site Improvements
Submission Standards Revision
After discussion and implementation of feedback from the community, OverClocked ReMix today released revised submission standards, available at:
http://www.ocremix.org/info/Submission_Standards_and_Instructions
This revision doesn’t significantly change the content of the previous standards, but instead revises them for clarity and conciseness. We intend to translate these standards into other languages, so this was an important step to complete first, but even without the translation, it is important that this document - which is at the heart of what OCR is all about - is as clear and direct as possible.
Updated & Improved Drop-Down Menus
OCR’s drop-down DHTML navigation was updated to a more recent version, and icons were added to assist in differentiating the numerous options available. In addition, menu items were reorganized to more logically present the variety of data available on the site, while allowing for future expansion.
Quick Search Functionality Improved
The “quick search” functionality residing on the left sidebar throughout www.ocremix.org has been modified. Previously, searches for composer, game, remix, and remixer brought back a list of remixes that met each criteria. Now, if you perform a quick search on composers, you’ll get a list of composers that match your criteria, for games a list of games, remixes will provide the traditional list of mixes, etc. - the results are specific to the type of search issued. Also, searching for composer searches both the composer name field and the known aliases field, and searching for remixer searches a remixer’s pseudonym and their real name as well, when it is available.
All three of these improvements took a good deal of time and energy; more will follow.