Recent changes to our UI
Finally this blog has been redesigned, announced and linked from the main site. This is now the main source for all things CitySounds.fm, welcome.
To kick things off we would like to tell you a little bit about some of the recent changes made to the site. A big update was initiated at Music Hack Day Stockholm two weeks ago. The update included a new board, revamped navigation, facebook sharing (+ fans!), play stats and more.
The new board
You might already have noticed that we’ve thrashed the old board that featured the most active cities. We chose to do this since it was a) very static and hardly ever changed b) very similar to the popular board. We replaced it with a list of the cities that have the newest tracks. We think it shows a much more dynamic view of the world and also allows smaller cities to get attention.
New navigation
Finally the top menu has gotten the love it deserves. Now you have easy access to our two city lists as well as your own city.
Facebook sharing and fans
Our become-a-fan-by-tweeting twitter integration has proven quite successful among music peeps and we are very happy about that. So, now we’ve decided to add support for Facebook as well. Tweet or update your facebook status with a city permalink to become a fan and help that city climb the popular chart.
Play stats
Since two weeks we are collecting stats over plays for cities and tracks. We are currently not exposing it but expect plays to affect popularity rankings in a few weeks.
Hope you’ll like the updates, and as usual, all feedback is more than welcome. E-mail us at contact@citysounds.fm