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roxette.se has a new look
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Jud said on April 2, 2003 11:42:
:O
I think the coolest (for us here) is Windows Media Player with info about Rox :)
There are quite some grammar mistakes..and also mistakes in the song titles..
I guess that for somebody who has never heard about Roxette and reads a review somewhere and gets the link, the site is OK, promotional..with some audio clips.. hehe but for us who have everything... we need more :D
Jud (moderator) said on April 2, 2003 11:56:
if you check out the WMP skin and click on the “info” button, THERE there’s a link to TDR... oh well
carbon_boy said on April 2, 2003 12:12:
Ahem.... yea, well..... what did I expect? Madonna/Bon Jovi’s site?
Starrox said on April 2, 2003 12:16:
Just two words: Flash s**ks! Was that really necessary? They could at least have made a html-version for those with slower connections, couldn’t they? *sighs*
@Judith: Yeah, my favorite in the news section is “mars” instead of “march”... reminds me of a certain DVD ;-)
steven said on April 2, 2003 12:22:
Now that’s much better...
A sharp design with some nice themeing and colours.
Very odd that the Daily Roxette is not included in the links section. I wonder who gets to decide what links are included. Surely it can’t be Per who has himself admitted to using this site? Why would he not inlcude TDR?
Very, Very odd that.
pietROxette said on April 2, 2003 12:33:
The “About Roxette” page is completely messed up.
Hey, guys, at Lame Studios, don’t you know how to insert simple line breaks????
BTW the artwork is nice, very well done, however, the content is very poor.
Katuska said on April 2, 2003 12:35:
I like the new design, it was high time to change to Flash, but the content is awfully old. How could they still put the Room Service wallpapers?? And things like that...
pietROxette said on April 2, 2003 12:39:
Hmmm, when you check out the Info section of the WMP skin, you see that Roxette has only 8 albums.
So Pearls Of Passion, Dance Passion, Rarities, Baladas en Espanol do not exist. Not even the USA-release of the Greatest Hits.
I really don’t understand this. Someone must have put a lot of effort creating this new site and the WMP skin, which, would be so great, only if it wasn’t full of errors. How can people release such a job? Can’t they check what they do? This is soooo lame and ruins the whole projects. Shame on them. Both the website and the WMP sking would be awsome if they took 1 more hour of work and checked for errors and corrected them.
coyboyusa said on April 2, 2003 13:40:
pietro arent they technicall yonly including international releases I dunno
All i know is roxette.se doesn’t belong in the album liner notes as an official site
we really need to get on marie dimberg’s ass about making the daily roxette the official roxette source
xarrrr said on April 2, 2003 14:46:
yeh its cool, but i agree, TDR should totally be in the links section!
Kiwein1 said on April 2, 2003 14:52:
Design is great!
But there are a lot of typing mistakes and I miss the Q&A section.
And flash isn’t a good solution. There are so many people who have a slow connection to the internet.
NOT well-done EMI.
And I quote Starrox:
Have a look at
www.robbiewilliams.com
and you know what a good website is!
Denstandigaresan said on April 2, 2003 15:00:
I downloaded the WMP skin. Bit poop, but I like it! :)
GTiG said on April 2, 2003 15:17:
So... they wrote “mars” instead of “march”, just because in Swedish... it is spelled “mars”. So that’s why...
I think the design are very good, but I do have a fast connection. But I can imagine how slow it is with just a modem...
I agree with everyone else, there are many links missing in the LINKS section, not just TDR, which should definately be there. Since it is the only decent place on the net to find up to date news.
Then there are one more thing that I’m missing, or just can’t find, I dunno which. I think that every good site should have info about e-mail or some other way to contact the webmaster, or some other person responsible for the site. But then again... Lame Studios don’t seem to be that interesed in getting our opinions about what’s good and what is not so good, so maybe that would not matter much. But still... it should be there.
My to SEK...
//GTiG (Galen Tok i Gessleland)
m-cvk said on April 2, 2003 16:31:
I don’t know that much about computers, so I hope someone can tell me how to install the WMP. I’ve jsut downloaded it and have the ZIP-file. And how can I see the Rox-WMP?
Thanx for your help!
CU,
MC
kiwijazza said on April 2, 2003 21:50:
I like the new setup, but it would be better if they had more information. Like, it’s pretty much just a site about TPH, for now.
carbon_boy said on April 3, 2003 05:43:
Roxette should use ppl with a bit of Flash expertise if they were serious about doing an official website in the first place.
Have a look at www.prezence.co.uk
They are our affiliate company - have done work for: Bon Jovi, Kid Rock, Will Young, Gareth Gates, Christina A, Westlife, Missy Elliot, etc.... even MTV!
This is the quality that 1 would expect from Roxette. One would expect Per to at least have been all over the net by now - seen all the good sites by now - should know what is expected from a band of their standards.
Cheers
coyboyusa said on April 3, 2003 17:19:
hhm i think we have to agree on somethings about roxette.
I think they are more intewrested in having the fans express themselves in terms of web development etc...otherwise emi would have launched a huge page for them in the beginning.
robbie williams obviously has higher priority for them especially since they have gambled what is probably the future of emi on his cute looks and mediocre singing
marie and per keep a relatively low profile it is my understandibng that is why the offficial fan club has little material anymore to put out reviews.
lest us forget thatw e the fans have a degree of say start writing emi to get the dailyroxette put in all their album line notes ...get on the ball guys :)
also reccomen the site link it on ur home pages...all we have to do is make one new fan and we win..i did when they were here in ny in 2000
Denstandigaresan said on April 3, 2003 17:54:
@m-cvk- have WMP open whilst downloading. Then it should auto load. Mine did.
Roxlander said on April 3, 2003 19:33:
It’s nice! It was about time for something new in that site, but I think Flash it’s not the best of ideas. I still prefer TDR.
DeLuk said on April 4, 2003 23:47:
@ m-cvk
Well, don’t know how much this can/will help, but...
Try using the direct download link (just click on it) -> http://www.roxette.se/thepophits/skin/RoxetteSkin.wmz
As you click, WMP shall auto-load and download the skin directly to the proper destination location... Then, once finished downloading, all you have to do is go to your WMP “Skins Selector” and just select the Roxette Skin which should now be available there. ;)
Or, if that doesn’t work, then perhaps you can try doing it by this way: take the same link from above, but, instead of clicking on it, just right-click and choose “save target as”, and choose the file to be saved to the “Skins” folder within your “Windows Media Player” directory (usually located on C:Programs). Then, after download is done, just open your WMP and, same steps as above, just go to the “Skins Selector” and find the Roxette Skin. ;)
I hope either of these ways may work for you?...
m-cvk said on April 5, 2003 11:52:
@DeLUk: thanx, tried it that way, but nope...
it’s strange because about 1,5 year ago I wanted my Winamp to have a great Rox-skin, it worked. So I don’t understand why it’s not working with the WMP. I can’t find Skin Selection on my WMP either.
CU,
MC
DeLuk said on April 5, 2003 13:13:
Hmm... But do you have already the Roxette Skin file saved somewhere in your disk, yes? Say, just try doing a search for the file RoxetteSkin.wmz on your hard drive and see whether it’s stored somewhere on there... And if it is, so just check if it’s located on the “Skins” folder on the “Windows Media Player” directory. If not, then just manually move it to that folder. Think that should make it available... ;)
Then, and as for the “Skins Selector”, well, having the player in “Full Screen” mode, you should find it on the “Task Bar” to the left. ;) (Also under the “View” menu, just point to “Task Bar” and it’s there. Or at least, that’s where it is found on WMP 7, which is the version I’m using, don’t know if that’s the one you have, or if on the later versions it is the same?...)
LittleGirl78 said on April 5, 2003 14:54:
I can nowhere find the link to TDR :o
Where should been the link?
But the new look is a joke, the old site wasn´t updated but the sections was better.
The new roxette.se look like how the roxette.de site :-(
m-cvk said on April 5, 2003 15:38:
@DeLuk: thanx!!! It’s working! :-))))))
I really like the skin.
CU,
MC
Ferdan said on April 2, 2003 11:53:
no Dailyroxette in the links section :(