Comments on: From the lab: Last.FM for jQuery http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/ News, work and banter from the guys at Engage - Harrogate's premier web design agency Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Simon Betty http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Simon Betty Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:35:35 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-884 Hi Guys need a lot of help, first I have tried this over on my new layout beta which is here http://www.ibett.co.uk/beta/index2.html and as you can see it just picks nothing up? Also how would i get it so that it shows in the boxes/background I have created on the right hand side? Guessing CSS, but I have found now way to actually move it so everything fits? Any helps would be great, preferably if you log in to my site or i give you the source files lol? Thanks Hi Guys need a lot of help, first I have tried this over on my new layout beta which is here http://www.ibett.co.uk/beta/index2.html and as you can see it just picks nothing up? Also how would i get it so that it shows in the boxes/background I have created on the right hand side? Guessing CSS, but I have found now way to actually move it so everything fits?

Any helps would be great, preferably if you log in to my site or i give you the source files lol?

Thanks

]]> By: Kyle Hotchkiss http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Kyle Hotchkiss Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:05 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-826 So my version has a github: http://github.com/kylehotchkiss/jQuery.nowPlaying I'm slowly working towards a nice 1.1 release =D Last.FM can be a pain if your metadata is bad still =P So my version has a github: http://github.com/kylehotchkiss/jQuery.nowPlaying

I’m slowly working towards a nice 1.1 release =D

Last.FM can be a pain if your metadata is bad still =P

]]> By: nikki http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-768 nikki Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:18:41 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-768 Yaaaay! ......... I was FINALLY able to get it to work! I don't know what I did wrong the first time - but I deleted everything and started all over. Thanks for this FUN plugin! YOU GUYS ARE WEB SUPERSTARS Yaaaay! ……… I was FINALLY able to get it to work!

I don’t know what I did wrong the first time – but I deleted everything and started all over.

Thanks for this FUN plugin!

YOU GUYS ARE WEB SUPERSTARS

]]> By: nikki http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-767 nikki Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:23:14 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-767 wow - awesome site guys! I'm attempting to add your fabulous widget to my site. I just created a VERY basic layout - since I wanted to first implement this script before I started to design the site. I read all the comments above and still can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I'm going nuts trying to figure it out on my own. I think it may have something to do with the API key generated for my account . I have never used an API for anything up til now - is there some step I'm missing that should be obvious to me? Do I have to do anything with the "secret" number? Or the JQuery. Because its only showing 1 album window - instead of the 5 i set in the .js file. I really really really would appreciate any help anyone can offer. here is the site if anyone is willing to take a peak: http://www.kakoke.com thank you ;) ~ nikki wow – awesome site guys!

I’m attempting to add your fabulous widget to my site.

I just created a VERY basic layout – since I wanted to first implement this script before I started to design the site.

I read all the comments above and still can’t figure out what I am doing wrong. I’m going nuts trying to figure it out on my own.

I think it may have something to do with the API key generated for my account .

I have never used an API for anything up til now – is there some step I’m missing that should be obvious to me? Do I have to do anything with the “secret” number?

Or the JQuery. Because its only showing 1 album window – instead of the 5 i set in the .js file.

I really really really would appreciate any help anyone can offer.

here is the site if anyone is willing to take a peak: http://www.kakoke.com

thank you ;)

~ nikki

]]> By: Kyle Hotchkiss http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Kyle Hotchkiss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:29:03 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-761 Hey @Brent. Um. I did a quick check. It could easily be worked. My code is a little more extensive, but grab the source of the above plugin and throw in the url for this : http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=296 . I don't plan on integrating group support in my plugin, i don't have a last.fm group to test with! best of luck and feel free to contact me kyle [ @ t ] kylehotchkiss [ d 0 t ] com Hey @Brent. Um. I did a quick check. It could easily be worked. My code is a little more extensive, but grab the source of the above plugin and throw in the url for this : http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=296 . I don’t plan on integrating group support in my plugin, i don’t have a last.fm group to test with! best of luck and feel free to contact me kyle [ @ t ] kylehotchkiss [ d 0 t ] com

]]> By: Will http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Will Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:50:23 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-760 I think your best bet is to get in touch with Kyle (post above yours) he's taken on future development of the plugin for the moment. http://code.kylehotchkiss.com/nowplaying/ I think your best bet is to get in touch with Kyle (post above yours) he’s taken on future development of the plugin for the moment.

http://code.kylehotchkiss.com/nowplaying/

]]> By: Brent http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Brent Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:33:50 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-757 Is there a way to use this with group charts? Is there a way to use this with group charts?

]]> By: Kyle Hotchkiss http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Kyle Hotchkiss Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:32:18 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-750 ** They also don't return the album for Loved && Top songs. It's kind of lame, I know =P ** They also don’t return the album for Loved && Top songs. It’s kind of lame, I know =P

]]> By: Kyle Hotchkiss http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Kyle Hotchkiss Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:30:01 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-749 Okay, I managed to get this to display top songs, recent songs (including now playing - thanks Cody), and loved songs. And it all comes in a package! http://code.kylehotchkiss.com/nowplaying/. A problem with last.fm is that it doesn't always correctly return album artwork - and they don't like too many API requests, so even though it is possible to load some album artwork for each song that has no artwork, that'd be so many requests they would have a reason to drop the API account. Okay, I managed to get this to display top songs, recent songs (including now playing – thanks Cody), and loved songs. And it all comes in a package! http://code.kylehotchkiss.com/nowplaying/.

A problem with last.fm is that it doesn’t always correctly return album artwork – and they don’t like too many API requests, so even though it is possible to load some album artwork for each song that has no artwork, that’d be so many requests they would have a reason to drop the API account.

]]> By: Mike Dove http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/last-fm-jquery-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Mike Dove Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:47:32 +0000 http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/?p=874#comment-743 hiya, thanks for the great script, took me a while to get working but its awsome! I was just wondering though if its possible to get this to display recent albums played instead of just recent tracks? hiya, thanks for the great script, took me a while to get working but its awsome! I was just wondering though if its possible to get this to display recent albums played instead of just recent tracks?

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