chromaticblues
1691 posts
Sep 07, 2015
3:56 PM
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I've just started a website for HooDoo Harps. I've really just been doing it on and off when I felt like it, but now I'm going to do it for real. I specialize in Hohner harmonicas, but I can work on any chromatic harp. That's my main thing. I love chromatics and enjoy working on them! I also work on diatonics as many of you already know, but will only work on Hohner diatonics.
Anyway HooDooharps.com is up and running and I hope to help more people get to a happy place with there harp.
Kevin Baker
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Lmbrjak
269 posts
Sep 08, 2015
11:35 AM
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can't seem to find it Kevin.
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nacoran
8666 posts
Sep 08, 2015
1:17 PM
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I see it fine. Cool.
edit-
Couple little things...
-the layout through me at first. Your header takes up the whole screen, so I didn't immediately realize that there was more text down lower until after I'd tried clicking on the text, thinking they were buttons.
-the page name in my tab in chrome just says 'Home' instead of the site name, and you could use a thumbnail.
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Lmbrjak
270 posts
Sep 08, 2015
3:35 PM
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After 10 pages of google,still no reference to that website. what search engine are you using Nate?
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nacoran
8667 posts
Sep 08, 2015
4:37 PM
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Lmbrjak, I just copied HooDooharps.com into the URL bar. He probably won't show up in the search until the search engines crawlers hit his site. (I think there are things you can do to ask them to crawl your site).
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sydeman
147 posts
Sep 08, 2015
5:22 PM
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Firefox: highlight HooDooharps.com with left click and then right click the highlight
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tmf714
2804 posts
Sep 08, 2015
6:18 PM
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Need to fix the "Chormatic" spelling on the webpage as well.
Last Edited by tmf714 on Sep 08, 2015 6:18 PM
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chromaticblues
1694 posts
Sep 09, 2015
3:46 AM
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Thanks Guys. I'm new to this so it is a work in progress!
I mean I'm new to building websites. Not harmonicas!
I really don't know what I'm doing trying to put this website together. So If anyone has any helpful ideas on how to make it more user friendly please feel free to point out what you think could be better!
Thank You!
Kevin Baker
Last Edited by chromaticblues on Sep 09, 2015 5:08 AM
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harpwrench
1023 posts
Sep 09, 2015
5:28 AM
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I barter harp work with someone who knows what they're doing, lots less stressful.
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chromaticblues
1696 posts
Sep 09, 2015
6:08 AM
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Yeah That sounds like a good idea Joe!
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chromaticblues
1699 posts
Sep 12, 2015
5:48 AM
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Thanks for the feedback Guys. I've tried to straighten out the things were brought up.
Please take another look and tell me what you think.
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Mahcks
56 posts
Sep 12, 2015
10:20 AM
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I might have to contact you soon. I messed up a reed tuning a Koch to only play in C.
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nacoran
8683 posts
Sep 12, 2015
1:46 PM
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Looking at it in Chrome it looks like you've got a problem with 'When music has to be memorable Chromatic &' the next part of that header line is overlapping on itself making it illegible.
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chromaticblues
1701 posts
Sep 13, 2015
3:23 PM
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Thank Nate. It doesn't do that on my computer, but I was messing around with the location of the sections?
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chromaticblues
1702 posts
Sep 13, 2015
3:40 PM
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@ Nate
I spaced things out a little so hopefully what you saw is gone.
@Mahcks Email me
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Lmbrjak
271 posts
Sep 14, 2015
3:19 PM
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Thanks to Nate and sydeman I did find it. Looks good.
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cyclodan
117 posts
Sep 14, 2015
3:33 PM
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I'm browsing with firefox and I'm still seeing the issue Nate talked about.
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nacoran
8690 posts
Sep 14, 2015
8:52 PM
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Yeah, I'm still seeing the overlapped text too. Are you using a GUI interface or using HTML directly?
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chromaticblues
1703 posts
Sep 15, 2015
8:00 AM
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Thank You Nate and cyclodan. I went to the site using fire fox and sure enough just like you said. So I went to the editing page using fire fox and fixed it. That is the craziest thing. Why would it appear different using different browsers?
Anyway on my computer the overlap is gone no matter what browser I use. Is this true for everyone?
Thank You for your help!!
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nacoran
8692 posts
Sep 15, 2015
3:09 PM
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Looks good now in Chrome!
The little differences in how things render from browser to browser will drive you crazy. We had a big problem with it here at one point. The different browsers reacted to code for embedding audio files into posts differently. There is a tag for autoplay and it would respond exactly opposite in different browsers, so you would embed an audio track and it would only play when you clicked on it in one browser (how it was supposed to work) but in another browser it would autoplay. If you flipped the tag it would do the opposite to what it was doing before in both browsers. It took a couple weeks of looking to find a bit of code that worked in both browsers for the how to page, and it still gets broken sometimes when browsers update.
edit- The tab is still just saying 'Home' instead of HooDooHarps. If you look at your HTML there is a bit that says, <title>Home</title>
Go in and edit Home to say HooDooHarps (with whatever spacing you want in there) and the tab will say HooDooHarps instead of Home.
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chromaticblues
1705 posts
Sep 16, 2015
5:14 AM
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Thanks Nate!
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mlefree
406 posts
Sep 16, 2015
11:29 AM
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Sort of an unfortunate coincidence that Hohner chose the name of its inferior "Hoodoo Blues Harmonicas."
Oh well.
Michelle
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chromaticblues
1706 posts
Sep 17, 2015
5:57 AM
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@ mlefree
Yeah I agree! I didn't come up with the name. A guy in Atlanta (his name escapes me right now) that saw Little Walter Play in the 50's said, "you really put some kind of Hoo Doo on that thing" in a Email after he played a harp I sent him. This was about 5 years ago and I thought heay that would be a cool name.
Part of me thinks it's corny and over the top, but it is just a name. I'm not trying to get work with that name! Ask anyone publicly on this forum or any forum that has had work done by me in the last couple years and I'll bet you can't find one person that doesn't absolutely love the harmonicas I did for them!
That's what matters to me!
Kevin Baker
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Frank101
121 posts
Sep 17, 2015
7:35 AM
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As of a couple minutes ago:
looking at your site using google chrome I see a thin solid line between paragraphs 1 and 2 and another at the bottom (below "You can also message me..."). The first solid line overlaps the copy below it (the "Chromatic work includes ..." line).
searching "hoodoo harps" (in quotes) your site comes up fourth on the first results page. But the copy accompanying that hit is about your diatonic work ("Diatonic work includes tuning, reed shaping, gapping ..."). You might want to change that if you're trying to emphasize your work on chroms.
Last Edited by Frank101 on Sep 17, 2015 7:42 AM
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chromaticblues
1707 posts
Sep 17, 2015
7:57 AM
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Thanks Frank!
I'm getting their.
Painfully slow, but getting their.
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Frank101
122 posts
Sep 17, 2015
8:23 AM
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Best of luck!
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mlefree
409 posts
Sep 17, 2015
10:04 AM
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chromaticblues, it's a very cool name, doing homage to Junior Wells. I was sincere in my lament that Hohner attached what would otherwise be a great brand name to a cheesy harmonica, thereby diluting your use of the name for a more deserving product.
I'm sure some Hohner "marketer" type is sitting back grinning for his creativity and business acumen. Your only choice now is to snow them with quality. I say go for it!
Michelle
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Gnarly
1472 posts
Sep 17, 2015
10:33 AM
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Free estimates, that's pretty cool--I charge people just to look at their harps, hard to tell what's wrong until you play 'em, and that means cleaning them, and that means you pay me.
Site looks good, good luck!
"Free reed, one dollar"
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chromaticblues
1708 posts
Sep 17, 2015
11:24 AM
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Thanks Michelle!
Thanks Gnarly. Yeah most people aren't going to go to the trouble of sending me something if they don't want it worked on. So I just figure the cleaning into the price. Have I been bitten by this practice? YES!
9 times out of 10 it works fine.
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