September 28, 2010 at 9:40pm
Site Update and Upcoming Additions
Thanks for all the great feedback you guys have given. Some updates on the site:
Features Added/Things Changed:
-Songs and playlists tab to better sort content
-Tweaked hot tab algorithm to make best posts stay at the the top
-Added FAQs section to explain how the site works
Soon To Come Features (YES we are bring back the schools section and genres):
-Schools section that will let you sort out posts by schools, and see which schools have the best posts
-Tagging system that will let you sort out content by genres and other categories
-Some design changes
We wanted to get the site back up as soon as possible so it’s still pretty basic, but we are working as quickly as possible to build these new features. We haven’t abandoned the old site and are going to do our best to build the new site to be better than the first version. Keep the feedback coming. We definitely want to hear from you guys and it’s our goal to build the site to be what the community wants.
Questions? Ideas? Wild stories? Want to tell us how much we suck and how you hate yourself but are unsuccessfully trying to hide it from the world? Have witty observations about the contemporary political climate? Just want to chat?
Hit us up at contact@fratmusic.fm. Twitter for sexting.
September 20, 2010 at 2:29pm
FratMusic Info
Remember the days of not knowing what to do between your post-wakeup Natty and pre-pregame Soco shot? Well those days are over, because FratMusic is back.
Since early summer the FratMusic team has been hard at work redesigning and rebuilding the site. So how has the site changed?
1) The site is now completely community driven, meaning the most popular playlists will be featured all the time. All submitted content is right on the homepage ranked by how you guys vote, meaning the best submissions will always be right there when you logon to the site.
2) You’ll now be able to submit links to pictures, videos, blog posts and news stories, as well as playlists. This means that you’ll be able to submit pictures of all the funny shit that you’re always posting as your Facebook and gchat status, so everyone else will have some stuff to do during class. To help sort things out, there’s a tab just for music, and another tab that sorts out all non-music content. Posts that are links to playlists have three horizontal black bars to the left of the title so you can easily identify them.
3) Our music will be better quality and more constantly updated than the old site. We’ve teamed up with 8tracks.com to embed a high quality, radio style player onto our homepage that will constantly be playing our complete party playlist. Thanks to 8tracks you’ll be able to open up the site and rage, without having to worry about songs skipping or bad quality. We’ve also teamed up with artists like the White Panda, Sam Adams, and the MashMaticians, as well as some popular music blogs and sites to ensure that you’ll always be getting the freshest, best new music.
4) We’ve expanded our team to include designers, additional developers, and people that will be constantly bringing you the best content, to ensure everything’s always the highest quality. The site has not, however, changed management. The same bros have owned FratMusic since January 2010.
5) And most importantly, the site’s never looked better.
Prepare to rage.
-The FratMusic Team
September 2, 2010 at 9:58pm
FAQ’s With FratMusic
Is the site ever coming back?
Yup.
You said it was coming back in the Fall brah I look around and it seems I’m back at school next thing I know the leaves will be changing and there’ll be no fratmusic were you lying to me??
It’s 95 degrees where I am bro.
WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG?? You guys must be losing millions of dollars becuz its been down so long.
The site as it was wasn’t really making anything. We’ve redesigned the site to hopefully be able to support itself, so we can add the cool new features everyone wants.
So it’s going to be different???
Yeah, it’s going to be easier to navigate and full of more constantly updated, higher quality content. All submitted content will be seen on the homepage, and will update based on how you guys vote it up or down, meaning there will always be fresh high quality content. You’ll now also be able to submit links to videos, pictures, and other content, in addition to music.
I HATE CHANGE.
OK.
Bro I heard about this sick new site realfratcampuscollegebeatz.net aren’t you worried that they’re going to replace you brah?
No.
WILL THERE STILL BE SICK PLAYLISTS?
Yes.
I need my beats back NOW just put the site back up already!!
Chillll.
I feel like a part of my soul is missing.
We made this just for you:
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/19185242379
See you soon.
-FratMusic
