hi, enjoying buzztouch sooo much...want to create a songlist with lyrics for each song (about 200 songs)...what is the best format for both iphone and android? android doesnt recognize pdf...when i try to upload .doc or .docx files say they arent supported...would iphone support them anyway?...working right now on windows7 computer using eclipse...even got maps working!! so cool!! thanks for any help...very new at this..thanks..ian

Hi, it's OK to be new ;-) It sounds like you're working with Android (because your're Windows). The best way is simple HTML. It really is best. .PDF, .DOC, and other formats are useful but not in this context. As a user, If I were looking to get song-lyrics, HTML would be smoothest 'scroll' and experience. Hope this makes sense. It would not take long at all to create a stylish, mobilized HTML pages for each song. I can also begin to imagine how each menu would categorize each tune. Because your'e new, maybe start by experimenting with some basic HTML (start with the sample markup on the Custom HTML screen) to develop your template. Next, copy-n-paste this template for each song, changing only the lyrics - not the markup. This is only one idea but seems most apprpriate for a nice offline experience (the phone will cache the html) and a great way to get started making your first real-app.

thanks for the response. so html would be best for both iphone and android? i was hoping just to upload my documents but i guess once i figure out html i can copy paste lyrics to it? thanks!!

hi, so is the sample html code for each paragraph? so if i copy pasted whole song into that sample all lyrics will be pushed together? thanks again...this is the last thing to figure out for finishing my app!!

Hi Ian, I'm new to apps but have a little experience hith html. If you look at the copy of the sample html below you can see where to paste your lyrics. Hope this helps. Ricci my custom html PUT YOUR LYRICS HERE NEW PARAGRAPH NEW PARAGRAPH

That didn't work very well, forum recognised the html and removed the code. Lets try that again. In the sample code there is a line which includes this is text inside a paragraph... replace that with your lyrics. If you want another paragragh copy the entire line and insert it below as another line of code. Hope that make sense

ianjamespiano - Email me and i'll drop your content into a basic HTML file that you can then repurpose. I'll do it from home tonight so let me know. aipple @ gmail.com

Thanks everyone!!! @ MacApple that is awesome!! I'll email u asap..this site and members are so cool. Hope I can return the favor some day!! Ian

Good stuff. Will be back in the old house in around an hour or so.

Cool...sent you a couple files and message...thank you!!!

Got your email, will transfer into HTML for you before you can say BuzzTouch rocks! Well maybe a few minutes longer.

Sweet!!

You have HTML as they say. You should be able to see how to do it from now on, just think of this as another wee template for your song pages that you can add formatting and what not to. Cheers again.

hi, got ur email with the html files, only problem is i still don't see/know how to plug other lyrics into this code...i dont see any code...but the html works awesome!! still dont quite understand where or how to plug it into ur work...thanks again...very much appreciated!!

Okily dokily. The HTML files that I sent you can now be edited by yourself so you can add more songs, titles etc and save the new pages with new names but you will need an editor. I'm going to assume you have Microsoft Word, correct? If so open up one of the files i sent up and you'll see some basic formatting of your lyrics. Bold type, page breaks and so on. Add in the new verses and lyrics and so on. You can now save this file as a webpage or save as .html extension and add it to your project. You trying right now? If so I'll be around for another half hour or so. Good luck.

k. so i open up one of the files you sent me in microsoft word. replace the lyrics i see in the program with new lyrics from a different song and save as web page? that's it?

Pretty much.

so i wont see any code...just lyrics?

Have you tried opening the document yet? Yes you'll see some basic code. Try opening the doc in Word and you are on your way.

yes i opened it up. i see the lyrics. just select the lyrics and replace them with another song?..also how do i use these html files? in custom html or url in buzztouch app?...thanks!!

Yip, just put in your new lyrics and they'll display in the same way. Just resave as a new filename. Custom HTML my good man, correct.

Sorry, NO! HTML doc then reference the file name, you follow?

html doc in the buzztouch app? i dont see that option....or u talking about in microsoft word

when i input new lyrics it changes all the formats and stuff in microsoft word...am i doing something wrong? it doesnt look anything like your file...thanks again for your time...i thought getting maps to work would be the hard part for me!!

Yeah, MS sucks. Open it in Notepad and do the same thing? Can you try that?

opened in notepad it's all strung together..?

if i copy paste lyics right into custom html without doing anything to them they look acceptable, will that work?...not as cool as your files tho!!

Perfect!

with no coding or anything pasted in custom html isnt that just like putting them into custom text?

Have a play around, don't be too scared, you can pretty much undo any mistakes. DIfferent types of screens allow you to to do different types of things and give you access to different features. Plain text will do for you in the meantime I would think.

so if i copy paste my lyrics for now into custom html they will just be text right? no pinch zoom or anything...also when i finally do have my html files figured out how do i upload them to my app? only see custom html, doesnt allow you to choose files...ill do more reading and research on html and let you know my progress!! thanks again!! ian

Almost all songs into custom HTML...thanks for the help!!!

You getting there? Nice one.

uh oh!!? at 105 html lyric files added under one sub menu so far they now won't go in order....when i add a new file to the list it jumps up about 5 spots in the list then i have to hit the move down button to get it to the bottom of the list...any ideas?

so it looks like every new html file wants to go to #100 spot...is there a fix or do i have to use another menu? i'd like to have one big scrolling list..thanks for any help!!

Youza, 100 items in one list - yikes. I'm thinking it would perform much better if you segemnted your lists? Who knows - keep at it. I UPDATED THE BACKEND for you so new items are no longer 99, is 999 enough? LOL Oh, wait, you may only be able to enter two digits (up to 99 like you said), hang on...k, head-spinning, there is not entry box for the order on v1.4 - duh, still checking...OK, looks like you have this going alright. If you keep adding the items should be going to the bottom ;-)