Guitar chord forum - chordie — How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:41:08 +0000

The Amplify website was closed without warning - luckily I had posted a simplified version of the instructions here:
http://ukes4fun.org.uk/2010/08/21/chord … our-songs/

Best wishes,
Lizzie

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Thanks Alvee.

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (alvee33) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:25:49 +0000

The edit button was removed a while ago. Don't know when or if it will be back.

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:26:56 +0000

Hi "MeKidsMom" if you do have a go, please do let me know if you spot any errors. I have done my own proof-reading and that's not such a good idea :-)

I can easily update the various places I have posted the info.

One of the reasons I wrote it up was that I know a lot of people who use Chordie, very few of them even realised that they could compile their own songbooks from stuff that has been indexed by Chordie.

As a moderator, something that you might be able to clarify is how to edit songs in Chordie. I have come across a few references in the forums to a "green edit button" - I can't find it. Is that something that used to be feature but has been removed?

Best wishes,

Lizzie

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (mekidsmom) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:17:43 +0000

wow... now that I've had the time to look though this, I may have to give it a try and see if I can follow along with the directions. Very interesting work you've done here!

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:43:30 +0000

Hi Ian,
I have not used Songbird Studio - have a look here and if what Songbird Studio gobbles up or spits out uses this sort of formatting code then you should be OK:

http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ChordPro-Markup
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ChordPro

Best wishes,
Lizzie

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (bolleauxp) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:36:32 +0000

Just as an addition I have been using Songbird Chords - part of the Songbird Studio - yes it's free and simple - both of which appeal to me. It is a chordpro file editor/creator. Does anybody know if it is compatible with Chordie?

Ian

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:11:37 +0000

Cheers topdown! :-)

Just hope I have got it all down correctly.

I use Songsheet Generator and some of the formatting directives are non-standard so they don't do too well on Chordie (eg. there is a "footer" directive that is not recognised) but other than that it all went perfectly :-)

I've been to North Carolina BTW - Ashville and Greenville - lovely place!

Best wishes,

Lizzie

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (topdown) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:05:19 +0000

This is really cool Ms. Mouse - Hopefully folks who have prepared their own song / chord versions could use this information, post songs on their own pages, then request the songs be added to chordie's index by using this form:

http://www.chordie.com/addurl.php

I am sure this post will be useful to many in the future. Thanks for your hard work!

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:54:45 +0000

:-D

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (bensonp) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:17:31 +0000

Fly this plane to Cuba.

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:25:01 +0000

Guilty as charged Ma'am

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:17:55 +0000

Hi Roger,

I have just realised that where I found the term was in a post that you made, but that you were referring to a different "tweak" :-)

http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic. … 108#p46108

It is the same thread where I found out how to do what I have called the "Chordie Hijack" - oops! :-)

Best wishes,

Lizzie

Re: How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:03:04 +0000

Hi Lizzie,

Your post got me and at least one other Moderator concerned, the words 'Chordie Hijack' rang alarm bells , however it is fair use of Chordie.

I will give it a whirl later.

Roger

How to use the "Chordie Hijack"

null@example.com (Ms.Mouse) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:22:26 +0000

It took me ages to work this out so I have posted some instructions. If anyone spots any errors in these, please let me know.

Chordie Hijack - Part 1 - How to use the Chordie Renderer to format and print your songs
http://ukes4fun.org.uk/2010/08/21/chord … our-songs/

Chordie Hijack - Part 2 - How to "publish" your own songs using a Chordie Public Songbook:
http://ukes4fun.org.uk/2010/08/21/chord … -songbook/

Hope this is helpful,

Best wishes,

Lizzie