New ways to explore and share Hard Rock memorabilia

Posted in Found in the tubes, Interactive, Hard Rock | 4 September 2009 | by Lemme

Along with our partners in crime at Hard Rock and Vertigo, we just launched a few new features on the Hard Rock Memorabilia website:

1) A search box. What?! Yes, I know. Here’s a search for “yearbook”.

2) Share your favorite items on Facebook. Zoom in on any item you like and click on SHARE in the info panel to post that image and story back to your Facebook wall. Facebook?! Connect?! Yeah. I know. Friend my pal Watermelon Gum to see it in action… or go to the site and try it for yourself.

3) The Facebook Connect stuff is aided by a lightweight (invisible) Facebook app. Whatever. We also launched a Facebook fan page, so you’re gonna want to go ahead and become a fan there.

4) Filtering/searching via URL queries. No?! Yes! That’s what I’m telling you. Here’s an example of each of the link types we support as of today. Try ’em…

Search = submarine · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?search=submarine
Artist = Buddy Holly · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?artist=buddy+holly
Location = Chicago · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?location=chicago
Year = 1971 · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?year=1971
Video = yes · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?video=yes
Type = documents · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?type=documents
Genre = country · http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/?genre=country

5) Filter-based embeddable widgets. Shut up! This is a bit of an “expert” feature for those in-the-know, and may only be used by Hard Rock for now, but – for you adventurous types – here’s a how-to page for custom widgets. And here’s a sample – every item that mentions the word “autograph.”

And there you have it. As the man said, Rock is King.

PS: Hidden bonus feature, just for kicks… Go to the site, enter v in the search box and then zoom out from there.

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