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Cast and crew implemented

It took a couple of months of development (in my spare time, tough), but finally an important feature is complete: the possibility to add cast and crew to movies and episodes. No serious film database is complete without this feature!

I haven’t added the documentation of how to do so to the wiki just yet, but you can already add your favourite actors and crew members to the movies and TV shows you love.

There are still plenty of ideas on how to improve the OFDb, but I haven’t decided where to start just… » read more

The OFDb is completely “drupalified”

About three month ago I announced that I’m moving from a decoupled solution to a Drupal only website. Today I can proudly say that the task is done!

If you see any bugs or inconveniences, please use the issue queue and let me know.

I’m still undecided whether I want to implement this blog and the Wiki in the existing Drupal installation as well. We’ll see about that. However, if I decide to do so, this wouldn’t… » read more

Happy Open Data Day 2023

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world.

opendataday.org

I’m convinced that open data is of major importance to the internet and humanity as a whole. It transfers the power from individuals and corporations to the public. Imagine if a major movie site like IMDb or TheMovieDB closes down. The data would simply be lost and there is nothing you can do about it.

In addition, you, as a user, are obliged to follow any… » read more

Reworking the front-end

As of now, the OFDb uses a decoupled Drupal setup, meaning that users and content is managed by Drupal, while the front-end “connects” to it in order to fetch and display the content. This provides a high amount of flexibility.

However, I decided to completely rewrite the front-end and implement it with Drupal as well. This has mainly two reasons:

1. I chose to create a decoupled instance as a personal learning project to boost my JavaScript and decoupled… » read more

Utinni!

Wow, we have a blog now!

Here you will find news about the Open Film Database and her development. This blog is the official way of communication, and the place to visit to stay up to date with the project.

Meanwhile, you can get your fingers dirty by adding movies and TV shows to the database—everyone’s help is welcome.