You can now add the script of a film or episode by providing a link to a (external) PDF. Consult the Wiki for more info.
An increasing number of information can be added to the OFDb, mainly to films and TV shows (as the more complex content types). This is very much the goal, but also left me thinking, whether the front-end might need some rework. For instance, I’m not convinced anymore that all the icons are good UI/… » read more
You can now add movies and TV shows to collections to group them together. This is useful to get a list of all films in a specific universe or franchise, for example.
Currently collections can’t be created freely, but you can only chose already existing collections. However, this is something that might change in the future to allow users to create collections themselves.
Furthermore you can also add the sales agent(s) of a movie… » read more
The announced update taking place over the weekend has been implemented. The main changes are:
This weekend (8.-9.2.2025) I will rollout the next update for the OFDb, which will take some more time than before. Since content and entity migration is necessary, the process is somewhat more complicated.
Because I’m not sure how long it will actually take, the page stays online during the weekend. While the back-end is already up-to-date, on the front-end part you might see some hiccups like fields that are not correctly displayed in that time.
You can now specify if a person was credited under a different name than their “official” stage name. To do so, simply use the newly created “Credited as” field when adding cast members.
Consult the Wiki for more info.
Two new fields have been added to the OFDb: Height for the Person content type and Tagline for the TV show and Movie content types.
The first field is simply the height of a person in centimeters, and the tagline is a short text for marketing purposes frequently used in the entertainment industry.
Consult the Wiki to find out more about each field:
Even though not really noticeable while browsing the website itself, it’s still noteworthy: the new version of the OFDb’s Drupal theme is finally released as the version 1.0.0. All features and functions currently in use are properly themed (back- and front-end), hence the decision.
If you have any feedback or found a bug, you can use the bug tracker in the git repository.
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
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
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: