# html export question

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 12, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621 "2005-12-12T17:45:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/graphite)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/1 "2005-12-12T17:45:36Z")

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Hello,

Compliments on a great program!

I have created a html export based on these 2 exports

html\_florian\_albumcover  
html\_newexport

It gives a list of multiple albums and works quite nicely.

The problem is with compilation albums which have various artists. The html contains an artist ref for each album which it takes from the tag from the first track in the album.

Is there any way to check if the artist varies within an album and then report back  
"Various" instead of the artist from the first track if artsist is not the same for each track. Kind of like a function that checks each track against the first track and then decides based on that what to output...

regards

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/2 "2005-12-12T17:59:06Z")

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I would personally use ALBUM ARTIST in my tags and then use that field for looping in the export.

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### Author: ![graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/graphite)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/3 "2005-12-12T18:03:54Z")

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thanks for the reply Sebastian but could you explain further. I don't understand how your suggestion helps..

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/4 "2005-12-12T18:42:55Z")

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Well we use this tag to indicate that an album is a sampler:  
ALBUM ARTIST = Various Artists

So I can check for VA albums with $if(%ALBUM ARTIST%,yes,no)

And all my VA album folders start with **VA-** so I could also check %\_directory% if the first 3 letters are VA-

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### Author: ![graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@graphite](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/graphite)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/5 "2005-12-12T18:54:34Z")

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thanks dano, Sebastian, I'll give that a try

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-question/2621/6 "2026-02-09T12:19:33Z")

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