Major Mefeedia Release is live

I just blogged about it at mmeiser.com/blog

On 3/8/07, Frank Sinton <frankbeachfrontmedia.com>
wrote:
>
> We are very happy today - a new version of Mefeedia has
been released!
> 
Lots of improvements, bug fixes, and a nicer user interface.
This
> was the work of a lot of people, mainly ideas from
videobloggers and
> brainstorming sessions within the Mefeedia team.
>
> Three main areas of focus for this release were:
>
> Reliability / Bug Fixes - this was our#1 focus.
Mefeedia has been very
> strong on creating great tools for videobloggers. We
want to make those
> even better - not by adding more bells and whistles,
but instead by
> making sure the current features work GREAT. Here is a
list of some of
> the fixes (not comprehensive, but a good sampling):
>
>     * RSS - tons of fixes to account for special
characters and others
> special cases. Your Queue, Guides, Favs, Tags, and
other RSS feeds
> coming out of Mefeedia are now working very reliably.

>     * When adding a video to a playlist, the playlist
uses the thumb from
> the playlist post.
>     * Each folder in a Playlist can now be exported via
RSS and JSON
> formats directly from the playlist
start/"Home" page.
>     * "Add to Queue" from a Playlist is
working again.
>     * Adding individual videos to your Queue is woking
again! This broke
> back when the new database schema was implemented. It
is fixed now - add
> any video on Mefeedia.com to your queue now without
having to subscribe
> to the entire feed.
>     * Your feed page - removed a number of broken links
and overall, a
> bunch of clean-up.
>
> Usability / UI Update - really, making it easier for
users to use
> Mefeedia!
>
>     * Home page - "latest/last 24 hours"
theme
>     * Header change
>     * Navigation change (Guides and Playlists now get
prominent placement
> in the nav).
>     * Sign-up on home page is now only shown on
clicking the "yea
> baby."
>     * Full registration validation (with AJAX unique
username and email
> lookup)
>     * Visibility and Rollover effect (rollover effect
only on Firefox for
> now) when cruising through entries (favs, feeds page,
etc.)
>     * Centering of "Entry" / Watch your video
page - just nicer
> in general.
>     * Site-wide style sheet changes (non-underlined,
nice blue for
> non-visited links, grey underlined for visited links,
among others).
>
> New Features
>
>     * "What I'm Watching" widget - put your
Queue on your
> website or blog.  Mine is on
this blog in the right sidebar. To use
> your "What I'm Watching" widget, just login
and click on the
> "My Channel" navigation link, and copy and
paste the code from
> the left column textarea box. Looking for inputs on
this… lots of
> cool widgets are possible with the use of great thumbs,
so let us know
> what you would like to see with this widget and other
possible widgets
> (maybe a "Who's vlogging" widget?).
>     * "Latest from [feed name here]" widget -
see an example
> here: http
://www.mefeedia.com/feed_promote.php?id=6988
> <
http://www.mefeedia.com/feed_promote.php?id=6988>  -
lots of linky
> love. All thumbs link directly to your vlog post!
>     * Videos, feeds, and websites count on the home
page.
>     * Latest Tags (24 hours) on Home Page and Tags
page
> So, check out Mefeedia and let us know what you think!
Enjoy. As always,
> use this forum to post suggestions, ideas, issues, and
thoughts. 
> http://www.mefeedia.com
>
> Thanks,
> -Frank
>
> BTW - this message was also posted on our blog:
> http://mefeedia
.com/blog/2007/03/129/
>
>
>


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On 3/8/07, sull <sullelevengmail.com> wrote:
> nice job, mefeedians!
>
> On 3/8/07, Frank Sinton <frankbeachfrontmedia.com>
wrote:
> >
> > We are very happy today - a new version of
Mefeedia has been released! 
> > Lots of improvements, bug fixes, and a nicer user
interface. This was the
> > work of a lot of people, mainly ideas from
videobloggers and brainstorming
> > sessions within the Mefeedia team.
> >
> > Three main areas of focus for this release were:
> >
> > *Reliability / Bug Fixes *- this was our#1 focus.
Mefeedia has been very
> > strong on creating great tools for videobloggers.
We want to make those
> even
> > better - not by adding more bells and whistles,
but instead by making sure
> > the current features work GREAT. Here is a list of
some of the fixes (not
> > comprehensive, but a good sampling):
> >
> >    - RSS - tons of fixes to account for special
characters and others
> >    special cases. Your Queue, Guides, Favs, Tags,
and other RSS feeds
> coming
> >    out of Mefeedia are now working very reliably.

> >    - When adding a video to a playlist, the
playlist uses the thumb
> >    from the playlist post.
> >    - Each folder in a Playlist can now be exported
via RSS and JSON
> >    formats directly from the playlist
start/"Home" page.
> >    - "Add to Queue" from a Playlist is
working again.
> >    - Adding individual videos to your Queue is
woking again! This broke
> >    back when the new database schema was
implemented. It is fixed now -
> add any
> >    video on Mefeedia.com to your queue now without
having to subscribe
> >    to the entire feed.
> >    - Your feed page - removed a number of broken
links and overall, a
> >    bunch of clean-up.
> >
> > *Usability / UI Update* - really, making it easier
for users to use
> > Mefeedia!
> >
> >    - Home page - "latest/last 24 hours"
theme
> >    - Header change
> >    - Navigation change (Guides and Playlists now
get prominent
> >    placement in the nav).
> >    - Sign-up on home page is now only shown on
clicking the "yea baby."
> >    - Full registration validation (with AJAX
unique username and email
> >    lookup)
> >    - Visibility and Rollover effect (rollover
effect only on Firefox
> >    for now) when cruising through entries (favs,
feeds page, etc.)
> >    - Centering of "Entry" / Watch your
video page - just nicer in
> >    general.
> >    - Site-wide style sheet changes
(non-underlined, nice blue for
> >    non-visited links, grey underlined for visited
links, among others).
> >
> > *New Features*
> >
> >    - "What I'm Watching" widget - put
your Queue on your website or
> >    blog.  Mine is on
this blog in the right sidebar. To use your "What
> I'm
> >    Watching" widget, just login and click on
the "My Channel" navigation
> link,
> >    and copy and paste the code from the left
column textarea box. Looking
> for
> >    inputs on this… lots of cool widgets are
possible with the use of great
> >    thumbs, so let us know what you would like to
see with this widget and
> other
> >    possible widgets (maybe a "Who's
vlogging" widget?).
> >    - "Latest from [feed name here]"
widget - see an example here:
> >    http
://www.mefeedia.com/feed_promote.php?id=6988 - lots of
linky
> >    love. All thumbs link directly to your vlog
post!
> >    - Videos, feeds, and websites count on the home
page.
> >    - Latest Tags (24 hours) on Home Page and Tags
page
> >
> > So, check out Mefeedia and let us know what you
think! Enjoy. As always,
> > use this forum to post suggestions, ideas, issues,
and thoughts. 
> > http://www.mefeedia.com
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Frank
> >
> > BTW - this message was also posted on our blog:
> > http://mefeedia
.com/blog/2007/03/129/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Sull
> http://vlogdir.com (a
project)
> http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog)
> http://interdigitate.com
(otherly)
>


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