And NO i'm not advertising this just informing.
Hey .TVer's I dont know if anyone here has heard of or uses Kickapps? But I requested some ifno from them,and got on their mailing list. And they emailed me this today. It seems as though this can really change some nice names into serious businesses. I definitely be using them for a couple of my names.
Greetings from KickApps!
We are pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the KickApps platform will launch next week.
We're very excited about some of the new features and tools included in this release, which round out your social networking features, enhance user-generated content, and provide additional tools for managing your community.
Release Highlights
Premium Player Widget:
KickApps has just introduced the simplest, fastest means of delivering premium video experiences on your site, with all the required media management to support the creation of rich customized solutions. Our new Premium Player Widget allows users to watch video directly in the widget, without clicking through to a separate play page. Now affiliates have an elegant way to showcase their highest-quality video on pages that display both premium and user-generated content.
Video-Enabled Message Boards:
Members can now post text, audio, and video messages to your new community message board. New Forum Widgets display links to message board topics. Embed them on webpages outside of your KickApps community to encourage other users to join the discussions.
Video-Enabled Private Messaging:
Private message inboxes allow members to send text and video directly to other members. Log in to the Affiliate Center to send video alerts to all of your community members.
New Widgets:
25 new widget options are now available! Highlights include the Forum, Slideshow, and Premium Player Widgets, and a variety of HTML-based List Widgets.
Community Home Page:
Browsing into the newly-redesigned Affiliate Center, you'll notice links to your new pre-made community homepage, located at a simple URL. Feel free to use this page as your site homepage or as a portal page for your KickApps-powered community. If you'd rather not use it, your community will not be affected.
New Member Role: Editors
You can now designate some of your members as “Editors” in the Affiliate Center member management section; they'll gain limited access to the Affiliate Center media management pages so they can help review and approve media (but nothing else, so your site configurations are safe).
Updated Member Profiles
We've given your members' profile pages a facelift with tools to invite friends when media is uploaded, personal RSS feeds, IM presence icons, and a new welcome message to help them get started.
Streamlined Webcam Upload
Members can now record and upload videos directly from their webcams.
Affiliate-Only Tags
Use affiliate tags on any media or member to influence search results or build custom lists for Widgets. Members don't see affiliate tags, making them the perfect tool for creating a “contest winners” or “featured video” List Widget.
Bigger Videos
Videos are larger with a new maximum file size of 25Mb (up from 8Mb) and a larger, slicker 360x270 video player on your play pages.
Rich Text
Bold, italics, fonts, emoticons, and more – the new rich text editor allows your members to use rich text throughout the site, without requiring any understanding of HTML.
Have a KickApps affiliate account?
If you're already powering your online community with the KickApps platform and have customized your pages' CSS (cascading style sheet) rules, note that there are some new pages being added to the system and some of the CSS rules have been tweaked a bit.
We will follow up very soon with more technical details on these changes.
New Affiliates
You're in good company when you create a KickApps community: every day more affiliates create KickApps-powered communities. Check out some of these high-profile KickApps-powered sites:
* Procter & Gamble's TAG Body Spray-
http://www.tagbodyspray.com/
* ABC's 'Lost' on UGO-
http://lost.ugo.com/kickapps/servic...=recent&tab=yes
* National Lampoon's KnuckleHead Video-
http://knuckleheadvideo.com/
* KnowItAllVideo-Didnt work ?
* WUAB Cleveland's My43.net-
http://my43.net/
* GolfNow.tv-
http://golfnow.tv/
* The Arena Football League’s MyAFL-
http://www.arenafootball.com
* Star 96.7-http://star967.net/
Want to see a live demo?
We're scheduling live online guided tours of the KickApps platform. The tours will cover everything you need to know to get up and running with your own KickApps-powered community in no time, in addition to highlighting new features. To receive an invitation, please e-mail
demo@kickapps.com.
Meet KickApps affiliates at KickWebmaster.com
We've created a KickApps-powered site for you and other KickApps affiliates. Take a moment to check it out at
www.KickWebmaster.com. You can use this site to:
1. Meet other webmasters and share ideas, tips, and strategies for building a successful site.
2. Test new ideas that we're exploring and help us shape future KickApps product decisions.
Send us your thoughts, “Site of the Week” nominations, and any other feedback at
webmaster@kickapps.com. We'll be listening.
Have other questions? This message and many others are also posted on the KickApps blog. You can also send general inquiries to
info@kickapps.com.
Thanks
The KickApps Team
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