Fall 2007 Curation and Customization Features

New Widgets and Engagment Elements:

- The "Magnify This" video grabber browser bookmarklet transforms channel admins and visitors into content curation deputies by allowing them to embed a video from any of the most popular video sites into a magnify channel with a single click. (Or you can just put this on your browser, and have a one click admin tool). To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/tools/bookmarklet or feature this on your channel's home page by going to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/design/home_page and clicking on "tools" then use one of the new "bookmarklet" modules.

- The home page mini-player module allows channels to show a pre-selected video when visitors arrive. You can set this mini-player to start as soon as the page is loaded, or let people play it on demand. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/design/home_page and click on "list" then drag the new "mini-player" module to your home page.

- Video counters can display view counts in thumbnail displays for all to see. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/integration/listings and choose the "Show number of views" option.

New Admin Customization Features:

- Curation logins are expanded with new "Editor" account feature, giving multiple users the ability to manage and sort videos. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/service/users/ and click on a user account, then click the "Grant Editor Status" link..

- Icon customization gives admins the ability to replace the Magnify.net navigation icons with their own customized images. This tool allows for upload and storage of both normal and active images in JPEG and GIF format, for full control of the navigation toolbar's appearance. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/design/layout and click on Magnify Navigation, then click on "Customize" to upload your custom button graphics.

- Site admin's image upload tool enables creativity, giving admins more control over the customization of their channels with uploaded custom graphic elements. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/design then click "upload custom images"

- Live preview during color customization makes it easier to see how your choices will look. To check it out, go to yourchannel.magnify.net/admin/design/colors and update your color scheme.

Other New Features:

- User controllable thumbnails offer the ability to replace the thumbnails with an alternative graphic image to represent each video.

- An improved playlists page, with two-column layout and "recently popular" view.

- New "invite a friend" link in the home page "tools" module makes it easy for your visitors to share the channel with other people.

- Upgraded video encoder improves synchronization of audio and video when users upload files with "variable bit rate" codecs.