Magnify.net Blog
New Summer Features Announced
August 21, 2007 - Steve Rosenbaum
Well, there's certainly been a ton of feedback on the ad sharing question, and we've heard you loud and clear.
Many of you are excited about being able to control your own ad inventory, and so we're pleased to release a beta of the Magnify Ad Share Platform.
Just log in to your channel, enter the admin area, and click the "Ads" link in the main navigation bar. What you'll find are the tools you need to integrate with other advertising networks or your own ad server, and even some links to new ad networks you may not be familiar with. Expect us to to ad more ad services in the months ahead. We want you folks to be able to earn money on your pages -- if that's your goal, we want to help.
And we've also got a bunch of new features and updates based on requests from the forums.
1. Email Your Members: A suite of new functions allows channel owners to reach out to their community, individually or through site-wide broadcast announcements.
2. Member Comment Notification: Registered channel members now receive email notifications when the videos they posted are reviewed or commented on. (Of course, members also have the option to disable this notification if they so choose.)
3. Remember Me Login Option: A new checkbox on the login form allows you and your users to stay logged in to your channel for the long term, so you don't have to sign in again every day or two.
4. Better Trash Control: A new option in the "My Account" area allows users to take down videos they've posted, without bothering the channel administrator about it. Also, improved management of trashed videos simplifies the process of re-posting a video that you had previously deleted.
5. New Home Page Layout Modules: A whole batch of new widgets are available to bring the latest and most relevant information on your channel to the home page. The Latest Activity and Recently Active modules showcase the very latest events from across your channel. The Popular Tags and Suggested Searches modules help visitors find the videos they're interested in. And new list views for videos and messages give you more control over the layout of your channels' core content.
6. New Color Controls: We've added a few more color customization choices to let you adjust the color of your main navigation bar and links, and the accent color used on the login and latest activity pages.
Enjoy!
-- The Magnify.net Team
Many of you are excited about being able to control your own ad inventory, and so we're pleased to release a beta of the Magnify Ad Share Platform.
Just log in to your channel, enter the admin area, and click the "Ads" link in the main navigation bar. What you'll find are the tools you need to integrate with other advertising networks or your own ad server, and even some links to new ad networks you may not be familiar with. Expect us to to ad more ad services in the months ahead. We want you folks to be able to earn money on your pages -- if that's your goal, we want to help.
And we've also got a bunch of new features and updates based on requests from the forums.
1. Email Your Members: A suite of new functions allows channel owners to reach out to their community, individually or through site-wide broadcast announcements.
2. Member Comment Notification: Registered channel members now receive email notifications when the videos they posted are reviewed or commented on. (Of course, members also have the option to disable this notification if they so choose.)
3. Remember Me Login Option: A new checkbox on the login form allows you and your users to stay logged in to your channel for the long term, so you don't have to sign in again every day or two.
4. Better Trash Control: A new option in the "My Account" area allows users to take down videos they've posted, without bothering the channel administrator about it. Also, improved management of trashed videos simplifies the process of re-posting a video that you had previously deleted.
5. New Home Page Layout Modules: A whole batch of new widgets are available to bring the latest and most relevant information on your channel to the home page. The Latest Activity and Recently Active modules showcase the very latest events from across your channel. The Popular Tags and Suggested Searches modules help visitors find the videos they're interested in. And new list views for videos and messages give you more control over the layout of your channels' core content.
6. New Color Controls: We've added a few more color customization choices to let you adjust the color of your main navigation bar and links, and the accent color used on the login and latest activity pages.
Enjoy!
-- The Magnify.net Team
