Archive for April, 2009
MP4 support
by Broadcaster on Apr.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
Broadcaster now has mp4/H.264 support for video. Before now, only flv’s could be uploaded in the video sections of the site. Now it will also accept mp4/H.264
Bug Fix
by Broadcaster on Apr.21, 2009, under news
Version 1.7.5 of broadcaster has been released. It’s merely a bug fix release. All of the bug fixes were involving video ads, most notable, the ability to enter the url for sponsers.
Internet Explorer 6 Support
by Broadcaster on Apr.17, 2009, under news
In an effort to make broadcaster more usable, internet explorer 6 support has been enhanced. The broadcaster admin as well as the front side now have increased usability in IE6. For more information about Sephone and IE6, please read our previous blog post, Internet Explorer 6 Support.
Video Ads are now linked to Categories
by Broadcaster on Apr.02, 2009, under features
In broadcaster it used to be that a video ad could only be linked to ’stories’. Once linked, broadcaster would randomly select on of those videos before every article was viewed. This was simple and worked reliable, but lacked fine grain control. Starting in version 1.7.2 of broadcaster, you have more control over that. Instead of seeing a single check box for stories, you see this.
Show Categories to Select
After Clicking on Show Categories to Select
You can select your broadcaster categories that you would like to have this ad run before.
Questions
What if a category does not have any ads?
This does two things. It will turn off autoplay for those articles. Secondly, no ad will be show, it will go straight to the video.
How are these videos selected?
They are all weighted evenly and selected randomly, at least as randomly as computers can generate.
What if I have a video per category for an advertiser?
It’s best to create several ads for them and link to the right category. In doing this, you should come up with and stick to a convention.
Open Search
by Broadcaster on Apr.02, 2009, under features
OpenSearch is a way to let web browsers know how to search your website. Most of you are aware that pretty close to your address bar, there is a box to search google, yahoo, or live. If your website is setup for opensearch, your users can choose to add your site to opensearch if they choose.
Broadcaster is opensearch aware.
The highlighted Search box means I can add a new search engine
Now I can search my broadcaster site from the browser
