Broadcaster

Version 1.8.RC2 made it out into the wild today. There are two major changes: Facebook and Recent Stories, as as some minor changes.

Recent Stories
On the article pages, under the video and/or images, there is now a box that is somewhat small that allows scrolling. This stories are just your top 20 published stories.

Facebook
Not everybody has Facebook connect enabled, if you don’t have it enabled, call Sephone and ask for it.  With facebook connect enabled, users can comment via their facebook account, instead of typing in a name/email/website everytime they comment on a story.  This feature also gives users the ability to post their comment back to their facebook wall to let their friends see what they said on your site.  Here are some visual differences, click to enlarge.

What it looks like to use facebook connect for the first time to a user

Posting a new comment with facebook

What the admin area looks like when moderating facebook comments

The way facebook comments look to other users