So here's the Show In A Box story: For a long time we worked on how to easily get people videoblogging for free - http://freevlog.org All the while, we were learning to use tools with more flexibility, namely, Wordpress. Also for years now we've recognized that there are people with great video content that might be able to make their work sustainable if they had the tools. So we started putting things together and trying stuff out - first at http://havemoneywillvlog and then at http://ryanishungry.com and http://swajana.com . Then we decided to use some of the money we raised at Vloggercon to help jump start development. And that's when Show In A Box was born. What it is is a videoblogging platform based on Wordpress. What we're doing is building video-centric plugins and themes to give people the tools to create a sustaining community around their work. At this moment the biggest piece of the puzzle is Enric's vPIP plugin. vPIP basically lets you offer viewers a choice of video formats to choose from. It also generates a separate RSS feed for each of those formats. We also have a few themes based on K2 that are designed to hold 640 pixel wide video.
We're working on a series of plugins for related videos, recent videos and a video archive. And the really big piece that will pull it all together is a new version of Pledge Drive (not sure is this is still the name of it) that will allow you to receive and track one-time and recurring payments via PayPal. So basically it's plugins and themes for Wordpress. You don't have to use all of them - just what works for you. Already got a theme you love? Great, stick with that. Just want to use the new Pledge Drive and nothing else? No Problem. Right now there isn't much documentation so it really helps to have some experience with Wordpress before trying to implement any of this. But soon we'll have instructions and screencasts just like at Freevlog. We also have an email list where we're helping each other figure all this stuff out - http://groups.google.com/group/show-in-a-box There's a good number of us from this list working on it doing everything from programming to testing to documenting. Off the top of my head it's... Jay Dedman Ryanne Hodson Enric Teller Charles Iliya Krempeaux Jen Simmons Markus Sandy Jakob Cheryl Colan Milt Lee Steve Watkins Michael Sullivan Michael Verdi (me) and others - Verdi On Dec 9, 2007 8:31 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've been kind of curious about Show In A Box. Is it something people > here generally recommend? What are the upsides/downsides? Which shows > use it? > > Full of questions today, > > Chris > > --- In [email protected], John Coffey > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think I resolved the problem by unchecking the "use > > external Flash Player". > > > > -- http://michaelverdi.com http://freevlog.org http://nscape.tv
