The only "issue" and it's not really an issue is that you have to manually define the related video's with Charles's plugin. It would be nice if it just randomly selected related video's and have the option to select one's yourself. And while I do like SIAB, there are still some drawbacks that I think are stil mainly related to the whole blog structure.
I have been mulling over how I would like my ideal theme and once I have that, I will start a thread on SIAB but I am interested to hear what others think as well, what do people like, dislike, etc...I mean let's really look at how this is all done, I'd really like to see some kick butt inovations out there related to video themes...among other things Heath http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, now.....I am not so sure. I mean every time you make a > > video and post, that video moves down the list and soon it's off your > > homepage in some cases, never to be seen again. Now for some, maybe > > that is no big deal, but.....I think some of us all make a few videos > > that we are especially proud of, and in the current blog/vlog format, > > there is no easy way (I know we can sticky but if you sticky more > > than a couple no one will ever see your new content on your site) to > > show off those posts. > > It seems to me that there is a huge lack in the number of themes that > > take advatage of vlogging. I mean with the explosion of online > > video, you would think we would have more, but I only know of a small > > handful and most of those you have to pay for. > > Agreed. > this was the thinking behind http://showinabox.tv. > just trying to kickstart the awareness that a blog platform like > Wordpress has a lot of room to expand when it comes to videoblogging. > > I think there are actually a lot more plugins being built these days for video. > But yes, the videocentric themes are the missing link. > It's a lot of work to build a theme. > > Cheryl Colan built this theme for us: http://ryanishungry.com > it does a lot of the things you're talking about when we used it with > the plugins that Charles built. > lots of thumbnails and searchable text. > when you click on a video...older, related videos pop up so our > archive stays fresh. > > I think the biggest challenge is just imagining the "perfect theme" for you. > Draw it out on a piece of paper. > Then find a themer willing to build it (and be willing to pay them!) > > what does your perfect videoblog look like? > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 >
