Alongside discussions about regularly refreshing our featured videos on the site, @maharzan and I spent a bit of time working on freshening up content on the WordCamp TV page. Primarily we’ve made changes to the area below the featured video box, in the following ways:
- The groups of camp videos (each with 4 thumbnails below) are updated a bit to reflect some of the more recent camps we’ve been publishing, as well as feature past camps that have good quality videos. You’ll see WordCamp Phoenix 2013 listed there now, for example
- In the sidebar to the left, two new widgets have been added, allowing visitors to this page to see the most recent videos, as well as search by year (category)
Regarding the videos grouped by camp – Do you think we should update this to show the most recent camps coming through the site, or only to feature groups of the best camps, in terms of content, video quality, number of videos, etc. Basically, how would you like to see this space used?
Regarding the widget sidebar – Any thoughts on what we can do to make this area more useful to visitors looking for videos?
Also, most of the content on the WordCamp page is controlled by a very important taxonomy, and that is the “Event” it is published under. Please be sure to double check all submissions to make sure that the Event taxonomy uses the WordCamp/Camp Name/Year naming convention, for example:
Event: WordCamp Atlantis 2013
I know that organizers can sometimes get the order of these reversed, or possibly forget to add the event taxonomy altogether. Please make sure to double check to make sure it is in the format above, and if you notice a group of videos that is getting it consistently wrong, please put a new post up to the P2 so other mods can be on the lookout for it.
Thanks! 🙂