TV Pres - The Social Network (Back Online)

Hi Everyone,

Right, where to start? Basically over the past few days, I have been working on building a new social networking site for discussing TV Presentation. Using some wonderful opensource code, I have managed to create what I think is a pretty good site (but then, I am a bit biased). The site allows users to sign up and chat about anything to do with TV Pres, News Pres etc... (yes even rota's) in a micro-blogging way. So, why have I crated it? Here is the plan:

For example, if I was logged onto the site and saw an item on Midlands Today that I just had to tell TV Forum user 'Mike W' about, then I would simply message him and it will spring up on his account. It's real time so you can interact with as many, or as little people as you like.

At this point though you are probably saying 'But really, rotas?'. Well, it would be unfair not to allow them, but if they bug you as much as they bug me, you can simply click 'Ignore' and said users notes won't ever burn your eyes again. You may also be wondering if the site is pretty sparse of content at the moment? Not really as you can sign in to your Twitter account, accepting us as an 'App' and then you can Tweet and read Tweets directly from the site (Facebook integration coming soon).

What about if you own your own Presentation website and wanna jazz up your account to make it match your own sites house style? You can do that too, adding your own user image and background / colour scheme. Privacy a problem? No need to worry - simply adjust the levels of security accordingly in the settings to see who can (and can't) read your messages.

Let me know what you think, and do give it a try,

You never know, you may even like it!

-James

It sounds like an interesting idea but I'd wonder what this offers that TV Forum and other places like MHP-chat don't.

I will check it out though.

Personally I feel it offers a more 'real time' platform those two struggle with, and also the ignore function could prove useful, rather than having to wade through silly posts for any meaningful content.

Of course it also encourages greater levels of interaction, If somebody made a point you'd need to be able to construct a rebuttal in 140 characters...

It'll be an interesting experiment, if nothing else!

Just thought I'd point out that this isn't related to TVPres.UK, which I can safely say is dead - and the content that came with it. I'm not involved in this project, either, although it uses the old TVP domain.

Good luck with it, James.

First imperssions: good as it is, with an incredible amount of promise.
Let's hope more people join.

I quite like the idea, and I really do hope it succeeds. A few little problems, like not being able to post tweets from your timeline to the public feed, but it's a fantastic idea.

I wish you the best of luck with it.

Really is a nice idea, just needs to pick up an active userbase!

I've changed my opinion - this is is going to be quite good if it's done right!

Nice to see it getting some recommendation from Transdifussion on Twitter.

Well, this is where I don't want to 'lord it over' the site. If people think I'm doing things wrong....tell me!

But brace me for the bad news first....

I'm not too keen on the logo to be honest. I like the > symbol, but the typeface looks out of place.

That's just my opinion though!

Nope, you ain't the first person to say that tonight. Changed it accordingly.

I'd just like to say regarding the old TVPres site, I hosted the site and paid for the domain name, and for several months, it had been left for dead.

Obviously, I don't want to be paying for something that's not being used, and this seemed like a great site to launch. I'm hosting the site, so if you have any server errors, feel free to contact me either on here, or on the new TVPres.

I'd like to thank Critique for the work he put into the original TVPres.UK, and hope any further ventures he has are successful.

I'd also like to thank James for the hard work he's putting into running the new site, and if there's anything you'd like to see, please let either of us know, and we'll see what we can do.