reddit/reddit.tv — pull request #80 by mustardhamsters (2013-11-21 19:33:48+00:00)
Title: Reddit.tv redesign 2013

Complete overhaul of Reddit.tv's user interface and code.

User facing redesign
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- Major emphasis on the video and watching experience, large videos and easy navigation
- Paginated load of feeds videos (loads more if threshold not met)
- Unobtrusive video list
- Social media sharing functionality
- Redesigned channel system, visual previews and organization of channels
- Channel list as reorderable thumbnails
- Picture in picture add channel function
- Recommended channels under add channel

Site administration functionality
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- Site-wide settings
- Default channels
- Recommended channels
- Spacing and start points for sponsored videos
- Sponsored videos
- Videos placed automatically in video playlist
- Recommended YouTube only for now
- Custom thumbnails, standard campaign functionality
- Site skins
- Placement on site, file upload, standard campaign functionality
- Front end UI not yet implemented
- Sponsored channels
- Custom reorderable video list, thumbnails for channels
- Fixed first position default channel in channel list
- Currently shows just one at a time on the frontend

Technical changes
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- PHP backend
- Memcached thumbnail generation for channels
- Designed for use with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- S3 upload for custom thumbnails and uploaded assets

Created by Dean Putney and SQ with design by Star St. Germain