<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">Video channels and .TVs</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Thanks for inviting me to the Video Vortex conference, and especially the organizers and the other speakers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was a pleasure to meet you all. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Some folks asked me for further information on Open Source video platforms, specifically the components available to build a Joomla video site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It should be noted that as with any CMS there are security risks with using Joomla, and perhaps more so than with other CMSs (Drupal, f.ex), a great deal can be learned by using the overwhelming developer sites/forums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">First, it is helpful but not necessary to have a basic knowledge of PHP, mySQL, etc.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">The ingredients are: Joomla (the core CMS), Seyret (the video-content component), and optional, Fireboard (for comments/ a message board component), Community Builder (for user profiles, memberships, etc).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Joomla: <a href="http://joomla.org/">http://joomla.org/</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Seyret: <a href="http://www.joomlaholic.com">http://www.joomlaholic.com</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Fireboard: <a href="http://www.bestofjoomla.com/">http://www.bestofjoomla.com/</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Community Builder: <a href="http://www.joomlapolis.com">http://www.joomlapolis.com</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">I also mentioned a quick and easy way to set up an on-line video site (through a provider). Channelme.tv has it’s own terms of service that you should examine before using them to host a .tv domain. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.channelme.tv">http://www.channelme.tv</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Finally, I want to invite all of you to check out the project I co-administer: <a href="http://multitude.tv">http://multitude.tv</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Feel free to sign up for an account, currently users can only add videos from other servers; I also set up a Video Vortex group on the site in the Collaborate section, of course if you have any questions, let me know. I am especially interested in the kind of user agreement folks would like to see on such a site (a video content site), rather than conforming to a YouTube-”esque” agreement; we can write (and rewrite) our own. We are preparing to launch an accompanying on-line Journal that will replace the current "Articles and Reviews" on the site; the first issue is on bio-mimetics, and we are still taking contributions if anyone is interested please e-mail me.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Thanks again to everyone involved in Video Vortex!</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Matthew Mitchem</div> <div class="MsoNormal">multitude.tv Co-administrator</div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:matt@multitude.tv">matt@multitude.tv</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:matt.mitchem@gmail.com">matt.mitchem@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment--> </body></html>