DanceWeb now displays Dance Videos and allows searching of Dance Videos

Dance now supports Dance Videos from Youtube.

Home Page

On the home page, in the top right margin, you will now see a selection strip of thumbnails for popular Dance Videos, appropriate to the current subsite. Click on a thumbnail, and the related video will be displayed on the page, to the left of the strip. There is also a list of preset searches, for more specific sub-genres of the current dance subsite:

http://www.danceweb.co.uk/

Find Popular Videos

Under the "Find" menu you will see "Dance Videos"; this shows a table of popular Dance Videos, with full details to the right of the thumbnails. If you click on a thumbnail the related Video will be shown in a window, which you can re-size; if the Video is too pixelated, just reduce the window size. At the top of the DancWeb page is a search box; to the left is a list of preset searches. To the right is a set of radio buttons, that allow you to show results in order of Relevance, Date Uploaded, User Rating or User Viewcount:

http://www.danceweb.co.uk/videos/

Latest Videos

Under the "News" menu you will see "New Dance Videos"; this is very similar to the Find menu page, but by default displays the very latest uploaded videos rather than the most popular.

http://www.danceweb.co.uk/videos/?orderby=updated&menuid=8.11

Url Based Search

You can also conduct a search by using a url with the search terms at the end. As an example, if your interest is line dancing, use the dance name and choreographer's name, replacing spaces with the "+" sign; e.g.:

http://www.danceweb.co.uk/videos/?q=blusher+kate+sala

John Walton
Webmaster
http://www.danceweb.co.uk/

Submitting new Locations (Venues) and Geo-coding them now made easier

Submitting new locations to DanceWeb using the DirMan system has been substantially improved. The application now allows Editors to see the position of an existing venue on a map within the same page. The position can then be corrected or refined just by scrolling the map and clicking. For new and existing locations the address information can be converted to a geo-location (Latitude and Longitude) using either the full address (including post/zip code), or just using the post/zip code. This choice allows Editors to choose the method that is most accurate and appropriate, and is useful because the accuracy of the full address geo-coding provided by our agent (Google) varies from country to country, as does the accuracy of the post/zip code geo-coding.

John Walton
Webmaster
http://www.danceweb.co.uk/