UthTV
Client
UthTV, a community of young people who create, define, and promote media that authentically reflects teen life and culture
Challenge
Fledgling company wants to move to the next level by improving its community site
UthTV came to SolutionSet with a Java-based template system website that was difficult to customize and add functionality. They wanted to create a hip, exciting, welcoming atmosphere for creative young people by employing the best community features and implementing the best media management tools. Looking toward the future, they also wanted to make sure the framework would grow as the community of users grew and as new technological enhancements came on the scene.
Solution
Best of community features meets best of media management tools
SolutionSet began by speaking with UthTV about its business goals and tailoring a functional requirements document to outline the technology that would be needed to make these goals a reality. They worked with UthTV’s in-house designers to refine the layout to meet user experience and technical requirements. SolutionSet then built the design into HTML and CSS, adding a PHP framework and content management system backend. Next they created custom code and worked with third-party applications to implement a comment and rate system for responding to user-submitted material, member-to-member messaging, a point system for awarding prizes, a wiki section, and flash video conversion and rapid upload. The final result: a customized, media-driven community for young creatives that rivals any community platform on the scene today. SolutionSet and UthTV continue to work together to add slick new features and more functionality.
Results
Membership continually growing
User-submitted resources and uploads both increasing
Stage is set for future marketing initiatives
Technology Used
_xHTML/CSS
_PHP/MySQL
_JavaScript
_Java
_Flash
_Typespace implementation for blog
_phpBB implementation for forums
_MediaWiki implementation for wiki
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