More Throng details

October 27, 2006

We recently launched Throng - for TV fans which is proudly made using Drupal. Here’s some features and information about the modules we used:

Each user gets a blog and categorises their posts in two ways: once using the type of post (rant, rave, gossip, spoilers, news etc) and once with the name of the show(s) they’re writing about.

This way, people can follow their favourite blogs, or just read news/spoilers etc, or just read posts about a specific TV show (e.g. Grey’s Anatomy or The O.C.. There’s also a forum view, if people prefer looking at the content that way.

Because the list of shows is rather long (and growing as people post about other shows), a special page was created with the help of the tagadelic module.

The taxonomy image module has enabled each show has its own picture.

The love/hate module has meant that people can list the shows they love/hate. And when they go to the shows page and they’re logged in, the colors of the show change to pink/blue depending on their preferences.

Thanks to the Amazon Associate Tools and Currency Exchange API, we have our own Shop with pricing in local currency. The exchange rate is daily when cron is run.

The Bookmarksmodule has meant that members can add their favourite blogs to the sidebar of their blog. The module has been adapted so these bookmarks are public.

The Views module has been invaluable.

Other handy little modules include: Smileys, Word filter, URL filter, Private msg, Google Analytics and Forward. A few custom modules have also been written.

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Comments

  1. Smart, intuitive design. Very nice.

    Any thoughts on bringing this to the UK? I’d certainly use it– but I’d imagine it may complicate you ’spoilers’ system.

    — Kai, October 27, 2006

  2. Rachel when will you do a screencast tutorial about designing wordpress themes? I have been looking for it but i haven’t seen one.
    thanks

    — Jaime, November 11, 2006

  3. [...] But after seeing what it can do I think I will have to give it a try. [...]

    — Retire Young and Wealthy » Blog Archives » Thinking of giving Drupal a try, November 17, 2006

  4. The site looks great. I have been using Joomla for a lot sites, so I might take another look at Drupal.

    I am going to install it on a site and give it a try. Maybe I will ask you for a site template once I find out what Drupal is all about.

    — Mike, November 18, 2006

  5. [...] Rachel of Crea8 Design in New Zealand is one of the crew that lauched throng and has a few details. Or you can go straight to Throng and find out more. Sounds like a great idea to me, though I’m a little scared of saying how much I dislike Lost, 24, ER, and several other shows and getting flamed But seriously, I’ve created an account, and if I find the time, will post there on occasion. [...]

    — Throng Community Blogs For TV Fans - TVNinja.com, November 23, 2006

  6. What do you like about Drupal?

    I am on the opinon that Joomla was the best CMS for stuff like SNS.

    Why did you choose Drupal?

    Im developing Synergyhive.com a site to allow anyone the tools to create their own SNS-

    Thanks!

    — Matt, December 25, 2006

  7. I love how Drupal is modular and easy to extend and theme and there’s so many SNS tools there already (e.g. organic groups).

    I haven’t delved into Joomla since I tried it when it was Mambo a few years ago so it’s hard for me to compare.

    — Rachel C, December 28, 2006