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Recaps

By admin | Saturday, April 2, 2005 | 11:57 pm | 16 Comments
Posted in: Recaps

tvgasm_updateSome of you may or may not have noticed some changes in TVgasm over the last couple of weeks. We finally moved the site over to PHP, which will allow us to add some more features to the web site. A lot of these features are simply going to ease site maintenance, but there will be some new things that readers may notice as well. For instance, we have now split our front page into multiple pages so you can cycle through the last 50 articles instead of just those in the last seven days by using the next page and previous page links at the bottom of the page.. If something is broken or doesn’t look good for some reason on your browser or you have a suggestion for something that you would like to see, please let me know.

For more site changes and what you can do to become a writer on TVgasm, read on after the jump.Probably the biggest change is in the archives. On the sidebar, we used to list every show that we wrote for. As we add more shows to write about, stop writing about others, or as shows get canceled, we will no longer list every single program in the sidebar. We have replaced that with a link to the archives in the navigation bar at the top. Those archives do list every show we have written about, so you can click and get an index of all our articles there. There is also a page that lists the show names as well as all the articles we have written all one page.

Another major change is in the advertising. We try not to be too obnoxious with the ads, but we do have to pay for bandwidth and whatnot so we can continue to offer all of the pictures, audio, and movies that set us apart from so many other people. We have a Blogad up, and will probably add a few more in the future. Since we hate popups and popunders, we aren’t going to feature those type of advertisements on the site. The easiest way to support TVgasm is to click on an advertisement or two when you are here. You might even find something that you like. If you are an advertiser that wants to advertise on TVgasm, we installed new ad delivery software which will give us enhanced tracking and custom advertising campaigns. If you would like to advertise or get more information, please send us an e-mail.

Yes, we are still looking to add writers! Right now we are looking more for people who want to recap shows that we don’t cover rather than something that we already have on the site. Our most requested shows are Lost and Desperate Housewives, but there is other good stuff out there that we haven’t been able to get to, like this past season of Surreal Life. Series on cable are OK as well. E-mail us if you think you have something to write about or you have any questions.

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16 Comments

  1. 1
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 1:26 pm

    Is there any way to number the comments on the review pages? Be nice to know when you are reading them if you are on #13of 42 how far you have to go – Especially helpful when you are at work and trying to gauge how long before the boss walks up.

  2. 2
    J-Unit
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 1:49 pm

    Tinekerbell,

    Done. All you had to do was ask…

    J-Unit

  3. 3
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 1:49 pm

    ok wait – how long have those numbers been there?
    *wipes egg off face*

  4. 4
    J-Unit
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 1:50 pm

    Oh, about five minutes.

  5. 5
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    OOOH you work fast – you’re my hero!

  6. 6
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 2:20 pm

    Darling J-Unit,

    Since you are being so wonderfully accomodating I have one more little wish on my wish list. If we could see on the front page a date and time of the last update on each thread – that’d be marvy. So often I often I make the jump to see if there are any new comments only to find there aren’t. A date and time would save me the trouble.

    :)

  7. 7
    Leah3t
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 2:46 pm

    Good ideas and execution you guys.

  8. 8
    J-Unit
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 3:46 pm

    Tinkerbell,

    How’s it look now?

  9. 9
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 6:13 pm

    SO so perfect….Hehee…great job!

    Now, can I please have a pony?

  10. 10
    cutebutstupid
    Posted April 3, 2005 at 8:41 pm

    Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I think the “mailto:” link my be misspelled.

    One too many “f”s in staff.

    Sorry.

  11. 11
    spork
    Posted April 4, 2005 at 10:52 am

    Let’s say I only liked JUnit, hypothetically. Can you do something so I can just click on his name and see everything he wrote? and click on Madeyoulaugh and see everything he wrote? and click on– I think you get the point.

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    mountain girl
    Posted April 4, 2005 at 2:08 pm

    Just poking around, looking at all of the new stuff…it appears there a a minor spacing issue on the Archive page. The show names/links overlap each other. Kinda weird. Thought you should know.

    And I want my recaps too! : )

  13. 13
    J-Unit
    Posted April 4, 2005 at 2:18 pm

    If you have a problem with the site layout, you will have to e-mail me directly, as I will need to ask questions and probably see a screenshot to have any idea what you are talking about.

    spork,

    i am working on an author archive to add to the main archive page. It’s something I have been meaning to implement, just been too lazy.

  14. 14
    TinkerbellAPixie TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted April 4, 2005 at 6:07 pm

    OK I am just sooooooo loving being able to see when each review was posted on last from the main page!

    It was life changing! Thanks again J-Unit!

  15. 15
    Genevieve
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 9:10 am

    Just wanted to say that I love the newly updated banner. Great still shots :)

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    jess
    Posted April 12, 2005 at 11:18 am

    I keep reading the part about looking for writers and getting lost in a fuzzy dream world. Somehow, writing plain ol’ recaps of, say, Lost would just reiterate what ABC eventually publishes on their site. And there aren’t many times while watching Lost that I feel a good TVGasm comin’ on. Desperate Housewives is less of a stretch, because there are certainly comment-able zings to recap, and ABC does NOT post a recap online…but it’s still just a scripted show…

    but nothing stirs me quite like a recap of good ol’ reality TV and the bozos that show up for my amusement. Anyone doing Surreal Life? Or Showdogs Moms and Dads? (that one has TONS of material, if ya ask me! Chalcy’s mom is a loon!)

    Just thinking out loud. Pardon the interruption!

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