Making The Most Of SpoilerTV - Everything Site Related Explained

Update: 25th March 2011 We've made a little changes to streamline the sharing buttons that appear for each post. As you can see below we have a new site of sharing buttons that allow you to share any content you find interesting with your friends and/or social networks. These sharing buttons help more than you know in spreading the word about SpoilerTV and only take a section to click on. So please if you like an article tweet it to your friends, facebook like and share on any of the other many social networks. It really helps us help you.



Hey Guys,

Andy and myself have been working on redo-ing the FAQ/Help Section of the website so any new visitors can see how SpoilerTV works, as well as some of the older friends we have seeing how all of our new features and advances in improving the website work. We've just finished and you can find it in general over HERE but I've copied it all into this post for you all to have a look through. We're doing so many thing I guarantee there's something we offer you didn't know about. I hope it's useful...

How Does SpoilerTV Work?
New people are visiting SpoilerTV all the time and to avoid people emailing the staff asking questions about how to use the site, how to stay updated etc etc. we have put together this section which explains everything about the site.
If you want to know how to get the most out of SpoilerTV, read this guide...

Working Your Way Around The Site

Navigation of the Home Page - All Content
The site's homepage, spoilertv.com provides a constant stream of TV news, information, spoilers, teasers, reviews &articles from across the globe. The most current item is at the top of the page.

Clicking on a post title will take you to the content of that post as well as giving you the ability to view any comments that have been left or to add your own thoughts.


Instead of clicking on the post title, you now have the option to pop out the content of a specific post. This is done by clicking on the blue TV Screen symbol to the left of the post title:


Clicking this will pop open the specific content without leaving the homepage:


Finding Show Specific Content
Instead of searching through tons of all the content to find information on specific shows, you can search for that individual show in a few ways.

1. Find the show you want on the main menu bar at the top of the homepage. Shows are sorted by US network, for example 'Fringe' can be found under 'FOX':


2. You can also find the show by selecting it from the Drop-Down menu (Alphabetical Order) on the right hand side of the homepage:


3. Clicking one of the 'Labels' that can be found attached to every post on the site:


4. Finally, you can specifically type what you are looking for into the 'Search Bar' on the right hand side of the homepage and it will find the most relevant posts related to your search:


Submitting TV Scoop
SpoilerTV relies on you, as TV fans to help us bring as much TV content as possible onto the website. To do that you can 'Submit a Scoop' by clicking on the 'Click To Submit Scoop' on the right hand side of the homepage:


Clicking 'Submit a Scoop' will bring you to a Pop-Up Box where you simply enter name, email address, the website url of where you found the information (for us to validate) and then a description of what you have found. Click Submit and it will arrive with the SpoilerTV staff:


Customising SpoilerTV
There is now the option to customise SpoilerTV in a few ways, such as removing the welcome section, the banner, the recent comments section and the search form as well as changing the colour scheme of the website.
The first four customisations are available to be changed HERE


The ability to change the colour scheme is available on the homepage by selecting the tab in the welcome box and choosing a colour scheme:


Keeping Up To Date With SpoilerTV/ Social Media Interation

SpoilerTV has many ways to keep on top of the latest news and content through a wide variety of systems and social media websites:

1. Twitter
Nowadays thousands of people are following SpoilerTV on twitter, where we have automatically set up live updates so as soon as content is put on the site, Twitter knows about it; and therefore so do you. We have over 30 specific show twitter feeds for you as well. Find all of our Twitter Feeds HERE


2. RSS Feeds
SpoilerTV also provides you with a large number of RSS Feeds that you can use in your favourite feedreaders or use in any widgets such as iGoogle etc. To view the RSS Feeds available simply head HERE and scroll down to select which feeds you want to subscribe too.


3. Facebook
SpoilerTV also have a Facebook page where you can get all the latest content straight to your wall, all you need to do is 'Like' the group by following the link HERE


My SpoilerTV
The brand new My SpoilerTV Portal is a new feature for the website and can be viewed HERE, allowing you to have a page which is customised to your own TV needs and desired. It will view the latest 5 posts for all the shows you wish to keep up to date with, and can be customised by clicking the 'configure link'...


...and selecting the shows you want to get content about:


Daily Digest
Not everyone likes Twitter or RSS Feeds and prefers a more relaxed and less immediate form of staying up to date. We also provide a simple Daily Digest Email that will email you daily and list all the new content that has been posted since your previous Daily Digest arrived. This is a great way to ensure you don't miss anything or if you are on the road. Simple use the form below to signup.

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Google Chrome Extension
Recently we introduced our very own extension for any Chrome users. This will alert you in your browser whenever there is new content on show or shows that you specify. We already have over 3,000 users using this. Try it out, you won't be disappointed.
To download our Google Chrome Extension page, head HERE
If you've not used the Chrome Browser yet I cannot stress enough how much you should use it. It's the fastest and most secure browser currently available.


Instant Email Service
We also offer an instant email service, whereby you can also receive an instant email as soon as a new post is made.
You can see how to set this up HERE

The SpoilerTV Community & Commenting
One of the things we pride ourselves on is the friendly community of people from around the world that visit our site on a daily basis. There are several tools/sites that we use to help build this community further.


1. Commenting
Each post that appears on SpoilerTV provides you with the ability to comment on it. We love reading your comments/questions and try to answer any questions you have. It's also a great way to find new friends who also share the same interests in your shows.
The commenting system is pretty easy to use. Simply type in your comment and press the Post Button. If you are already logged in then your comment will be posted immediatly, if you're not logged in your will be prompted to. You can log on using your Facebook, Twitter, OpenID, Disqus and/or Yahoo accounts or you can simply post as a guest with an Name/Email.


Also when you are viewing a post, you can see the most recent comments that have been posted on the site in the right-hand side bar. This feature is not available on the homepage, but is available to view on any post or article on the website:


If you wish to learn more about commenting and the community, we have a page devoted to such a need HERE

2. Facebook Comments & Liking Articles
As mentioned, we have our own Facebook Page for SpoilerTV that allows those of you who spend their time on Facebook to see the updates quickly. This also gives you the option to Like/Comment on our specific stories and articles which will then post on your own wall, sharing the articles with you friends.


3. Twitter/Tweet Me Buttons
When you visit the site you will see on the right-hand side of the post a Tweetme button. This enables you to see which articles are being retweeted as well as being able to retweet the post to your followers.
You can tweet articles that you like by clicking the Tweet Button to the right of the post:


Then click Tweet with the text you want written on your Twitter Feed:

By doing this you help us to grow and promote the site, so do it as much as you can.

4. Popular Posts
This page will show you all the most recent and popular posts on SpoilerTV over the last few weeks. It can be filtered with the search option, and can be found HERE


5. SpoilerTV Chat
You can chat with SpoilerTV staff and other fans in our SpoilerTV chat section, which you can access HERE. Just type in a username an you're good to go!

Forums
A few years ago we added a Forum to the site and in those 3 years we've had over 600,000 posts, 21,000 Topics, and close to 15,500 people sign up. It's a very friendly place to not only discuss your shows, spoilers and news etc but also join in a number of fun other discussions and games. There are also a number of non-tv related sub-forums. Have a look around and sign up... it's free :)


The SpoilerTV Team
Interested in who puts all the website together? Well, we now have a page where everyone who works and adds content in any shape or form to SpoilerTV is featured and you can check out the team HERE You can also follow the team on Facebook & Twitter from here.


Feedback
We're always looking for you to help us make the site better, and you can do that by heading HERE and letting us know what you would like to see on SpoilerTV in the future.

SpoilerTV on your Mobile

We realise that a lot of people now use their mobile more and more to access content on the Internet and to stay up to date. I use my mobile (Nexus One) more and more these days.

We've designed SpoilerTV to be as Mobile Friendly as possible with all the latest smartphones and if you have one of the latest Android Phones the flash videos etc should all work.

Simply goto our Mobile Site here.

m.spoilertv.com

If you want to access specific shows on your mobile the you read about how to do it HERE.

SpoilerTV Television Page
We've created some easy to use pages that will allow you to catch up and watch your favorite shows from a number of the main Networks. A lot of the content is still USA only due to the strict licensing laws. We hope that overtime we can bring more content that is not restricted to the USA only.
You can access the page directly HERE or via the Features Menu.


SpoilerTV Video Portal Page
This video page will allow you to view nearly all the videos that we've posted on the site in one convenient place and is a great way to catch up on any video you may have missed.
To use the player simply goto the Video Portal Page and start browsing.


At the Top Right of the player you will see the list of Channels that we have created. There are channels for Behind the Scenes, Sneak Peeks, Promos, Movies etc. You can scroll through the channels by using the little Left and Right Arrows and then clicking on the Channel Name.



Also, an added benefit is that you can also add this Video Player/Portal onto your site. Simply copy the embed code from HERE and paste it onto your site. Your readers will also get the latest videos as soon as we post them.

Any video that you play, you can easily copy it to your site or blog by clicking on the Share button and copying the embed code. You can then paste that code onto your site/blog so that others can view it.

Things Coming in the Future

We're always looking at ways to improve the site and to provide features that make it easier for you to use. Below are some of the features we've currently got in our To Do list.

Firefox and Safari Browser Extensions
With the success of our Chrome Extension, we're looking at migrating the code so that it can work for users of the Firefox and Safari Browsers.

More Customisations
We're looking at new ways to improve the customisation of SpoilerTV. This will include things like adding more Themes, More Shows to the my.spoilertv.com page, the ability to select from a number of different available banners.

Improve Mobile Options
We hope to improve on our mobile versions of the site to improve usability and to allow you to comment on the site.

Improved Chrome Extension
We're hoping later this year to add some more feature to our Chrome Extension.

Plus whatever you guys and girls can think of. You can leave ideas and vote on existing ones HERE.