Been a while, hasn’t it? I do apologise for the dead air, life has been busy, but I am still as committed as ever to FTLR, and I have a huge update that should hopefully make this our comeback era (just like SBS2? 👀)
Recent events have proven the justification for an independently curated Aussie TV archive site, away from people being easily able to flick a switch to take down a video, or even worse, an entire YouTube channel of archive work, and that’s why I won’t hang up the boots, even if there are times of the site at a standstill – it serves a purpose serving clips YOU submitted – and I thank you for that.
HERE COME THE UPDATES.
Firstly, there is now a NEW submission form that will help the process of getting your clip up and ready for viewing much more quickly.
The process in the past has included me manually making the clip page, and links and whatnot, but the advantage of this new form is that it immediately drafts a clip for me immediately after you submit, ready for me to review and manually approve
That’s the important part I want to stress – I will still manually approve clip submissions for quality control, this automation will not diminish the quality of clips submitted on FTLR.
I am working across a new look page galleries too, that will also streamline things in this regard. I am hoping that this work on the backend allows for people to regain confidence in submitting clips and publishing for everyone to see, so over the coming days, you will see a new gallery design rollout that reflects this new system, as i roll that part out, so there will be a period where you see the two different looks in the clip pages.
The new form has replaced the older manual form effective tonight.
Thank you all for your support, and let’s get this show back on the road!