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TV Squad features you may not know about

by Keith McDuffee, posted Mar 6th 2008 8:00AM
tv squad logoWe thought it was time again to point out a few features of TV Squad that have been around for quite some time now, since we have new readers coming to the site every day.

First up, RSS feeds. Most blog readers know what these are and how to subscribe to them, so I'm not going to get into the basics of that now. What you may not know, though, is how many different RSS feeds we actually have here. Sure, you can subscribe to the main feed with all of the posts, but maybe you want to zone in or posts in certain categories?



To subscribe to a category feed, just add "/rss.xml" to the end of the category URL. So, for example, if you want to subscribe to the Lost category, the RSS feed URL is http://www.aoltv.com/category/lost/rss.xml. We've got a lot of categories (over there to the left of the site), so take your pick.

You can do more than just subscribe to category feeds. You can also do this with tags! We try to give many relevant tags to all of the posts on the site, so whatever posts you're interested in targeting, you'll likely find the right tag for the job. Looking for a feed for posts about NBC? Try http://www.aoltv.com/tag/nbc/rss.xml. This also works for specific bloggers. For instance, to get the feed for all of Jay Black's posts: http://www.aoltv.com/bloggers/jay-black/rss.xml -- we've got a list of all the TV Squad bloggers' pages.

TV Squad has a few off-site places for readers too. We've got a Facebook group and fan page, for example. We also have a Twitter account that we update every weekday with what's new on TV that night, plus we'll send updates on new giveaways and interesting posts once in a while. Don't worry, you won't get inundated with updates all day long.

Hopefully you'll find some of those things helpful. We've got some of this info and more on our FAQ page too. Let us know if there's anything we can do (or try to do) to improve the site. And, please, try to be civil about it, m'kay?

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Vincent

Actually i would love the possibility of having a dedicated presentation page for each show i love. That we users could help edit. Don't worry we would leave you bloggers the daily news. ;)

It would feature links to the latest news regarding that show / creators, to a forum... And maybe a ratings system allowing us to identify who has the same tastes ?

March 07 2008 at 1:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PB

Well, this is interesting, Jay (yes, you're SUPER SEXY ... don't tell my hubby I said that), but I don't have a reply button on any comment I see. Just the star rating system, the red up/green down arrow the gray exclamation point for baaaad posters ... I feel so left out ...

March 06 2008 at 10:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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PB

What I'd like to know is how some replies in the comments sections are indented (indicating a response to someone else's comment). I never see anything special to indicate a reply ... any helpful hints? THANKS!

March 06 2008 at 10:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jay Black

Hey PB, if you want to reply to a comment, just look in the bottom left hand corner of the comment you want to reply to. There's a little link that says "reply". When you click it, it doesn't _look_ like anything changed, but when you go down to the little form at the bottom of the page to type your comments, you'll see a "replying to " message right above the "add your comments" box.

My suggestion would be to try replying to this comment with the phrase: "Thanks Jay, you're super-sexy." It'll teach you how to reply to specific comments while, at the same time, provide me with a much-needed surge of self-confidence.

March 06 2008 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MagerValp

Actually, what I really want is the ability to select tags and categories that I don't want to see. Removing reality show posts would be a huge boon...

March 06 2008 at 8:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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