June 10, 2009

New build: search hints, slicing, and recommendations enhancements

We have just deployed our latest build of the TV Genius platform to production which includes the folllowing:

  • Product enhancements
    • search
      • Now support search hints in search boxes
      • Search slicing provides drill-down functionality on search results
      • Support for enhanced search terms in small screen XML feed
    • recommendations
      • Multiple sources for picks and manual prioritisation
      • Manual recommendations
      • Filter recommendations by source
      • Support for enhanced search terms and top shows searches in small screen XML feed
      • Show rating and active recommendations
    • Continuing SEO enhancements
  • Bug fixes and minor enhancements
    • Listings component: now support tvgShowWholeDay in grid view
    • Listings component: Performance enhancements on listings grid and scrolling
    • Search: improved search found text for enhanced search parameters
    • Search: support for graphical repeats and episodes links
    • Search: support for my reminders in search menus
    • Search: clips search now includes previous links
    • Search: improved synonym handling and tracking
    • General: renamed three Javascript variables with “tvg”
    • General: cookie precedence now respected with personalisation
    • General: now support question marks in URLs, e.g. tvguide.html?type=search
    • Out of the box site: fixed occasional page refreshing bug
    • Reminders: in some cases email reminders were restricted by channels agains the users request
    • Reminders: users now always receive an SMS confirming their subscription
    • Online TV: some links to whole shows were not working