NewsGator to provide Web 2.0 applications for all Media General websites

If you haven't seen the press release - take a look - Media General has partnered with us to deliver our full suite of Web 2.0 applications for all their online properties. Since we formalized this relationship a few weeks ago, we've already launched two widgets on the inrich.com site.

Here's a little bit about what we've built for them-

On the right is a 'checkbox' widget, it lives on each section front of the Inrich.com site (news, sports, entertainment, etc). The content presented in the widget is specific to the section and allows light personalization by the user. When a checkbox is selected, the articles for that publication appear below, and the selections are remembered between visits. 

Click here or on the image to see the live version.

The second widget which we deployed on the inrich.com site lives on the article pages. We call it the 'flyout', aptly named because of the way the content is included in a small flyout to the left of the headlines. See the image below.

The flyout serves a few purposes, while closed it shows the recent headlines around news, sports, etc (whatever section the article is in) as well as the most popular articles for that section as well - users can click on different tabs to see the different lists. It also has a tab set for videos - where the user can chose from any number of popular clips.

Once the user clicks on a piece of content, the flyout is expanded to the left, and the user is presented with more content from that headline. You'll also note the user has different ways to interact with the content, in this case the user can email or rate the content they read or watch. If they chose video, we'll play the video inline, so the user isn't taken off the site to see the clip. If you'd like to see this in action, click here, or click on the image below.

We're excited to be working with Media General - they are a great group to work with, and we look forward to rolling out this functionality to other sites! We'll keep you posted!