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Short of the Month
Short of the Month
#shortofthemonth
A platform for short filmmakers to promote their short films, documentaries and music videos by winning the title Short of the Month.
Launched September 1, 2024
Added a Leaderboard page and ranking details for the five most-voted films. 
#shortofthemonth
Prepared a list of filmmakers to email inviting them to #shortofthemonth.
Added a new footer to #shortofthemonth with additional links and content.
Added submission alert admin email notification to #shortofthemonth. Next, add a sign-up alert and re-enable the welcome email.
Added a new page on #shortofthemonth where users can view all the films they have voted for.
Added a steps section to the homepage. This content was already included in the FAQ page, but visitors were not checking this, and support was receiving such questions. Hopefully, this will fix it. #shortofthemonth
Removed the social media automation cron job due to Cloudflare Turnstile blocking external cron job requests. Will trigger the script manually for now and consider migrating to Vercel Cron jobs if necessary. #shortofthemonth
Added a "Showing Next" page to display films competing in the upcoming month. #shortofthemonth
Added categories and genres pages. Viewers can now discover films based on genres and categories. #shortofthemonth
Added an Open Stats page to #shortofthemonth. It's currently being updated manually, will move to automatic updates when the stats improve.
Added the option to capture the social media handles of the film and filmmakers.
The plan is to automate social media posts with these details.
Next: Learn Cron jobs to implement this. 📚 #shortofthemonth
Added the option to enter users' social media handles. One step closer to automating social media posts. #shortofthemonth
Implemented an email list generator for bulk email notification for #shortofthemonth.
added automatic sitemap generation for approved films #shortofthemonth
Integrated Plausible Anayltics #shortofthemonth
Added an option to submit trailer link #shortofthemonth