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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
After a few weeks of break from working on 
#shortofthemonth, shipped a minor improvement. Viewers can now easily navigate to the next or previous film using arrow navigation. Might add a keyboard shortcut next.
Added submission alert admin email notification to #shortofthemonth. Next, add a sign-up alert and re-enable the welcome email.
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 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
