So here's the Show In A Box story:

For a long time we worked on how to easily get people videoblogging for free - http://freevlog.org

All the while, we were learning to use tools with more flexibility, namely, Wordpress. Also for years now we've recognized that there are

people with great video content that might be able to make their work sustainable if they had the tools. So we started putting things

together and trying stuff out - first at http://havemoneywillvlog and then at http://ryanishungry.com and http://swajana.com .

Rudy from Galacticast made a kick ass theme called Vlogsplosion that got it all started.

Then we decided to use some of the money we raised at Vloggercon to help jump start development. And that's when Show In A Box was born. What it is

is a videoblogging platform based on Wordpress. What we're doing is building video-centric plugins and themes to give people the tools to

create a sustaining community around their work.

At this moment the biggest piece of the puzzle is Enric's vPIP plugin. vPIP basically lets you offer viewers a choice of video formats to

choose from. It also generates a separate RSS feed for each of those formats. We also have a few themes based on K2 that are designed to

hold 640 pixel wide video. We're working on a series of plugins for related videos, recent videos

and a video archive. And the really big piece that will pull it all together is a new version of Pledge Drive (not sure is this is still

the name of it) that will allow you to receive and track one-time and

recurring payments via PayPal.

So basically it's plugins and themes for Wordpress. You don't have to use all of them - just what works for you. Already got a theme you

love? Great, stick with that. Just want to use the new Pledge Drive and nothing else? No Problem.

Right now there isn't much documentation so it really helps to have some experience with Wordpress before trying to implement any of this.

But soon we'll have instructions and screencasts just like at Freevlog. We also have an email list where we're helping each other

figure all this stuff out -http://groups.google.com/group/show-in-a-box

There's a good number of us from this list working on it doing everything from programming to testing to documenting.

Read more at http://showinabox.tv/about/.