The Nissan Winter Challenge application was created for Nissan’s “Prove It” Facebook Fan Page. The application featured 10 videos created by amateur directors, giving fans of the page a chance to vote for their favourite directors. The voters could enter themselves into a prize draw to win a ski weekend in Verbier.
The application used a Flash video player to play the amateur videos and included a thumbs up / down rating system. The video with the highest overall ranking won. The application also included a comment wall for user comments and discussion, and was localized for five European countries:
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
- Spain
- Italy
The application was coded by myself using PHP, MySQL and JavaScript in the space of one week. The application made use of social functionality including newsfeed when watching, rating or commenting videos. The Winter Challenge application was also built using Facebook Connect and feature on the EuroSports Website. The application replicated the fan page functionality but used Facebook Connect for social functionality.