Add-On Releases - DnP Instant! AJAX/SEO Musicbox + News v1.0.7 : Online entertainment at its best

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"One of the most unique AJAX online media sharing service script for advanced webmasters"

Support
Due to high volume of PMs request for support, plus it's unwise to repeat an answer over and over in different PMs therefore, please note :

• In-Topic Support priority is given to Everyone who has installed
• Private Message Support is given only to Contributors, Helpers, Donators and Beta Test Volunteers

Introduction
This is the SEO friendly yet Advanced AJAX powered Musicbox by DnP Network?. It is found by Silveryhat in the late 2008 and early 2009. The original version was first use way back in the '06 or '07 with limited functions and no ajax support. A serious upgrade and rebuilding have been made few weeks ago for this release. Main goal was to make it faster and compatible with all vBulletin forums. This project is the hard work of Silveryhat and DnP Administrator of DnP Network?, we wish to bring the best to the vB community.

DnP Instant! Musicbox is free for non-commercial, non-profit use. Otherwise, please read the Notice at the end of this post.

Requirements

• Host supports AJAX
• Administrator skill level MUST be intermediate, for you must know what you are doing. 70% of the issues was because Admin does not have a clue of the host configuration and what the notice tries to tell them when a problem occurs. Also the other 20% is because Admin does not read the 2-Step Installation Guide carefully. I will not give support for such situations.
• vBulletin from 3.5.x to 3.8.x

Simplified 2-Step Installation :

1. Upload all files and folders under the "upload" folder to your forum root.

2. Run forum_root/install_dnp_musicbox.php to setup new tables to your database. This little friendly webpage is also AJAX supported. Delete it after you have finished installing the data.



[Note] : For Unix host, please make sure the folder you have uploaded the musicbox content to is CHMOD to 666 or 777 (writable) if you receive a permission error during installation.

And, That's all for the installation step!

IF you have installed successfully :

Read HOW-TO & F.A.Q
Mark as Installed for Support - Vote for it.
Nominate for MOTM.
Was the Installation Process easy ?

Customizations :

• Now proceed to AdminCP ? DnP Musicbox Options to add new categories, artists (optional), and albums (optional).
• Use the Configuration Editor from Musicbox Homepage ? Administrator's Quick Panel to customize the your personal musicbox !

There is no manual template change needed, unless you would want a musicbox link to show on navigation bar, too.

Access forum_root/music.php to start your musicbox!

Brief
Now, it is time to speed up the rest of the introduction. Here's the small summary of DnP Instant! Musicbox with some picture links and one giant screenshot.

Features :

* Lightweight, Fast response and 95% AJAX powered musicbox. Supports cross browsers, non-javascript browsers.
* All Ajax links are degradable, SEO friendly with built-in normal URL.
* More than 100+ customizations (and continue to grow each version) to fit your own way. Explore them yourself!
* Allows the creation of Singer Biography , Album Records and Lyric for song.
* Members can rate the song using Who Like It feature.
* Playlist is built-in. Data is saved on cookie file for fast access and database safe.
* Templates are built-in. No necessary change is required.
* Easy installation process. Includes dynamic installation webpage.
* Support your own forum style with matching style option. No Template editing is necessary. vBulletin Style - Style 1 - Style 2
* [View Screenshot] Flash file from online video services can also be embed. Literally any online video could be inserted into the musicbox. Any question of how, please ask.
* [View Screenshot] Lightbox effect included. Option can be switched On or Off.
* [View Screenshot] The Instant! box on mainpage is fully run by AJAX. It conveniently shows many different media stats such as Newest, Hottest, Highest rate or just random. You can even customize how many songs to show, replace the current icons and change the width elements, or the size of thumbnails. Then, you might run into a tough decision to choose the way it should list the song like the screenshot above, because both look pretty good.
* [View Screenshot] The Instant! box also sports a compact layout for a clean and tidy overall look.
* [View Screenshot] Navigation is all ajax powered for fastest response. Categories are organized and nested.
* [View Screenshot] Social Bookmarking Icons are included.
* [View Screenshot] Do your members like to comment (or start a flame war ._. ) ? Yes DnP Instant! Musicbox has a built-in comment system as well. It also runs by AJAX and includes Rating feature. A comment that has too many negative points will not be shown anymore. A good community will tend to unfold itself, well if it doesn't... you can always delete that bad comment in a blink (This kind of blink )
* [View Comment Rating Screenshot]
* [View Screenshot] When member report links as broken, you can quickly view a list of them in less than 10 seconds. The Administrator's Quick panel is located right in the footer and it runs with AJAX too!
* [View Screenshot] DnP Instant! Musicbox also comes with more than many hidden blocks that they can only be activated from the configuration editor. These blocks can display new topics, new singers or albums, showing announcement, list of friend websites, random songs, etc...Check them out too if you have time.
Admin can moderate media posted by members.
Members can report broken links.
* FLV/MP4 supported.
* [View screenshot] Built-in 14 default supports/guide for Online video sharing services.
* [View Screenshot] Instant! Setting Editor for quick configuration changes.
* Option to compress javascript files for very fast page load.
* Allow custom thumbnail for media. You can post a picture to display by default for your video, audio clip.
* [View Screenshot] Allow the customization for Player window look and feel. Be unique!
* [View Screenshot] Turn Off the Light feature for soothing video experience.
* [View Screenshot] Administrator's Note to member on Post page
* Instant! Cache system for completely 0 query requested on pageload even with Full blocks activated.* Automatic Anti-Flood System & SQL Inject Protection

Demo (Current Version on Demo page is maybe different due to testing purpose) :
As shown on the original homepage (click Continue to pass the firewall protection)
http://silveryhat.com/delynie/music.php or http://music.silveryhat.com/

Sample video clips :
http://silveryhat.com/song498 (I will follow him) (Youtube)
http://silveryhat.com/song360 (We didn't start the flame war) (CollegeHumor)
http://silveryhat.com/song221 (Khi con tim biết y?u (Love Paradise)) (DailyMotion)
http://silveryhat.com/song362 (Can't let go) (FLV Player)

Like old songs? Try Search function for these :

500 miles
Never on a sunday
Deborah
Love is blue
Leaving on a jet plane
Auld Lang Syne
Donna Donna
Greenfield
Knock Three Times
Seven lonely days
Am I that easy to forget
Please release me
I do my crying in the rain
River of no return
The Tennessee Waltz

Sample mp3 songs:
http://silveryhat.com/song187 (No turning back)
http://silveryhat.com/song237 (Love Paradise)

Member's Instant! Musicbox:
These are great boards that have supported the development of DnP Instant! Musicbox. Some of them has donated money or purchased the branding-free license which greatly encourages further growth of the musicbox itself. I appreciate your kindness and I hope your forum will extend to its best.

All Updates and History log

Notice: Default theme of musicbox and images are properties of DnP Network?, they should not be used any where else but the musicbox without permission. DnP Instant! Musicbox Copyright notice is not to be removed without a purchase of branding-free version else your domain and forum will be reported to Piracy Report.

Paid Request & Branding-free License:
Paid request is optional and available up to demand, because a few of us would want to extend the musicbox ability to another level. Click here to check out what is available.

Media Copyrights Infringement :
Please do not abuse the use of musicbox to create an illegal source of music. It's all your responsibility when it comes to these matters.

Please be aware : For every Modification, there are always bugs somewhere that the author have not yet found them himself. The same gravity applies for DnP Instant! Musicbox. Though I have manage to solve all the issues before anyone notices, there is still a great chance it's not perfectly bug free. Even vBulletin itself. I urge any kind souls who will contribute their time and effort, will help me improve it for every coming version. Bug reports, Ideas, Feedbacks are truly welcomed.

Update : From weekly to monthly per patch. Depend on requests, feedbacks and amount of bugs found.

2-Step Upgrade:

1. Upload all files and folders under the "upload" folder to your forum root.

2. Run forum_root/install_dnp_musicbox.php to upgrade tables. Current data will not be lost, only new columns are installed.

[Note] : For Unix host, please make sure the folder you have uploaded the musicbox content to is CHMOD to 666 or 777 (writable) if you receive a permission error during installation.
(..did I just copy almost exactly the two steps of installation here ._. )

Additional Plugins (varied authors) :

1. Comment Block on Forum Home Index plugin (free)
2. Who's Online Plugin for DnP Instant! Musicbox (free)
3. DnP Instant! Musicbox's AJAX New Thread on Forum Home Index
4. Media Block on Forum Home for DnP Instant! Musicbox (Display music list on your forum homepage - Simple version - Free)
5. Posting Multiple Media Plugin (Quick way to post multiple media to musicbox database $1)
6. DnP Instant! Box and Playlist on Forum Index (Display music list on your forum homepage - Advanced version - $5)
7. Branding-Free License Purchase (Remove copyright line at bottom of page and allow the commercial use - $1)

Enjoy!

Bottom line - About Search Engines, Do they really crawl the content?:
Try this or this for examples.
My site rank is not high enough to beat other big sites, so I would narrow down the search to show that google does see the content of Musicbox.
Keyword : Leaving on a jet plane dnp or Honest Graduation Song dnp, as well as Baby I would dnp.
Here is the site search where it displays everything Google has gathered from the Musicbox : allinurl:silveryhat.com/delynie/music.php

Original Version of this topic can be found at
http://www.silveryhat.com/delynie/f130/dnp-instant-musicbox-modification-for-vbulletin-forum-6858.html

[blue6995]

Originally Posted by silveryhat

What do you post? Give me an example. Have you tried the Instant! Guide ?

I'm again gonna quote myself from where I quote myself from the original self-quote of first post , since page 10.

Yes, I have tried the Instant Guide. I am trying to post a youtube vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54tTBU_u7k

Thanks

[skol]

Originally Posted by blue6995

Yes, I have tried the Instant Guide. I am trying to post a youtube vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54tTBU_u7k

Thanks

It's not hard blue add media,select youtube,click on send sample to URL box and then add b54tTBU_u7k to end of it, as shown...


@silveryhat.



Not a major problem,theres nothing stated when you hover over the add to playlist buttons.

[blue6995]

Originally Posted by skol

It's not hard blue add media,select youtube,click on send sample to URL box and then add b54tTBU_u7k to end of it, as shown...


@silveryhat.



Not a major problem,theres nothing stated when you hover over the add to playlist buttons.

Ok, got it! Many thanks

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

freaking awesome mod and support... I'll make a donation for this Mod....

Silvery, please help me clear this section "if anyone would want their musicbox to be in the showcases list in the first post".

What do you mean by music box to be in the showcases???? How it looks? Demo anywhere?

Thanks alot for the support! What I said above just means if you would want your own musicbox to be in the Demo section

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Few suggestions/requests on next update:

1/ Under the category drop down menu (when add song), can we add a spacer/line between each of category?

I'll see what can be done, it must look good before it can be implemented.

2/ Can we have a popup notice or something that alert admin there are new pending media that needs approval? Like showing the number of new media next to "View unapproved link report". And this could be done also for the broken link report???

Would be nice if there is the number of new media shows next to the View unapproved link, and once click on that number, it will display all the new pending media. On top of that, it's also nice if we have the approve or deny button without viewing media.

This is what I concern about earlier. It possibly has a hit on performance, some host cannot process too many requests and I try to optimize the speed to the most. But I may add an option to switch it on/off in later version. Admin must see the media before it can be approved. There is also new function to one click approve all later.

3/ Can we allow user to add album title instead admin? (like allow user to add singer name, bio, and other...)

Also, will there be an option for mass prune media with selection? I believe right now, we have to delete media one by one. And you have to view the media in order to edit or delete.

On the Editing media section, can we still have the add an artist and add an album feature? Let's say, user submit with incorrect artist, and when doing the editing (admin), there is no option to add the new (correct) artist... and no option in editing media to submit artist photo.

They are on To-Do list already

Also, want to confirm that this media box also plays Youtube playlist, all you do is just change "v" to "p" in the coding. However, please create an icon for YouTube playlist. For some reason, the no info image did not display for Youtube playlist on the instant box top new media.

Playlist does not have any thumbnail, simply use custom thumbnail instead.

Originally Posted by music legend

how do you add the news articles?

Same way that you post new media, only the Type is article. Everything is pretty simple

Originally Posted by skol

Not a major problem,theres nothing stated when you hover over the add to playlist buttons.

Hang on to this skol, newly developed playlist feature is on its way with the opportunity for members to share their own playlist on mainpage.

[Preech]

I'll install this later today. I just install that last version. No biggie. I'm running this with the vbtube mod. Now I'm starting to think I should have waited longer before I purchased that.

[rapidphim]

Silvery, about my #2 above, if it relates to the query, then can it be at least display on a different color so that admin know there are pending media for approval. Or better yet, just a popup box (like popup PM box) to alert the admin about the pending links....

[TeknoSounds]

the 3rd page/step of the Install New Database stalls for me, doesn't bring up a successful or failed notice nor a link to the next installation step.. Tried in Firefox & in IE. Running vB 3.8.2 Any ideas?

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by Preech

I'll install this later today. I just install that last version. No biggie. I'm running this with the vbtube mod. Now I'm starting to think I should have waited longer before I purchased that.

Ah cool. Hey since you are using vBtube might you want to tell me some good features that I should implement to the musicbox?

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Silvery, about my #2 above, if it relates to the query, then can it be at least display on a different color so that admin know there are pending media for approval. Or better yet, just a popup box (like popup PM box) to alert the admin about the pending links....

Maybe this what you want?



Red indicates more than 1, Green is for 0 or 1

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

the 3rd page/step of the Install New Database stalls for me, doesn't bring up a successful or failed notice nor a link to the next installation step.. Tried in Firefox & in IE. Running vB 3.8.2 Any ideas?

Hmm, you can try the direct link

./install_dnp_musicbox.php?do=setup_database&confirm =continue3

This step is to setup new columns for features of v1.0.3, v1.0.4 and v1.0.5

[TeknoSounds]

Went into the file to make sure all the tables were there and it appeared so, so entered the direct link and setup appears to have completed.
On to configuring
Thanks!