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

[matthewhotdude]

I really do love this mod, But i'm the only one who uses it lol

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by matthewhotdude

I really do love this mod, But i'm the only one who uses it lol

Thanks mate , it'll take a while. It's that I haven't got a chance to write down any detail instruction to help everyone fully explores all the great and unique features of the musicbox. But a quick google search will returns hundreds

[DsmNikki]

i need to know how do i get my music to play? what url do i input in the configurations?

i need a example please!

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by DsmNikki

i need to know how do i get my music to play? what url do i input in the configurations?

i need a example please!

Depend on what type of media you might want to insert into the musicbox
If it comes an online video sharing site such as youtube, dailymotion, hulu, etc...you would use the instant! guide in the post page to embed those clips to the musicbox. A good starting tutorial is Instant! Guide : Embedding Clip from Online Video Sharing Services


If it is an audio (mp3, wma), video (wmv, mov, avi, etc..) or flv media, you should put the direct url to the file in the url box of the post page. Example : http://www.silveryhat.com/store/A little love.mp3

[Xencored]

Hmm after about a few months of running this alot members where saying it takes so long to add media. So this is just somefeed back for you realy

ive gone back to Video remix for the time beening see if they stop pm`ing me
None the less i love this mod

[Sador]

Just installed this on a test server. It looks very v?ry awesome. I'm actually impressed with just how good it looks.

It works very good as well. Had little troubles installing the addon (feared installing it a bit because of the warning, but it was actually kinda easy) and an AJAX installer is quite a nice feature.

Just a few small comments and questions, hope you might be able to answer them.

In the installer, the instructions are the same as they are on this forum. That's a good thing, but it also says to first upload the files and go to the install link. (while obviously you already did that to read that message in the first place). Doesn't matter, just a small detail.

I was wondering, is it possible to just upload any mp3 file from your computer, or might that get possible in the future? I do understand the issues (users uploading large file sizes and so on) but with the right restrictions this might be a useful feature.

Also, is it possible, or will there be plans to add a function for members to suggest a new category / artist and so on, so admins can look at it and decide whether or not they want it to be added? As stated before, it's probably not that smart to let members be able to add artists on their own, but if they can do a suggestion and the admin can approve or disapprove that might make it a lot easier to get a large amount of artists and songs.

It's probably due to my own overlooking, but where can you add something to your playlist?

And finally, after importing the who's online plugin, nothing seems to happen. Is there something I'm supposed to do after that? I can't find it anywhere in any of the options or configurations.

Thanks for any answers you can give me, and thanks again for this great mod.

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by Sador

Just installed this on a test server. It looks very v?ry awesome. I'm actually impressed with just how good it looks.

It works very good as well. Had little troubles installing the addon (feared installing it a bit because of the warning, but it was actually kinda easy) and an AJAX installer is quite a nice feature.

Just a few small comments and questions, hope you might be able to answer them.

In the installer, the instructions are the same as they are on this forum. That's a good thing, but it also says to first upload the files and go to the install link. (while obviously you already did that to read that message in the first place). Doesn't matter, just a small detail.

I was wondering, is it possible to just upload any mp3 file from your computer, or might that get possible in the future? I do understand the issues (users uploading large file sizes and so on) but with the right restrictions this might be a useful feature.

Also, is it possible, or will there be plans to add a function for members to suggest a new category / artist and so on, so admins can look at it and decide whether or not they want it to be added? As stated before, it's probably not that smart to let members be able to add artists on their own, but if they can do a suggestion and the admin can approve or disapprove that might make it a lot easier to get a large amount of artists and songs.

It's probably due to my own overlooking, but where can you add something to your playlist?

And finally, after importing the who's online plugin, nothing seems to happen. Is there something I'm supposed to do after that? I can't find it anywhere in any of the options or configurations.

Thanks for any answers you can give me, and thanks again for this great mod.

Thank you for the positive feedback

About the installer, I did not have much time to edit all the user front-end information, it was pretty much a copy and paste from the original introduction ^^.

- About user file uploader, a member who's using the musicbox has come up with a great addon that you may want to take a look at Upload directly from music box

- I think when it's about suggestion for new artist / album, it's best to use the forum instead. Too many options possibly slows down the musicbox and confuse the users.

- The plugin is just a simple script to show user location on WOL of the forum

Originally Posted by Animemike

Hmm after about a few months of running this alot members where saying it takes so long to add media. So this is just somefeed back for you realy

ive gone back to Video remix for the time beening see if they stop pm`ing me
None the less i love this mod

I don't know in which way it could take long to add the media since all it asks for are just Media name, URL and Category as the requirements :erm:

[grafbyte]

hello

im install dis bat my admin folder ist xxxx not admincp

before the installation I renamed admincp to xxxx and uploud to ftp

im see dis

Thank you for installing DnP Instant! Musicbox!
It looks like you have successfully set up the database for the musicbox, however the data is empty.

but im have nothing dis Go to AdminCP > DnP Musicbox

can you help me

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by grafbyte

hello

im install dis bat my admin folder ist xxxx not admincp

before the installation I renamed admincp to xxxx and uploud to ftp

im see dis




but im have nothing dis Go to AdminCP > DnP Musicbox

can you help me

Simply copy from musicbox package upload > admincp > dnpmusicbox_setting.php to your xxxx folder.

[grafbyte]

its workt

NICE . thx