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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

[skol]

? Flood Protection Activated
SESSION has been terminated.
You have reached the maximum penalty times therefore this session is blocked from access.

Help.............please.

Edit.Sorry sorted now..

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by skol

Help.............please.

Edit.Sorry sorted now..

the smart flood protection in configurations.

[logoz2008]

silveryhat,

few things maybe you can suggest how to fix or include them in the next upload:

When you turn off ajax you can't vote, or report broken links, or add to playlists. I think that's easy to figure why (javascript + ajax off). I edited musicajax.php to include ads below player they wont load unless ajax is turned off. Right now the only option is to add them in music.php above the player window but cuz of ajax ads dont rotate if you are switching artist or going to a different media. Is there a way to place ads (adsense) in player window using musicajax.php? or is there a way to turn off ajax but still be able to vote, report broken links and add to playists?

thanks for all the support!

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by logoz2008

silveryhat,

few things maybe you can suggest how to fix or include them in the next upload:

When you turn off ajax you can't vote, or report broken links, or add to playlists. I think that's easy to figure why (javascript + ajax off). I edited musicajax.php to include ads below player they wont load unless ajax is turned off. Right now the only option is to add them in music.php above the player window but cuz of ajax ads dont rotate if you are switching artist or going to a different media. Is there a way to place ads (adsense) in player window using musicajax.php? or is there a way to turn off ajax but still be able to vote, report broken links and add to playists?

thanks for all the support!

As far as I have learnt, AJAX + Ad cannot be a happy family. Especially adsense. Google do not let their ads re-initialize from an element of a webpage therefore there are very few things you could do. I would say placing ad to the header, in next version the side ad is also fixed to display ad properly. Or you can add ad in flv player if your server supports but I'm unable to provide any help. You need to seek support from JM player ad solutions at http://www.longtailvideo.com/adsolution

[logoz2008]

^Decided not to use ads at all this is too great of a mod to pass on.

I hope you can work something out in the new version.

Thanks

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by logoz2008

^Decided not to use ads at all this is too great of a mod to pass on.

I hope you can work something out in the new version.

Thanks

I plan to have the album and artist views recorded , it might become handy for display order later

[emtee]

It seems that I can't play the playlist at all (my own or shared playlist). There is no buttons to click to "Play the playlist" at all. Did I overlook anywhere? Isn't the playlist supposed to be played continuously in its order?

One more thing, I want to use JW Flash Media Player 4.6 (JW FMP) to handle music for better compatibility with Mac and Linux users. I only use .mp3 so no problems with .wma or SilverLight issue here. JW FMP also handles custom playlist via Javascript so it's easy to implement. Do you have it planned in 1.08 or I have to hack it myself? Thanks.

[Sador]

Some things I'm wondering. Would it be possible to ajax refresh the add new artist when adding new media? It's kinda annoying that you need to refresh, and it's nearly at the bottom as well, so it's easy to fill out everything, then add an artist, then need to refresh and do it all over again.

Currently, when you have the 'automatically play media' on, it doesn't automatically start things like youtube videos. Although I really doubt if it's even possible to play them automatically, could that be fixed?

Could 'add category' be added to the quick menu where configurations and broken links are also located?

And now I might ask something really hard, but with youtube when you insert a name, you get suggestions based on which names are already in the database. Is it somehow possible to do the same while adding or searching music?

Anyway, it's still a great addon, I like it a lot. Thanks for any replies.

[princeedward]

reserved

[silveryhat]

Originally Posted by Sador

Some things I'm wondering. Would it be possible to ajax refresh the add new artist when adding new media? It's kinda annoying that you need to refresh, and it's nearly at the bottom as well, so it's easy to fill out everything, then add an artist, then need to refresh and do it all over again.

Currently, when you have the 'automatically play media' on, it doesn't automatically start things like youtube videos. Although I really doubt if it's even possible to play them automatically, could that be fixed?

Could 'add category' be added to the quick menu where configurations and broken links are also located?

And now I might ask something really hard, but with youtube when you insert a name, you get suggestions based on which names are already in the database. Is it somehow possible to do the same while adding or searching music?

Anyway, it's still a great addon, I like it a lot. Thanks for any replies.

I would try to include quick category maker in next version. About the automatic feature that retrieve information from youtube link, it has to be considered because if it adds more works to both admin (editing if title is incorrect) and members (confirmation page whether title is acceptable or not) then it might not reach the wall.

Originally Posted by emtee

It seems that I can't play the playlist at all (my own or shared playlist). There is no buttons to click to "Play the playlist" at all. Did I overlook anywhere? Isn't the playlist supposed to be played continuously in its order?

Currently I have disabled the auto play all media for playlist due to some incompability with flash files. Flash clips cannot be automatically played therefore in next version I would only allow audio or video to be played in queue.

One more thing, I want to use JW Flash Media Player 4.6 (JW FMP) to handle music for better compatibility with Mac and Linux users. I only use .mp3 so no problems with .wma or SilverLight issue here. JW FMP also handles custom playlist via Javascript so it's easy to implement. Do you have it planned in 1.08 or I have to hack it myself? Thanks.

It is possible to have JW handles audio files but JW custom playlist is not available yet. You may hack the JW to plays audio file, and you can request for a tut if you don't know how at English Helpdesk