{"id":889,"date":"2016-02-05T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2016-02-18T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:25:55","slug":"first-update-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/first-update-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First PHP Melody update of 2016. Just wonderful."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Update<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/php-melody-v2-6-a-must-have-update\/\">PHP Melody 2.6 has been released today<\/a> (Feb 16th, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only a few months<\/strong> after releasing the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/php-melody-v25-video-sharing-script\/\">nicest update of 2015<\/a><\/em>, we&#8217;re back with <strong>a new and possibly better update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You guys sent a lot of great suggestions and we&#8217;ve set to bring your ideas to life.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why today we&#8217;re happy to announce <strong>the first PHP Melody of 2016<\/strong> which will be <strong>released on <em>February the 16th<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nYou&#8217;re here to learn <strong>what&#8217;s new<\/strong> in the coming update, let&#8217;s dive straight\u00a0in<em><strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">AUTOMATED JOBS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>This is huge, huge, huge.<\/strong> If you&#8217;re working with videos from <em>YouTube, DailyMotion<\/em> or <em>Vimeo<\/em>, this new feature alone is guaranteed to make your day.<\/p>\n<p>Version 2.6 brings automation where it&#8217;s most needed: <strong>video importing<\/strong> and <strong>video checking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>automatically import videos<\/strong> based on preset terms such as keywords\/users, frequency of import, category in which to import in and on it goes<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlike any other solution<\/strong>, auto-importing extends beyond just YouTube. We don&#8217;t like limitations. And with our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/phpmelody.html\">video CMS<\/a> you won&#8217;t have any limitations. You can<strong> auto-import to your heart&#8217;s content<\/strong> from all three major sources: <em>YouTube, DailyMotion and Vimeo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And it works like magic<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s a pre-release demo video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHwuC6ILXBU?list=PLPz4uopC0yDmDZGkdLMtC5HotghzCVqeH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another automated job<\/strong> is the <strong>video status checking<\/strong> job. This is self-explanatory. PHP Melody will check your database for any problematic videos form 3rd party sources (i.e. <em>YouTube<\/em>, <em>DailyMotion, Vimeo<\/em>, etc.) and report the bad ones to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But this is only the beginning<\/strong> for automated jobs. So please, send <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpmelody.com\/feedback-features\" target=\"_blank\">your recommendations<\/a> on what your need automated next. We&#8217;ll be happy to implement them.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">CHANNELS<\/h3>\n<p>People enjoy the freedom to customize their online profiles. Your users will now be able to personalize their profile or channel and make it a share-worthy profile.<\/p>\n<p>Included below is a screen capture illustrating how a channel page looks like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HzDP0tc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HzDP0tc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The channels feature also includes other must-have details such as: marking users as being &#8216;<strong>verified<\/strong>&#8216;, allowing &#8216;verified&#8217; users to post videos without any pre-approval process, create <strong>custom URLs for any channels<\/strong> and much more.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">USERS CAN EDIT THEIR VIDEOS<\/h3>\n<p>This popular customer request is making its way into v2.6. Your users can now <strong>edit and even remove their own submissions<\/strong> from your website without requesting your help to do so. And as with any other PHP Melody feature, the permissions are customizable.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">EMOJI<\/h3>\n<p><strong>We all use them<\/strong> daily so, why not? Instead of the plain text smiley face, your users can use Emoji to communicate. Just like this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">SSL SUPPORT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SSL support is now part of our video CMS<\/strong>. Truth be told, we&#8217;ve tried to implement this before but had issues. Because PHP Melody works with so many video sources, it wasn&#8217;t straightforward to manage all those URLs and ensure they are all secured. But progress makes perfect and we&#8217;ve made it happen.<\/p>\n<p>You can now <strong>add an extra layer of security to your site<\/strong> by using https.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"new-feature\">PERFORMANCE BOOST<\/h3>\n<p>A new PHP Melody update would not be complete without improving the existing inner-workings. <strong>A smoother and learner running CMS<\/strong> is always a welcomed thing. So, during development we&#8217;ve also reviewed PHP Melody&#8217;s existing MySQL queries. Shortly after, we implemented a caching mechanism to cut down on repeating MySQL queries and in effect speed up the entire process.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re currently running a large PHP Melody video site, the improvements will be visible form day one. And if you have a smaller site, you can scale it up as fast as you want without worrying about performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In conclusion,<\/strong> PHP Melody v2.6 promises to be even better than our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/php-melody-v25-video-sharing-script\/\"><em>nicest update of 2015<\/em><\/a>.<br \/>\nBut then again, <strong>you&#8217;ll be the judge of that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thank you!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: PHP Melody 2.6 has been released today (Feb 16th, 2016) Only a few months after releasing the nicest update of 2015, we&#8217;re back with a new and possibly better update. You guys sent a lot of great suggestions and we&#8217;ve set to bring your ideas to life. 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