ZoomPortal – Audio Portal and Song Sharing Platform
The Sound Portal. Reinvented
Audio Portal Intro
Whether you want to start a sound portal site for your users to easily share and listen to tracks, or you just want a site for your music band to easily showcase it's music and members, ZoomPortal is the perfect solution.
And if you don't like our predefined demos, which you can install in one click, you can create virtually any site with our integrated page builder. Tons of options await to be customized in both the builder and the general portal.
Audio Portal Features
- fully responsive – looks great from mobile to HD
- touch optimized – touch devices are not forgotten
- ajax enabled – play music tracks continuasly
- integrated page builder– customize your own content with ease
- easy install – three steps install, very easy
- chat message – integrated custom chat system
- pretty links – pretty links option for users and tracks
- SEO friendly – built with search engine optimization on mind from the ground up
- compatible with all major browsers – IE, Edge, Chrome, Safari and Firefox
- retina ready – looks great on retina devices
- custom search – searches through the site tracks and artists
- advanced backup system – backup all your tables with one click, import them with one click
- custom search – your users will find content fast
- custom chat system – you can connect with your users, and your users with you!
- time based comments – your users can comment directly on the track
- adsense ready – adsense can be integrated easily
- album upload – let your visitors upload whole albums of tracks
- album download – let your visitors purchase whole albums and download zip
- simple updating system – zoomportal allows to be updated just by replacing all the files in the package and doing a routine database structure check with a single click – that simple
- plugins system – zoomportal allows plugins ( comes packaged with a sample plugin ) so you can make changes safely – and you can always
- notifications system – let your visitors know when their friends do important actions
- soundcloud post – post tracks directly from soundcloud by just copy paste their link
- multilanguage – translation for portugese, italian, spanish, french and german included as a bonus
Updates
For updating, you can just replace all the files from the zip with your actual ones. The only folder that needs to be kept is the upload/ folder. After files overwrite you just need to go to system check > Repair database to make sure that the database has the last version
Notice: please do not by uploading the zip in your file manager then extracting. It will cause several permission problems and all will appear broken.
UPDATE 1.73 [ 09/25/2018 ]
- [ADD] visual table for membership changes
- [FIX] logo in facebook share on homepage
- [FIX] 36 months to 3 years display
- [FIX] playlist social share
- [FIX] forgot password
UPDATE 1.72 [ 09/25/2018 ]
- [FIX] reworked all tooltips to new version
UPDATE 1.71 [ 09/12/2018 ]
- [FIX] some visual issues
UPDATE 1.70 [ 07/26/2018 ]
- [FIX] some tooltip issues
UPDATE 1.69 [ 07/12/2018 ]
- [FIX] some tooltip issues
- [FIX] link to follower profile
- [TWEAK] added google recapcha to contact form
UPDATE 1.68 [ 05/29/2018 ]
- [FIX] some layout issues
- [TWEAK] updated zoomsounds to latest version
UPDATE 1.67 [ 05/22/2018 ]
- [FIX] demo 3 import
UPDATE 1.66 [ 05/10/2018 ]
- [FIX] facebook avatar in user profile
- [FIX] a bug when Number of tags was 1 and the track previously had no tags ( it would not accept the only tag )
UPDATE 1.65 [ 05/08/2018 ]
- [FIX] email verification
- [FIX] email verification facebook
- [TWEAK] some mobile styling fixing
UPDATE 1.64 [ 04/28/2018 ]
- [FIX] facebook login
- [TWEAK] notifications on mobile too
UPDATE 1.63 [ 04/05/2018 ]
- [FIX] social share image on user profile too
- [TWEAK] deleting track now also deletes track activity
UPDATE 1.62 [ 04/01/2018 ]
- [FIX] thumbnail in footer player
- [ADD] seo options on each page
UPDATE 1.61 [ 03/30/2018 ]
- [FIX] some problems with forgot password, copyright report, etc.
UPDATE 1.60 [ 03/21/2018 ]
- [FIX] a bug with facebook login ( can't load url )
UPDATE 1.59 [ 03/10/2018 ]
- [FIX] a bug where page 2 of the feed would not load..
UPDATE 1.58 [ 03/03/2018 ]
- [FIX] multiple stability improvements
- [ADD] search works by tags too now
UPDATE 1.57 [ 02/22/2018 ]
- [FIX] another fix ( and hopefully last fix ) with album uploading containing tracks that have big extension .MP3
UPDATE 1.56 [ 02/20/2018 ]
- [FIX] another fix in wrongfully saving files with big extension .MP3
UPDATE 1.55 [ 02/16/2018 ]
- [FIX] multiple bug fixes including not recognising upper case characters for extension on uploading album
UPDATE 1.54 [ 02/10/2018 ]
- [FIX] a bug where tag would be deleted when clicking EDIT TRACK
- [FIX] not loading all playlist items
- [FIX] wrongfully loading album track parts as separate tracks
UPDATE 1.53 [ 02/07/2018 ]
- [FIX] multiple bugs
UPDATE 1.52 [ 12/15/2017 ]
- [FIX] a bug with playlists
- [FIX] added similar tracks widget in default database
- [ADD] client showcase in preview
UPDATE 1.51 [ 12/14/2017 ]
- [FIX] a bug where unrecognizable characters would appear
- [FIX] domino header auto height
UPDATE 1.50 [ 12/08/2017 ]
- [FIX] bug in adding album tracks
- [FIX] bug with calculating total user track sizes – now file sizes are calculated much more accurate, even for album tracks
- [FIX] bug with comment / like user name not displaying correct in mail
UPDATE 1.49 [ 11/28/2017 ]
- [FIX] some bugs with waveform and tags
UPDATE 1.48 [ 11/26/2017 ]
- [ADD] the page Page Deposit Info now in default database install
- [TWEAK] track image now clickable
- [ADD] disable paypal option ( leave only credit for shop )
- [FIX] some bugs
UPDATE 1.47 [ 11/25/2017 ]
- [TWEAK] now thumbnails links to track page
- [FIX] some bugs
UPDATE 1.46 [ 10/15/2017 ]
- [FIX] register button shows in responsive menu
UPDATE 1.45 [ 10/03/2017 ]
- [FIX] register button now hides when allow register is disabled
UPDATE 1.44 [ 09/20/2017 ]
- [FIX] multiple fixes involving stability, import demo
- [ADD] contact element
UPDATE 1.43 [ 03/17/2017 ]
- [FIX] multiple fixes
- [ADD] some new elements
UPDATE 1.42 [ 02/10/2017 ]
- [FIX] multiple fixes
- [ADD] tag autosuggest for track submit
- [ADD] max tag limitation
- [ADD] user summary box on hover
UPDATE 1.41 [ 01/16/2017 ]
- [FIX] multiple fixes
- [ADD] image caching should make sites load faster
UPDATE 1.40 [ 01/04/2017 ]
- [FIX] firefox cover user page bug
- [ADD] mail option – mail user on like / mail user on comment / mail admin on user register
- [FIX] share button empty
- [FIX] fake increment play count
- [ADD] option to disable comments for non logged in users
- [TWEAK] new faster ajax transition
- [TWEAK] changed initial preloader
- [ADD] new sample plugin for google analytics
UPDATE 1.39 [ 12/23/2016 ]
- [ADD] delete permalinks option
- [ADD] messages tab in user menu
- [FIX] multiple permalinks bugs
- [TWEAK] redesigned underplayer buttons
- [TWEAK] redesigned avatar upload
UPDATE 1.38 [ 12/13/2016 ]
- [TWEAK] updated .po files for da_DK / english
- [ADD] delete files on track removal option
- [ADD] rtl (arabic) language support
- [ADD] option for logo max width and height ( for retina logos )
UPDATE 1.37 [ 12/07/2016 ]
- [FIX] player now displays at the bottom for android mobile users
- [FIX] facebook error on redirect
UPDATE 1.36 [ 11/29/2016 ]
- [ADD] adsense now possible inside pagebuilder
- [ADD] track description element
- [ADD] gzip start head stylesheets for faster load option
UPDATE 1.35 [ 11/26/2016 ]
- [FIX] title in user pages
- [FIX] some bugs
- [ADD] support for .m4a and .wav format
UPDATE 1.34 [ 11/22/2016 ] – Important : reworked statistics so that we can enable tracking, old statistics will have to be reset for the new statistics to take place
- [ADD] permission system – admin can give privileges to your users depending on their set role – user / pro / admin
- [ADD] statistics option per track ( with it's own privilege )
- [ADD] reset statistics option
- [ADD] API system
- [TWEAK] working now in sql strict mode
- [TWEAK] submit track button becomes inactive after submit to prevent double submit
- [FIX] some bugs
UPDATE 1.33 [ 10/23/2016 ]
- [ADD] new options for Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud links for users
- [ADD] new option to pay authors directly ( no longer only the site owner will be possible to be payed )
- [ADD] new option one month pro account, three month pro account and one year pro account
- [FIX] general stability now improved
- [FIX] general import sample stability now improved
UPDATE 1.32 [ 09/29/2016 ]
- [ADD] new button aspect option for skin-wave ( in player configurations )
- [ADD] new inline-menu element
- [TWEAK] now theme-default has a boxed layout
- [TWEAK] now bottom footer player is boxed
UPDATE 1.31 [ 08/25/2016 ]
- [FIX] multiple bugs including stability fixes, play count fixes and album downloads
UPDATE 1.30 [ 07/24/2016 ]
- [ADD] new wave mode
- [ADD] new album type upload
- [ADD] new album type download option
- [ADD] new iTunes link option
- [ADD] new soundcloud submit
- [ADD] new repost system
- [FIX] some bugs
UPDATE 1.23 [ 07/03/2016 ]
- [FIX] some bugs
UPDATE 1.22 [ 07/01/2016 ]
- [ADD] notifications for skin-default menu
- [ADD] reposts functionality
- [FIX] some bugs with facebook share
- [FIX] some bugs with paypal ipn
UPDATE 1.21 [ 06/15/2016 ]
- [TWEAK] now you can move elements between elements area
- [FIX] some more bugs with playlist and explore page
UPDATE 1.20 [ 06/13/2016 ]
- [ADD] plugins system
- [ADD] statistics
- [ADD] link option for images
- [ADD] many new options for the featured slider ( QUERY element / type thumbs ) – including showing trending tracks ( most popular in last 24 hours )
- [FIX] bugs with cart not calculating with subunitar prices
UPDATE 1.19 [ 06/07/2016 ]
- [ADD] pagination via pagination buttons – 1 [3] etc.
- [FIX] explore page fatal error
- [FIX] multiple bug fixes and stability improvements for paypal
UPDATE 1.18 [ 05/14/2016 ]
- [ADD] pagination via LOAD MORE button
- [FIX] facebook share not working
UPDATE 1.17 [ 04/20/2016 ]
- [ADD] forgot password functionality
- [TWEAK] user must wait for the wave forms to be generated before it can click submit
- [FIX] tags now order by submit date (descending ) by default – like the explore page
UPDATE 1.16 [ 04/05/2016 ]
- [FIX] domino import
- [FIX] tag page pagination scroll
UPDATE 1.15 [ 04/03/2016 ]
- [ADD] new theme – domino
- [ADD] parallax option for images
- [ADD] reports section in admin
- [ADD] report copyright field in track pages
UPDATE 1.14 [ 04/01/2016 ]
- [ADD] followers section in user header
- [ADD] following section in user header
- [ADD] likes section in user header
- [FIX] social links now point to correct track link
UPDATE 1.13 [ 03/23/2016 ]
- [ADD] social disable option ( for each social network share )
- [FIX] dramatically improved facebook share – now displays track title, description and thumbnail in facebook
- [TWEAK] removed script tag from embed and increased height of embed iframe
- [ADD] option for user location in user settings
UPDATE 1.12 [ 03/22/2016 ]
- [ADD] disable shop option
- [ADD] download links open in new tab option
- [TWEAK] now settings tab remember the last tab you were on on refresh
- [FIX] a bug with cover image not showing in pretty links
UPDATE 1.11 [ 03/22/2016 ]
- [ADD] site title option in the settings
- [ADD] up to 6 languages can be set in the language bar now
- [FIX] language bar now showing correct current language icon
- [FIX] fatal bug – admin pages not loading
UPDATE 1.10 [ 03/18/2016 ]
- [ADD] repair database option
- [ADD] optional pretty links for tracks and users
- [ADD] deposit option ( needs manual input by admin )
- [ADD] purchases table in the admin
- [ADD] translation for Portuguese
- [ADD] translation for German
- [ADD] translation for Italian
- [ADD] translation for Spanish
- [ADD] translation for French
- [FIX] likes
UPDATE 1.01 [ 03/13/2016 ]
- [ADD] progress bar for uploads
- [ADD] buy text for events
- [ADD] start month and year option for calendar
- [FIX] tracks not playing in safari
- [FIX] tracks not showing time at portal startup
FAQ
How to access the admin ?
The admin can be easily accessed from admin.php . If your site install is http://yoursite.com/soundportal/ , you can access the admin from http://yoursite.com/soundportal/admin.php
How to remove the time uploaded from ?
Go to the admin. Go to Pages, select Explore page. Edit the Query element, and under Style select Under.
user roles
The api allows easy adding roles on register
And admin can assign different capabilities to each custom role
How to place tracks with free download ?
You can just set Is Buyable to ON and Price to 0 and the track will be placed for free download.
Can normal users upload and sell tracks?
Any registered user can upload and has an option to sell the track. PRO users will have a a bigger upload limit and bigger limit of tracks.
How are payments processed to users?
All payment is sent to a admin email address ( defined in the settings ) . Admin can release payments at a given date based on a purchases table in the admin.
is this support ads like adsense?
Yes, you can include the adsense iframe code anywhere in the portal
Notes
- tracks and images are not included in the download package.
- the waveform is a static image it is auto generated on user upload
Credits
- awesome user powerstone for helping with testing and ideas
- beautiful tracks by timmcmorris and ADG3studios and soundroll
- globe icon by author
- Reblog by Erik Christiansen from the Noun Project