Photo Video Store script

Assume you want to install the script at yourdomain.com

• Unzip files and upload them via FTP on yourdomain.com
• Modify the file: yourdomain.com/admin/function/db.php with correct MySQL database information.

• Click yourdomain.com/install/ and follow instructions
• If you receive the error writable notifications on installation page you should set writable permissions for the folders.
• Delete yourdomain.com/install/
• if you install the script at yourdomain.com/somefolder/ you should edit /.htaccess file and replace "RewriteBase /" with "RewriteBase /somefolder/"

That's all!

If you have any questions/problems you should contact us or read FAQ - Installation

There is a list of global settings.

Please log in and go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Site settings

The script is translated to 45 languages.

Please log in and go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Languages

Here you may select a list of appropriate languages, set up a default language and define a menu.

You can modify translation's files here on ftp: /admin/languages/

Please log in and go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Currency

You should select an appropriate currency.

Please, notice: The price can be in currency or in prepaid Credits.

To switch on/off Credits you should go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Site settings and enable 'Credits'. In this case all prices will be in the Credits. Othervise if the Credits are disabled all prices will be in a currency.

Please log in and go to Admin Panel -> Catalog

You can upload and sell 4 types of the media files:

• Photo
• Video
• Audio
• Vector

Photo publication consists of:

• 2 photo's thumbs
• a list files for sale. Format: *.jpg, *.jpeg. You can specify them here Admin panel - >Settings -> Prices -> Photo

Video publication consists of:

• *.jpg photo preview
• *.flv or *.mp4 or *.mov or *.wmv video preview
• a list of files for sale. Any format. You can specify them here Admin panel - >Settings -> Prices -> Video

Audio publication consists of:

• *.jpg photo preview
• *.mp3 audio preview
• a list of files for sale. Any format. You can specify them here Admin panel - >Settings -> Prices -> Audio

Vector publication consists of:

• *.jpg photo preview or *.zip archive of *.jpg previews
• *.swf flash preview (optional)
• a list of files for sale. Any format. You can specify them here Admin panel - >Settings -> Prices -> Vector

Question: Can I sell CD collections?

Yes you can. You should zip your CD collection and upload it as a vector publication.

The file publication has some the next properties:

Question: Can the script extract IPTC & EXIF information and add it to a photo publication automatically?

Yes. The Photo Video Store script supports the feature.

You can create any Category Tree from the publications.

You should go to Admin panel - >Catalog -> Categories

Every Category has the next fileds:

Every photo piblication may have several sizes of the same photo. The photo copies are generated automatically from initial uploaded image. You should specify a list of necessary photo sizes at

Admin Panel -> Settings -> Prices -> Photo

But first you have to specify a list of the licenses: Admin panel -> Settings -> Licenses
Example: Royalty free, Extended. The license is a price's category.

Question: Can I sell a photo with initial sizes?
Yes you can. You should set 'size' field as '0' to do that. The script determines real sizes of image automatically.

All photo's previews are protected by a watermark.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Watermark

You should upload a transparent *.png file with your logo or an inscription there. Also you may define a position of the watermark on an image.

Question: I uploaded a new watermark but I cannot find any changes on the site. Why?

The photos with watermarks are generated one time during uploading. The new watermark will affect new publications only. You can regenerate the thumbs here: Admin panel -> Catalog -> select action. Attention! It can overload your server.

Question: I uploaded a watermark but it shows at the top of the thumb.

The watermark width must be smaller than vertical thumb's width.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Prices -> Video

You should define a list of available video types here.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Video

You may specify here:

• Video upload form for users
• Different properties of the video:
• Clip Format
• Aspect Ratio
• Field Rendering
• Frames per Second

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Prices -> Audio

You should define a list of available audio types here.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Audio

You may change:

• Audio upload form for users
• Different properties of the audio:
• Track Source
• Track Format

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Prices -> Vector

You should define a list of available vector types here.

To set a Subscription plan you should define Content Types first. This is a method to divide all files into several global categories. For example: Premium files, usual files and etc.

The content type by default is Common. You can change it in Site settings

You are able to bulk change a content type for the publications here: Categories -> Select action and Catalog -> Select action

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Content types

You may sell not only digital files - prints items too. You may add prints for photo and vector publications.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Prints types

Here you may specify pints types:

You can see a list of current prints here:

Please go to Admin Panel -> Catalog -> Prints

Question: Can I sell only prints - not digital files?

Yes, you can. You should go too Admin panel -> Settings - > Site Settings and check 'Sell prints only'

The media files have different rights of usage. You may define a list of available licenses and describe them (Royalty Free, Extented and ect.).

Please go to Admin Panel -> Settings -> Licenses

You have 3 ways to upload files on the site:

1) Admin upload panel

2) Admin bulk upload panel

3) User upload panel

The 1st and 2nd methods are for a site admin, the 3^rd one is for a seller (photographer).

Lets describe each method in details.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Catalog

There are 4 buttons on the top:

• Upload photo
• Upload video
• Upload audio
• Upload vector

If you click on the 'Upload' button you will go to the admin upload form:

Here you may browse a file for sale, specify different sized copies, prints and upload it on the site.

Please read Configuration - Media content to figure out what means every field.

To accelerate uploading process we developed a bulk upload feature where you may upload several files simultaneously.

Please go to Admin Panel -> Catalog -> Bulk Upload

First you should preupload files on FTP:

/content/photopreupload/

/content/videopreupload/

/content/audiopreupload/

/content/vectorpreupload/

and then select files and click "Upload"

Additionally you can upload photos (only) by Java uploader.

The users may sign up on the site as sellers (photographers), upload their files, sell them and earn a commission.

The script supports different types of photographers with own rights, limits and commission. Please read Seller types for more information.

To became a photographer the customer needs to register as a seller on a front end and go to

Front End ->Member area -> My upload

There are 3 sections:

1) Status. Here the customer can know about his/her rights.

2) File manager. Here the customer may upload files.

3) My publications. It is a list of all users publications.

All seller's uploads are premoderated. They aren't published on a live site by default. You may switch off the option in Admin panel -> Settings -> Site settings -> User uploads premoderation

To moderate user's publications please go to Admin panel -> Catalog -> User upload manager

There you can easy to enable or disable a publication.

The media stock script supports many well-known payment gateways which allow you to accept money around the world.

You should go to Admin panel -> Settings -> Payment gateways and set up your accounts.

Question: Could you integrate a new payment gateway?

Yes, we could integrate a new gateway for free. The most of available gateways weere added after our clients requests.

The site owner can sell media content per file.

1) Every registered user may add files to shopping cart:

2) View shopping cart:

3) Click Checkout

4) Order the files and select Payment method:

5) Go to payment gateway and pay there:

6) Return to the site and download the files:

The site owner may handle the orders at Admin panel -> Orders

The site owner can sell instant time access to a media content.

To switch on the subscription option you should go to Admin panel -> Settings -> Site settings and enable "Subscription"

You need to define Content types before adding a new subscription plan.

To add a new subscription plan you should go to Admin panel -> Settings -> Subscription types

Every subscription plan has the next prorerties:

The site owner may see all current subscriptions at Admin panel -> Orders -> Subscriptions:

It is a common practice on the stock sites to sell media content for prepaid credits. It simplifies the process for a user and a site owner.

Photo video store script supports Credits. To switch them on you should go to Admin panel -> Settings -> Site settings and enable "Credits".

You need to define a list of available Credits at Admin panel -> Setting -> Credits

The site owner may see current Credits dinamic at Admin panel -> Orders -> Credits

A site admin may set special coupon's and discount's programs for users:

Please go to: Admin panel -> Settings -> Types of Coupons

You may see a list of current coupons here:

Admin panel -> Orders -> Coupons

A seller may upload own files on the site, sell them and get a commission.

A site admin may set several sellers types with different rights, uploads limits and commissions. Please go to Customer manager -> Seller types for more information.

A site admin monitors a commission at Admin panel -> Orders -> Commission manager

There are 3 sections:

1) Commission. The script automatically adds a commission to a seller when his/her file is sold.

2) Payout. Here a site admin pays out to the sellers.

3) Users earnings. Here a site admin may monitor a seller's balance.

A seller can see his/her commission here: Member area -> My commission

To see all users you should go to Admin panel -> Users -> Customers

A user has the next properties:

A site admin may set several sellers types with different rights, uploads limits and commissions. Please go to Admin panel -> Settings -> Seller categories

This is a list of administrators which can have a full access to Admin panel

Please go to Admin panel -> Users -> Administrators

The photo store script has a tool which allows to prevent bad visitors to define passwords of site users. If a user fails to login several times per minute than his/her IP is blocked. A site admin may monitor a list of suspended Ips at Admin panel -> Users -> Blocked IP

The photo stock script has a tool which allows to prevent bad visitors to define passwords of site users. If a user fails to login several times per minute than his/her customer account is blocked and a new generated password is sent to him/her. A site admin may monitor a list of suspended users at Admin panel -> Users -> Blocked Users

Admin panel password can be changed at: Admin panel -> Settings -> Admin password

At the moment we have 4 professional templates. To change a current template you should go to Admin panel -> Templates -> Select Skin and select an appropriate one.

After you selected a skin you may modify the template files here on ftp:
/templates/template[n]/

The script uses a Smarty caching system which allows the script to decrease server's loading. The templates are generated one time, saved and later used without the repeat requests to the database and server.

You can set time of automatic cache file's refresh or prohibit caching at all (it is useful if you work on the templates and don't want to click "Refresh" every time after you change a template's file).

The photo store script has unique tool which allows to customize a home page and place different slideshows and photo sets there.

Please go to Admin panel -> Templates -> Home page

If you want to modify home page content you should edit the file on FTP: /templates/template[n]/home.tpl

You can place different photo/video sets by different criterias into HTML code of the home pag.

To add a new file set component you should insert the next code: {COMPONENT_ID}.

Important! The components are cached once per hour. So you should clear cache after you change a component.

Every component has the next properties:

The photo stock script has powerful tools to create a community between users to users and users to site admin.

A site admin may handle all notifications on the site.

Please go to Admin panel -> Users -> Notifications

The site email is sent when the next events happen:

• Contact email to admin
• Contacts response to user
• Fraud auth email to user
• New order emal to user
• New order email to admin
• New subscription email to user
• New subscription email to admin
• New credits email to user
• New credits email to admin
• New signup email to admin
• New signup email to user
• Forgot password email to user
• Tell a friend email

A site admin can enable/disable them and modify the emails.

A user can write an email to a site owner. He/she should go to Front End -> Contact Us and fill in a form.

The contact form is protected by captcha, so all spam emails will be removed.

A side admin recieves the email on 'Admin email'. Also he can see all emails at Admin panel -> Users -> Contact Us

The email template can be modified at Admin panel -> Users -> Notifications

A site admin can send newsletters to users.

Please go to Admin panel -> Users -> Newsletter

There are 2 ways to send a newsletter:

• Site internal message
• Email

Every user on the site can have a personal blog.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> My profile -> Blog

A site admin can moderate posts here: Admin panel -> Users -> Blog

A user has a posibility to send and receive messages from/to other users and site admin.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> My profile -> Messages

A site admin can moderate messages here: Admin panel -> Users -> Messages

A user can write reviews (comments) on every publication page.

Please go to Front End -> Some publication page -> Tools and click 'Reviews'. This is Ajax based section where you can read and post reviews.

A user can modify his reviews here: Front End -> Member area -> My profile -> Reviews

A site admin can moderate reviews here: Admin panel -> Users -> Reviews

A user can write testimonials for every seller.

Please go to Front End -> Photographers -> Tools and click 'Add a Testimonial'.

A user can modify his testimonials here: Front End -> Member area -> My profile -> Testimonials

A site admin can moderate testimonials here: Admin panel -> Users -> Testimonials

A user can create a list of his/her friends.

Please go to Front End -> Photographers -> Tools and click 'Add to friend'.

A user can handle his/her friends here: Front End -> Member area -> My profile -> Friends

Or on a friend personal page click 'Delete form friend'

A user can send an email about a publication to his/her friend.

Please go to Front End -> Some publication page -> Tools and click 'Tell a friend'.

It is Ajax based service allows you to send a message without page reloading.

The site can contain a list of text pages (About Us, Terms of Use and etc.)

Please go to Admin panel -> Text pages -> Site info.

All the pages will display into 'Site info' box which you may enable at Side boxes section.

A site admin can add news on the site.

Please go to Admin panel -> Text pages -> News.

The news can be read as RSS too.

Please login to Member area on Front End. This is an area where a user may handle his account, modify personal information, order files, upload media content, get a commission, order credits and subscription.

The script supports 4 user's types:

• Buyer
• Seller (Photographer)
• Affiliate
• Common = Buyer + Seller + Affiliate

It is a section where a user modify his/her personal information and uses different community tools.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> My profile

My profile area includes:

• Orders
• Personal information
• Avatar/Photo
• Messages
• Blog
• Reviews
• Testimonials
• Friends

A user buys Credits here. He can buy new ones and see a history of payments.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> Buy Credits

If Credits is disabled then the section is away.

A user can monitor a status of his/her orders here and download purchased files.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> Orders

Here a user subscribes on instant access to media content. He can purchase a new subscription, upgrade old one and see a history of payments.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> Subscription

If Subscription is disabled then the section is away.

The section is available for sellers only. Here a seller may upload own files.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> My Upload

For more information please go to Uploading content -> User upload panel

The section is available for sellers only. Here a seller can see his/her earnings.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> My Commission

There are 3 sections:

• Balance = Earning - Payout
• Earning
• Payout

It is a section where a user keeps his favorite publications

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> Lightbox

It is a section where a user can see his coupons/discounts and free bonus download links.

Please go to Front End -> Member area -> Coupons/Free Download

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