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Features
AudioIsland 2.0 comes with many great features that help you manage your MP3's and audio online. The most popular features are listed below. New features are items added to this version of the software since the previous one.
Standard AudioIsland Features
- Drag-And-Drop Installation
 Drag-And-Drop InstallationAudioIsland, the product, is a series of folders you upload and add to your existing site. Installation is as simple as uploading a folder of script pages to your server! AudioIsland creates a new mini website inside your site that has its own database, skins and modules, separate from your current site. It adds to your site, but does not interfere with your current site design, web pages, or code.
- Simple Interface Design
 Simple Interface DesignOur simple, usable web interface means you and your users can ramp up quickly using AudioIsland. Its clean, simple, and intuitive web interface maximizes listening pleasure, as well.
- Supports all the popular audio types
 Supports all the popular audio typesAudioIsland supports all of the popular audio and sound types supported in current players, including MP3, AU, MOV, MIDI, WAV, RA, SWF, and WMA (i.e. MP3, Audio, QuickTime, MIDI, WAVE, RealAudio, Adobe Flash Shockwave, and Windows Media Audio). This means you can upload audio and sounds created from many popular devices knowing they will play well on the Web!
- Supports all the popular media players
 Supports all the popular media playersAudioIsland supports all of the popular media players supported in current web browsers, including Windows Media Player, QuickTime, RealMedia Player, and Flash. You can be sure your MP3's and music will play, as users will always have different players assigned to different mime types. No more proprietary media players to download!
- Extracts Audio ID3 Metadata on upload
 Extracts Audio ID3 Metadata on uploadAudioIsland automatically extracts ID3 Metadata on upload for all your MP3's, so assigning names and other information is more automated.
- Original Audio and MP3 Format Preserved
 Original Audio Format PreservedWhen you upload audio, you can be sure that the original item, including its name, size, and meta information, is preserved in the file thats saved to the server.
- Upload 10 Files at a time
 Upload 10 Files at a TimeYou can upload as many as 10 audio items at a time in AudioIsland.
- Distribute your Podcasts, Band Music, and More!
 Distribute your Podcasts, Band Music, and More!Turn your existing site into a portal for open exchange of ideas using podcasts, your band's music archives, training instructions, sound archives and anything else you create!
- Create Audio Player Metafiles
 Create Audio Player MetafilesNow, when you upload and add audio files to the system, it automatically creates audio xml metafiles based on the file type and media player used. This helps some files play better.
- Rename/Description Tagging
 Rename/Description TaggingAll of your MP3's and audio can be given names and descriptions in the AudioManager.
- Three AudioManager Views
 Three AudioManager ViewsWhen viewing your audio and MP3's in the website, you can change how you view them using "views". AudioIsland includes an easy double player list view, as well as two user-friendly alternate views.
- Powerful Paging Feature
 Powerful Paging FeatureUnlimited paging feature supports pages with dozens of audio and sounds per page, and can expand to hold thousands of items and hundreds of web pages, with quicker audio access overall.
- Email Your Web Pages
 Email Your Web PagesYou can even email web pages you have created to friends and family.
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- Unlimited Web Page Galleries!
 Unlimited Web Page Galleries!You can create an unlimited number of audio web pages, or galleries, which allow you to share your MP3's with others online.
- Cool New Loading Bar
 Cool New Loading BarWhen uploading large sounds, you need to know how much time remains. Our revolutionary new loading bar panel tells you exactly how much time remains and what the server is doing as it uploads and stores your audio and sounds in AudioIsland. This is very helpful when uploading larger MP3's to the server.
- 6 Exciting Web Skins
 Exciting Web Skins6 beautiful user interface "skins" are built into the system by default. Because they are based on CSS, with a text editor, you can modify them to look any way you need.
- Assign a Default Skin
 Assign a Default SkinPick and assign a default "skin" for your product using the Settings area.
- Secure Login Feature
 Secure Login FeatureThe Security area allows you to secure your product. You can enable a login option, "lock down" modules, and add user-to-module assignment for efficient security control in your product.
- Global Administrator Account
 Global Administrator AccountThe Security area comes with a secure Global Administrator account you can use to secure your modules, set up users, and log into the website.
- 10 User Login Accounts
 10 User Login AccountsThe Security area comes with the ability to add 10 user accounts to your product. If you make your modules private, then assign these users to them, they can login securely and privately and add their own MP3's and audio and web pages.
- Full Interface Customization
 Full Interface CustomizationYou can show/hide specific blocks of the user interface, including a logo header, top and bottom menu bars, menus, skins, and even login areas, all using the Settings area.
- Customizeable Source Code
 Customizeable Source CodeAudioIsland comes with all the source code used, so is fully customizeable (ASP and ASP.NET). Even the look-and-feel is customizeable by you, if you know a little CSS (style sheets).
- Universal XML Database
 Universal XML DatabaseAudioIsland is unique in the software industry in that the database is baked right into the product! This means no database to install, easy drag-and-drop installation, faster data access, data customization, server portability, containment, and an easily customizeable system.
- Fully Cross-Browser Compatible Product
 Fully Cross-Browser Compatible ProductAudioIsland is compatible and viewable in all the major browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari for MAC, etc), as well as many of the older and alternate browsers some users still maintain.
- Web Standards Compliant Product
 Web Standards Compliant ProductAudioIsland is built using current Web Standards (w3c.org), including clean validated XHTML and a browser-compliant CSS architecture.
- Add New Modules
 Add New ModulesYou can add new exciting modules to your product by purchasing them from us, or building your own! All modules are simple to install and drag-and-drop!
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New AudioIsland Features
- Multiple Sorting & Viewing
 Multiple Sorting & ViewingNow you have 9 different sort features, plus 3 different views, so organizing and listening to audio is much faster and easier.
- Default Play Feature
 Default Play FeatureSome MP3's and audio are encoded in ways that may not play over the web, or in the media player assigned. Our optional audio player system accomates all kinds of issues like this, to make sure your audio plays in some type of player in your browser. We provide backup media player features to help you if you run into problems, including a download and default browser play feature.
- Download Feature
 Download FeatureJust as you can easily upload an audio or MP3 to AudioIsland, you can now download one. This is very helpful when you need to get the original without playing it in your browser, need to edit and upload again, or have an audio or MP3 that simply wont play in your default media player.
- New Memory Manager
 New Memory ManagerPowerful new memory data management system is built into the web application, allowing the system to index thousands of MP3's and audio on-the-fly and maintain performance and speed when listening to and storing allot of items online.
- Improved AudioWebPage
 Improved AudioWebPage ModuleWe have improved how the WebPage Module works, so it is more powerful and easier to use.
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- Four Audio Web Page Templates, Plus Playlist
 Four Audio Web Page Templates, Plus PlaylistThe new system has 4 web page templates for listening to audio and MP3's assigned to web pages. One of these includes a cool new playlist feature, which automatically starts playing all your items, one at a time!
- Supports Thousands of MP3's and Sounds
 Supports Thousands of MP3's and SoundsAudioIsland supports thousands of audio items, which means you can create large libraries of audio items online. You can also create and assign audio and sounds to hundreds of separate web pages you add in the system.
- New Homepage Editor
 New Homepage EditorNow you can modify the product homepage to look any way you like. The new Settings piece now supports a simple homepage editor. With simple HTML knowledge, you can completely change how your product homepage looks to your end-users.
- Expanded Security
 Expanded Security ModuleNew improved Security Module comes with Global Administrator login, as well as the ability to add 10 user accounts. Customize these users as needed and assign to modules you secure, allowing them private login access to your chosen modules. Now these users can upload, manage, and even share their own web pages in private, separate from all other users.
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Please visit our "Live Demo" section to see all the features that come with AudioIsland.