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Features
MediaIsland 2.0 comes with many great features that help you manage your multimedia online. Because this powerful product encompasses the best of all our media products, many of the features in MediaIsland may be found in each of our product feature pages: ImageIsland, AudioIsland, and VideoIsland. The most popular features are summarized below. New features are items added to this version of the software since the previous one.
Standard MediaIsland Features
- Combines Three Products into One!
 Combines Three Products into One!MediaIsland contains all the modules from ImageIsland, AudioIsland, and VideoIsland. This means, you can now manage all your multimedia using one powerful product!
- Drag-And-Drop Installation
Drag-And-Drop Installation!MediaIsland consists of several folders and web pages you upload and add to your existing site. Installation is as simple as uploading a folder to your server! MediaIsland 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 Design!Our simple, usable web interface means you and your users can ramp up quickly using MediaIsland. Its clean, simple, and intuitive web interface maximizes viewing and listening pleasure, as well.
- Supports all the Popular Multimedia Types
Supports all the Popular Multimedia Types!MediaIsland supports all of the popular multimedia mime types supported in current browsers and media players, including JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, AU, MOV, MIDI, WAV, RA, SWF, FLV, MPG, AVI, WMV, and WMA. This means you can upload multimedia created from many popular devices knowing they will play well on the Web!
- Supports all the Popular Media Players
Supports all the Popular Media Players!MediaIsland 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 media will play, as users will always have different players assigned to different media types. No more proprietary media players to download!
- Creates Thumbnails/Extracts Metadata on Upload
Creates Thumbnails/Extracts Metadata on Upload!MediaIsland automatically creates thumbnails in the case of most uploaded photos and video. For audio and video, it also extracts ID3 Metadata on upload, so assigning names and other media information is more automated.
- Original Media File Preserved on Upload
Original Media File Preserved on UploadWhen you upload a multimedia item, you can be sure that the original item, including its name, size, and meta information, is preserved in the media thats saved to the server.
- Upload 10 Files at a time
Upload 10 Files at a time!You can upload as many as 10 multimedia items at a time in MediaIsland's three media sections.
- Simple Media Storage Mechanism
Simple Media Storage Mechanism!Single universal storage folder is used for easy FTP access, if needed.
- Creates Media Player Metafiles
Creates Media Player Metafiles!Now, when you upload and add media to the system, it automatically creates xml metafiles based on the media mime type and media player used (for audio and video). This helps some files play better.
- Rename/Description Tagging
Rename/Description Tagging!All of your multimedia can be given names and descriptions in all three Manager Modules.
- Multiple Manager Views
Multiple Manager Module Views!Just like in ImageIsland, AudioIsland, and VideoIsland, when viewing your multimedia in the website, you can change how you view them using "views". MediaIsland includes several different views for each of the three Manager Modules.
- Powerful Paging Feature
Powerful Paging Feature!Unlimited paging feature supports pages with dozens of media items per page, and can expand to hold thousands of items and hundreds of web pages, with quicker multimedia access overall.
- Media Player Popup Feature
Media Player Popup Feature!Some of these features provide a popup viewer, playing your multimedia inside a new window rather than in the page.
- Email Your Web Pages
Email Your Web Pages!You can even email web pages of multimedia 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 multimedia web pages, or galleries, which allow you to share your multimedia with others online.
- Great New Loading Bar
Great New Loading Bar!When uploading large multimedia items, 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 items in MediaIsland. This is very helpful when uploading larger multimedia items to the server.
- 6 Exciting Web Skins
Exciting Web Skins!6 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 Skin!Pick and assign a default "skin" for your product using the Settings section.
- Secure Login Feature
Secure Login Feature!The Security piece 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 Account!The Security feature 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 Accounts!The 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 media and web pages.
- Richer Security Assignments
Richer Security Assignments!Because MediaIsland contains 6 different manager and web pages, you can assign one set of users rights to upload photos, while another user rights to upload video only, etc. Your ability to mix and match various users with various types of secured modules is much richer!
- Full Interface Customization
Full Interface Customization!You 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 section.
- Customizeable Source Code
Customizeable Source Code!MediaIsland 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 Database!MediaIsland 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 Product!MediaIsland 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 Product!MediaIsland is built using current Web Standards (w3c.org), including clean validated XHTML and a browser-compliant CSS architecture.
- Add New Modules
Add New Modules!You 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 MediaIsland Features
- Multiple Sorting & Viewing
Multiple Sorting & Viewing!Most of the Manager features in MediaIsland provide 6 different sort features, plus 3 different views, so organizing and viewing media is much faster and easier.
- Default Media Play
Default Media Play!Some media are encoded in ways that may not play over the web, or in the media player assigned. Our optional media player system accomates all kinds of issues like this, to make sure your multimedia play in some type of player in your browser. We provide backup media player features to help you if you run into problems, including a multimedia download and default browser play feature.
- Download Feature
Download Feature!Just as you can easily upload media to MediaIsland, you can now download media. This is very helpful when you need to get the original media without playing it in your browser, need to edit and upload again, or have an item that simply wont play in your default media player.
- New Memory Manager
New Memory Manager!Powerful new memory data management system is built into the web application, allowing the system to index thousands of media items on-the-fly and maintain performance and speed when viewing, listening, and storing allot of media.
- Improved WebPages
Improved WebPage Modules!All three WebPage Modules in MediaIsland have improved how the WebPage Module works, so it is more powerful and easier to use.
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- 19 Web Pages Templates, Plus Playlist
19 Web Pages Templates, Plus Playlist!There are 19 different Web Page Templates, which can be set when viewing and listening to multimedia assigned to web pages. Several of these includes a cool new playlist feature, which automatically starts playing all your audio and video, one at a time!
- Supports Thousands of Media Items
Supports Thousands of Media ItemsMediaIsland supports thousands of media items, which means you can create large libraries of multimedia items online. You can also create and assign media to hundreds of separate web pages you add in the system.
- New Homepage Editor
New Homepage Editor!Now you can modify the product homepage to look any way you like. The new Settings section 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 Feature
Expanded Security Module!New 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 MediaIsland.
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