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JMS Music for Joomla 3.x tutorial

Step 1

How to install JMS Music:

Unzip downloaded package, then you can install JMS music component and modules as normal.

Step 2

How to configure JMS Music component:

Go to Components - JMS Music

JMS Music Control panel

1. Basic Setting

  • Media Folder: folder where save all files in joomla root folder
  • Thumbnail width: width of thumbnail when resize
  • Thumbnail height: height of thumbnail when resize
  • Playlist Per Page: number of playlist per page
  • Playlist Per Row: number of playlist per row
  • Songs Per Page: number of song per page
  • Media Download Enable: enable download media files
  • Social Sharing System: enable social sharing
  • Social Sharing Type: choose type of button social sharing
JMS Music Basic Setting

2. Media Player setting:

  • Player width: width of this player
  • Player height: height of this player
  • Auto play: auto play when load page or not
  • Auto resume: configure auto resume mode
  • Shuffle: configure shuffle mode
JMS Music Media Player setting

2. Facebook comment:

  • Comment System Enable:enable comment system
JMS Music Facebook comment setting

Step 3

How to use JMS Music:

1. Categories management:

  • Category mame: name of this category
  • Ordering: choose order for this category
  • ID: this field will be auto fill by component
  • Description: description of this category
  • Status: status of this category
  • Language: select language for this category
JMS Music Categories

2. Artist management:

  • Artist Name: fill name of this artist
  • Ordering: choose order for this artist
  • ID: this field will be auto fill by component
  • Image: select image for this artist
  • Description: description of this artist
  • Status: status of this artist
  • Language: select language for this artist
JMS Music Artist

3. Playlist management:

  • Playlist Name: name of this playlist
  • Category: choose category for this playlist
  • Artist: choose artist for playlist, u can choose multi artist
  • Ordering: ordering of this playlist
  • ID: this field will be auto fill by component
  • Hits:how many times users view this playlist
  • Image: select image of this playlist
  • Created: date when playlist was created
  • Modified: date when playlist was modified
  • Description: description of this playlist
  • Status: status of this playlist
  • Featured: set playlist is feature or not
  • Language: select language for this playlist
JMS Music Playlist

4. Song management:

You have a list of songs with filters and functions (add new, edit, delete, publish, unpublish)

Edit song:

  • Song Name: name of this song
  • Author: author who created this song
  • Category: select category of this song
  • Playlist: select playlist of this song
  • User upload: user who uploaded this song
  • Ordering: ordering of this song
  • ID: this field will be auto fill by component
  • Hits:how many times users view this song
  • Created: date when song was created
  • Modified: date when song was modified
  • Description: description of this song
  • Status: status of this song
  • Language: select language for this song
  • Lyric: lyric of song
JMS Music edit song

Media Source:

  • Video: choose Yes if it is video, choose No if it is audio
  • Source Type: choose type of source file. We have 3 options: upload file from your computer, link from other site, get file from folder
  • Upload file from your computer: choose file for upload
  • Link from other site: fill link of file from other site, support youtube link
  • Get file from folder: select file from drop down list files in media/jmsmusic/tmp folder
  • Lyric: lyric of song
JMS Music media source

5. Import/export CSV:

You should add some categories, artists, playlists and songs, then go to Export for getting good csv format

a. Export

  • Category: choose cateogories you want to export
  • Artist: choose artist
  • Playlist: choose playlist

b. Import

  • Category: choose cateogories you want to export
  • Artist: choose artist
  • Playlist: choose playlist
  • Media folder: choose folder where you uploaded song files
  • Song's state: choose state for songs
JMS Music Import

c. Upload Media File

you can use this part for upload multi file to /media/jmsmusic/tmp/ folder, then use Import function to importing songs. For big size files, you should use FTP for uploading.