v0.5 beta3 released!
Posted on March 8th, 2010
After lots of programming and testing, v0.5 beta3 is now live. This beta introduces the admin area (or admin panel).
Right now you can:
- Change the scconfig.php file (the main site configuration)
- Change the config.php file (the admin configuration)
- Check for new versions
- See some news by the team on the home (on the stable version you’ll be able to disable news fetching).
But you can’t:
- Change info on the shoutcast server
- Change the pin(*) (you’ll be able to on the stable version)
- Update if a new version is found
- See for new beta versions.
With security in mind, the admin password and the pin(*) are encrypted using both md5 and sha1. I wanted to encrypt the shoutcast server’s password aswell, but I can’t get the original key from the hashes, so it’s stored unencrypted on the configuration file.
(*)If you want to change any of the details on the admin config file (config.php), you must enter the pin (a 4 number passkey) which was generated on the installation. If you forget it, you have to reupload the install folder and go straight to step 4 (it is linked on the main page of the installer).
The admin area requires allow_url_fopen to be allowed. Contact your hoster or upload a php file with
<? phpinfo(); ?>
in it and access it from your browser. Search for “allow_url_fopen”. If it’s off contact your hoster to work it out, or you won’t be able to see the latest news. Version checking can also be done using the iframe-variant (it’s linked on the bottom of the version check page).
You also must chmod the base folder and the “admin” folder to 777 during installation. If you can’t the install will fail, and you’ll have to do it manually (which means no playlist generation so no local playlist links will be available for you, sorry). There is a file “scconfig_tpl.php” which in this case you should edit it, rename it to “scconfig.php” and you are ready to go. Since the admin area’s password and pin are encrypted, you can’t “hand-edit” it, so we have uploaded here a page where you can generate the file, and save the contents as “config.php” on your “admin” folder. No details are saved by us, so you are safe.
Until the final version comes out, and until we short out a way to encrypt the Shoutcast Server’s password on the administration config, just enter a random string. (And if you enter the real password, you won’t be able to make any modifications to Shoutcast Server since this area is not implemented yet.)
V0.5 beta 4 works will begin tomorrow. Need a break from all that coding/debugging/testing/writing :D
That was a big post! Heh, have a nice time testing it (if you will), and till next time, see ya!
PS. If you find any bugs, leave a comment.
PS2. Forgot to post the link… Download it here…
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