README FILE ======================================================================== The meaning of this project is to update the Elgg 1.7 version of the kaltura_video plugin to work in Elgg 1.8. Currently the plugin is being developed by Juho Jaakkola. juho.jaakkola@mediamaisteri.com THE REST OF THIS README FILE IS CURRENTLY OUTDATED. OUTDATED README FILE: ======================================================================== PLUGIN VERSION: 1.2 ELGG VERSION: 1.7.1 AUTHOR: Ivan Vergés May 2010 ivan@microstudi.net ======================================================================== FEATURES: This plugin for Elgg allows you: - Create videos very easy from various sources using the contribution wizard application provided in the Kaltura API. The sources can be: - Your webcam - Uploaded videos, audio, photos. - Easily import all rich media (video, audio, pictures...) from other sites and social networks, such as YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, CCMixter, Jamendo, New York Public Library, any URL on the web, etc. - Edit your videos online with a nice advanced editor provided also by the Kaltura API. - Edit the details of your videos: title, description, tags. - Define the level of privacy to share your videos: private, public, logged in users or your friends only. - Comment, rate you videos by any user allowed by the level of privacy. - View the code details of your generated video to allow put it on other places. - Make a collaborative videos in groups. In a group environment you can start a video, activate the checkbox "collaborative" to allow editing by others users of the group and le the other change you initial video. - Integrated tinyMCE features: you can choose in "tools administration" if you want to allow this. If it is allowed (by default) then the users can put videos in any textarea form, containing tinyMCE or not (this show a button witch open the video gallery or editor). - Widget: This plugin has also a widget to allow you show a list of latest video in the dashboard. The video shown to the visitor depends of its level of access, EX: if him is your friend, then can view your last video make for friends, public or registered users. - Custom index widget: If you use the custom_index plugin, you can use a widget to show the latest videos on your site. - RSS functionality: in the Elgg way, you can subscribe to feeds in any page related with the plugin. - Comes with a integrated form to easy register automatically at kaltura if you are not a partner. - There is a way to import videos created in Kaltura outsize Elgg, read the INSTALL.txt file in "ADVANCED IMPORT". INSTALL: Please read the INSTALL.txt file! BUGS: You can send me emails if you found bugs in this plugin, I'll try to solve them. Feel free to contact with me if you want to improve o personalize the plugin or need some comercial suport. KNOWN BUGS The youtube import option in the create videos wizard doesn't work in Kaltura.com hosted services. You can enable it by installing Kaltura CE in your own server (then you must configure the plugin by by login into your Elgg installation as admin and go to: "Administration" -> Kaltura Video Admin COLLABORATION: You can collaborate by solving bugs and send me by email if you want/can. You can also collaborate by make translations of the plugin and send me by email. To make a translation go to the folder languages and create a new file with your language (EX: es.php for Spanish) then put inside on the top of the file your name and mail (thats to contact to you if are changes in the future, so you can translate also) and send it to me. ======================================================================== DONATIONS: Note that I'm not affiliated with Elgg (Curverider) or Kaltura Corp. So if you like this plugin consider to make a donation here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3518572 THANKS TO: Thanks to Jessica Yazbek for help me with the development. Thanks to Zohar Babin for his suport from Kaltura Corp. Thanks also for this language packs contributors: - Mathieu Reynouard: French language - Truong Dang: Duch language - Gleb Lagutin: German language And thanks to all people who makes donations and gave me feedback! ======================================================================== @author Ivan Vergés <ivan@microstudi.net> - Twitter: http://twitter.com/microstudi @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU Public License version 3 @copyright Ivan Vergés 2010 @link http://microstudi.net/elgg/ ========================================================================