MediaLibrary Basic

The MediaLibrary Basic Edition provides a full-featured media library or media collection management environment on a Joomla-based website.

Available free of charge

MediaLibrary Pro

The MediaLibrary Professional Edition adds many cool features for the professional librarian, on top of the original features of the MediaLibrary Basic Edition.

Available for $ 50

MediaLibrary Pro Shop

MediaLibrary Professional Shop Edition has the same additional features as MediaLibrary Pro, and also integrates with VirtueMart for direct selling.

Available for $ 65

Features

Basic

Pro

Integration with VirtueMart for Direct selling

PHP5

Uses new Amazon API (Amazon Associate Web Services)

Uses CURL for increased security (remote files)

Full Category & Subcategory support

User Lend Request function with calendar

Integrated [Search Books] function

General Fixes

Basic

Pro

Fixed rights: higher privileges now include lower

Fixed rights: admin can now select multiple groups

Bugfix: new books function when eBook support set to NO

Bugfix: empty Category with filled Subcategory now shows up

Checks  CURL, XSL, GD present in PHP

Languages

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Fully language aware frontend and backend

English included, other languages can be downloaded from the website

English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch and Russian included, prepared for Italian

Frontend General

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Category & Subcategory show in Joomla pathway

Full language name in media description (English instead of ENG)

Main Category list now shows Subcategories

Hide media affiliate link (show internal Joomla URL)

Hide direct link to eMedia download (show internal Joomla URL)

Hide eMedia download link from download managers

Optional button [Buy Now]

Button [Add Review] with AJAX show-hide form

Button [Suggest Media] with AJAX show-hide form

CAPTCHA for Guest [Reviews] & [Suggestions]

Typed [Media Reviews] kept on screen even when wrong CAPTCHA entered

Show eMedia download license before allowing ebook download

Added possibility for change order for media items

Added possibility set menu items to all categories, all music, all book, all game and all video

Manage Books

Basic

Pro

Dropdowns default to "All Media" and "All Categories"

Subcategories show clearer in dropdown boxes

Sorting in [Media Manager]

Sorting improvements in [Media Manager]

[Print Report] option with fields choice in [Media Manager]

Added checks for empty MediaID to [Media Manager]

Possibility to customize eMedia download URL

Administrator can add a direct link to eMedia

Allow external mambots in media descriptions

Option to set default Amazon server for new media

Information Fetching

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Pull in book details with ISBN-10 from Amazon

Pull in book details with ISBN-13 (ca, com, uk), media details with ASIN

Pull in Editorial Reviews (only from .com because of Amazon policy)

Button to set local media cover path automatically

Manage Categories

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Possibility to assign different custom images to each Category (instead of having one standard icon for all)

Sorting improvements in [Category Manager]

Manage Reviews

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Media Review Management per single book

[Review Manager] for user submitted media reviews

Email to admin when [User Review] added

Manage Suggestions

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

[Suggestion Manager] for user suggested media

Rights setting who is allowed to suggest media

Email to admin when [Media Suggestion] added

Manage Lend Requests

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Lend Request Manager in backend

Email to admin when Lend Request submitted

Import / Export Books

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

CSV import/export with [Description]

XML import/export with [Description] and [Review]

Full MySQL tables import/export

Added explanations in [Import] and [Export] tabs

Configuration Frontend

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Option [Default order type] with rights settings

Option [Music order type] with rights settings

Option [Book order type] with rights settings

Option [Video order type] with rights settings

Option [Game order type] with rights settings

Option [Show Add Media button] with rights settings

Option [Review Notification] with rights settings

Option [Suggestion Notification] with rights settings

Option [Lend Request Notification] with rights settings

Option [Show Reviews] with rights settings

Option [Show Lend Status] with rights settings

Option [Suggest Media] button with rights settings

Show-hide [Buy Now] button with Category selection

Option [Show Media Price]

Option [Show Media Price] with rights settings

Option [Show eMedia Download Link] with rights settings

Option [Show eMedia Download License] before download

Option [Set Media Cover Size]

Option [Set Items Per Page]

Option [Custom Category Images]

Configuration Backend

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Set email addresses for [Add media]

Set email addresses for [Review Notification]

Set email addresses for [Suggestion Notification]

Set email addresses for [Lend Request Notification]

Option [MediaID auto-increment] or manual entry

Option [Download Covers] with location setting

Option [eMedia Support] with location setting

Option [Set Amazon Affiliate Tag]

Option [Set Amazon Web Services Access Key]

Option [Check Duplicate ISBN/ASIN]

Option [Set Default Language] for new media

Option [Set Default Amazon Server] for new media

About MediaLibrary

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Added links to JoomlaWebServer website (for support, downloads, etc.)

Sample Data

Basic

Pro

Pro Shop

Sample data at installation time (for starting users)