Jinzora – Build An Internet Jukebox

          Jinzora – Build An Internet Jukebox

If you want quick and easy access to your online music and video collection, you can create internet jukebox with Jinzora. Jinzora is free and open source media server written in PHP, that allows you to stream your music and videos to any device with a web browser. In this tutorial we´ll see how to set up jinzora.

Note: To build an internet jukebox Jinzora, you must have internet server. Creating server is risky,when you open port, there is a possibility to have someone a breach in your computer .Before you start, make sure your computer has all the latest patches and security updates, and that you’ve done a thorough spyware and virus scan. This tutorial is only for advanced users
How look Jinzora?


You must have:
* Broadband internet connection always on
* Windows on your computer
* Web server with the PHP scripting language and MySQL database installed
In this example we´ll use Windows XP and WAMP server
How to set up Jinzora?
1. Turn off firewall, because it can block WAMP server. Download WAMP server from this link and install it. In the default, jinzora will install in C:\wamp\ directory. In my example jinzora is installed in C:\wamp\. Run your WAMP server.
2. Download Jinzora zip file from this link and extract into WAMP directory c:\wamp\www\

Below is video guide that include step 1 and 2.

3.Type in web addresses http://localhost/ or your IP Address, you should see something like this

4. In this step we´ll secure MySQL database server with password.
Click on phpmyadmin under Tools

Click on Privileges

Check root user and edit it , if you have any other user , delete it.

In Change Password option, type your password and click go

Video Guide for step 4:

5. In this step we´ll run Jinzora installation wizard. Go to http://localhost/ and click on jinzora2 under your Projects

Jinzora installation wizard include 8 steps. Step 6 is important, set Create database equal to true. In other steps just accept the defaults, or set how you like it.





6. Before you login in jinzora , you should delete Install folder C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\install. That is for security reasons.
7. Go to http://localhost/jinzora2/ , login and enjoy in your Internet jukebox Jinzora.

Watch video guide:

8. If you want access Jinziora from other computers. You must forward a port in the router we’re using. The port we need to forward is port number 80. Why? Because by default it’s the port used for HTTP. Port forwarding actually means opening a tunnel through the router so that the router wouldn’t reject the connections that are trying to connect to it. How to port-forward? With every router it’s different. Here are the instructions for every one of them. You must also turn off you firewall.

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How To Make An Email Server On Your Home Computer

How To Make An Email Server On Your Home Computer

 Want to create your own email server for emails but, have no idea how? Here is step to step tutorial with images that explains how to make an email server on your home computer. Yes, that’s right; you can also make your own email server. So let’s start
To make an email server, you need three things:
1. Web Server
2. Email Server
3. Webmail Interface
Web Server:
To make a web server, first you need is to download “WampServer” software through site- WampServer.

After downloaded, you need is to install it in your PC as open downloaded file and then, install it according to step to step instructions as-

After installed, open wampserver and then, put it online and also start its all services as this should put your server open and running.

To check that your server running as simply type your IP address in browser and open it. If you don’t know that what is your computer IP address is as then, open “command prompt” and type in command prompt a command name “ipconfig” . Then, you will get your computer’s IP address.

Email Server:
To make an email server, you need is to download “hMailServer” software through site- hMailServer.

Then, install it in your computer as follow step to step instructions carefully and install it-

After installed, open- my computer-> c:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\drivers\\etc

In etc folder open- “host” file in notepad and then, write after some space to local host – a one word domain name and then, save and close it as- >

Then, open hMailServer as installed in your PC and connect your local host through password. That password which you give at installed time as enter password to connect.

After connect- click on add domain and then, enter your domain name as you gave above in host file and then, click on save.

After saved your domain, click on- domain name and on Accounts. In Accounts, type in address- admin (or any username), give password and also give maximum size (MB) of your email and click on save button.

Webmail Interface:
Finally, to make webmail Interface, you need to download “SquirrelMail-webmail” software through site- SquirrelMail.

After downloaded SquirrelMail zip files, extract that zip files in C partition of your computer.

Now the next step is to click on Wampserver- > Apache – Alias directories – Add an Alias.

After click, you will get a wizard of wamp as type in- “mail” and hit enter. Then, type- “c:/squirrelmail/” and again hit enter.

Later this, go to my computer- c partition – squirrelmail folder (which you extract) – config.
In config folder, changes the file named- config_default.php to config.php and open that php file in wordpad and check all details carefully in wordpad as-
$domain = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$smtpServerAddress = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$imapServerAddress = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$imap_server_type = ‘hmailserver’;
$data_dir= ‘c:/squirrelmail/data/’;
$attachment_dir= ‘c:/squirrelmail/attach/’;

Finally, now open in browser- http://localhost/mail/index.php/ and login your own email server as type username and password which you given. Visit above images as clearly representing. Now, you are able to compose mail as you created your own email server…

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