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Secure Amazon S3 Streaming - For WordPress
Secure Amazon S3 Downloads - For Websites
Apr
30
Amazon S3 Plugin for Wordpress
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Great news! S3FlowShield 3.0 (the amazon s3 plugin for wordpress) is here, and it has a TON of new features!
There are a LOT of new functionality.
Here are some of the highlights:
# 1. Many more player customization options!
# 2. Video Sitemaps: This is probably the most important feature in this release. S3FlowShield can now create a video sitemap that allows Google to index your videos so that they can show up in the> search results with a thumbnail of your choice! Video-based SEO is the next big thing and you now have the power to control this on YOUR site! Read more below on how to use Video Sitemaps.
# 3. Video ratings and View Counts: You can now allow your viewers to rate you videos and the plugin also keeps track of the number of times the video was viewed.
# 4. Ability to redirect to another URL at the end of a video or MP3. To use this function, add the “redirect” parameter to> the [S3VIDEO] or [S3AUDIO] shortcode.
Example: [S3VIDEO file='video.mp4' redirect='http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=9VK1F&m=1cqMA075tZLS1P&b=85v> ckLXkP0AijjPh2GI1Vw']
Note: You must include a FULL URL, including “http://”
# 5. Every setting is now fully documented right under the setting itself in the configuration pages for the plugin.
The above are just some of the highlights…check the S3FlowShield settings pages for other configuration options.
You will never need another Amazon S3 plugin for Wordpress after installing this one on your Blog!
www.wpandamazons3guard.com – Click here to watch a demo video.
Kind Regards
Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP
Apr
30
How to Use Video Sitemaps in S3FlowShield (A new Wordpress video sitemap generator!)
# 1. After you activate this Wordpress plugin, you must also turn on the Video Sitemaps functionality in the “S3FlowShield -> Video Sitemaps” page in the WordPress Admin console. Once activated, this feature will be available and you will see the video sitemap URL on that page as well. You can use this URL to add it to Google Webmaster Tools.
# 2. Please note that in the settings page, you can define a default thumbnail for your videos which will be included in the Sitemaps, however, it is strongly suggested that you create custom thumbnails> for each of your videos. The thumbnail defined for each video is what will show up in the Search Results pages!
# 3. Videos are NOT included in the video sitemap by default. In order to include a video in the sitemap, you MUST do it explicitly in the embed code by adding the “sitemap=’true’” parameter, like this:
[S3VIDEO file='YOUR_FILE' sitemap='true']
By using this parameter, your video will show up in the sitemap. Please note that you should only add videos to the sitemap if you want Google to index them. Videos in the sitemap will be made public via the sitemap, so anyone will be able to get to your videos! In order words, do NOT add private membership content to the sitemap!
# 4. See instructions on the settings page on how to add a custom thumbnail to each video.
# 5. The sitemap includes title, description, category, tags, video URL, etc. Here is how these fields get filled in the sitemap:
Title: the post title is used by default. You can override this option by using the “title=’MY TITLE’” parameter in the embed code (i.e. [S3VIDEO file='YOUR_FILE' sitemap='true' title='My Custom> Title'] )
Description: by default, it will use the post’s except field. If this field is blank, it will use the first 55 words of text in your post.
Category: Since only one is allowed per video sitemap entry, the first one your post is filled under will be used. First one alphabetically from the list. You can override this by using the “category” parameter in the embed code (i.e. [S3VIDEO file='YOUR_FILE' sitemap='true' category='My Custom Category']
Tags: The tags from your post will be used. If you have more than 32 tags, only the first 32 will be used as this is the max allowed in the video sitemap specification.You can override this by using the “tags” parameter in the embed code, where tags are separated by commas (i.e. [S3VIDEO file='YOUR_FILE' sitemap='true' tags='My tag 1, my tag 2, my tag 3']
# 6. After you have at least one video in the video sitemap, you can access the sitemap via the URL displayed in the “S3FlowShield -> Video Sitemap” settings page.
This is a GREAT new feature, as the guy who created the worlds FIRST Google Video Sitemap Generator (back in 2007), I can fully recommend this Wordpress Plugin to you!
Grab your copy today: http://www.wpandamazons3guard.com and see your Google video sitemap SEO efforts pay off!
Regards
Nov
29
Secure Amazon S3 Streaming
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Secure amazon s3 streaming is a popular feature request by Wordpress owners.
To often wordpress blog owners find that other website owners are linking to their videos and so costing the owner bandwith fees!
However, using a popular wordpress plugin, secure amazon s3 streaming is possible. NO MORE content & bandwidth theft for Amazon S3 users.
Amazon S3 Wordpress plugin S3 Flow Shield makes is simple to stream video and audio files from your Amazon S3 account securely – all via your blog.
The plugin also includes a custom Flash player for either embedding your videos in a post OR via a popup.
S3 Flow Shield is a must for Wordpress membership sites or popular public blogs!
Secure Amazon s3 streaming is only a few clicks away, so why not get started today?
Read more here: www.wpandamazons3guard.com
Kind Regards
Marc Liron MVP
PS: Looking how to secure Amazon S3 downloads for Websites? …then take a look at: S3 Downloader
Nov
26
What Is Amazon S3?
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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an online storage web service offered by Amazon Web Services. Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage through a simple web services interface.
Data can be easily stored and retrieved at any time, from anywhere on the web.
Amazon charges in proportion to the amount of data stored and applies charges for sending and receiving data.
Amazon S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that Amazon.com uses to run its own global e-commerce network.
It uses fully decentralized techniques to remove scaling bottlenecks and single points of failure.
Launched in March 2006, Amazon S3 is currently being used by Internet Marketing professionals, small businesses, small Internet start-ups and enterprise clients as a web hosting service, image hosting service, back-up system, and more!
Amazon S3 clients even include global companies like Microsoft, Xerox, Linden Lab (Second Life), WordPress and Webmail.us to name but a few.
Once an account has been setup with the Amazon S3 service you can then use free software like DataBucket Pro or the free firefox plugin S3Fox, to manage your files.
There is even a secure amazon s3 streaming wordpress plugin for those that want to protect their videos (and PDF files) from bandwith theft!
Got a website? Then if you want to protect your S3 hosted files from “hot linking” then software like S3 Downloader is a good solution.
Kind Regards
Marc Liron MVP
Secure Amazon S3 Streaming - For WordPress
S3 Flow Shield - Amazon S3 Plugin for Wordpress can....
# Protect your content from hot linking.
# Allows you to stream audio/video from your Wordpress Blog.
# Easily lets you add download links to your content.
# Works for PDF and ZIP downloads too!
# 60 second installation!!!
Secure Amazon S3 Download Guard - For WEBSITES!
This software for websites can PREVENT theft and....
# Protect your content from hot linking.
# Your S3 files are only downloadable from your Website.
# The Actual Amazon S3 link is NEVER exposed!
# For added security, your download script is Encrypted