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How to Setup Google Login
Starting with PHP Melody v3.0 you can enable Google Sign-in for your users.

All you need to do, is obtain a free CLIENT ID form Google.

Step 1: Create A New Project

Log into your desired Google account and visit this URL and create or select an existing project:
https://console.developers.google.com/

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Step 2: Update Your Credentials

Illustrated here.
1. Select the newly created project
2. Go to the Credentials tab and click on the “Web client (Auto-created for Google Sign-in)“ link (as seen here)
3. Specify your PHP Melody installation URL into the two ‘Authorize‘ fields (as seen here)
4. Save your changes.
Step 3: Add your CLIENT ID into PHP Melody

Illustrated here.

Log into your PHP Melody website’s back-end and go to Settings > User tab.

Enter your keys in the Google Login form which is found under the User tab.

Only thing left to do is Enable the Google Login, hit ‘Save Changes‘ and you’re ready to accept Twitter users.

If you’d also like to integrate Facebook Login into your PHP Melody website, check out this tutorial.
April 15, 2019
How to Setup Facebook Login
Starting with version 2.7, PHP Melody comes with social login integration for both the Twitter and Facebook social networks.

In this tutorial we’ve set out to cover the Facebook integration. The Twitter integration is covered in this tutorial.

We’ll take you through the steps required to create a new app in Facebook and integrate this into PHP Melody.

The ultimate goal being to allow your visitors to register and log in using only their Facebook account.

Step 1: Creating a new Facebook App

Log into your Facebook account and then go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps/
- Click on the ‘Add New App‘ button, select ‘Website (www)‘ as the platform.
- Enter your apps’ name and click ‘Create new Facebook App ID‘. Fill in the form and proceed to ‘Create App ID‘.
- Fill in your ‘Site URL‘ and click ‘Next‘.
- You’re now finished setting your Facebook App.
Step 2: Setting your new Facebook App

You should now see your new Facebook app listed under:
https://developers.facebook.com/apps/
- Click on your new app
- Under ‘Products’ click + Add Product
- Select ‘Facebook Login‘ and click ‘Get Started‘
- You will be presented with a form.
  Under ‘Valid OAuth redirect URIs‘ you need to enter your URL as such:
  https://www.your-site.com/login.php?do=facebook&step=confirm
- Save the changes.
Since the app is not yet live, you need to make it available to the public so that Facebook users can log into your PHP Melody website using their Facebook account.

Facebook APP ID & Client Token for PHP Melody (2019)

Step 3: Add your Facebook APP ID and APP Secret into PHP Melody

You can now retrieve and use your App’s ID and Secret and add them into your PHP Melody installation. Here’s where to find your App ID and App Secret:

Facebook APP ID & Client Token for PHP Melody (2019)

Log into your PHP Melody website’s back-end and go to Settings > User tab.

Enter your keys in the Facebook Login form which is found under the User tab.

Only thing left to do is Enable the Facebook Login, hit ‘Save Changes‘ and you’re ready to accept Facebook users.

Note: Sometimes the ‘Check App Status‘ button from your PHP Melody admin area might return an error message. You can safely ignore this error message if the front-end Facebook Login works.
September 6, 2016
Featured Categories on Homepage

Starting with PHP Melody v2.5 you can show videos from selected categories on your homepage. We call those “featured categories”. To show a featured category on your homepage simply browse to your PHP Melody back-end and follow the instructions as illustrated below.

Clicking on the home icon will mark any category as “featured”.

March 10, 2016
How to Create a Cron Job
The “Automated Jobs” feature from PHP Melody requires a cron job to run a PHP script on a regular basis.
Most of the times this can be easily be accomplished with the help of crontab (linux).

To setup your new cron job, you need to know the URL/command which cron will run. Retrieve this information log into your PHP Melody’s back-end and browse to the Automated Jobs > Setup page.

Once you retrieved your URL/command (should include a secret key), proceed with setting up your cron job as follows.

Method 1: Setup cron via cPanel, Plesk or your webhost panel

If you’re running PHP Melody on a shared hosting account or VPS, your webhost has already provided you with some sort of management area such as cPanel or Plesk.

Since adding a new cron job is already very well documented for both cPanel and Plesk we recommend using their instructions:
- cPanel instructions
- Plesk help
We also have a quick video on the entire cPanel procedure:

Method 2: Creating a new cron job using the command line (linux)

If you own the server or have access to the command line, edit your crontab by running:
```
# crontab -e
```
In a new line, add your cron job by pasting in the following line:
```
*/5 * * * * wget -q "https://www.PHPMELODY-URL.com/cron.php?cron-key=SECRET_KEY"
```
This example uses a dummy URL. To get your URL (with the secret key), visit your PHP Melody back-end and browse to the Automated Jobs > Setup page.
February 3, 2016