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HWDMediaShare helps you and your community publish media on your Joomla website, share media with other networks, integrate with other apps and keep things organised. The new and much improved HWD is the prime example of less is more. It has been completely rewritten to work seamlessly with Joomla. It's like your own personal publishing platform.

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BYE FLASH, HELLO HTML5

Welcome to full native HTML5 media support

HTML5, take control of your technology

HTML5 is the cornerstone of the W3C's open web platform
Audio and video are first class citizens in the HTML5 web, living in harmony with your apps and sites.

Multimedia Benefits

Display your audio and video in Apple iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad
Use native media players to show media without dependency on plugins such as Flash
Show interactive content to mobiles and handheld devices elegantly, without replication.

JOOMLA TEMPLATES

Joomla templates that work great with HWD

It Just Works

We've focused on building Joomla! templates that are very easy to use. Install the template, install the component and it all just works.

No Framework
Very Few Overrides
Styled for Standard Joomla! Output
Styled to work best with HWD

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SHARE MEDIA ON YOUR JOOMLA! WEBSITE

Consolidate your audio, video, images and documents with HWDMediaShare

User Channels

User Channels allows you to access the various channels that were created on your Joomla website. Manage each channel individually or use the batch process to change multiple item properties.

Click the thumbnail on the left to view the User Channels

Common Joomla Item Options.
Joomla backend search filter
Channel item list.
Joomla pagination.
Batch options for multiple items.

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To migrate, or not to migrate

After nearly a year of development, the first release candidate of the new HWDMediaShare component and the new HWD website was released on 1st April 2012.

Understandably, lots of users are eager to start using the new product immediately.

The aim of this article is to provide clear guidelines to existing users about migrating from hwdVideoShare and/or hwdPhotoShare to the new HWDMediaShare gallery.

New user? If you joined HWD after 1st April 2012 you can simply start using the new component straight away, and there is no need to read any further.

New project? If you're an existing user but starting a new design project you can also use the new HWD component without worrying about migrations.

What's new?

The new HWDMediaShare software is a completely new and different product from the existing hwdVideoShare and hwdPhotoShare packages.

The workflow, processes, design and usability have all been completely changed.
The template structure is different (it is now Joomla standard).
No source code from the old software has been kept, everything has been rewritten.
We have focused on building efficiency and simplicity from the ground upwards.
The files for the new product are stored in a different part of Joomla (com_hwdmediashare), and has different database tables (jos_hwdms_*).
It is only compatible with Joomla 2.5 (well, it will work on Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 but you should upgrade to Joomla 2.5 anyway).

What's first?

HWDMediaShare might be completely unsuitable for you!

Look at the demo, is it what you expected?
Install the component in a development environment. Does it work for you?
Are the features you relied on in hwdVideoShare/hwdPhotoShare missing from HWDMediaShare?

Do you need to upgrade?

Ask yourself "how will the new HWDMediaShare component benefit me"? If you're considering upgrading client sites, you seriously need to consider the benefits of this compared to the workload. Have your clients asked for an upgrade?

We will be maintaining security releases of hwdVideoShare and hwdPhotoShare for the foreseeable future, so maybe you only need to start using HWDMediaShare for new design projects you start?

Be realistic!

HWDMediaShare is brand new out of the box today! Is it worth taking it for a spin in your development environment before taking the plunge on your production site? Answer: definitely yes.

Migration warnings

Be aware that the migration tool will move your videos and photos from hwdVideoShare and hwdPhotoShare into the HWDMediaShare gallery. However, there will be some information that will NOT be migrated.

Your existing template and configuration will become irrelevant in the new gallery, and this information will not be migrated.
Information from remote sources, such as comments that are associated remotely with the hwdVideoShare or hwdPhotoShare component might not be migrated.
The URLs of videos and photos of the new component will not be the same as your existing URLs.

We will provide specific guidance of issues which concern users most when these queries get raised.

Yep, I want to migrate!

We have worked extremely hard to bring in the first RC release of HWDMediaShare on time. However, in the interests of stability and causing less frustration amongst users, the migration tool has not been included in this release. Not only do we need to make sure the migration tool is fully stable, but we also want to allow some time for any important bugs to be reported with the new HWDMediaShare before we allow the existing community to migrate.

Although this means you need to wait a few days, we are confident this is preferential when compared to a significant number of users encountering avoidable problems during the migration.

An Absolute Beast

This is just an impeccable bit of code, how they do it, I dont know. But they have worked out every single nook and cranny to ensure you run a smooth online business. Just amazing.
Allseeingeyel

Pure awesomeness

Simply one of the best extensions in Joomla, and the best bar none to create a Joomla video gallery. I've used hwdMediaShare in more that ten sites and could not be happier.
trainedmonkey

OUTSTANDING Support

Fantastic, easy to use component. Very well thought out from both a user's and administrative perspective. Highly recommended to add interactivity and return visits to a website.
netpilot

Always improving

The best video extension around. It's great to see the developer continuing to support this extension and improve on it. The best feature I find with this extension is it plays external site videos like youtube.
wayne-nort

Great video extension

Installed easily on Joomla 1.7 and was easy to implement. Other video extensions I tried didn't have the features found in hwdvideoshare. There is great documentation for helping with setup and hosting.
idav

Excellent support

The software is good exactly as described and the support is priceless. These are good people to work with. We are very pleased with the support and tools we have received.
orane777

Something good

Here is something that is really good, a video component that already has the most and have a great future for themselves, not least for us users.
Beerguiden

The best

This is the best solution for video galleries period. Support is top notch, post your problems on the forum and the dev gets back to you with solutions or offers to fix it for you.
joomlawiz

Just Amazing

The Definitive Video Gallery Component for Joomla. That's it. Excellent Work. Sorry, Amazing Work. And it can be Better!
Fenrir

A Dream Come True!

Kudos to the HWD team; A splendid job is what I call it! If you are looking for a good component for media sharing, try HWD you WILL be pleased.
mongoliangrill

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HWD Media Share

Highwood Design Limited, Design Works
William Street, Felling, NE10 0JP, United Kingdom

A community-led, open source media sharing software app for the Joomla! CMS.

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