FIRST-TIME SETUP
Create your
admin account.
This site has not been installed yet. Create a password to protect the private dashboard.
Run one-time setup ↗BACKSTAGE / ADMIN ACCESS
Your label.
Your control.
Upload new music, choose the artist credit, edit the catalogue and manage your direct-to-fan digital store.
FTS✳
LABEL CONTROL ROOM
Make it official.
Manage your music, artists, shop and homepage content in one place.
FROM THE SOUF
DIGITAL STORE / ADMIN
DIGITAL STORE / ADMIN
CATALOGUE / MANAGE
Music releases
Upload stream audio and a separate downloadable master for paid releases.
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NEW RELEASE / UPLOAD
Add a release
HOMEPAGE / WORDS & LINKS
Site content
Edit the homepage copy and artist bios without touching code.
DIRECT-TO-FAN STORE
Payments
PayFast Onsite displays the secure payment window over your website; customers are not sent to another page to check out.
Before taking live payments
Enable Onsite Payments in your PayFast account, install an SSL certificate, and test with sandbox credentials. The store confirms each order through PayFast’s server notification before showing the download.
Checklist
01 HTTPS is active on the website.
02 PayFast merchant ID and key are correct for selected mode.
03 Onsite Payments are enabled and the account is approved for live payments.
04 Make a sandbox test purchase and verify the download before launch.
SALES / FULFILMENT
Orders
Only PayFast-confirmed payments become downloadable orders.
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PODCAST / LIVE CONTROL ROOM
Live stream
Only the admin can open or close the live room. Viewers appear by display name, with comments and recent join events below.
Video provider required
cPanel hosts the website, chat, reactions and viewer list. A provider such as YouTube Live, Vimeo, or Bunny Stream carries the actual live video. Start the broadcast in that provider (OBS can send to its RTMP endpoint), paste its HTTPS embed URL below, then open the room here. Ending the room here hides it on this website; also stop the broadcast at your provider.
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LIVE PRESENCE
Who's watching
Viewers will appear here while a stream is open.
RECENTLY JOINED
LIVE CHAT
Comments
VISUAL CONTENT / VIDEO ARCHIVE
Upload videos
Publish music videos, performances, interviews and recorded podcast episodes. Published media is served directly for faster playback; private originals remain protected.
Speed up your existing music and videos
Published media can be served directly by Apache instead of passing through PHP. Run this once after updating; items are processed one at a time. If hard links are blocked by the host, extra disk space is needed for copies.
VIDEO ARCHIVE / EDIT
Add a video
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STORE / APPAREL + GOODS
Merchandise
Create products, upload product images, set prices and stock. Paid orders appear in Orders with their delivery address.
OFFICIAL MERCH / PRODUCT
Add merchandise
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ACCOUNT / ACCESS
Security
Change the password used to sign in to this dashboard.
Keep storage private.
All uploaded audio, purchase masters, orders and app credentials are kept inside the protected storage/ directory. Do not remove its access rules. Back up the directory securely.
Comments will appear here.