We would like to announce that In the Jungle will be taking a “holiday hiatus” over the festive season. We will quite literally be “wrapping it up” for Christmas and we will be back, bigger and brighter, in 2010. The wait will definitely be worth it however as we’re going to be changing the format of all our blogs in the new year.
Follow AudioJungle on Twitter
While site news and announcements will continue to be posted right here on the existing blog, please do consider following AudioJungle on Twitter. It’s the quickest and easiest way to stay informed of site news, announcements, featured files and helpful or cool audio stories/links.
What’s an “API”? A Pink Igloo? A Pig Itching? Not quite.
The Marketplace’s Application Programming Interface (API) allows the development of applications with access to a range of data from all the marketplaces such as the most popular and latest files. More sensitive data such as your account balance, recent sales, and monthly statements can also be accessed securely using your individual API key!
So what? I’m a designer – why should I be interested in geeky code interface stuff? Well, using the API you can develop apps/sites for your mobile, your desktop, or even your blog. Did I mention you can even design and style your applications however you want? Now that’s pretty cool, right?!
Since the Marketplace API was released about 6 months ago, several authors have jumped in feet first to develop some outstanding contributions for the community.
The last 9 months we’ve been working hard on the financial parts of our system. During this time we’ve been building a better, more bulletproof accounting system into the app. It’s the kind of super important work that for the most part nobody notices, but ensures everything is working as it should. Along the way we’ve also been working on some other aspects which WILL be noticeable, and I’d like to tell you about three of them: (more…)
AudioJungle prides itself on high quality, unique and original audio compositions from its authors. It’s important that we assist our authors along the way with clarifications as to what is and is not acceptable for our library. In turn, this maintains the integrity of our entire library, which affords all our customers high quality and reliable stock audio at an affordable price.
“Out-of-the-box” Loops
A problem we occasionally run into is when we see/hear audio that is largely or entirely based on pre-existing audio loops direct from audio software or sample CDs. This damages the integrity and quality of the AudioJungle library and if we want customers to continue returning to AudioJungle, it’s important we make it clear to authors what is and what is not acceptable.
This post will serve as a guide to clarifying our rule regarding the use of pre-existing or “out-of-the-box” audio loops and what is allowed and what is not allowed.
It’s always great when customers contact me and tell me how they’ve used AudioJungle music, Sound Effects and/or Logos & Idents in their projects. AudioJungle is a goldmine for inexpensive yet high quality royalty-free, stock audio. So it’s no surprise when I see the many creative ways customers are using AudioJungle music for their film, video, Web, game, and podcasting needs.
Project Showcase
If you’re an AudioJungle customer and would like to tell us about some of the projects that use AudioJungle audio, please contact me (sitemanager@audiojungle.net), we’d love to feature your project on our blog!
Testimonial
Take Richard from Surrey-based film production company FX Media for example. He has been using royalty free stock music from AudioJungle for a while now on some of his video and film productions.
“I’ll 1000% be using AudioJungle for every future project, I only wish I had discovered it sooner!” – Richard, FX Media
Since the freshly redesigned Envato marketplaces went live, one of the popular new features members have embraced is the ability to “Follow” authors. “Following” authors allows you to keep abreast of the latest files uploaded to all Envato marketplaces by your favorite authors. So for example, if you go to an author’s profile page and click the “Follow” button as shown below on my personal profile page, you will be start to follow an author:
Then, when this author starts posting new files, you will be alerted to these new files on the home page of AudioJungle when you first log on:
Brand New Feature: The "Follow Me" Link
A brand new feature released in the last 48 hours is a personalized link that you can add to your own personal Web sites, social media Web sites and/or e-mail signatures etc… that allow other Envato members to “follow” you immediately, with just one click! Here’s how to create/add your own link:
So if I wanted other authors to follow me, my personal link would be:
http://audiojungle.net/user/scottwills/follow
You might then add this to your own HTML Web page as shown below, or by creating a graphic that when clicked, allows another Envato marketplace member to follow you:
<a href=”http://audiojungle.net/user/scottwills/follow”>Follow Me on Envato!</a>
We’ve made a few important changes to our upload instructions that we need to bring to your attention. It’s nothing too drastic, and probably won’t affect to many of you, but we’re rolling out these changes to prevent any possible abuse or gaming of the system.
Integrity of Library
We’re also rolling out some changes to ensure consistency and integrity within the AudioJungle library. Namely, the way files are titled. We want to be sure the AudioJungle library looks as professional as possible when customers comes to our site for the very first time. After all, if customers are impressed with our library, they will be more likely to purchase your audio, so it’s in an author’s best interest to follow these easy-to-follow changes.
So if you are an AudioJungle author, please make sure you read and follow the following clarifications before uploading your next masterpiece. All changes take place with immediate effect.
Just a few days ago, Envato’s very own WordPress ninja, Derek Herman, released a new “Envato Marketplace Items” plugin for WordPress. Now, with only a few minutes worth of work, you can display your recent files, popular files, and even files according to a specific category on your site. Not only that, but you can additionally attach your referral id to each item and earn 30% of your referred user’s first deposit!
In only a few steps, I’ll show you exactly how to implement this plugin into your own project.
A lot has happened within the last twenty four hours, and, understandably, there’s a lot to take in! If you have a few moments, why not view this screencast and learn about some of the new features in the marketplace redesign that we’re all really excited about? When finished viewing, don’t forget to leave a comment, via the forums, and let us know your thoughts!
In the last three years our Envato Marketplaces (FlashDen, ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, AudioJungle and VideoHive) have grown like gangbusters, with big communities, huge libraries of files and lots of activity. So when we set out to redesign them earlier this year everyone on the team knew it was going to be big. What we didn’t realise was HOW big it would eventually get! Today it gives me great pleasure to show you …
All changes take place with immediate effect. 
