MakeYou is a complete, production-ready short video sharing platform inspired by TikTok. Built with PHP 8, MySQL, and vanilla JavaScript — no framework dependency. Clean MVC architecture, fully responsive dark UI, and ready to deploy in 5 minutes.

★ LIVE DEMO
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Website: https://makeyou.w-co.in/
Username: admin
Password: 12345678

★ WHAT MAKES MAKEYOU SPECIAL?
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• Pure PHP — No Laravel, No CodeIgniter, No framework. Just clean, fast PHP 8 code
• Zero JavaScript frameworks — Vanilla JS only, lightweight & fast
• Mobile-first dark theme UI with TikTok-style vertical swipe feed
• Complete user system with Google OAuth social login
• Powerful admin panel with real-time analytics
• Auto video sync from YouTube via API (CRON based)
• Built-in monetization system supporting 5+ ad networks
• Secure: CSRF protection, XSS sanitization, bcrypt passwords, prepared statements
• Easy to customize — well-organized MVC structure with comments

★ WHAT'S INCLUDED
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• Complete PHP source code (no encrypted/encoded files)
• MySQL database schema (single SQL import)
• Full documentation (README + inline code comments)
• .htaccess for clean URLs (Apache mod_rewrite)
• CRON script for automated video sync
• Ready to deploy on any shared/VPS hosting

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FRONTEND FEATURES
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• TikTok-Style Vertical Swipe Video Feed — Full-screen videos with vertical scroll navigation, infinite loading with AJAX pagination
• Multi-Source Video Player — Supports YouTube embeds, local MP4/WebM uploads with native HTML5 player
• Video Filters & Sorting — Filter by: Newest, Popular (most views), Trending (most likes), Longest, Shortest duration
• Category System — Videos organized by custom categories, filter feed by category
• Source Filter — Filter videos by source: YouTube, Local uploads
• Search System — Real-time search by video title, tags, and category name
• Like System — One-click like with instant count update (AJAX, no reload)
• View Counter — Auto-increment views when video plays (tracked per session)
• Share Functionality — Share videos via direct URL with video parameter (?v=ID)
• SEO-Friendly URLs — Clean URLs with Apache mod_rewrite (.htaccess)
• Fully Mobile Responsive — Works perfectly on all screen sizes
• Dark Theme UI — Complete dark mode throughout the entire platform
• Video Share Links — Each video has a unique shareable URL for social media

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USER SYSTEM
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• Email Registration & Login — Username + email + password with validation
• Google OAuth Login — One-click Google sign-in (auto-creates account)
• Forgot Password — Email-based password reset with secure token (1-hour expiry)
• Reset Password — Token-validated password change form
• Remember Me — 30-day persistent login using secure hashed tokens (auto-login)
• User Profiles — Public profile page with avatar, bio, videos, stats
• Follow/Unfollow System — Follow other creators, followers/following count
• Blue Badge Verification — Users can apply for verification, admin approves
• Avatar Upload — Profile picture upload (supports JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, max 5MB)
• Bio & Display Name — Editable profile settings
• User Dashboard — Personal stats: total videos, likes, views, followers, following
• Notifications Inbox — Real-time notifications for likes, follows, video publishes
• Video Upload — Upload MP4/WebM videos with custom thumbnail, caption, category
• CSRF Protection — All forms protected with CSRF tokens
• Session Security — Secure cookies, httponly, samesite=Lax

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ADMIN PANEL
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• Admin Dashboard — Total videos count, per-source breakdown (YouTube/Local), today's sync stats, recent sync logs
• Videos Manager — View all videos with pagination (20 per page), add/edit/delete videos
• Users Manager — View all registered users, edit user details (username, email, role, password), ban/unban users, delete users, toggle verification badge
• Activity Monitor — Real-time online users (active in last 5 mins), today's stats (views, likes, uploads, logins), unique visitors count, full activity log (last 50 actions)
• Verification Manager — View all badge requests, approve/reject verification applications, see user details (email, followers, avatar)
• Ads Manager — Create banner ads and video ads, paste any ad network script (Adsterra, PropellerAds, Monetag, Google AdSense, custom HTML/JS), enable/disable ads globally, track impressions and clicks per ad, header script injection for ad networks
• Pages CMS — Edit dynamic pages: Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, About Us, Contact, activate/deactivate pages, WYSIWYG content editing
• Site Settings — Site title & description, YouTube API key configuration, SMTP settings (host, port, username, password, encryption, from email/name), Google OAuth settings (client ID, secret, redirect URI), enable/disable Google login
• Video Sync — YouTube video sync via API (search by keywords), sync runs via CRON (every 15 minutes), sync logs with success/fail counts, duplicate detection (never imports same video twice)
• Role-Based Access — Admin vs User role separation, admin-only routes protected

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MONETIZATION
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• Banner Ads — Display banner ads in the video feed (overlay style)
• Full-Screen Video Ads — Show video/interstitial ads between content
• Ad Script Support — Paste any ad network code: Adsterra, PropellerAds, Monetag, Google AdSense, or custom JS/HTML
• Header Script — Global header ad script injection
• Impression Tracking — Auto-count ad impressions
• Click Tracking — Track ad clicks
• Enable/Disable — Toggle all ads on/off from admin panel

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TECHNICAL FEATURES
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• MVC Architecture — Controllers, Models, Helpers, Views separated cleanly
• PDO Database — Prepared statements for all queries (SQL injection safe)
• PSR-4 Autoloader — Auto-loads classes from controllers/, models/, helpers/
• REST API — JSON API endpoints for videos, likes, views, follow, notifications, profile, upload, admin actions
• SMTP Mailer — Built-in SMTP email sender using PHP sockets (no PHPMailer dependency), supports TLS/SSL
• CRON Jobs — Automated video sync script (cron/sync.php)
• XSS Protection — htmlspecialchars() helper function for all output
• CSRF Tokens — Server-generated tokens on all mutation forms
• Bcrypt Passwords — password_hash() with PASSWORD_BCRYPT
• Error Logging — Custom log_message() function, logs to app/storage/logs/app.log
• Rate Limiting — File-based rate limit cache
• Auto-Detect Base URL — Works in subdirectory or root domain automatically
• No External Dependencies — Zero Composer packages, zero npm, zero frameworks

• PHP 8.0 or higher (tested on PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4)
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• Apache Web Server with mod_rewrite module enabled
• PHP Extensions Required: cURL, mbstring, PDO, PDO_MySQL
• Minimum 50MB disk space
• Any shared hosting, VPS, or dedicated server
• Works with: cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, or manual server setup
• Local development: XAMPP, WAMP, LAMP, Laragon all supported

OPTIONAL (for full functionality):
• SMTP credentials (Gmail, SendGrid, Mailgun, etc.) — for email features
• YouTube Data API v3 key — for video sync (free: 10,000 units/day)
• Google Cloud OAuth credentials — for Google social login

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INSTALLATION GUIDE (5 Minutes)
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STEP 1: UPLOAD FILES
• Upload all files to your web server document root or subdirectory
• Works on any hosting: Shared hosting (cPanel), VPS (Ubuntu/CentOS), Dedicated
• For local testing: Place in htdocs (XAMPP) or www (WAMP) folder

STEP 2: CREATE DATABASE
• Create a new MySQL database via phpMyAdmin or command line
• Import the schema file:
- Via phpMyAdmin: Select database → Import → Choose database/schema.sql → Go
- Via CLI: mysql -u root -p your_database < database/schema.sql

STEP 3: CONFIGURE DATABASE CONNECTION
• Open file: config/config.php
• Edit these lines:
define('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'); ← Your database host
define('DB_PORT', '3306'); ← Your database port
define('DB_NAME', 'your_db_name'); ← Your database name
define('DB_USER', 'your_username'); ← Your database username
define('DB_PASS', 'your_password'); ← Your database password
• The SITE_URL is auto-detected — no manual configuration needed!

STEP 4: SET FILE PERMISSIONS
• Set write permissions on upload & storage folders:
chmod 777 public/uploads/
chmod 777 public/uploads/videos/
chmod 777 public/uploads/thumbnails/
chmod 777 public/uploads/avatars/
chmod 777 app/storage/cache/
chmod 777 app/storage/logs/
• On shared hosting: Use File Manager → Permissions → 777

STEP 5: CREATE ADMIN ACCOUNT
• Open in browser: http://yoursite.com/admin/sign...
• Fill in: username, email, password
• Then run this SQL query in phpMyAdmin:
UPDATE admins SET role = 'admin' WHERE id = 1;
• Now login at: http://yoursite.com/login

STEP 6: CONFIGURE SETTINGS (Optional)
• Go to Admin Panel → Settings
• YouTube Sync: Paste your YouTube Data API v3 key
• Email: Set SMTP host, port, username, password, encryption (TLS/SSL)
• Google Login: Set Client ID, Client Secret, Redirect URI
• Get YouTube API key: https://console.cloud.google.c...
• Get Google OAuth: https://console.cloud.google.c...

STEP 7: SETUP CRON JOB (Optional)
• For automatic video sync every 15 minutes:
*/15 * * * * php /full/path/to/cron/sync.php > /dev/null 2>&1
• On cPanel: Go to Cron Jobs → Add command above
• This will auto-import new YouTube videos based on your keywords

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DONE! Your MakeYou platform is live.
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
• 404 errors? Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled (a2enmod rewrite && service apache2 restart)
• Cannot upload? Check folder permissions (chmod 777)
• Emails not sending? Verify SMTP credentials in Admin → Settings
• Google login not working? Check redirect URI matches exactly in Google Console