🚀 Overview

Social Invite for PlayTube is a powerful referral and social sharing addon designed for the PlayTube video streaming and sharing platform.
It allows users to invite their friends via social media, email, or unique referral links, encouraging platform growth and community engagement.
The module tracks successful sign-ups and provides analytics for admins to monitor referral effectiveness.

Experience (E): Inspired by the viral user-acquisition systems of major video platforms, this addon helps increase active users and engagement through personalized invitations and shareable links that redirect directly to your PlayTube instance.

✨ Key Features

• 👥 User Referral System: Each user gets a unique referral link to invite friends.
• 📈 Referral Tracking: Counts successful sign-ups, clicks, and conversions in the admin dashboard.
• 🔗 Social Media Integration: Share links on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and X (Twitter).
• 📧 Email Invites: Pre-built email templates for direct invitations via SMTP.
• 💰 Reward System (Optional): Grant coins, credits, or video boosts for successful invites.
• 🧩 Admin Analytics: Track referrals by user, time, or campaign; export reports.
• 🖼️ Custom Invite Banner: Add branded visuals to enhance social sharing aesthetics.
• ⚙️ Seamless Integration: Built to fit natively into PlayTube’s user dashboard and menu structure.
• 🌍 Multi-language Support: Fully translatable through PlayTube’s language system.
• 🔒 Anti-Fraud Protection: IP and cookie-based validation to prevent duplicate or fake referrals.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Core Framework: PlayTube (PHP 8.1+, MySQL 8, HTML5, Bootstrap 5)
• Frontend: Vue.js / jQuery integrated with PlayTube’s existing theme
• Backend: Laravel-style PHP MVC structure within PlayTube core modules
• Database: MySQL (new tables for referral tracking and reward logs)
• Mobile: Flutter 3.x (for invite link deep linking and in-app sharing)
• Server Requirements: Apache/Nginx, HTTPS, PDO, JSON, cURL, mbstring

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload the addon folder /addons/social_invite/ to your PlayTube root directory.
2. Visit the admin panel → Plugins → Social Invite → click “Install”.
3. Set your SMTP email settings and social sharing options (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.).
4. Generate your referral reward settings (optional).
5. Rebuild caches and test the referral flow via user profile links.

📦 Deliverables

• ✅ PlayTube Social Invite Addon Source Code (PHP + JS)
• ✅ Admin dashboard integration files
• ✅ Flutter share intent templates (for mobile app use)
• ✅ SQL schema and install scripts
• ✅ Documentation & configuration guide
• ✅ GPL v3 license file

📱 Supported Platforms

• Web: PlayTube (latest version, PHP 8.1+)
• Android/iOS: Integrated via PlayTube Flutter Mobile App
• Server: cPanel / Plesk / VPS with HTTPS enabled

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Original commercial source credited to the CodeCanyon developer.
Support the author on:
CodeCanyon – Original Author.

🔒 Disclaimer

This module is redistributed under the GPL v3 license for educational and lawful reuse.
We are not affiliated with PlayTube or YouTube.
Use responsibly and comply with all user privacy, email sending, and referral disclosure regulations (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, etc.).