The Jamroom Quota System is at the very heart of how Jamroom functions, and allows you as a Jamroom site owner to provide varying levels of “features” to your artists, depending on the Jamroom Quota the Artist Account belongs to. There is an important distinction to make - Jamroom Quotas are applied to Artist Accounts, not User Accounts. Since there can be more than 1 user assigned to an Artist Account, the “Quota” is tied to the Artist Account. This lets features like disk space, number of songs, and the ability to activate or deactivate items from an Artist Account work.

Creating or Modifying a Jamroom Quota is very easy. Simply select the “Create Quota” option, or the “Modify Quota” option from the Jamroom Admin Menu.

Both the Create and Modify Quota forms look the same - you are presented with a form interface where you can change the choices that effect the Jamroom Features the artists that belong to the quota will have access to. Note that all changes that are made on the Modify Quota screen happen as soon as you save the quota!.

Creating several Jamroom Quotas gives you an easy way to differentiate your “paid” Artist Accounts from your “free” Artist Accounts, for example. By default, Jamroom comes with 3 Jamroom Quotas pre-installed. These make a good starting point to learn from and begin modifying your custom Jamroom Quotas.

The following options are available for you to activate/deactivate on a PER QUOTA basis:

Option	Description
Quota Name	This value is the name of the Jamroom Quota as it will be viewed when creating or modifying an artist
Disk Space	How much disk space (in megabytes) do you want to allow Artists in this quota to use?
Custom Disk Space	Alternately, you can enter a disk space amount (in megabytes) that is not in the regular Disk Space drop-down list, and Jamroom will use that amount as the disk space instead. A valid value consists of a number (i.e. 20) which corresponds to the number of megabytes in disk space the quota will be allowed to use. No fractions.
Quota Cushion	The “Quota Cushion” is the amount of disk space, in megabytes, you will allow an artist to go beyond the amount they have been alloted in their plan - this will prevent their uploads from failing when they slightly go over their allowed disk space. It is recommended this is left at 3 megabytes.
Max Songs	The “Max Songs” setting allows you to define the maximum number of songs that artists in this quota can have in their Artist Page. The default for this setting is 0 (meaning off) - if this is set to a number greater than zero, then the “Disk Space” setting is ignored, and the artist is allowed the Max Songs number of songs instead.
Minimum LoFi bitrate	This value will enforce a MINIMUM LoFi song file bitrate - LoFi songs that are uploaded that fall BELOW this bitrate will not be allowed. Set this to 8kbps to effectively disable.
Maximum LoFi bitrate	This value will enforce a MAXIMUM LoFi song file bitrate - LoFi songs that are uploaded that EXCEED this bitrate will not be allowed. Set this to 384kbps to effectively disable.
Minimum HiFi bitrate	This value will enforce a MINIMUM HiFi song file bitrate - HiFi songs that are uploaded that fall BELOW this bitrate will not be allowed. Set this to 8kbps to effectively disable.
Maximum HiFi bitrate	This value will enforce a MAXIMUM HiFi song file bitrate - HiFi songs that are uploaded that EXCEED this bitrate will not be allowed. Set this to 384kbps to effectively disable.
Allow Songs	Yes/No - If this option is set to “no” (default is yes), then Artists who are part of this quota will not see the Song Menu in the Artist Menu.
Allow Messages	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be allowed to create and modify entries in an artist “blog” on their Artist Site.
Allow Ranking	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan can be featured in the Jamroom Ranking System.
Allow Spotlight	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan can be featured in the Jamroom Ranking System “spotlight”.
Allow Search	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be included in the Jamroom Search results.
Allow Stations	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be allowed to create their own custom Radio Stations.
Station Selection Method	Beginning with Jamroom 2.40, a new method of creating and selecting songs for Radio Stations was introduced. If you have set Allow Stations to “yes”, this setting determines the Station Selection mode used.
Allow Commercials	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be allowed to add Commercials (by selecting a commercial artist) to their Radio Stations.
Station Selection Method	Beginning with Jamroom 2.40, a new interface for creating Radio Stations was introduced. This drop-down selection box allows you to coose the method you would like the Jamroom Quota to use.
Allow Deep Linking	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be allowed to link directly to the the play.php and image.php scripts from anywhere, instead of only having their songs and images made available from their Artist website.
Allow Store	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be able to have a “Store” on their Artist Page where they can sell items via PayPal.
Allow Rating	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be eligible to be rated (songs and artist) by visitors to their Artist Page.
Allow Remote Rating	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan can create a remote form (by calling the rating.php from your Jamroom) that would allow visitors to a different web site to rate the Song or Artist (think of a banner for rating).
Allow Calendar	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will have access to an Artist Calendar where they may enter gig information, etc.
Basic Stats	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will have access to Basic (overall) Statistics about their songs.
Detailed Stats	Yes/No- If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will have access to Detailed (daily) Statistics about their songs.
Show Log File	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will be able to access and view the Activity Log for their account.
No Radio Songs	Yes/No - If this is set to “yes”, then Songs by artists that are members of this Quota Plan will NOT be available for addition to other Artists Radio Stations. (They will only be able to include their songs on their own stations)
Allow Photo Gallery	(this option will not appear unless the Jamroom Power Pack is installed). If this is set to “yes”, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will have access to create an online Photo Gallery.
Protect Song Directory	If this option is set to “yes”, then a .htaccess file will be placed in the song directory for the artist that will prevent anyone from “snooping” or slurping the files without going through the Artist Page. It’s recommended you set this to “yes” unless you are using an application that needs access to the directory.
Protect Uploads Directory	If this option is set to “yes”, then a .htaccess file will be placed in the upload directory for the artist that will prevent anyone from “snooping” or slurping the files from that location. It’s recommended you set this to “yes” unless you are using an application that needs access to the directory.
Allowed Themes	You can also select the Artist Themes the artists that belong to this quota have access to.
Default Theme	When an Artist Account is assigned to this Jamroom Quota, you can select an Artist Theme that will be this quotas “default” Artist Theme.
Show All Themes	If this option is checked, then artists that are members of this Quota Plan will see all Artist Themes in their Theme Browser, but will only be able to select the Artist Themes that are available to their quota. Any Artist Theme that is not available to their quota will still be visible, but not selectable. WARNING: If you check this option, you need to ensure that the only Artist Themes configured in your Jamroom are themes you would want the artist to view.
Unavailable Theme Note	What is the message you would like to appear next to an Artist Theme that the Artist does not have access to? Note that HTML is allowed in this value, so you can use it as an opportunity to link to information about your pricing plans, etc.
Admin Note	This is simply a text field that you can write “notes” to yourself in.

To change the Jamroom Quota that an Artist Account belongs to, as the Jamroom Master Admin select the “Change Artists” button from the Artist Menu and choose the Artist you want to modify. Next, click on the “Modify Artist” button in the Artist Menu, and at the bottom of the form you will see a drop-down box where you can select the Jamroom Quota you want the Artist Account to be part of.

If you no longer need a certain Jamroom Quota, it is simple to delete it. Just select the “Delete Quota” option from the Admin Menu, select the Jamroom Quota you would like to delete, and press “delete”.  If there are currently artists that belong to the Quota you are attempting to delete, Jamroom will force you to select a Jamroom Quota from a list that you want to MOVE those Artist Accounts to.

To move all Artist Accounts that are currently using a Quota to a new Quota, first, create the new Jamroom Quota, then delete the Quota you want to move the Artist Accounts from. Jamroom will force you to choose the Quota you want to move the Artist Accounts to, and simply select the new Quota you created.