To simply create a player for a track you upload to the media library:
- Decide on the mp3 you wish to upload.
- On the sidebar, click Media.
- Click Add New.
- Upload the mp3 from your computer to the media libary. NOTE: The mp3 must be under 8 megs or 8,000 k.
- VERY IMPORTANT: After it uploads, MAKE NOTE OF FILE NAME. The uploader WILL change the filename. You want to make a note of how it changed (Ctrl-C – copy it somewhere). Here’s an example of what it did to me: The file on my hard drive is named as follows:TV Toons-Rockford Files.mp3The filename you must call is listed on this screen as (notice the location of the dashes):TV-Toons-Rockford-Files.mp3
- Create your new post to hold the player. Using the song above I will enter the text WITHOUT QUOTES (but definitely with the brackets) into the HTML editor:
TA DAAAAH! It’s that easy (somewhat).
Here’s the same thing but in a nifty “customizable” player.
The code for that looks like this:
This plug in will allow you to create customizable playlists (provided all your media is uploaded), adjust volume, and a bunch of other neato things. I just think it’s nice to actually play something from the blog rather than have people download it to play it.
Here’s the link for the instructions
Here’s a playback link to WMOM.
The code for that looks like this: