I’m in the audio business and would love to put some MP3 samples on my site. I don’t want to force people to download them to hear them…I’d like them to click on them to hear them.
I’ve tried reading the FW manual for this, but I don’t really find too much.
If anyone can point me in the right direction as to how to do this, I’d be most appreciative!
Thank you all in advance for any help you can offer.
You can just drag the mp3 file onto your FW page but it will automatically play on page load.
To avoid this - with the MP3 file selected, choose Item > Extended from the main menu. Under the tag click on New, then add the following name/value pair:
David, thanks so much. Can I determine where on my page the file goes? I mean, is there a way to place them exactly where I’d like? I guess I’ll have to do some experimentation.
In this example I dragged and dropped the files onto the page then added the extended code to each one, resized them and then Cut/Pasted the items into a table structure. 2 columns and 3 rows, Descriptive text in 1st column and MP3s in 2nd
Sometime around 31/12/09 (at 22:33 -0500) johnnyvn said:
Wow…I’ve never done a table.
You don’t (repeat DON’T) need to make a table to place something
somewhere on your page. Just put it where you want and that’s it.
Dave used a table because he wanted to arrange a set of objects in a
grid-like array and move them around as one. It is a technique that is particularly useful when handling tabular data and such-like
content, but don’t feel that you have to use a table to get an MP3
track into your page.
I have a few more questions about posting several (3-7) mp3s on a page.
First is it still necessary to post more compressed versions for users with modems as well as an ‘higher fidelity’ option for broadband users? If so how to do this?
Second, is here a way to offer the option of continuous play from one mp3 to the next?
Third, has anyone been able to configure a different ‘play/pause’ button to substitute for the quicktime player (which is not that attractive).
Not sure about a definitive answer to your first question but my feelings would be that anybody that has an interest in MP3s on the web wont be using dial up.
Second, is here a way to offer the option of continuous play from one mp3 to the next?
Third, has anyone been able to configure a different ‘play/pause’ button to substitute for the quicktime player (which is not that attractive).
Have a look at this thread started by wurliuchi - he was trying to use a player by http://www.e-phonic.com/mp3player/ that could do this and got it working with a little help.
My server is acting up right now so don’t be surprised if it loads slow or not at all. I’m trying to convince my host that there’s something wrong with it but they don’t want to listen until there’s a major crash. Ugh!!!
Not the easiest thing to set up at first but it works. It plays off a playlist. You can program it to autoplay when it loads (I hate it when people do that. It scares the hell out of me) and to loop (I think). All kinds of things. I actually really liked the E-phonics player but the skins didn’t fit what I wanted and it was too much work to redesign them.
Good luck. If you need help let me know and I’ll see if I can remember what I did. Can’t promise anything though. I don’t retain this stuff.
