Inserting mp3s or music files.
Ever thought of inserting your favorite song as an mp3 or other audio file into your blog? Well here you can learn how, it's quick and easy.
Note: This method works by placing a mini-player in one of the gutters. This means that the music file will be (automatically or not) be played all around your blog, in every page and entry. If you want to insert music on a per-entry basis, a better idea would be Podcasts.
Getting started
MP3 files are smaller in size than wav so try and stick to that format of music. Also we'd recommend your music file is no larger than 100kb in size for the benefit of your dialup readers who wouldn't want to wait an age for your blog to load.
To upload your music file login to your Administration interface, click on the Settings tab, then on File Space.
Finally on upload tab.
Click on Browse, navigate to your audio file, then click on Upload. The system will show you some information about the just uploaded file. If the file you created was an MP3, click on MP3's tab to see it uploaded. For all other filetypes, click on Files. The system will show you a list of all the files you have uploaded to your File Space, sorted chronogically (meaning that the one you just uploaded, should be at the top). The URL is the text in gray beneath each filename.
Inserting the music file
To insert the file in to your gutter go to widgets tab and choose Main Site.
You will see this image:
Clicking on it will present you with the different widgets available to you in the widget browser. Go to the second tab General, and choose the HTML Snippet widget (7)
Add this tag <EMBED SRC="fileURL" HEIGHT="40" WIDTH="200">. For example:
<EMBED SRC="http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/37088/p/f/MyTheme.mp3" "HEIGHT="40" WIDTH="200">
This will produce a 40x200 player to appear at the desired point in the page, which will play the file. Shown below;
Once you have done this give the widget a title like "My Music" and save.
Extra
If you use <EMBED SRC="fileURL" HIDDEN="TRUE" AUTOSTART="TRUE"> instead of <EMBED SRC="fileURL" HEIGHT="40" WIDTH="200">, the player will be hidden, but automatically play in the background.