Flash MP3 Player
This plugin integrates a powerful music player into WordPress.
Features
- simple to install
- customizable background
- playlist include a shuffle feature
- you can add an album artwork
- easy to configurate
- multiple playlists and configuration files
- sidebar supported
- you can include it in posts and pages
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Installation
- Upload the directory flash-mp3-player to the
/wp-content/pluginsdirectory. - Activate the plugin through the
Pluginsmenu in WordPress. - Use
Settings/FMP:Config Editorto create config files. - Use
Settings/FMP:Playlist Editorto create playlist files. - Add a widget to your sidebar through the
Appearance-->Widgetsmenu in WordPress.
Usage
You can display the mp3 player in several place in your blog:
- on your sidebar
- in your post or page
- other place
How to put it on your sidebar
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| How to add a sidebar widget. From illustration |
- Create a configuration for a sidebar widget, for example called “sidebar widget style 1″. You can use the
Settings--> FMP:Config Editorto do this, and it will create a XML config file called sidebar-widget-style-1.xml in your configuration list. - Create a playlist, for example called “playlist in homepage sidebar”. You can use the
Settings-->FMP:Playlist Editorto do this, and it will create a XML playlist called playlist-in-homepage-sidebar.xml in your playlists list. - Go to
Appearance --> Widgetsand drag a “Flash MP3 Player JW” to your sidebar. Then you should set the title, width and height of the widget, choose the config file sidebar-widget-style-1.xml and playlist playlist-in-homepage-sidebar.xml, click save, done! - You can create a lot of different config files and playlists and add a player to every sidebar (if you have more than one), each one with a different config and playlist.
How to embed it in your post or page
- Just like what you do in “put it on your sidebar”
- Just like what you do in “put it on your sidebar”
- Add a new post. Click the media button, which is a blue “Play” button, to call the wizard panel.
- You can either choose config file and playlist or not. If not, just set a single song’s url. Click insert button and the short code to call the player will be inserted to your post.
How to put it in other place of your blog
To put the player in other place of your blog is not so easy as above. You should know something about template tags of WordPress.
The code to call the player is like this:
//the entire url of the config file, must
'config_url' => '',
//the entire url of the playlist file (optional)
'playlist_url' => '',
'width' => 230,
'height' => 350,
'id' => '',
'class' => '',
'transparent' => true, //this is default
'autostart' => false, //this is default
'file' => '' //the entire url of the MP3 file (optional)
);
//you should set either "playlist_url" or "file"
fmp_tag_print_player($args);
How to backup your playlist files
Now you have just one method to backup your playlist file is to use ftp connect to your server, and download the /wp-content/fmp-jw-files/playlists directory. If you want to restore your playlists, just upload the playlists files to the /wp-content/fmp-jw-files/playlists directory.
Other Topics
The JW Player and FLA File Download
The player embedded in this plugin is so-called JW Player, which is the same as the player in YouTube. But the player in this plugin is the version 2.3 of JW Player, the reason for this version is because the size of the player file is just 9.5K bytes. It is very fast for the browser to load this player in. The short hand of it is that this player can just play audio. Just as the name of this plugin, it is an mp3 player, so the function of the version 2.3 is suitable. A lot of designer want to customize the look the player, so I give you it here. You can download it by click the link below.
Player Printer, Config Editor and Playlist Editor
This plugin is composite of three parts. The first is Player Printer. This thing is used to put the mp3 player on your page. Its core is a template tag, and extended forms are sidebar widget and shortcode. The second and the third is two XML file editors, Config Editor and Playlist Editor. They are just two XML file creating helpers. If you know how to edit a XML file, you can edit them, include config file and playlist file, locally and upload them to your server yourself.
FAQ
- where to edit the code to make the song image larger?—-You can download the source file of the player and change the size of image yourself if you know how to modify the code.
This player was installed as a temporary solution but we have kept it since it has worked so well for us.
i do have a question/suggestion: is there a way we can add a counter to the songs? so we can tell how many times each song was played AND also the ability to reset the count numbers?
thank you for an awesome player.
1tribe
I love this plugin. It’s been on the website for almost a year. But recently the songs will not load into the player. I checked the music files and they are fine. Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Hello! I’m really enjoying this Flash player. However, I cannot make the widget recognize my playlist. I made a new playlist and it kept showing the old playlist, and when I deleted the old playlist, it said “Playlist not found”. Do I need to edit the code somewhere, or is there a setting for this in one of the Settings pages? Thank you!
My WP dashboard says that in order to edit the songs on the widget, to go to “Options”, but I do not see that option
Hi – I’d love to use this plug-in but I keep getting the following message on my page: “Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!”
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I am using Firefox and the wordpress spaceship theme.
I should also mention that I have installed adobe flash player 11.
This mp3 player is good on chrome but it dont work on IE
Please add a STOP BUTTON and more options to customize the player like FONT Size and Style. Rest is perfect.
Nevermind, I got it
Sorry!!
Hi, this is a GREAT plugin. Thanks!! But one thing I don’t get…. I want to use the plugin in a Page, but where do I set the dimensions??? Please help!
hi. great plug-in. i need help with two things. i don’t know where to select auto play and i don’t know how to change the image. thanks.
it seems setting volume to 20 in the option page has no effect. i had to enter with ftp and manually edit the config file.
Hello,
The player keeps auto starting even though I do not have the box checked. Is there an update to fix this?
Hi! I have “Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!” instead of the player itself. Flash player is the latest one..
How can I go about having this use HTML5? Or converting a copy of it using Swiffer? I want the browser to use HTML5 if flash isn’t detected. Is this possible? Thanks for a great plugin!