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
Download
Donate
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
 |
| 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.
Got this working in the sidebar on my site but implementing the code into a certain place on the site doesnt work. ill have a play around with it a bit later but from the looks of it in the sidebar its pretty cool, good job.
Hi Charles,
I too have the problem in wordpress 2.9.2, after activating the plugin it does not show up in the Settings menu.
Any ideas why this is happening? Maybe a possible plugin issue?
Thanks, Jet
try to install the "php-dom" in your server
It looks and plays okay on my site...but in admin the config pages are blank...nothing comes up so i can't edit it...any ideas?
你好
谢谢你的插件，很棒。 有一个问题，因为从外面链接的mp3总是不太理想，所以想用自己的FTP来放一些歌，结果无法播放，这是什么问题？
谢谢~
i've followed the instructions above, unfortunately I'm unable to create a playlist. Every time I try to add a link to a song, it doesn't add the song. Hence, no music.
did my comment work? :/
Hi - i tried this plugin on one blog using 2.9.1, worked fine, i tried on the actual blog i want to use it on using 2.9.2, and after installation, no link to the FMP settings appears in my settings menu, nor does the blue icon appear in my editor when editing a page to try to put the player in.
can i ask for help here? really confused about why as you say the plugin is compatible with 2.9.2
Hi Charles,
I have installed your MP3 Player and activated but fmp config editor and playlist editor is not showing up in the settings. Title of the setting is there but when I click on it, blank page shows up...I am not sure how to fix this.
Thank you.
how come this comment didnt get a reply?
i keep getting this error when trying to go to the FMP: Config Editor
Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: domdocument in public_html/musicpage/wp-content/plugins/flash-mp3-player/inc/class.config_editor.php on line 338
and this when i click on FMP: Playlist Editor
Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: domdocument in public_html/musicpage/wp-content/plugins/flash-mp3-player/inc/class.playlist_editor.php on line 304
what am i doing wrong?
I got the same error_message.
Install "php-dom" in my server and it works ok.
Hey Charles, love the plugin..but I want viewers of my site to be able to download the mp3's.
However, when I insert the mp3 file link..if it is clicked it takes the viewer to a new tab and opens in quicktime / windows media player. Usually there is an option to right click and "save link as" on a .mp3 link, but this is unfortunately not possible on your plugin
How can I let viewers download the song from the player without leaving the page?
Thanksss
xxx
Very nice plugin. Very useful as I promote local bands and it's nice to show a playlist.
Just one question, I have flash and would really like to enlarge the font on the playlist. What section of the .flv do I need to access to change font and size please?
I did try and change it via the 'playlist' clip but when I exported and uploaded to wp-content/plugins/flash-mp3-player/player and overwrote the player.swf nothing changed when I refreshed my page that has a player on it.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Karl
Maybe what you see is a player in browser cache, and it is still the old one. Please clear your browser cache and try again.
Hmmm, can't see where you change the typeface. Any ideas?
Thanks
will this be able to playback AAC files as well as MP3?
I'm afraid not.
can i make the music player with "Embed" code for site visitor to copy and paste into their blog or facebook which will play the same song as i've created for. and link back to my site with a click ?
Yes, you can.
1. create a new play list and set every song's link to your site.
2. prepare the code you want to share and use this special list in the code.
thanks! beer is on the way
!
I'm using Firefox 3.5.8., not sure which version of shockwave flash though.