Posting your own audio on your Doteasy Hosted Blog

author: Kathy

There are many reasons you might want to post your own audio on your blog, for example,

• Your own talk show
• You are a musician and you want to provide some of your music to potential fans
• You are a speaker

Your first step is to record your audio. Many people use Audacity to record their audio.Audacity is a free audio-recording program, available in Windows, Mac OS 9 or X and Linux/Unix versions.

Download Audacity: http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net

You also need to download the LAME MP3 encoder which allows Audacity to export MP3 files. You will see the download link for that on the same page as Audacity download.

Recording your audio with Audacity is very simple and the website provides easy tutorials.

After you have completed the recording, your first step is to upload the audio file on to your Doteasy server using FTP.

After you have uploaded the file, your next step is to add the MP3 file to your Doteasy Hosted Blog. The easiest way is to use the <embed> link. Make sure you are in the [Source] view.

Basic player

Code:

<embed width=”140″ height=”40″ loop=”FALSE” autostart=”false” src=”http://www.doteasydemo.com/MP3_FILE_URL”></embed>

Replace MP3_FILE_URL with the actual mp3 file address./p>

If you want a fancier-looking player, you can try one of the following:

1. Odeo MP3 Player

Code:

<embed src= “http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf” quality=”high” width=”300″ height=”52″ allowScriptAccess=”always” wmode=”transparent” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” flashvars= “valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=[MP3 file address]” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”> </embed>

Replace [MP3 file address] with the actual mp3 file address.

2. Google Reader MP3 Player

Code:

<embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=MP3_FILE_URL” width=”400″ height=”27″ allowscriptaccess=”never” quality=”best” bgcolor=”#ffffff” wmode=”window” flashvars=”playerMode=embedded” ></embed><br />

Replace MP3_FILE_URL with the actual mp3 file address.

3. Yahoo! MP3 Player

Code:

<embed src=”http://webjay.org/flash/dark_player” width=”400″ height=”40″ wmode=”transparent” flashVars=”playlist_url=MP3_FILE_URL&skin_color_1=-145,-89,-4,5&skin_color_2=-141,20,0,0″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” ></embed>

Replace MP3_FILE_URL with the actual mp3 file address.

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