Tierra Innovation: Wordpress CMS Project
Audio Playlist Manager
v 1.1Tierra’s Audio Playlist Manager offers extensive flexibility when embedding mp3 audio into your posts or templates.
Features:
- Embed single/multiple audio file(s) on a post page or template
- Embed single/multiple audio playlist(s) on a post page or template
- Build your own XSPF compatible player and link our XML to it (we’ve tested against Tom Boutell’s Enhanced XSPF player
Short Code Examples
We have set up some easy to use short code that can be pasted into any post / page within WordPress.
Multi-Track Audio Playlist:
If you are looking to embed a playlist on to your page, you can use the following short code.
1 2 3 4 | // using the short code `[ti_audio]` by itself will attempt to play playlist #1, // which may or may not exist. It's always preferable to use a named Playlist // when calling the player or to set the id. [ti_audio] |
1 2 | // Plays playlist with name "Name of Playlist" (case sensitive) [ti_audio name="Name of Playlist"] |
1 2 | // Plays playlist #1 [ti_audio id="1"] |
1 2 3 4 5 | // Uses the swf located at this location, rather than the default. // Your root folder must contain a crossdomain.xml file allowing // another domain's swf access to XML data. Also passed is the // name of the player and the swf's width and height values. [ti_audio skin="/player/xspf_player_custom.swf" width="260" height="315"] |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | // In addition, you can also change the following attributes of the player (defaults shown): // Sets player to begin playing on load. Default is off, 0. autoplay="0" // Sets player to begin loading assets before the user clicks anything. Default is on, 1. autoload="1" // Sets player to repeat once it reaches the end of the playlist. Default is off, 0. repeat="0" // URL of the XSPF swf to use for display. Uses default player unless specified. skin="xspf_player.swf" // Set if the skin attribute points to a SWF of different dimensions. width="400" height="170" // Set default volume level (in percent) volume="50" // Set the playlist to play in random order randomize="1" |
Single Audio Track:
If you are looking to embed a single file, use the following short code.
1 2 | // Plays audio file with id of 1 [ti_audio media='201'] |
1 2 | // Plays single audio file, set to auto play, repeat and volume at 60% [ti_audio media='201' autoplay="1" repeat="1" volume="60"] |
Templates:
You can embed the audio player into any WordPress template. Much like the short code examples above, you can customize the values within your own templates. Here are all of the fields that you can specify should you choose. Omitting a field will set it to the plugin’s default values.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | <? if (function_exists ("ti_apm_print_player")) { print ti_apm_print_player (array( "name" => "Name of Playlist", "skin" => "/player/xspf_player_custom.swf", "autoplay" => "0", "repeat" => "0", "width" => "400", "height" => "170" )); } ?> |
To play a single audio file within your template, specify the following:
1 2 3 4 5 6 | // Set the media id to play a single audio track <? if (function_exists ("ti_apm_print_player")) { ti_apm_print_player (array( "media" => "3" )); } ?> |
Player API:
Want to use your own player? That’s no problem. We built our custom player to follow a default set of XML that is compatible with any skinned XSPF audio player. You can choose to use the core XSPF player by downloading it here or can skin your own.
Change Log:
v1.1.0
- Added ability to “randomize” audio tracks
- Added pre-loading indicator to default player
- Fixed bug in player causing multiple instances of track to play
- Changed preview to use text area for shortcode selection
v1.0.9
- Fixed bug in admin playlist display reported to affect IE users.
v1.0.8
- Fixed bug in player that could lead to simultaneous sound playing.
- Added logo to admin page.
v1.0.7
- Fixed glitches in Admin UI lightbox.
- Updated ti-player.swf to better accomodate long album, artist and track names.
- Removed visual glitch when ti-player.swf is launched without autoplay (Player would expand and shrink upon load).
- Fixed error thrown when selecting tracks from right-click menu while player was paused.
v1.0.6
- Changed Roles & Capabilities user level code to check against edit_others_posts per some users permissions issues.
v1.0.5
- Fixed the template embed code to render the player inside a theme.
v1.0.4
- Changed embed code to increase compatibility with older XSPF players. (Flash 7 v. 8 specifically)
v1.0.3
- Fixed issue where users who were not administators could not access the plugin page. You can now access if you are an Editor or Administrator. If you are an Editor, you will see the link to the plugin page under the “Tools” menu. If you are an “Administrator” you will see the link to the plugin page under both “Tools” and “Settings.” Also fixed an HTML bug on the edit asset screen.
Also, when I upload the song in firefox (using Tierra’s uploader), it shows up in the media library, but not in Tierra’s library.
When I upload it in Google Chrome, it shows up in both. When previewing the mp3, neither emits anything but silence.
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@Zach A – I took a look at your theme. Try opening the index.php file inside the theme and replace the_excerpt(); with the_content(); and see if that has any differences.
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When I add the code [ti_audio media='15'] to play an mp3 with ID 15, it simply displays the code for the plugin in firefox and IE6. In Google Chrome, the player is displayed, but the song is silent.
The song uploaded fine, it’s in my media library, I’m using the latest version of wordpress and I have no other plugins installed. When I preview the song in the settings for Tierra, it doesn’t play either.
I’m guessing the code issue is something to do with my theme, since it displays the player when I switch to the basic. I’ll try some things you said above. But as far as the mp3 not even playing, that’s puzzling. I’ve tried it with a few different ones.
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Hi, i’m using your plugin but when i create users with Author capabilities this users can’t upload any media for Tierra Audio Manager. It doesn’t show on their menu.
Can you help me?
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@Vanessa – I’ll take a look and get back to you on Monday when our offices are open. Sounds like we may need to add an option for users to set the minimum user level permissions for who can see the plugin.
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@Vanessa – your users need “editor” level permissions. Authors cannot upload files to the WordPress platform.
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Hello,
This seems like it is a great plug-in but I keep getting an “Error #2032″ when I try to preview an MP3 track. The track uploaded fine, but I can’t play it back using the preview or when it is embedded on the page. I’m using WP 2.8.4.
Any suggestions as to what the error is and how to fix it?
Thanks,
Alex
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@Alex – is the error your seeing in the browser, flash, or elsewhere? Can you take a screen shot so we can take a look? I might also recommend upgrading to WP 2.9.1 as it does have a bunch of bug fixes and security patches.
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First off this is a great plugin.
I am using it on the latest version of wordpress all is fine except the code is showing up in the post summary on my home page. It works fine when you click on the post.
Thanks for your time in advance;
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@Will – good catch. For a temporary fix, if you set text in the excerpt field, it will remove the short code from displaying on your post summary. I’ll look into what filters we can add so that it will ignore it by default on post summary pages.
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@Will – we just checked in version 1.1 to wordpress which fixes the issue you are seeing.
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Hi Todd,
thanks a lot for this Plugin, it works and looks amazing !
However, I have 2 questions :
1. Is it possible to place the player in my Sidebar ? I tried to do that using the Text Widget and paste the Audio player code but it doesn’t work.
2. Is there any way to play all the files of a selection randomly ?
Thanks again,
Best,
Arnaud.
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@Arnaud Mercier – sorry for the delay, our office was closed sat / sun / mon. I am building some widget functionality that I will migrate into the next version as many have asked for widget support. As far as a random playlist, that sounds like a good idea. I’ll pass along the request to our flash developer working on this plugin and see to it that it is added as a feature request. Thanks for using the plugin and keep your suggestions coming!
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Dear Todd,
thanks a lot for your answer…
As I already said, your audio plugin is really the best I ever saw at any level : great looking, fast, easy to use etc…. The only function that is missing for me is the random thing…
Please let me know if there is any way to donate in order to help the developement and get this feature soon…
Thanks again,
Best,
Arnaud.
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@Arnaud Mercier – no worries – I’ll put it at the top of the feature list and hopefully start QAing it tomorrow for a launch toward mid week.
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AWESOME !!!
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Arnaud Mercier – just checked in version 1.1 to wordpress that includes a flag to randomly play audio.
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Dear Todd,
just installed and checked the new version of your plugin with the randomize option.
That’s exactly what I was looking for…. Unbelievable how fast you updated it … !!!!!!
Zillions of thankas for being so reactive, so efficient and so professional…
Best,
Arnaud.
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@Arnaud Mercier – no problem! Adding it as a widget is on our list as well as the option to have a player you can skin. Details to come.
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I’m using WP2.8.6, latest version on the plugin. Shows in preview but not on page or post. Also, under settings shows the same as under Tools. There are no options. This looks just like what I need … hope I can get it working. Thanks …V
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Upgraded to latest WP .. no change.
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@Victoria Johnson – I took a look at your site. I think I see the issue. In the header.php template file, can you tell me if < ?php wp_head(); ?> is right above the html tag? If not, please add it. Also, please check your footer.php file to see if < ?php wp_footer(); ?> is just above the tag. If not, add that as well. That should then allow it to work correctly.
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Thanks for a great plugin.
I’m customizing the Extended xspf_player and want to include an image for each track. It was easy enough to add a text box to enter a URL – I just duplicated the album title field.
Adding an upload function for images became a bit too much hassle than it was worth for me.
It might be something worth considering for future releases of the plugin.
Thanks again!
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@NativePaul – that’s a good suggestion. I’ll add it to our future feature list. Thanks!
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I was curious as to whether or not your plug-in was compatible with the newest version of word press, I believe its 2.9.1.
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@Lonny – yes, audio playlist manager is compatible with 2.9.1.
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Hi Todd,
Thanks for creating this plugin!
Unfortunately, like many here, I’m writing because of a small problem I’ve encountered. I used the plugin to embed a single track (.mp3 file) in one of my posts.
When I press play to start the audio, everything seems fine for about 45 seconds or so. Then, the track starts playing again from the beginning, while the already started track keeps going. So, I suddenly have the audio running twice. When I press pause, the original track pauses but the duplicate track keeps going and there seems to be no way to stop it.
What could be causing this problem?
I’m using the most up-to-date versions of both WP and the plugin, by the way.
Regards,
Shane
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I’m having the exact same symptoms that Shane had.
Hit the play button and everything is fine for about 45 seconds.
Then I hear a second instance of the same track played at the same time.
Running WordPress version 2.9.1
Running Audio Playlist Manager version 1.0.9
Single track playlist.
Any Suggestions?
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@Rocky – We’ve received some pretty thorough diagnostics from a few users that I have sent along to our flash dev for debugging. He’ll be in tomorrow and I’ll make sure we address it asap. Stay tuned.
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@Rocky – we have just checked in version 1.1 to wordpress which fixes the audio playback issue you experienced.
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Hello,
Thanks for your plugin, I’m trying it. Now I’m getting this error message:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2359296 bytes) in /home/albertop/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tierra-audio-playlist-manager/audio-playlist-manager.php on line 962
Could you help me.
Thank you again and Happy New Year
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@Rodrigo Zamorano – try placing the following into your site’s .htaccess file:
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value post_max_size 105M
php_value max_execution_time 300
Also, are you on shared hosting or a dedicated server? If you’re on a shared server, it may be possible that the machine is running out of memory since there are other accounts on there. If you have ssh access, are you able to see how much free memory is available?
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Hi,
Thank you very much. In my case modifying the .htaccess file didn’t work but I found this another tip that worked well:
To add this line of code in my Wordpress WP-CONFIG.PHP file. Add it before any other values:
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’);
Good luck!
Rodrigo
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Great – that was the next step to add. We’ll be adding this info to our FAQ section so others can benefit. Thanks!
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Great plugin! I especially love how it populates your media library in its config page and you dont have to type out long html /locations
(Im currently using a different plugin that is widget compatible.
Im a newbie and unclear as to how to embed this in my template (i’d like to have music player on the side with “now playing” songs. So I’m looking foward to when this works with widgets!
thanks again!
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Hi,
Wondering if it is possible to have several players on one page (I think so), AND the feature that the player that is playing at a certain moment is automatically stopped when you click on another one.
(I know you could use playlists to have more pieces of music on one page. But the playlist has the disadvantage that you cannot see the whole list and pick for example the third track.)
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@hans – we’re planning on adding that functionality in our next release. Stay tuned!
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That’s great! Let me know as soon as available.
Another remark:
Sometimes the player acts a bit randomly.
1/ sometimes when it is playing, we can not stop it to play.
2/ when pressed play, the mp3 does not always begins at once
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@hans – while we are under the hood on the next version, we’ll likely be making some changes to the admin interface as well as the swf itself. I’ll not your issues to see if we can dig in and mark a feature request for ID3 tag support.
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And a last question: does your player support ID3 tags (information about author and title embedded in mp3 files (if available)
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Hello, i have added the audio player, but when i add a song to a post i get an ugly gray box surrounding the player… how can i get rid of it?? I use thesis theme
thank you very much.
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@Michael – is there a way for you to share with us a page so we can look at it and provide assistance?
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Hi and Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!
I am trying to post a couple audio files for my son. He is taking guitar lessons and I have used your plug-in on one other site and it was easy peasy and worked splendidly … so this morning… I thought “hey, I will do the same for my son’s blog” … but I am pulling my hair out. The player is on ‘hyper-mode’ and is listing the two songs over and over and over and over – but nothing ever plays.
When I converted the files ( aiff ) to mp3 in itunes – they actually saved as mp4 files – would that be an issue? I can’t figure this out. I have the latest WP 2.9… maybe that is the problem? Hmmm… any help would be great!
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@Mindy – currently they need to be .mp3 files. I believe you can change the export settings in itunes to export as a .mp3 vs .mp4.
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What a great plug in! I am putting about 10 single audio tracks on to one page. Everything works superbly. Is it possible to change the colors of the player? I’ve looked in the php files but can’t see anything to change, yet. I may want to change the size of the single players as well. Is this possible. Apologies if I’ve missed it in the coding.
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@Pete Blake – The current version does not allow for color or size changes unless you use your own XSPF skin, which you can read up on here – http://www.boutell.com/xspf/. We can also help you build your own skin if you’d like. Just drop us at note on our contact page if you’re interested. At some point after the first of the year, we’ll be revisiting the plugin to see about color picking, etc.
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Can this not work in a widget??
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@Shanna Korby – right now it does not work with widgets, but we will be adding that support in a future release. Stay tuned.
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Hey Todd,
That worked! You are smart and handsome!
Thanks for the quick reply!
-Joni
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Hi Todd,
THanks for your quick reply. I have solved the files not being visible problem. I had my mp3 file in 2 places within the same site, under ’sounds’ and ‘uploads’. I deleted all, and added through the media library as you suggested and this fixed the problem.
My next endeavor: I would like a single mp3 to play on my home page and can put the code in my footer.php
Heres the code: (w/o the brackets-am afraid the code will disappear in this post)
if (function_exists (“ti_apm_print_player”)) {ti_apm_print_player (array(“media” => “37″)); }
The below would be the post embed code, which does not work incidently in my sidebar text widgets.
ti_audio media=”37″ autoplay=”1″
The above code for the page does not show up at all. What part is incorrect and how do I insert the autoplay in the page code as well?
Thank you for your help!
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@Joni – try this:
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I’m trying to add the a single file player to a lyrics page for my friend’s band site and it’s not even showing up.
http://amberalert.miss-a-beat.org/index.php/music/meet-you-last-tuesday-by-the-lake/
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@Christina – can you verify the following:
header.php – just before the closing head tag make sure you have:
footer.php – just before the closing body tag make sure you have:
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I installed and did everything but the player is not showing up on my page either. I have the appropriate tags in the right places in the php files. Please help! Thanks
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@Christina – can you send me the url of a page that you included the plugin on so I can take a look and see if something may be missing?
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Here’s the URL:
http://www.repnaijaartists.com/playlist-coming-soon/
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@Christina – I see you have WP-Super-Cache installed – what happens when you clear cache? If it still doesn’t show, can you zip up your header and footer template files and email them? Our address is on the support page for this site.
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Hello, I am getting stuck right at the beginning. I have uploaded 2 mp3’s successfully from your add button. They are visible in the WP media library. However, they are not visible from the Available Audio Files which shows No audio results, and therefore I cannot make a playlist.
I am using WP 2.8.6 and your plugin is 1.0.7
Thank you for your help!
-Joni
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@Joni – what happens if you upload your mp3 via the media library itself – does it then show in the plugin? Also, can you verify that they are files with .mp3 extensions?
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Hi Todd,
I am able to successfully upload MP3 files via the Media Library, and they show up in the Available Audio Files list. However, the media uploader on the Playlist Manager page can load files into the Media Library, but they won’t show up in the Available Audio Files list.
I can just do all my uploading in the Media Library, but a fix would be great.
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@James – one of my team members is checking the plugin to see what the issue may be. Stay tuned.
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Ok so i just started working on a website and im currently using the Scarlett Theme. I am able to put the audio in a post, and it works fine. But I am not able to put it in the theme some where. For example I would like to put the player either at the top right above the Search box or dead center above the picture strip. I am not sure where all the code is supposed to go??? So far any time i put the following:
“Name of Playlist”,
“skin” => “/player/xspf_player_custom.swf”,
“autoplay” => “0″,
“repeat” => “0″,
“width” => “400″,
“height” => “170″
));
} ?>
I either get this big white box on my theme or my theme just gets all messed up. I have every page basically default, and I have modified very little on this theme…this is just experimental and i am still learning. Please help.
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@Daniel – you can skip the “skin” setting. If you don’t specify it, it will load the default. You’re telling the plugin to load the default swf from /player/xspf_player_custom.swf which it looks like you don’t need to do. If you remove that one line from your template, it should work.
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I was just wondering if you could use this plugin to add an individual track to individual images on a website?
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@Desiree – can you give me a little more background on the feature you are looking for? I’m not sure I follow how you are assigning a track to an image.
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Hello, I am getting the upload_max_size error. Where exactly do I make changes to the php.ini? Can someone please give me instructions on how to make the correct changes so that I can upload files?
I have WP 2.8.5 and Atahualpa 3.4.4.
Thanks,
Natasha
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@nathsha elane – If you have access to your php.ini, you can do the following: change upload_max_filesize, post_max_size & memory_limit so upload_max_filesize < post_max_size < memory_limit. My settings locally, for example, are:
upload_max_filesize = 40M
post_max_size = 50M
memory_limit = 128M
You will need to restart apache when making changes to your php.ini. You can also edit your .htaccess file and try setting this:
php_value post_max_size 128M
php_value upload_max_size 128M
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Thanks Todd, Its working for me now!
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This plugin seems very promising to me, but I am having a bit of a challenge customizing it w/ the skin you recommended above (http://www.boutell.com/xspf/). The new skin/swf shows on the page, but it seems like it is not linking to the playlist(s). Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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@Chris – are you using the short code version or the version embedded into your template. If you can paste to us the code that you’re using, we can take a look and make recommendations.
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1.) Yes
2.) Administrator
3.) Yes
I am using Firefox, but also tried to access in IE with no luck.
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I am getting the same error as Paul. I am the administrator and I can access the media uploader. I can’t access it from either settings or tools.
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@Kriselle Laran & @Paul – We just pushed 1.0.6 up to WordPress. When the new version shows, download it and see if it resolves the issue. We think it may be due to WordPress not properly defining the right user roles for blogs that have been upgraded frequently, so we’re setting a different check in hopes that will fix the issue.
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@Paul – a couple of questions:
1.) are you accessing from the settings menu or from the tools menu?
2.) can you verify that you are an editor or administrator?
3.) can you verify that you are able to access the media uploader built into wordpress?
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@Todd – I upgraded, still get the same error.
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plugin = 1.0.4
WordPress = 2.7.1
Obviously I can update WP version, have been told by some to wait awhile to update. Is it your opinion that I should update?
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@Paul – I would update to the latest version of WP. We know it will work on 2.8.4 and up but haven’t tested on versions prior to that.
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Todd,
I have the same issue Hugh does, getting the “ACCESS ERROR: You do not have permission to access this page.” I am the administrator, what should I try next?
Paul
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@paul – what versions of the plugin & WordPress are you running? We’ll use that to troubleshoot.
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Hello,
After uploading a mp3 file, which went to this path:
…/wp-content/uploads/2009/11
The playlist does not show anything, nor can I ‘add’ even though the file said it was successfully uploaded.
Also tried putting the mp3 under …/wp-content/uploads/
still no results.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for your help.
-Joni
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@joni – does the file show in your media library? I know that if you add the mp3 directly to /wp-content/uploads/ it won’t show within WordPress because it needs a database record associated to display in the admin. It sounds like you may have a limit set on the server for the maximum file size when uploading.
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I actually had already found the boutell player and am currently using it. That saved me a lot of work. You are quick with the responses, which is awesome!
I am curious about embedding the player into the sidebar of a wordpress theme. Can you give some more information on that process – I edited the code you provided, and added it to my PHP, but it did not work. To be honest, I’m a hack, when it comes to PHP – Any additional explanation would be helpful.
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@scott – We updated the php embed code here in the documentation. Take a look and try it now. It should work within your sidebar template.
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is there a way to put the player on the right side of the screen instead of the left?
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@Darren – not currently, but we’ll be adding new skins soon and can add support for a right column player.
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This looks like exactly what I need. However I’ve installed it in wordpress, activated it and when I click on “audio Playlist Manager under the Settings tab I get the error message “ACCESS ERROR: You do not have permission to access this page.”
Can you help me out here?
All the best,
Hugh Pryor
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@hugh – We just pushed up version 1.0.3 which will fix the issues you located. Please download the latest version and let us know if you still see the issue. Any user with either “editor” or “administrator” privileges now will have access to manage the plugin. Please review our changelog for additional items and thanks for the feedback!
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I’m using WP 2.8.5, and wanted to use a different skin with your plug-in.
This does not appear to work. So I replaced the SWF file with the core SXPF player SWF file, which gives the appearance I want, but does not respond to any of the plug-in options such as autoplay. With this skin, the player always autoplays, and this cannot be reset.
?? Is there an easier way to use the core player skin?
S.
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@scott – Unfortunately, it is up to the individual player implementation as to how to handle the autoplay and other options passed from the HTML page to the player SWF file. While we’ve tried to adhere to the Flash XSPF player URL options listed on this page http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/, we cannot speak for the third-party developers who produced these players (and interestingly, we’ve noticed that even on the “official” Flash XSPF player site, there seems to be a difference in whether the “autoplay ” parameter is acknowledged among the three versions of the XSPF Flash player there).
That said, we have had success testing multiple implementations of Tom Boutell’s Enhanced XSPF player (http://www.boutell.com/xspf/) with our plugin, and they appear to work correctly with all the standard published options. Hopefully that will help in your re-skinning process. Let us know if we can be of further help.
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@scott – We did find one issue with different versions of XSPF players, specifically with the version of Flash they were exported as. We added a check in the plugin to try and add additional compatibility with older Flash versions of the player. Download 1.0.4 and check it out and let us know if it resolves any issues for you.
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I redesigned what I wanted to do in order to use the player in pages. It works very well. Thank you. For a new feature, how about scrolling lyrics.
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I was looking for an audio player for a site I’m building and thought yours would work just fine. It doesn’t for me as I am trying to put the function call in the page template with no success. I have tried your examples but they don’t work for me. Can you please help?
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@Jim – you may have been experiencing the same issues as @scott – Try the template code now and see if it will work for you.
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