HIya I'm a complete numpty when it comes to codes and html's stuff like that....
I have a web address that I need to upload song's from bands that are playing a festival that I'm organising. There all saved on my computer as mp3 but they obv don't have a URL. How do I go about doing that and then uploading them onto my web page or is there a way to upload my mindows media player with all the tracks already on?
Sorry for being a complete beginer but thought you may be able to help.
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Hi grassroutes, and welcome to SAF! 
I've moved this thread from the Music forum to Webmastering and HTML Q&A, since that's the more appropriate forum for it.
OK... you stated that you already have a web address, so there's no need for me to suggest web hosting providers for you. But you didn't mention which provider you are using. Many web hosting services allow the use of FTP client software to upload files to the server/ your web space, but there are some that only provide a "File Manager" type interface with no FTP access. You'll need to find out which you have and then upload your files using one or the other. Assuming that you have a decent web hosting service that will allow FTP upload, I'll suggest that you download and install FileZilla (download the client - not the server), which is a completely free and open source FTP client. That is what I use to upload all files to my server.
Read through this article...
How to stream music or audio from your website
In the above article, I explain about the usage of M3U playlist files that will allow a site visitor to listen to your "streaming" music (in your case, MP3 music files), through the use of Windows Media Player object and embed controls on a web page.
You asked this above...
...is there a way to upload my mindows media player with all the tracks already on?
The M3U file you create and then upload will contain a list of all your tracks (it will contain URL pointers to the location of every track/MP3 file that you upload). The Windows Media Player object and embed controls will act as your "uploaded" Windows Media Player.
If you have any further questions on this issue, feel free to post back/ reply here.
*Note: also see my reply to Prajeeth in this thread --> Audio & Video Streaming in Website
I've moved this thread from the Music forum to Webmastering and HTML Q&A, since that's the more appropriate forum for it.
OK... you stated that you already have a web address, so there's no need for me to suggest web hosting providers for you. But you didn't mention which provider you are using. Many web hosting services allow the use of FTP client software to upload files to the server/ your web space, but there are some that only provide a "File Manager" type interface with no FTP access. You'll need to find out which you have and then upload your files using one or the other. Assuming that you have a decent web hosting service that will allow FTP upload, I'll suggest that you download and install FileZilla (download the client - not the server), which is a completely free and open source FTP client. That is what I use to upload all files to my server.
Read through this article...
How to stream music or audio from your website
In the above article, I explain about the usage of M3U playlist files that will allow a site visitor to listen to your "streaming" music (in your case, MP3 music files), through the use of Windows Media Player object and embed controls on a web page.
You asked this above...
...is there a way to upload my mindows media player with all the tracks already on?
The M3U file you create and then upload will contain a list of all your tracks (it will contain URL pointers to the location of every track/MP3 file that you upload). The Windows Media Player object and embed controls will act as your "uploaded" Windows Media Player.
If you have any further questions on this issue, feel free to post back/ reply here.
*Note: also see my reply to Prajeeth in this thread --> Audio & Video Streaming in Website
QUOTE(phzzz @ Mar 15 2008, 07:47 AM) 
Hi grassroutes, and welcome to SAF!
I've moved this thread from the Music forum to Webmastering and HTML Q&A, since that's the more appropriate forum for it.
OK... you stated that you already have a web address, so there's no need for me to suggest web hosting providers for you. But you didn't mention which provider you are using. Many web hosting services allow the use of FTP client software to upload files to the server/ your web space, but there are some that only provide a "File Manager" type interface with no FTP access. You'll need to find out which you have and then upload your files using one or the other. Assuming that you have a decent web hosting service that will allow FTP upload, I'll suggest that you download and install FileZilla (download the client - not the server), which is a completely free and open source FTP client. That is what I use to upload all files to my server.
Read through this article...
How to stream music or audio from your website
In the above article, I explain about the usage of M3U playlist files that will allow a site visitor to listen to your "streaming" music (in your case, MP3 music files), through the use of Windows Media Player object and embed controls on a web page.
You asked this above...
...is there a way to upload my mindows media player with all the tracks already on?
The M3U file you create and then upload will contain a list of all your tracks (it will contain URL pointers to the location of every track/MP3 file that you upload). The Windows Media Player object and embed controls will act as your "uploaded" Windows Media Player.
If you have any further questions on this issue, feel free to post back/ reply here.
*Note: also see my reply to Prajeeth in this thread --> Audio & Video Streaming in Website
Hi. So I followed the directions on your article ((thanks)) and it worked- but I am trying to get the embedded streaming music to follow you through all my webpages (autoresume, right?) Is it an addition to the code embedded or a change in setting? I am lost and frustrated. Your help would be profoundly appreciated....
QUOTE(archigirl @ Jul 30 2008, 10:56 AM)
Hi. So I followed the directions on your article ((thanks)) and it worked- but I am trying to get the embedded streaming music to follow you through all my webpages (autoresume, right?) Is it an addition to the code embedded or a change in setting? I am lost and frustrated. Your help would be profoundly appreciated....
Hi archigirl, and welcome to the SAF forums!
For a second I thought that the original poster (grassroutes) finally replied 3 1/2 months after the fact. LOL!
Anyway, it appears that you want the music to continue to "follow" the web site visitor as he/she browses through various pages at your site. There is no "autoresume" function for that, but you can use the same method as is used in my How to stream video from your website in a separate window article. Just resize the window accordingly for your audio file/ audio files and/or playlist, same as you would do for a video file.
An example of music opening and playing in a separate sized window can be found here...
http://www.beaujohnson.com
Click the "LISTEN" button you see there.
If you want to read the thread where you can also see how I helped Beau Johnson accomplish this, it is located here.
Another example where one song plays but also auto-starts can be found here... http://nunzioweb.com/gwam/
Just click on the music icon toward the top of that page, accompanied by the words 'Listen to Music', which looks like this...
You will see a separate window open containing the music controls for the MP3 file, along with an option to End Song/CLOSE WINDOW.
In both cases the site visitor can continue listening to the music while browsing through the rest of the site, and the music will also continue to play in its separate window even after the visitor leaves to go on to other sites.
QUOTE(phzzz @ Jul 30 2008, 09:50 AM)
Hi archigirl, and welcome to the SAF forums!
For a second I thought that the original poster (grassroutes) finally replied 3 1/2 months after the fact. LOL!
Anyway, it appears that you want the music to continue to "follow" the web site visitor as he/she browses through various pages at your site. There is no "autoresume" function for that, but you can use the same method as is used in my How to stream video from your website in a separate window article. Just resize the window accordingly for your audio file/ audio files and/or playlist, same as you would do for a video file.
An example of music opening and playing in a separate sized window can be found here...
http://www.beaujohnson.com
Click the "LISTEN" button you see there.
If you want to read the thread where you can also see how I helped Beau Johnson accomplish this, it is located here.
Another example where one song plays but also auto-starts can be found here... http://nunzioweb.com/gwam/
Just click on the music icon toward the top of that page, accompanied by the words 'Listen to Music', which looks like this...
You will see a separate window open containing the music controls for the MP3 file, along with an option to End Song/CLOSE WINDOW.
In both cases the site visitor can continue listening to the music while browsing through the rest of the site, and the music will also continue to play in its separate window even after the visitor leaves to go on to other sites.
thanks for the help!!! i am going to try to make it work now....
M.
OK. Very good. If you have any difficulty, you can reply back here.
QUOTE(archigirl @ Aug 3 2008, 07:32 PM)
thanks for the help!!! i am going to try to make it work now....
M.
thanks you rock!!!
I referred this page, http://www.fleximusic.com/support/mp301.htm for adding an audio to my webpage it seems to be easy, have a look.
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