Thread: Playing music!

Hi, I have spent a good 3 hours and designed and published my first Website!

It is extremely rough and dirty, but it basically does what I set out for it to do.

Over the next couple of months, I shall be re-designing it with a bit more finesse and one of the things that I will want to improve upon is the way in which I have embedded links to some MP3 tracks!

I placed some icons on the index page and clicking the icon then moves in a very ugly manner to display a grey screen with the plugin indicator bar as it moves through the song!

Can anyone suggest a better way please?

lets talk about this....

what about the media player?

Yes I thought that the answer probably lay there ... when I manage to find some time, I will work out how to use that and give it a whirl ... many thanks for showing an interest!

Publish the page and I will take a look.

thanks vodahost...
can we download a player from the web somewhere and install it into our website, maybe some html language, or a link or something?
thank you

another question...
can we insert a link that just allows a media player to pop out, and can this new page that pops out, can it be this size? 50x50?

thank you

yes

wow, thats great news...?

CAn you help me do that?

Do you work for Vodahost?

thanks...
paul

My page (such as it is!) has been published and can be selected from the drop-down list that appears by my details! I have just tried to add an experimental box with the media player icon, but it is now taking ages to publish again!!

Well that was an absolute disaster! The page took 4 minutes to appear, so I am guessing that I didn't do it right or ... it's not the answer for me!

I don't want it to play automatically - only when selected i.e. by clicking on something

Vodahost...

Can u help us out?

create a subdomain in your cpanel,
upload to the subdomain folder by going to File Manager and to the folder of your subdomain, upload files

once files are uploaded create a link on your page like subdomian.mysite.com/music.mp3 or whatever the file's name is you uploaded

for instance
go to http://www.exstazjianjsadian.com/music.html they can listen to the music directly from the site or right click on the file and save target as to download

you'll notice when downlaoding it goes to http://sadianfileserver.exstazjianjsadian.com to get the file, its very easy to do in cpanel find subdomians click add subdomian once in there the subdomain's name you choose will be the folder in File Manager like public_html/subdomian click and open that folder once there there is a tab that says upload file you can upload any kind of file you want zip or otherwise

this is the easiest way to keep track of files you uploaded without them getting all mixed up in your main folder in File Manager
and when downloading it broadcasts from a different folder

sadain,,
thanks,,
i went to CP, added a sub, then when to file manager and uploaded a track..
this is where i think i messed up... i dont know if it uploaded into mu sub folder..
i created a link, and i named the link the subdomain name, /the track name...
didnt work...
let me know,
thanks
paul

navel..
you there? i still cant get a download on my music page...
ive linked a picture, ive went into the CP with a subdomain?...
what do u think i should try next?

Please note that if you want to use the media player implemented in yout BV pages, when publishing, also the mp3 file is being uploaded. If you simply want to have a link to the mp3 and your visitors to click and download the file, then publishing procedures and times are normal. The only difference is that in the first case the media player will appear implemented in your page, in the second case the visitors media player will popup for the file to be opened.

The above as general notes. Will you please explain what excactly you want to accomplish so i can try to give you specific directions?

Originally Posted by fnt

navel..
you there? i still cant get a download on my music page...
ive linked a picture, ive went into the CP with a subdomain?...
what do u think i should try next?

Uploading a file is a little tricky first click on the public_html folder then click on the subdomian folder then click on upload files in that folder which upload folder looks like a folder itself

then creat the link http://subdomianname.domianname.com/musicfile.mp3 once the link is made and someone clicks on it at your page it automatically routs to thier default media player like link your text by highlighting and clicking on Insert then fill in the link as example above

you have to click on the brown folder icons

hey guys..
thats the thing..
i do not have a folder under the public folder..
i went to subdomains, clicked on it, and it says sub domain maintanance,, then it says current subs.. and it says redirect connect setup, or remve..
i added a sub there...
i might be wrong place...
thanks both of you

When you create a subdomian a folder will be added in the File Manager then in the public_html folder by the same name you named the subdomian the folder will be created instantly after you created the subdomian

You have to go to File Manager in the cpanel then click on the brown folder before the public_html text dont click on the text click on the brown folder before it that will open the public_html folder search for a folder named just like your subdomian you created.

if you click on the text it will take you to tools

then follow the steps I already posted....

Take your time and post later if it worked out.

If the folder is not there create the subdomian all over agian but first delete the first one you created in the Subdomians manager

Note: Subdomains rely on the DNS system in order to function, which means that your DNS information must propagate throughout the different DNS servers on the Internet before your subdomain becomes fully active. This process on the average takes a few hours.

Originally Posted by fnt

hey guys..
thats the thing..
i do not have a folder under the public folder..
i went to subdomains, clicked on it, and it says sub domain maintanance,, then it says current subs.. and it says redirect connect setup, or remve..
i added a sub there...
i might be wrong place...
thanks both of you

If you confuse just publish directly using bluevoda as naval said or use Blue FTP.
if you want all your music file separate in one folder, create new folder, on Blue FTP click file=>new folder or press F7 on your PC keyboard, named your new folder whatever you want and then upload your mp3 file to your new folder. to dowload it write your link as www.yourdomain/yourfolder/yourfile.mp3

Nyoman is right that is another way.

But, the advantage of a subdomain is going to be the speed of your web site loading. If your website is loading everything from one domian it can cause delays in download time, having a subdomain as a file server means faster loading for surfers

Whichever you prefer.

File Manager is tricky with the brown folder links, I had to learn to understand that as well.

Originally Posted by Sadain

But, the advantage of a subdomain is going to be the speed of your web site loading. If your website is loading everything from one domian it can cause delays in download time, having a subdomain as a file server means faster loading for surfers

Could you please explain? The procedure for a browser to get to a subdomain folder or to any other subfolder in a site, is excactly the same.
In what way is loading from a subdomain faster than from another folder in the same site?

Subdomains rely on the DNS system in order to function, different DNS servers on the Internet

Broadcasting from the same folders and everything but it just seems faster In any case

Thats my theorory I geuss... I wouldnt know why I just know when I did it without a subdomain the site seemed longer to load because take for instance,

Loaded exstazjianjsadian.com with a lot of mp3's and when you hit the domian it wants to load everthing to Temp Internet Files but if there are links to a subdomain with the Files that are heavy in megabytes and not on the main domian, then the main domian doesnt take long to load.

Just check how long it takes to open this page, with the links to a subdomian http://www.exstazjianjsadian.com/music.html

Originally Posted by Sadain

Subdomains rely on the DNS system in order to function, different DNS servers on the Internet

Broadcasting from the same folders and everything but it just seems faster In any case

Thats my theorory I geuss... I wouldnt know why I just know when I did it without a subdomain the site seemed longer to load because take for instance,

Loaded exstazjianjsadian.com with a lot of mp3's and when you hit the domian it wants to load everthing to Temp Internet Files but if there are links to a subdomain with the Files that are heavy in megabytes and not on the main domian, then the main domian doesnt take long to load.

Just check how long it takes to open this page, with the links to a subdomian http://www.exstazjianjsadian.com/music.html

hmmmmm never heard about that, but no worry we are all learning

Indonesia..
what a place

cant find the folder after ive created the subdomain...
and i also cannot upload a file onto a new folder in my blueftp..
hopeless case,,,
paul

But i am sure you can upload/publish normally through publish button on Bluevoda. Do you? don't say no lol

Originally Posted by fnt

cant find the folder after ive created the subdomain...
and i also cannot upload a file onto a new folder in my blueftp..
hopeless case,,,
paul

Did you go to Subdomians and not Add on Domians in your cpanel to create the Subdomians

You have to go to Subdomians...

Originally Posted by Sadain

Subdomains rely on the DNS system in order to function, different DNS servers on the Internet

Broadcasting from the same folders and everything but it just seems faster In any case

Thats my theorory I geuss... I wouldnt know why I just know when I did it without a subdomain the site seemed longer to load because take for instance,

Loaded exstazjianjsadian.com with a lot of mp3's and when you hit the domian it wants to load everthing to Temp Internet Files but if there are links to a subdomain with the Files that are heavy in megabytes and not on the main domian, then the main domian doesnt take long to load.

Just check how long it takes to open this page, with the links to a subdomian http://www.exstazjianjsadian.com/music.html

Hmmmmm also for me. As Nyo said, i never heard of that either. And no loading of the site goes on when you load a page. So no mp3's are loaded by the browser. The browser only loads the requested page and not anything else. The mp3's are only loaded when specifically requested by a link. ONLY IF THE MP3 IS PUT IN AS BACKGROUND MUSIC will load together with the rest of the page, but in that case it has absolutely no difference if it is in the public-html or any other folder. To verify this, PING your main page and your subdomain, and you will see that there is excactly the same mean response time. I agree about having the mp3's in a separete folder, but just for organisation reasons, not for speed.

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good info thank's, back to the topic. may i know what is the conection between downloading mp3 file with downloading subdomain? in example if the mp3 file you put in the main domain, the download will be from domainname/file.mp3, and if youn put in subdomain,download will be from subdomain/file.mp3. in which case will make the load speed different? still i am confuse
Please porgive my ignorance

One post said that the page was slow

I just gave a suggestion...

anyhow there is enough info in these post to accomplish the deed.

I dont know what fnt is doing wrong.

you guys been so great,, helpfull...
really,,
now i just must try to figure it out...

Nyoman, Sadain, NavelD, VodaH,

alleluia...
Got what i needed done...
thanks for all your patience and time...
aloha
paul

Originally Posted by fnt

Nyoman, Sadain, NavelD, VodaH,

alleluia...
Got what i needed done...
thanks for all your patience and time...
aloha
paul

I like how you did your popup music window

You asked earlier if someone could get the song, well if someone wanted it bad enough the way you did it anyone could go to thier Temporary Internet Files and copy your song out of there

I've never tried to keep someone from downloading the music file but if you ask someone there are ways to create a secured site so no one can download your meterial