I searched everywhere looking for a great MP3 player and I think I have finally found a easy to use MP3 WordPress Plugin.

Introducing the “Audio Player WordPress Plugin.”

I have mentioned my brother, Isaac Farr’s website on here a few times.  When I created his site I obviously needed a reliable MP3 player to help him promote his music through his website.  That’s when I came across the Audio Player WordPress Plugin.

You can view the MP3 player in action on Isaac Farr’s website here.

Examples of the Audio Player

Installation and FAQ’s

Requirements

Audio Player requires WordPress 2.1 or higher and is compatible up to WordPress 2.5.1

The player is compatible with Adobe Flash Player 9 and above and requires JavaScript to work properly.

The admin panel and the player were tested in the following browsers:

• Firefox 2 and above
• Internet Explorer 6 and above
• Safari 3.0
• Opera 9.0 and 9.5

Note: The automatic close feature doesn’t work in Opera 9.0. It does work in 9.5. Opening a player doesn’t automatically close any other open player.

New install: First time installing Audio Player on your WordPress blog

1. Download the plugin zip file
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to your local hard drive
3. Upload the audio-player folder to your WordPress site in the wp-content/plugins folder
4. The folder structure of your blog should look like this:
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6. Log in to your WordPress admin and go to the Plugins section. You should now see Audio Player in the list of available plugins
7. Activate the plugin by clicking the activate link
8. Now go to the Settings section (Options for WordPress pre 2.5) and select Audio Player where you can configure the plugin

The developer of this plugin has great documentation on his site here, 1 Pixel Out and he also has a site completely dedicated to this wordpress plugin: WordPress Audio Player

Activating the Plugin

Here’s a quick run down on activating the plugin and inserting it into a post/page.

• You’ll need to access your site via FTP and create a new directory called “audio”.
• Copy your .MP3 or whatever audio files into the directory.
• Inside wordpress go to the plugin settings page and on the general tab, set the default audio location. (e.g. “/audio”) SEE EXAMPLE:

• Inside the post or page you call for the file like so:

• View your post/page!

I hope you enjoy this MP3 WordPress plugin as much as I have.

Still have questions?  Leave a comment and I’ll try my best to get you through any problems you run into.

More to come…

By the way, I take quite a bit of time posting these so any feedback, comments or if these tutorials are helping you guys I would more then appreciate it

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If your WordPress Blog is hosted on WordPress.com then…

The following tutorial is for “self hosted” wordpress blogs. If you have a blog that is hosted on WordPress.com (www.yoursite.wordpress.com) check out this brief tutorial on WordPress.com on how to change your wordpress theme.

If you have Self Hosted WordPress Blog then…

This is for you!  If using WordPress to power their self hosted website, here is a quick tutorial on how to Install & Activate your WordPress Theme.  If you get lost, feel free to comment and I’ll be glad to answer any questions.

Step 1. Downloading your WordPress Theme

Once you have found the WordPress Theme(s) you must download the zip file to your desktop or designated folder.  If you’re using a PC you will need to extract the file.

It should look something like this… A single folder with the title of the theme.

If you click into the file you will find all the necessary files that you will need to upload to your site.  Here is an example.

Everyone of your themes that you upload should contain a majority of the files shown above.

Step 2. Uploading your WordPress Theme

Now that have your WordPress Theme extracted or unzipped you are ready to upload your theme.  You will upload your WordPress theme to your site via FTP.  If you don’t have a FTP client here is a completely free one I suggest.

This FTP clients is 100% free!  Mac Users & Windows Users – Filezilla

Go ahead and login to your site via FTP.  (Open FTP client, enter Hostname, Username & Password.)  Find your theme directory.

This is how you get to your WordPress “themes” directory.

public_html/yoursite/wp-content/themes

Now that you have found your theme directory, go back to your theme folder located on your desktop or designated folder.  Using a Mac or Windows you can easily drag and drop the file directly into the themes folder.

Wait for the file to upload completely and also make sure the file is in the themes folder.

Step 3. Activating your WordPress Theme

Nice, so you have successfully added your WordPress Theme via FTP.  Now all you have to do is activate it.

Login to your WordPress admin area like you would normally.  (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin)

Click on the design tab – shown here.

You should now see your already existing themes and of course the new WordPress theme you just recently upload.

Now that you have located the WordPress Theme, simply click the theme to activate it.

And that’s it!  Congratulations you’re all set.  You should now see your new theme activated!

Once you get that down you can browse for other themes and upload them the exact same way.

Hope this helps.  Please comment if you need any other instruction, hope this helps!

More to come…

Lately, I have noticed quite a few blogs/sites that are not taking advantage of the permalink feature in WordPress. With how competitive it’s getting to be out there SEO wise, every little bit helps.

Lets take this post I am writing right now as an example – the URL that displays to all users and the search engine is:

Permalink: http://www.jrfarr.com/creating-seo-friendly-urls-using-wordpress/

Now some of the site’s I have seen are looking more like this:

Permalink: http://www.thisiswhackjack.com/?p=17

You can see that URL is not getting the advantage it can from a keyword targeting standpoint because the URL structure is not properly structured.

AH! My URL’s look like that… What can I do to FIX THIS!?

Luckily for anyone new to WordPress with the most current download or anyone who has upgraded to version 2.5 or 2.5.1, wordpress now displays the permalink structure as you input the title of the post. Plus you can even edit it right o the spot! Sweet!

Click the image to view larger if you can’t see it well enough.

Now, for anyone using an older version of WordPress, don’t worry you can still change your non SEO friendly URL ways! Sweet!

The following is an example of how to change your permalink structure in WordPress version 2.0. I believe all of the version’s leading up to 2.5 are pretty similar to this version. If you go back even further then that, then dude you need to update your WordPress version ASAP! No I am kidding, let me know and I’ll see what I can do to help.

Ok so here we go…

Login into your dashboard, and click the options tab. Then click the permalink tab.

Under the “Common Options” you can see that its most likely set to “Default”

Select the “Date and Named Based”

Now if you select the “Custom, Specify Below” you can create a custom structure…

I usually choose this option and delete the date information and just leave the “postname”

This is a great URL structure for any of your sites to have. If your current site is not using a strategic URL structure then you need to make sure you start doing it.

Hopefully anyone reading this post found this helpful and now on your URL’s are full of SEO friendly goodness! Now give yourself a pat on the back!

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