Radio.Blog Tutorial....UPDATE 3/3/06

how to get your own radio.blog

Do you want one of your own? Then continue reading this tutorial! I've made it as simple and clear as I could! And yes you can put it on your Blog. NOTE: This version of radio.blog is widely known as the non-PHP, XML, and static version.

Requirements:

+ Blog or website
+ Radio blog. It can be downloaded here.
+ An account at any free website. Some suggestions made by users of radio.blog are located here. Here are some of my own examples & suggestions:
freewebtown
freewebs <---i use this one for my wife's blog
You can trying using one of the following to host your music files and use one of the above hosts to store the rest of your radio.blog files:
uploadhut.com: Features 50 MB file size limit, unlimited storage, but may have some unknown bandwith usage limits and may delete your file.
blogupload.com: Features 2 MB file sizelimit, 10 MB storage, & unlimited bandwith.
myfilestash.com: Features 2 MB file size limit, 25 MB storage, and 2,000 MB bandwith.
thefilehut.com: Features 2 MB file size limit (though this is subject to change), 250 MB storage, and unspecified bandwith allowance.
club3gn upoad: Features 50 MB storage, 7 MB file size limit, 1 GB bandwith, and allows WMA and MP3 file types.
However, please keep in mind that with all of the website hosts mentioned above, you may run the risk of violating their Terms of Use, so use at your own risk.

Directions:

Step 1 - Unzip the file you should have already downloaded as stated above in the requirements. Now go to the location where you unzipped it (by default, it should be in the unzipped file in the C drive). Open the folder, which should be called something like "radio.blog.2[1]". There should be 2 folders inside and 1 text document.

Step 2 - Now go to the folder called "creat.sound". Copy and paste the music files that you want to add to your music player into the folder. When selecting how many songs to add to your radio.blog, remember that you have a bandwith limit (unless your host states otherwise). Now click on "convert64.bat". If you want your music files to be smaller in size (so that perhaps you can fit more songs into your account), you can choose "convert32.bat" instead. However, the music quality will go down. After you've clicked "convert64.bat" or "convert32.bat", wait for it to close itself. Now your newly converted songs should be in your "sounds" folder. NOTE: You must use .mp3 only!

Step 3 - Now download this file. It contains 3 files: a new config.xml, playlist.xml, and index.html. Now unzip the file and open up playlist.xml. You can open it by right-clicking the file, selecting "Open With..." and then "Notepad." Now look at this area:
<track trackmod="1089216396" title="TITLE OF SONG" path="URL OF SONG FILE">
Replace "TITLE OF SONG" with the title of the song you want the music player to display and "URL OF SONG" with the URL of the song file (ex. http://www.freewebtown.com/yourname/coolsong.rbs). Keep in mind that links are case-sensitive and that they cannot be relative paths, such as coolsong.rbs. They must have the http:// in front and everything! The best way to make sure the links to your songs in the playlist.xml file are correct is to go to the File Manager, right-click the link to the song you want to add, and select "Copy Shortcut" (or in FireFox, it would be "Copy Link Location"). Then paste it in your playlist.xml file. If you want to add more songs, just copy and paste that line of HTML code above. Make sure you paste it before this part though:
</tracks>
Save playlist.xml. If you would like to see an example of what I mean, please click here for one. Please note that none of the URLs work.

Step 4 - Now upload the following files to your host (ex. angelfire or geocities account):

+ config.xml
+ index.html (make sure it's .html not .php)
+ playlist.xml
+ radioblog.swf
+ rbcore.swf
+ the converted (.rbs) version of your music files located in the creat.sound > sounds folder.

Make sure that you are uploading the new config.xml file that you just downloaded in the zip file I provided, not the one you downloaded from the radioblogclub.com website! And do not put the playlist.xml in the sounds folder! Choose between the next 2 steps. One is for xanga users and the other is for web users. You should probably check to see if your radio blog is working properly before continuing.

For Xanga Users - Now to put it on your xanga! Go here and copy and paste the following code into the text area that is named "HTML Encoder. HTML Input":
<iframe src="URL" name="radio" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="222" height="300"></iframe>
Change the "URL" to the URL address of your website (ex. http://www.freewebtown.com/yourname). You can also change the width and height values if they are too big or small for you. Click the "Encode HTML" button and select the new HTML code in the text box below that is labeled "Encoded HTML". Paste the code into the "Website Stats" section in "Look & Feel" or in one of the textboxes in "Public Profile".

For Website Owners: Copy and paste the following code into the body of the page you want the radio.blog to show up on:
<iframe src="URL" name="radio" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="222" height="300"></iframe>
Change the "URL" to the URL address of your radio.blog's index file (ex. http://www.freewebtown.com/yourname/index.html). You can also change the width and height values if they are too big or small for you.

finish line

Ta-da! You're done. You can go ahead and test your music player now.