How to Add a HTML5 Music Player with Playlist in Blogger

In the past, we have already showed you how you can add Flash MP3 players in your Blogger Blog but since different browsers have different configurations. Therefore, most of the browsers do not supports flash, and this causes some mighty headaches especially when you are running a website totally based on music. Recently, one of reader asked us that How to Add HTML5 Music Player with Playlist in Blogger? Music players are deliberated as the main source of attraction for some common users. Therefore, today in this article, we will show you how to add HTML5 Music Player with Playlist in Blogger.

Installing HTML5 Music Player in Blogger:

The first thing you should do is to Login into your Blogger Dashboard through your Google account. After logging into your account, from the list of your blogs, select that blog on which you want to install HTML5 Music Player. Now go to Template >> Edit HTML and search for the ending </head> Tag. After finding the tag, just above it paste the following code.

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>

<link href="https://googledrive.com/host/0B0WJjcJEFNziLXFVNjE1Mms2VkU" rel="stylesheet"></link>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://googledrive.com/host/0B0WJjcJEFNziYXRYUFZEVkRNaTA" type="text/javascript"></script>

Once the whole thing is done, it is the period to save your template. Just press the “Save Template” button situated on the top right corner of your monitor screen. Now move to the next step ahead.

Adding HTML 5 Music Player in Blogger:

The next thing is to add the HTML5 music player either in your sidebar or into specific page/posts on your site. This entirely depends on your needs, whether you want it into your sidebar, posts, pages or anywhere else. It would work perfectly well everywhere. Follow the following instructions properly.

Go to Blogger >> Layout >> Add a Gadget >> Add HTML/JavaScript and just paste the following code into the HTML Text Box. Now you probably want to customize your Music player so before we save the gadget lets learn how you can customize it. For example, Changing, Music, Covers and etc.

<div class="mbl">
<div class="mbl_player" id="mnplp">
<div class="mbl_art_bg"></div>
<img class="mbl_cover" src="" alt=""/>
<span class="mnpl_title"></span>
<span class="mnpl_author"></span>

<div class="mnpl_volume_min"></div>
<div class="mnpl_volume"></div>
<div class="mbl_volume_max"></div>

<div class="mnpl_toolbar">
<div class="mnpl_tlb_prev"></div>
<div class="mnpl_tlb_stop"></div>
<div class="mnpl_tlb_next"></div>
<div class="mnpl_current"></div>
<div class="mnpl_long"></div>
<div class="mnpl_all"></div>
</div>

<div class="mbl_playlist">
</div>
</div>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$('#mnplp').mnplp({
'volume': 80,
'playlist':[
{"title":"Track-Name", "author":"Author-Name", "cover":"thumb-image.jpg", "background":"cover-image.jpg", "mfile":"music.mp3"},

{"title":"Track-Name", "author":"Author-Name", "cover":"thumb-image.jpg", "background":"cover-image.jpg", "mfile":"music.mp3"},

{"title":"Track-Name", "author":"Author-Name", "cover":"thumb-image.jpg", "background":"cover-image.jpg", "mfile":"music.mp3"},

{"title":"Track-Name", "author":"Author-Name", "cover":"thumb-image.jpg", "background":"cover-image.jpg", "mfile":"music.mp3"},

{"title":"Track-Name", "author":"Author-Name", "cover":"thumb-image.jpg", "background":"cover-image.jpg", "mfile":"music.mp3"}
]
});
});
</script>

Customization:

1. title: Represents the title of your music or song. 
2. mfile: It represents the music file in .mp3 extension 
3. author: The name of the person who composed the music.
4. cover: Cover thumb image that appears when the song is playing.
5. background: The image that appears in the background of the music player.

Congratulations: After customizing, press "Save" button located at the bottom of the window. Now, go and check your site. I am pretty sure your site would rock now. Let us know about your thoughts on this amazing gadget.

We expect that you have adored and learned how to add HTML5 Music Player with Playlist in Blogger. This gadget is tremendously robust and takes second to load, so it is understandable that it would not affect your site speed at all. Let us know what you think about it.

Note: This widget won't work until you will customize it. so, make sure you correct customize it according to the instructions we have mentioned above. 

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How to Add a Widget to Blogger

Widgets, also known as gadgets, are small tools or applications that can be added to a website or blog to enhance its content or functions, or to pull content and services from third-party websites. Widgets come in multiple forms, such as countdown tickers, photos, games, or interactive social media applications that allow you to chat. Some widgets in Blogger serve the purpose of enhancing your blog, such as listing your blog followers or allowing readers to subscribe to your blog content. Here are steps on how to add a widget to Blogger.Lets follow this method.

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   Log in to your Blogger account with your username and password. Once you are logged in, make sure you are at your Blogger's Dashboard, otherwise click on the "Dashboard" link, which will take you to a list of your blogs.
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   Access the Layout page of your blog. After selecting your blog, click on the "Design" link, which will take you to the Layout page. Click on the "Page Elements" link, then click on "Add a Gadget."
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   Choose a widget or gadget. A Blogger pop-up window will appear that lists all the gadgets available to you through Google Blogger. You may search for the name of a specific gadget, or you can browse through several categories, including Basic gadgets, Featured gadgets, Most Popular gadgets or More Gadgets, which are contributed by third-party developers for Blogger.
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   Add the widget to Blogger. Once you find the widget you want to add, click on the blue plus sign symbol to add it to your blog's layout. On the Layout screen, you will be able to click and drag the widget to where you want it to appear on your blog.
   • Save your changes. Once you have added the widgets you want to your layout, click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the Layout screen to save your changes to Blogger.
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   Add a custom widget to Blogger using the HTML and JavaScript widget. The HTML and JavaScript widget within Blogger is a blank widget that allows you to add or paste third-party functionality or other code to your blog. The HTML and JavaScript widget can be found by clicking on "Add a Gadget" from the Blogger Layout screen.

Make Money Online With Blog

Here are 5 EASY steps we’ll take together to help you start a blog and make money online.

Are you curious about how to make money online? Think that starting a blog is the way to go?

Great! Starting a blog can be a solid way to make long-term income – just for doing some writing on stuff you actually like and care about. But there’s a little more to it than that AND it may not be for everyone. This is not a get rich quick or plug and play business. If that’s what you’re looking for, this is not the place for you.

Yes, you can make a lot of money online but, like other traditional businesses, it’s not guaranteed. Anyone who tells you otherwise, is not being truthful.

Our goal is to help people who are really serious about building a real online business – because you can make a little, or a lot of money. That all depends on you…

Here’s the big difference between making money online and going to a job every day. If you do it right, the work you do today, this week, and this year – will continue making money for years to come. It’s an investment rather than trading your time for money.

So how does this work? Search engines find and cache the articles that you write, and over time each post is “worth more” to the search engines. That means you’ll get more web site traffic with every passing month as your site gains credibility. This does not happen overnight. It takes persistence and even some hard work – but you can do it if you’re serious and committed…

We did it (Dan and I both walked away from our corporate jobs and now do this full time), and so can you. The good news is that you get to take advantage of what we’ve learned over the last several years and avoid the sand traps that we had to dig our way out of.

So let’s get started – RIGHT NOW!

Decide To Start Today

TODAY. No, not tomorrow, not next week, and not next month. Tomorrow always feels “safe” because you’re not having to make a decision. The power of today is that you make that commitment to yourself. And that is the first step to success.

This step is the most critical one, and it’s where most people get stuck. Don’t dream about doing something. Just get up and do it..

Step #1. Create Your New Blog

The first thing you need to do is find a home for your new blog. This is where your blog will live. It’s where you’ll write, publish, and manage your blog posts (or articles). It’s where you’ll decorate and personalize your blog.

Don’t make the critical mistake of confusing an old-school web host for a blog host. If you get a web host, that’s like buying the shell of a house – you’re going to have to build all the walls and install the plumbing yourself!

Be smart and go with a full service blog host where someone else manages all the techie stuff so that you can focus on blogging.

We highly recommend BlogPress blog hosting for this. It provides a “well-built and excellently maintained home” for your blog so that you can focus on blogging without having to worry about all the techie stuff that comes with managing servers and databases.

BlogPress is where we host all of our Dan & Jennifer Media Blogs that get millions of page views every month.

Here are just a few of the things we LOVE about BlogPress…

• It’s Simple – BlogPress handles all the techie details, so you can focus on what really matters.
• It’s Easy - If you can type, you can blog with BlogPress!
• It’s Fast - With the easy-to-use interface, your new blog will be up and running in just a few minutes.
• Newbies will love BlogPress because it’s so simple and easy to get your new blog set up.
• Experienced Bloggers will love BlogPress for all of the high end tools, speed, and reliability.
• Real Support. Real people. The BlogPress Team is at your service. Have a question? Need Help? Just ask.
• Easy Video Tutorials - Free, step by step video tutorials show you how to easily publish like a pro with your new blog.

Plus, when you host your blog with BlogPress, we will install and set up your BlogPress blog and map your domain name to your new blog at no additional cost to you.

Not only that, we will also install for FREE the following plugins to get you started in the right direction:

• Yoast WordPress SEO – the ultimate WordPress SEO plugin will help you rank higher in search engines.
• Google XML Sitemaps – will get your posts indexed quickly on Google.
• W3 Total Cache – will make your blog load a lot faster and able to handle more website visitors.
• After The Deadline – great spell and grammar checking built right into the WordPress editor.
• Google Analytics for WordPress – see who’s visiting your new blog with the best blog analytics tool of all.
• Akismet – great anti-spam plugin to automatically kill off spam comments.
• And many, many more…

What does all this mean to you?

We take care of all the techie stuff so you don’t have to. The last thing you want to do is worry about these 57 Things yourself!

We’ll get your blog set up and optimized so that you’re good to go – right out of the gates. You’ll have everything you need to start blogging getting traffic to your blog fast! We’re putting our years of experience to work for you so that you can skip over all the mistakes we made and get started on the right foot…

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Step #2. - Install WordPress and Configure Important Plugins

This is where most people get stuck! Configuring WordPress gets very techie…

If you took our advice in Step 1, this has already been done for you!

If you decided to go it alone, here are the step by step details on how to install WordPress Yourself, check out “How to Start a Blog – Step 3: Install WordPress to Run your Blog”.

Step #3 – Make a Great First Impression With a Great Blog Theme

First impressions always matter. On the web, that’s even more important. A web visitor’s first impression about your site determines if he clicks away in the first 5 seconds, if he stays on to read what you have to say, and if he will ever come back again.

So it’s very important to put your best foot forward. Make your site interesting, distinctive, and engaging to your readers by using a great “theme”. WordPress themes are basically website designs that you can just download and enable for your WordPress account.

Start with a free theme and when you have the resources, consider having a custom theme made to enhance your brand even further. (BlogPress offers 100+ beautiful free themes for you to choose from.)

For more information and how to find great free themes for your blog, make sure to read “How to Start a Blog – Step 4: Make a Great First Impression with a Great Theme for your Blog”

Step #4 - Write Your First Blog Post

OK, at this point you’ve chosen THE best niche for you, you’ve become very familiar with that niche and it’s most popular sites, and you’re basically what could be considered an “authority” on your topic.

So now is the time for that all important first post

Off the top of your head, make a quick list of all the issues in your niche that people care about. What problems do they have, what questions do they have? What keeps them up at night?

Now pick ANY one of these and write a quick article on it. This “article” can be just a simple Top 10 list, with a supporting sentence of two for each bullet. That’s it!

Get feedback

Get this first article out there and see what people think. Email it to your family and friends, and ask them to help you make it better.

All the planning in the world is no substitute for Action. It’s time to go forth and do those good and powerful things.

For detailed steps on how to get started writing great content, read “How to Start a Blog – Step 5: Write your First Post”.

Step #5 – How To Start Making Money With Your Blog Today

Did you know that with BlogPress, you can start making money with your blog TODAY – not in 6 months.

Why People Make Blog

1. It’s your new resume. I had a recruiter call me once out of the blue. She said, “Hi Dan, this is Emily from a recruiting firm. I just finished reading your blog and I don’t really have any questions for you. I just wanted to let you know that you are perfect for a job I’m trying to fill and I wanted to see if you would be interested.” Wait, what? I was stunned. I had never met this woman before in my life and she already knew that I was a great fit for the job she was trying to fill. It was actually a very good position at a great firm. Make your resume dynamic. We are no longer in the world of 1 page resumes.

2. It’s your new hiring tool. As an entrepreneur or hiring manager, think about #1 in reverse. If you are trying to hire for certain positions, people will want to know who you are and what you are about. Show people why they should be a part of your endeavor. Why they should be on your team. Blogging is a great way to do this.

3. Network with new people. I tried making music once with some fancy DJ software. I didn’t know what I was doing so I googled, “how to make house music” (that story for later). I was curious. I stumbled upon a few blogs, left a few comments and questions and before I knew it I had a new friend. This was a person I had never met before but it was a person that took special interest in my questions and helped me understand what I was trying to learn. After some back and forth, I was able to create some solid tracks. Now I listen to his tracks whenever they are released. New friend in the music world.

4. Turn messy ideas into neat ones. Ideas are a dime a dozen. They exist as some lofty, grandiose thing that lives in your head and your head alone. When you talk about those ideas they begin to make more sense. When you write about those ideas they make even more sense. This is often the reason why people write business plans. Having a blog is a great outlet to force your brain into a laser-focused state of mind. Sure, you could do this in some private notebook but what fun would that be? Furthermore, it might help you with point #1 or #2. It might even help you find business partners.

What You Need to Know Before You Start Your Blog

I have noticed from my personal experience that having a strategy and being prepared ensures that I am more successful with that venture. I believe that blogging is no different. You can either just dive into it and go along with the flow where ever the road takes you. Or you can be strategic about it and plan ahead. I put together a list of articles to read along with some things that I feel that you need to know that will put you in a better position to have a more successful blog.

Education and Research

My biggest issue when it came to making money online was that old saying. “There are things we don’t know, and then there are things we don’t know that we don’t know.”  After I realized what I need to know the hard part was over with and then I started focusing on education and research. Please be aware that when you decide to blog that you are stepping into a whole new filed of study and that it requires education. My advice would be that you take notes as you read this article along with the articles mentioned in this post. I truly believe that if  you where to dedicate a few hours for researching and taking notes you would gather enough information to start your blog off on the right foot and increase your chances of making money from your blog.

Your blogging Niche and How to Find it.

Finding your blogging niche is one of the most crucial elements when it comes to blogging. You have a lot of blogs out there that have several different niches on them. The best way to go about is to pick one niche based on your interest and knowledge.  The following articles talk about how to pick a niche.

List of 100+ Niches and How to Pick One

How to Find a Profitable Niche

How to Set up a Blog.

How to use the dashboard of the blogging platform of your choice is really important.  The following articles focus mostly on WordPress since I feel is the best  one out there. But here are some tips on how to set up your blog.

Easy WordPress set up

40 Practical Tips on How to Set up Your Blog

How to Write Effective and Professional Articles.

Writing unique and effective articles from day one will save you some time in the future where you wont have to go back and rewrite them as I did.  I had to go back in my archives and rewrite some older posts once I got better. Including this one. The following articles talk about how to write truly unique articles that Google and other search engines love..

How to Write Great Articles From Your Own Unique Perspective

How to write Truly Unique Articles

Things You Should Know About T0day’s SEO.

I threw the word “today’s’ in there since some of the old methods either don’t work anymore or can go as far as harming you. Rest assure that the following articles give tips about what SEO is as of 2013 and what to take in consideration.

SEO Best Practices in 2013

SEO in 2013: 7 Surprisingly Simple Factors That Will Take The Lead

Creating a Business Strategy.

Here is the fun part. Creating strategies for yourself.  These don’t have to be professional since you are not presenting them to anybody. Just having a clear understanding of  your goals and how to get there is enough. The following articles talk about what steps and precautions to take to ensure that your blog is launched on the right foot.  If you have a good business strategy who knows what can happen, you can get traffic from day one, you might even make money. It all depends on your blogging business strategy. Let me give you an idea of what I mean. If you have a product in relation to your niche that you put up as soon as the blog is launched you can make money the same day. Assuming that you have made your blog highly anticipated before its even launched. This is possible, its just up to you to come up with the strategy.  Bellow are a few articles that give some insight on the topic.

First Time Bloggers Business Plan

How to Launch a Brand New Website

Step by Step Blog Launch Plan

Finding Your Target Audience.

Here is one that I thought of recently. I have never taken this consideration for myself before and realized this as writing this post. Who do you write for? Something I need to be asking myself. Experienced bloggers or rookie bloggers? My blog contains both but honestly I don’t get to many rookie bloggers unless I send them to my blog myself and want to give them advice. Asking yourself who you are writing for is important. Bellow are a few articles on how to find your target audience. More so directed if you already have a blog, but you can still get some juicy info out of them.

Define Your Blog Audience

How to Define Your Blog Target Audience

Things to avoid.

We went over majority of the things you should do but none of the things you shouldn’t bellow you will find some articles on the things you should avoid when it comes to blogging.

10 Rookie Mistakes

Additional tips.

I’m sure that this post might have left some things out so I went ahead and added some articles that share a different perspective.  Bellow you can find additional advice on what to do before you start your blog that may not have been mentioned here.

9 Important Things You Should Know Before You Start Your Blog.

Blogging Tips for Beginners

 Summary

Some of the things that I feel like a blogger has to know before they create their first, or next blog has been outlined in this post. Here is a quick overview.

Figure out your niche.

Learn how to use the dashboard and set up your blog effectively.

Learn how to write effective articles.

Learn todays SEO.

Create a business plan.

Find your audience.

Things to avoid.

The a hardest part for me was not knowing what I need to know so therefore I went ahead and put together a list of things that I believe you should know before you start your first blog and keep you from making the same mistakes I have.  But this resource list is not just for new bloggers, some more experienced bloggers might be considering starting a new blog in a different niche. If you are experienced its true that you might skip some things in this post but there also might be some information that you might find useful.

This concludes my resource list of the things you need to know in order to give your blog a good start. Be sure to check out my other posts on how to get some free content in order to be even more prepared.

How to Get Free Useful Content Without Getting Penalized by Google

Now its time to hear from you. What is some of your advice that you think I might have left out and what are some of your experiences? Let me know in the comment section.

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