How Do You Add More Than One Song to Yahoo 360?

Question

i already have one song in blast. but i dont know how to add more than one song. when i add the second url, neither of the songs play. Help Please!

Answer 1

You can only add one song in your blast at a time. If you want to have multiple songs in your 360 space (i.e. a player or playlist), you can only do that in your blog.

1) If you want a MUSIC PLAYER WIDGET or just a place to host INDIVIDUAL MP3 FILES for use in your blog, you can do it with music you upload OR you can use music other people have uploaded.

YOUR FILES:

Create a free account at http://www.imeem.com , http://www.esnips.com/ , http://www.fiql.com , or other similar services to upload the MP3 files, generate the EMBED code, and then copy and paste the player's EMBED code in a blog entry. At imeem.com the code can be set to include "autoplay" if you check the box next to the EMBED code. So, you can create a "playlist" as well as "individual MP3 files" for use in your blog.

- Compose a new blog entry

- Select the EMBED code you want to copy, then right-click to select "Copy."

- Check the "View HTML Source" box, position your cursor and right-click to choose "Paste." Uncheck the box to get back to the regular blog screen.

WARNING: Do not save your entry with out adding some text. Also, there may be some slight delay in getting the audio to appear. If you refresh the page, it will probably show up.

* This method allows you to make music play automatically and create lists of music that don't require the user to log into an external site. However, when people visit your main page, the music will not play. They have to go directly to your blog and the blog page on which that entry is located. With Imeem (and other sites), you have to be careful because some songs require people to log into their site to hear beyond 30 sec. snippets.

* See examples of this here:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4D4zxsg6f...

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4D4zxsg6f...

In the event that you want to use your music files, but they are in WMA or another format, I recommend installing and using the conversion program called Switch (http://www.nch.com.au/switch/ ) OR make sure that when you rip songs from a CD in Windows Media Player, that you choose the MP3 format (see instructions for that at http://www.askdavetaylor.com/produce_mp3...  ).

OTHER PEOPLE'S FILES (again, the faster, easier method):

Create a free account at http://www.projectplaylist.com , http://www.seeqpod.com , http://www.last.fm/ , http://www.dizzler.com/ or other similar service. They allow you to search for songs ALREADY UPLOADED to their site or other sites. Then, you simply add those songs to a playlist. Generate the code for the widget. You may have to delete some extraneous Javascript code (between Style tags). Choose the EMBED code that applies to any site. If that's not available, try a MySpace version of the code. Embed the player according to the instructions under "Your Files" above.

2) ADDING VIDEO (including, music videos):

- Find the embed code for the video that you want to add. See http://www.youtube.com/sharing , for example. You can choose a video from Yahoo! Video, YouTube, or Google Video (and even more services than that... like Dizzler).

- Click on "My Blog" and create a new entry.

- Type some text in the actual entry space as well, as it might not save.

- Click the box next to "View HTML source" in the upper right of the entry space before adding code.

- Copy the embed code and paste it into the space.

- Click the box next to "View HTML source" to get back to regular view if necessary. It may not show up until the entry is Previewed or Saved.

- Click "Save" button and see if it appears.

See http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/blo... for the help page regarding embedding video into your blog.

You can create a custom video player on some of those video sites that has multiple videos, which you can embed in your blog.

You can also add a link(s) to the video's web page(s) to your Blast, Blogroll, or a blog entry (by typing the name of the link, selecting the name, then using the "Add Link" button on the entry's toolbar to add the web address).