Customize The Color Scheme Of Wordpress Mp3 Flash Player

Wordpress Audio player is a beautiful mp3 player and thanks to Mindy McAdams we can now actually make it work in blogger and can even change the entire colour scheme of this mini player! I hope you already now how to make it work with blogger if not read this post –> Flash Mp3 Player 

Today I will let you know how to change the colour scheme of both versions of these useful mp3 players. Before we may begin check my customized player below,

This tutorial again consists of two parts,

1. Adding the JavaScript Inside Blogger
2. Adding The HTML Code For Mp3 Player To Appear

I have already explained both these parts in my previous post but this time we will work only on the second part i.e Adding The HTML Code For Mp3 Player To Appear
The HTML Code for our simple Mp3 Players looks like this,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf>
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;soundFile=URL of your MP3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

And The HTML Code For Our New Customized Mp3 Will look like this,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf>
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&
bg=0xf8f8f8&
leftbg=0xeeeeee&
lefticon=0x666666&
rightbg=0xcccccc&
rightbghover=0x999999&
righticon=0x666666&
righticonhover=0xffffff&
text=0x666666&
slider=0x666666&
track=0xFFFFFF&
border=0x666666&
loader=0x9FFFB8&
loop=no&
autostart=no& soundFile=URL of your MP3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

The Green part is the portion responsible for the color scheme. View the image below to understand each code,

where,
rightbghover=0x999999&     and   righticonhover=0xffffff& refers to the color change on mouse hover. The red part in between the green text is the hexadecimal colour code. To change the colors according to your preferences use our colour chart

Customization

This is the most important part and I want your full concentration here. You can observe that the green part is the main portion consisting of 12 options to change the color scheme of the Mp3 player. Once you have finalized all your colors using our CSS Color Chart there is only one thing required to successfully dress up this player. You observe that the green portion of the code looks like this,

bg=0xf8f8f8&
leftbg=0xeeeeee&
lefticon=0x666666&
rightbg=0xcccccc&
rightbghover=0x999999&
righticon=0x666666&
righticonhover=0xffffff&
text=0x666666&
slider=0x666666&
track=0xFFFFFF&
border=0x666666&
loader=0x9FFFB8&
loop=no&
autostart=no&

You need to align all this vertical code into a single line like this,

bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&
righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&
track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&loop=no&autostart=no&

Now your code will look like this,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value=http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf>
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&
righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&
track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&loop=no&autostart=no&soundFile=URL of your MP3"> <param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

Make sure you replace URL of your MP3 with the link of your Mp3 file. For example the URL for my Mp3 file looks like this,

http://stcmustafa.fileave.com/lastbreath.mp3

Some Players With Different Flavors

Masked Red

The code for this player is shared below,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf"> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&bg=0xffffff&leftbg=0xFF0000&lefticon=0xffffff&rightbg=0xFFCCCC&rightbghover=0xFF0000&righticon=0xffffff&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0xFF0000&slider=0xffffff&track=0xFF0000&border=0xFF0000&loader=0xFF6666&loop=no&autostart=no&soundFile=URL Of Your Mp3"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </object>

Masked Purple
The code for this player is shared below,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf"> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&bg=0xffffff&leftbg=0x660033&lefticon=0xffffff&rightbg=0xC74988&rightbghover=0x660033&righticon=0xffffff&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x660033&slider=0xffffff&track=0x660033&border=0x660033&loader=0x660033&loop=no&autostart=no&soundFile=URL OF Your Mp3"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </object>

Masked Black

The code for this player is shared below,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf"> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&bg=0xffffff&leftbg=0x000000&lefticon=0xffffff&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999& righticon=0xffffff&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x000000&slider=0x666666&track=0x000000&border=0x000000&loader=0xffffff&loop=no&autostart=no&soundFile=URL OF Your Mp3"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </object>

And the code for the first Mp3 player used in this post as Green and Blue is shared below,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf"> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&bg=0xffffff&lefticon=0xffffff&rightbg=0x0080ff&rightbghover=0x289728&righticon=0xffffff&leftbg=0x289728&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x0080ff&slider=0xffffff&track=0xffffff&border=0x289728&loader=0x0080ff&loop=no&autostart=no&soundFile=URL Of Your Mp3"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="menu" value="false"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </object>

I hope you like them. For Using more than one player as I have done read my previous post on Wordpress Mp3 Player
The players that you see above are the first version and if you want to use the second version then simply replace http://www.mdn.fm/files/87478_pfe4i/player1.swf with http://www.mdn.fm/files/87479_wv3lp/player.swf  A second version Player will look like this,
I hope you will like this post :>

Stylized Page Navigation Widget For Blogger|Blogspot blogs – MBT Church Theme Style!

As mentioned in the download page of MBT Church Theme that it has a Page Navigation Widget that is an alternative to Recent Posts, Home and Older Posts links at the bottom of blogger hosted blogs. In order to add the stylized version of Page Navigation Widget created by Mohammad Rias to your MBT Church Theme, follow the steps below,

Page Navigation Widget For Blogger Hosted Blogs

1. Log into your blogger account and go to Layout > Page Elements
2. Then Click on Add a Gadget
3. Amongst the Blogger Featured Widgets Choose HTML/JavaScript Widget
   
4. Inside the HTML/JavaScript Widget  paste the code below,

   <style type="text/CSS">
   .showpageArea a {
   text-decoration:underline;
   }
   .showpageNum a {
   text-decoration:none;
   border: 1px solid #7AA1C3;
   margin:0 3px;
   padding:3px;
   }
   .showpageNum a:hover {
   border: 1px solid #7AA1C3;
   background-color:#F6F6F6;
   }
   .showpagePoint {
   color:#333;
   text-decoration:none;
   border: 1px solid #7AA1C3;
   background: #F6F6F6;
   margin:0 3px;
   padding:3px;
   }
   .showpageOf {
   text-decoration:none;
   padding:3px;
   margin: 0 3px 0 0;
   }
   .showpage a {
   text-decoration:none;
   border: 1px solid #7AA1C3;
   padding:3px;
   }
   .showpage a:hover {
   text-decoration:none;
   }
   .showpageNum a:link,.showpage a:link {
   text-decoration:none;
   color:#7AA1C3;
   }
   </style>
   <script type="text/JavaScript">
   function showpageCount(json) {
   var thisUrl = location.href;
   var htmlMap = new Array();
   var isFirstPage = thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.length-5,thisUrl.length)==".com/";
   var isLablePage = thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1;
   var isPage = thisUrl.indexOf("/search?updated")!=-1;
   var thisLable = isLablePage ? thisUrl.substr(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.length) : "";
   thisLable = thisLable.indexOf("?")!=-1 ? thisLable.substr(0,thisLable.indexOf("?")) : thisLable;
   var thisNum = 1;
   var postNum=1;
   var itemCount = 0;
   var fFlag = 0;
   var eFlag = 0;
   var html= '';
   var upPageHtml ='';
   var downPageHtml ='';
   var pageCount = 2;
   var displayPageNum = 5;
   var upPageWord = 'Previous';
   var downPageWord = 'Next';
   var labelHtml = '<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+thisLable+'?&max-results='+pageCount+'">';
   for(var i=0, post; post = json.feed.entry[i]; i++) {
   var timestamp = post.published.$t.substr(0,10);
   var title = post.title.$t;
   if(isLablePage){
   if(title!=''){
   if(post.category){
   for(var c=0, post_category; post_category = post.category[c]; c++) {
   if(encodeURIComponent(post_category.term)==thisLable){
   if(itemCount==0 || (itemCount % pageCount ==(pageCount-1))){
   if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1 ){
   thisNum = postNum;
   }
   postNum++;
   htmlMap[htmlMap.length] = '/search/label/'+thisLable+'?updated-max='+timestamp+'T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&max-results='+pageCount;
   }
   }
   }
   }//end if(post.category){
   itemCount++;
   }
   }else{
   if(title!=''){
   if(itemCount==0 || (itemCount % pageCount ==(pageCount-1))){
   if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1 ){
   thisNum = postNum;
   }
   if(title!='') postNum++;
   htmlMap[htmlMap.length] = '/search?updated-max='+timestamp+'T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&max-results='+pageCount;
   }
   }
   itemCount++;
   }
   }
   for(var p =0;p< htmlMap.length;p++){
   if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1) && p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){
   if(fFlag ==0 && p == thisNum-2){
   if(thisNum==2){
   if(isLablePage){
   upPageHtml = labelHtml + upPageWord +'</a></span>';
   }else{
   upPageHtml = '<span class="showpage"><a href="/">'+ upPageWord +'</a></span>';
   }
   }else{
   upPageHtml = '<span class="showpage"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+ upPageWord +'</a></span>';
   }
   fFlag++;
   }
   if(p==(thisNum-1)){
   html += '<span class="showpagePoint">'+thisNum+'</span>';
   }else{
   if(p==0){
   if(isLablePage){
   html = labelHtml+'1</a></span>';
   }else{
   html += '<span class="showpageNum"><a href="/">1</a></span>';
   }
   }else{
   html += '<span class="showpageNum"><a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+ (p+1) +'</a></span>';
   }
   }
   if(eFlag ==0 && p == thisNum){
   downPageHtml = '<span class="showpage"> <a href="'+htmlMap[p]+'">'+ downPageWord +'</a></span>';
   eFlag++;
   }
   }//end if(p>=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1) && p<(thisNum+displayPageNum)){
   }//end for(var p =0;p< htmlMap.length;p++){
   if(thisNum>1){
   if(!isLablePage){
   html = ''+upPageHtml+' '+html +' ';
   }else{
   html = ''+upPageHtml+' '+html +' ';
   }
   }
   html = '<div class="showpageArea"><span style="COLOR: #000;" class="showpageOf"> Pages ('+(postNum-1)+')</span>'+html;
   if(thisNum<(postNum-1)){
   html += downPageHtml;
   }
   if(postNum==1) postNum++;
   html += '</div>';
   if(isPage || isFirstPage || isLablePage){
   var pageArea = document.getElementsByName("pageArea");
   var blogPager = document.getElementById("blog-pager");
   if(postNum <= 2){
   html ='';
   }
   for(var p =0;p< pageArea.length;p++){
   pageArea[p].innerHTML = html;
   }
   if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){
   html ='';
   }
   if(blogPager){
   blogPager.innerHTML = html;
   }
   }
   }
   </script>
   <script src="/feeds/posts/summary?alt=json-in-script&callback=showpageCount&max-results=99999" ; type="text/javascript"></script>

5. If you are using a domain other than .blogspot.com or .com, then kindly change  the bolded red text .com with your domain extension. For Example if your domain ends with .info or .biz than replace .com with .info or .biz . But if you are a BlogSpot user than leave the code unchanged.
6. Once you have pasted the code inside the widget, simply drag your HTML/Javascript widget to the area just below your posts and drop it there, as shown in the picture below,

That’s All!

Hope you enjoyed it. Let me know if anything is unclear.

Remove Read More Link or Jump Break Link Provided by Blogger

Half an hour ago I published 10 ways of customizing Read More links. However some of you might be facing a problem in styling the read more link in official blogger Designer templates. In order to apply the style effects to such templates you will first need to delete the read more link provided by blogger and install a custom read more link or button in less then 3 minutes.

Delete Jump Break Link In Blogger

1. Go to Blogger > Design > Edit HTML
2. Backup your template
3. Click the "Expand widget Templates" Box
4. Search for this,

<data:post.body/>

    5.   and just below it find and delete this code,

<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
<div class='jump-link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url + "#more"'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
</div>
</b:if >

     6.   Save your template and you are done

Add a Custom Read More Link

Now to add a custom read more link which can be fully customized in various looks please follow this tutorial,

• How To Show only Post Summary in Blogger?

Now after having added the link, it would be even more interesting by changing its look by reading this tutorial,

• Customize Read More Links