Audio is a quick and easy way to get some dynamic content onto you web page or blog post which, if done right will keep your site visitor engaged and therefore keep them longer on your site. I’m not going to go into the technicality of creating a good audio track here. Today I’m looking at the best way to embed the audio in the page once you have it.

I have seen many audio players and some are great looking, however, I have seen many which look awful and completely spoil the look of the page.

Although I said I’m not going into the actual recording technicalities, I just have to say one thing. DONT!!! Do a telephone recording and put it on the site, unless you are recording a telephone interview with someone. It is so simple to record onto your PC or Mac Nowadays that there is no excuse for appalling sounding audio…

How To Get Audio On To Your WordPress Site
Here are a few ways to get Audio on your site. The first is to use The “Audio Player” Plugin for WordPress.This is just about the easiest way to get audio on to your site using the ”Audio Player” Plugin. I have recorded an example audio below and used the “Audio Player” Plugin which I think looks great and can be used on any site. It will fit in no matter what the colour scheme.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

How To Get It
Go to “Plugins” in your dashboard and click on “Add New” at the top of the page, then in the search box type in “Audio Player”. It should be the first one on the list.. by “Martin Laine” You will need to host your .mp3 files somewhere other than on your WordPress Account.

Simply click on “Install” on the right hand side of the page and then go to the page or post you want the audio file. and enter:

I have had to do the code above as a graphic, siply because if I put the real code in it just reverts to the player you see above. The actual code to the player above is:

In other word the fill link to wherever your mp3 file site. I would suggest you look at getting an Amazon s3 account to host your audio files. go to http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ That’s where this link above is hosted.

SoundCloud Audio Player

This player is mainly for music but has been used for narrated audio. Simply sign up for an account and upload your music or other audio to the site.

You will be provided with an embed code which you can paste into your page or post. Don’t forget to paste it in the “html” page not the “Visual” (You can also use a plugin and a shortcode – see the SoundCloud site for more information)

Here is a track from my band using SoundCloud, so you can see what it looks like… For more go to www.vinemessiah.com
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There other ways but I find these 2 the cleanest ways of getting audio on to your WordPress sites. you can find additional information on this subject -  Click Here

Andy Phillips