Sorry for the delay. We are quicker usually on the support but since its holiday, we are short-staff. I have installed the MP3 Audio Player Pro plugin on your site as well as added the According to People Familiar with the Matter albums in WP-Admin > MP3 Player.
Please note that since you are using the Sonaar Theme, the MP3 Player take over the built-in audio player of the theme so the current playlist set with the theme wont work.
You need to add your albums and tracks to WP-Admin > MP3 Player instead of the default theme's playlist (WP-Admin > Playlists). The playlist custom post type become obsolete in this case.
Yes, the business plan allows you to sell directly with WooCommerce, as well as display albums (like the built-in theme's audio player, but with much more feature and flexibility).
Do you want me to setup an example in WooCommerce ?
Please note that since you are using the Sonaar Theme, the MP3 Player take over the built-in audio player of the theme so the current playlist set with the theme wont work.
You need to add your albums and tracks to WP-Admin > MP3 Player instead of the default theme's playlist (WP-Admin > Playlists). The playlist custom post type become obsolete in this case.
Can I have a page that just has the tracks (playable) just like I had on https://timgales.com/albums/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/ and buttons that lead to the shop page layout? Or another way to ask it is, can i still have a page that looks like one I had before, so I am not pushing the "buy" call to action ? Then just have a "Buy CD" button that leads to the shop page?
My left top logo is in white (on white) and i want it to show the secondary logo in black, the link buttons at the bottom are black text over black button, i am guessing.
"can i still have a page that looks like one I had before, so I am not pushing the "buy" call to action ? Then just have a "Buy CD" button that leads to the shop page?"
Yes you can do the exact same thing as before... and more. Because you are selling album, a recommend you to built your album playlist directly in the product post. Do archieve this you have to go to wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>general And check product as post type
When it is done, edit one product and built the playlist as you have done with playlist post. That way you dont have to create one product post and one playlist post. You can style the player on the product post to wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>woocommerce
I have MP3 Player Pro installed. Because I can no longer use the "Playlist" to create a page with all my Albums, how do I use MP3 Player Pro to create a page that shows just the covers of my albums and name of album that can be clicked on to get to the player so people can listen and purchase the music?
Attached is what I get when following the instructions from your YouTube video. But I am assuming the video doesn't relate to having the MP3 Player Pro plugin. Please advise.
I apologize for the confusion in our documentation. It appears that we have changed the name of the "playlist" post to "track" post. You can access these posts through "wp-admin>mp3 player>all track".
You can choose between the "boxed" or "floated" layout in "wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>general". The player on the single track page will inherit the style from the options set in "wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>widget player".
Additionally, you have the option to activate the "Use Advanced Player Shortcode for the Single Post" feature in these settings. This allows you to utilize all available parameters of the shortcode to configure the player.
Regarding the template, access is not available with the business plan. You need to upgrade your license to a higher plan to access the template library.
Thanks for the info. Still doesn't answer my question on how to get a page with all my albums covers and title that would - when clicking a single album cover it- redirect to the single page with all the tracks. This is how I had it before I purchased the MP3player pro version. But apparently the "Playlist" feature in WPAdmin is bypassed by MP3 Player Pro plugin. Please advise.
Hello Tim, the MP3 Player plugin does not have an archive page that displays all track posts. The archive page of the Sonaar theme is not compatible with the MP3 Player plugin. However, you have several options:
You can use the Essential Grid plugin to create a grid that displays all tracks/albums.
Unfortunately, none of your suggestions worked for me. It only made me more confused, because the instructional videos assume one is using the playlist but the MP3 Player Pro disables the use of the playlist. So, the Essential Grid settings do not work (as far as I can see).
Can I hire you to create an album page (grid) with just the cover and title and then a page showing that album with the playable tracks, streaming options, purchase buttons for physical CD and purchase button for “Download" of the whole album? If you can set up one Album, then I can take it from there.
Great. I believe you still have login info. If not let me know. I left under “Products” my album "According to People Familiar with the Matter" to use as the album. All assets are in the database. Elementor is already installed. I made the purchase for $80 on the website.
I will want to have streaming links to Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify for the whole album and the individual tracks.
Also, feel free to adjust the menu to reflect your changes.
I am still not able to get the tracks for Popp. 205 playlist in MP3 player to show up on the product page. Including the "Stream on your favorite platform" buttons even though I added them according to your instructions.
Hi Tim, Everythings look fine on my side. To set tracks on this product https://timgales.com/product/pop205/ Edit it. Scrolldown and you will see where the tracklist is built.
You will be able to remove or add track.
At the bottom of the page, you will find a section labeled "External link button." This is where you should add the streaming platforms.
Here how to change the image, the title and the description
This is not correct. These songs belong to the "According to People Familiar with the Matter " CD. If you look at the product "Pop. 205" you will see there are only 2 songs listed. I don't know where you are getting the photo of "First cut is the deepest , but it is not on the product for "Pop/. 205"
I am trying to understand how to get the playlist for "Pop. 205" on the listing for "Pop. 205" as well as have the "Stream on your favorite platform" buttons show up.
I have included a screenshot of one of the songs "Pictures of Tomorrow" in Pop. 205 product and the external links filled in.
Hi Tim, I finally understand the misunderstanding. You no longer need to use the "track" posts. You should manage your album through the product post. It's much better to have everything on the same post.
This still does not help. I deleted the tracks posts. Now there are only “Products” posts. There is a product post for Pop. 205 and it still is not working. Please advise.
Solved! My bad, I must have duplicated the product page for “According to People Familiar with the matter” and did not change the uploads, because I thought it was using the “Tracks” post” Thanks for your help and your patience.
Hi,
Sorry for the delay. We are quicker usually on the support but since its holiday, we are short-staff.
I have installed the MP3 Audio Player Pro plugin on your site as well as added the According to People Familiar with the Matter albums in WP-Admin > MP3 Player.
https://timgales.com/album/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/
Please note that since you are using the Sonaar Theme, the MP3 Player take over the built-in audio player of the theme so the current playlist set with the theme wont work.
You need to add your albums and tracks to WP-Admin > MP3 Player instead of the default theme's playlist (WP-Admin > Playlists). The playlist custom post type become obsolete in this case.
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
Ok, you want to sell your album on WooCommerce? I did not get that.
You want to sell the whole albums or individual tracks through WooCommerce?
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
Yes, the business plan allows you to sell directly with WooCommerce, as well as display albums (like the built-in theme's audio player, but with much more feature and flexibility).
Do you want me to setup an example in WooCommerce ?
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
See example here:
https://timgales.com/product/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/
https://timgales.com/shop/
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
Thank you. Just what I imagined. Is there more in-depth documentation on the MP3 player?
Yes.
See here https://sonaar.io/docs/mp3-audio-player/
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
Thanks, Max. One more question. How can I remove the "On click" play music from the album image on
https://timgales.com/shop/
for my album?
The others just link to the page for that album.
You want to remove the play button on hover: https://drops.sonaar.io/i/yAhEyC
correct?
If so, you need to set to inactive this option https://drops.sonaar.io/i/ftBAZx which i just did for you.
Thanks,
Max from the Sonaar.io Crew
Perfect. Thank you.
Hi Max,
Happy New Year!
In regards to your comment:
Please note that since you are using the Sonaar Theme, the MP3 Player take over the built-in audio player of the theme so the current playlist set with the theme wont work.
You need to add your albums and tracks to WP-Admin > MP3 Player instead of the default theme's playlist (WP-Admin > Playlists). The playlist custom post type become obsolete in this case.
Can I have a page that just has the tracks (playable) just like I had on https://timgales.com/albums/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/ and buttons that lead to the shop page layout? Or another way to ask it is, can i still have a page that looks like one I had before, so I am not pushing the "buy" call to action ? Then just have a "Buy CD" button that leads to the shop page?
Thanks
Tim
Also, I have tried everything to find out how to adjust the settings for the following page:
https://timgales.com/album/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/
My left top logo is in white (on white) and i want it to show the secondary logo in black, the link buttons at the bottom are black text over black button, i am guessing.
Please advise.
Thanks
Hi Tim,
"can i still have a page that looks like one I had before, so I am not pushing the "buy" call to action ? Then just have a "Buy CD" button that leads to the shop page?"
Yes you can do the exact same thing as before... and more.
Because you are selling album, a recommend you to built your album playlist directly in the product post.
Do archieve this you have to go to wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>general
And check product as post type
When it is done, edit one product and built the playlist as you have done with playlist post.
That way you dont have to create one product post and one playlist post.
You can style the player on the product post to wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>woocommerce
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi Alexandre,
Thanks for your help.
Why are there greyed out buttons in the settings, like in WooCommercre settings?
Switcher options are gray when they are disable and blue when they are enable
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Why are they disabled? There seems to be a lot of them throughout.
Some options are by default disabled and other not. It is up to you set them as you want.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
But I can't turn them on or off. How do I make them not disabled?
What do you mean you cantt turn then on or off?
You are not able to do this? The video capture was capted from your site.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hello,
I have MP3 Player Pro installed. Because I can no longer use the "Playlist" to create a page with all my Albums, how do I use MP3 Player Pro to create a page that shows just the covers of my albums and name of album that can be clicked on to get to the player so people can listen and purchase the music?
Attached is what I get when following the instructions from your YouTube video. But I am assuming the video doesn't relate to having the MP3 Player Pro plugin. Please advise.
Hi Tim,
I apologize for the confusion in our documentation. It appears that we have changed the name of the "playlist" post to "track" post. You can access these posts through "wp-admin>mp3 player>all track".
You can choose between the "boxed" or "floated" layout in "wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>general". The player on the single track page will inherit the style from the options set in "wp-admin>mp3 player>settings>widget player".
Additionally, you have the option to activate the "Use Advanced Player Shortcode for the Single Post" feature in these settings. This allows you to utilize all available parameters of the shortcode to configure the player.
Regarding the template, access is not available with the business plan. You need to upgrade your license to a higher plan to access the template library.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Thanks for the info. Still doesn't answer my question on how to get a page with all my albums covers and title that would - when clicking a single album cover it- redirect to the single page with all the tracks. This is how I had it before I purchased the MP3player pro version. But apparently the "Playlist" feature in WPAdmin is bypassed by MP3 Player Pro plugin. Please advise.
Hello Tim, the MP3 Player plugin does not have an archive page that displays all track posts. The archive page of the Sonaar theme is not compatible with the MP3 Player plugin. However, you have several options:
You can use the Essential Grid plugin to create a grid that displays all tracks/albums.
What's even better is to use Elementor Pro, which offers many more possibilities. Here one example: https://templates.sonaar.io/audience/playlists/
You can also manually insert a player per album on the same page.
Alternatively, you can use the carousel option as shown here: https://sonaar.io/mp3-audio-player-pro/music-player-for-wordpress/examples/#sliders
Does those solutions help you a bit? Do you still want to purchase an hour of "custom work"?
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi Alexandre,
Unfortunately, none of your suggestions worked for me. It only made me more confused, because the instructional videos assume one is using the playlist but the MP3 Player Pro disables the use of the playlist. So, the Essential Grid settings do not work (as far as I can see).
Can I hire you to create an album page (grid) with just the cover and title and then a page showing that album with the playable tracks, streaming options, purchase buttons for physical CD and purchase button for “Download" of the whole album? If you can set up one Album, then I can take it from there.
Let me know what you need.
Thanks for your help.
Tim
Hi Tim,
We will do it for one hour of customization. But we need elementor pro.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Great. I believe you still have login info. If not let me know. I left under “Products” my album "According to People Familiar with the Matter" to use as the album. All assets are in the database. Elementor is already installed. I made the purchase for $80 on the website.
I will want to have streaming links to Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify for the whole album and the individual tracks.
Also, feel free to adjust the menu to reflect your changes.
Let me know what else you need.
Thanks for your help
Tim
When you say you need Elementor Pro, is that different from the Elementor that is in my dashboard? If so, send me a link to download.
Hi Tim,
https://elementor.com/pro/?utm_source=wp-plugins&utm_campaign=gopro&utm_medium=wp-dash
As you will see Elementor Pro is not free but yu will be able to redisgn every archive and single templates.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Elementor Pro Advanced has been installed and activated. Let me know what else you need.
Tanks
Tim
Hi Alexandre,
Can you please give me an idea when this might be completed?
Thanks
Tim
Alexandre,
Attached are mock-ups of what I am trying to achieve - if possible.
Attached files: Product page example.jpg
Grid Example.jpg
Hi Tim I m running out of time right now.
We we probalby do this monday morning.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi,
Here the product grid. https://timgales.com/music-fullwidth/
And here the product page https://timgales.com/product/according-to-people-familiar-with-the-matter/
Is this what you wanted?
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi Alexandre,
Looks good, but can you tell me how to create these pages now.
I tried to create a new product and it showed up on the pages, but the player showed tracks from ATPFWTM CD.
Also, how do I create the streaming buttons on top?
Also noticed that there is not an option to clone/duplicate in the MP3 Player - all tracks page.
Let me know.
Thanks for your help.
Tim
Hi Tim,
Sorry,
My mistake. The player from the single product was not dynamic. It is now.
To create the streaming buttons please use the "external link button" feature in the product post setting
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi Alexandre,
I am still not able to get the tracks for Popp. 205 playlist in MP3 player to show up on the product page. Including the "Stream on your favorite platform" buttons even though I added them according to your instructions.
https://timgales.com/product/pop205/
Can you please send me a step-by-step instructions for connecting the MP3 player playlist for a specific project to show up on the same product page?
Thank you
Hi Tim,
Everythings look fine on my side.
To set tracks on this product https://timgales.com/product/pop205/
Edit it.
Scrolldown and you will see where the tracklist is built.
You will be able to remove or add track.
At the bottom of the page, you will find a section labeled "External link button." This is where you should add the streaming platforms.
Here how to change the image, the title and the description
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
Hi Alexandre,
This is not correct. These songs belong to the "According to People Familiar with the Matter " CD. If you look at the product "Pop. 205" you will see there are only 2 songs listed. I don't know where you are getting the photo of "First cut is the deepest , but it is not on the product for "Pop/. 205"
I am trying to understand how to get the playlist for "Pop. 205" on the listing for "Pop. 205" as well as have the "Stream on your favorite platform" buttons show up.
I have included a screenshot of one of the songs "Pictures of Tomorrow" in Pop. 205 product and the external links filled in.
Please send instructions.
Hi Tim,
I finally understand the misunderstanding. You no longer need to use the "track" posts. You should manage your album through the product post. It's much better to have everything on the same post.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
This still does not help. I deleted the tracks posts. Now there are only “Products” posts. There is a product post for Pop. 205 and it still is not working. Please advise.
Solved! My bad, I must have duplicated the product page for “According to People Familiar with the matter” and did not change the uploads, because I thought it was using the “Tracks” post” Thanks for your help and your patience.
You are welcome.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
One last question. If I want, How can I change the text on the product pages "Stream on your favorite platform"?
Hi Tim,
Go to wp-admin>templates
And edit the single album product with elementor
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew
I appreciate the link below, but it doesn't tell me where it is located.
I don't see this template in wp-admin>templates. Could it be somewhere else?
There are only 5 templates there:
OffCanvas Apex
apex – about 01
Apex-Footer
Apex Homepage
Artist Single Page
Oh, I can see I can get to it from the top menu "Edit with Elementor"
Thanks
Yes this is another way. Well done.
Thanks,
Alexandre from the Sonaar.io Crew