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Wordpress SoundCloud & ArtistPlug.ME plugin!

by: Freaking Wildchild @ 11 Mar 2009 [tags: Open Source php SoundCloud VisualDreams Wordpress ]

Admin Screen v1.04

Admin Screen v1.04

Welcome to VisualSound, the WordPress (MU compatible) plug-in with built-in SoundCloud & VisualDreams support.

After searching for a long time on the Internet, I’ve not found any clue for any SoundCloud widget available; so I’ve started development of VisualSound; which is currently in use at some of the Wildchild pages. The applet has a natural interfacing towards SoundCloud & other multimedia providers.

Later support will include direct API support towards SoundCloud and VisualDreams/VisualMix.

The configuration screen allows easy access to a few applet options, available to the users convenience.

* (this SoundCloud widget should autostart!)

WARNING !!!

v1.10+: The standard soundcloud URL can be used as command like {soundcloud play url} and {soundcloud autoplay url}.

pre-v1.0: This plug-in has been simplified with commands.

  • Double check your previous posts/page syntax if you upgrade from pre-v1.0!
  • Disable/Re-enable plug-in for full support to upgrade from pre-v1.0!
  • For Soundcloud: use [keyword] soundcloud and [provider] soundcloud in the configuration screen!
  • If your plug-in does not work, try as [provider] beta

Old syntax: [visualsound username mode location] New syntax: [keyword mode username location]

Newest Syntax: [keyword mode url] where keyword is soundcloud for SoundCloud!


Syntax line:

[keyword mode username location]
[
keyword mode username location
]
description
[
soundcloud track username location
]
play individual track name
[
soundcloud playtrack username location
]
autoplay individual SoundCloud track name*
[
soundcloud set username location
]
open SoundCloud set name
[
soundcloud playset username location
]
autoplay SoundCloud set name
[
soundcloud dropbox
]
show dropbox widget
[
soundcloud cloudplayer
]
show thecloudplayer in blog!
[
visualmix artistplugme username location
]
Open inline ArtistPlug.ME (visualmix) API
[
visualmix artistplugme username location
]
open visualmix api at location

Downloads:

Revision History:

  • 0.8 – Initial release
  • 0.9 – Public release
  • 0.91 – fixed open DIV tags
  • 0.92 – cosmetic fixes and corrected links
  • 0.93 – autoplay works only on single posts, so a cacafony is ruled out!
  • 0.99 – had contact with Soundcloud and they sure motivated me to finish this release!
  • 1.00 – Advanced configuration possible, soundcloudplayer and more!
  • 1.01 – Rewrote database upgrade code + more configurable parameters on user-demand;
  • 1.02 – Added additional artwork, playcount widget parameters and fixed colors for SoundCloud sets;
  • 1.03 – Support Plug-IN parameter gives additionally the sample widget preview which is quite handy!
  • 1.04 – Added support for hidden applet parameters & beta provider for diagnose (out after beta test!)
  • 1.05 – Bugfixes for pages and addition of groups
  • 1.06 – Bugfixes for groups …
  • 1.10 – Added new Soundcloud url parsing to avoid bugs of groups and sets not loading correctly
Send wildchild your track

Enjoy!

Freaking Wildchild

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24 Responses to “Wordpress SoundCloud & ArtistPlug.ME plugin!

  1. baron said:

    Works great, thank you

  2. Arnauld said:

    Hi,

    thanks for this great plugin. Is there a way to cutomize more the player ?

    Arnauld

  3. @arnauld: Which extra settings would you like to customize your player?

    Soon I’ll implement an extra option so comments can be turned on/off, colors can already be set, a lot more is currently not available I am afraid.

    The Cloud Player is out of my reach, although I can for sure try to contact the developers to get a streamlined version for inline includes in the plugin..

  4. Arne Mulder said:

    Great plugin!, i tested it on the entrance page of my portfolio. More streamline would be good for a future release. I think it would fit nice in the top left corner of my page for example :)

  5. @Arne Mulder: Let me know which options you would like and I’ll include them in the next version. I’d like the plug-in to be as open SoundCloud is…

  6. Checkout v1.03 which has all customizations available currently for the SoundCloud Widget .. If you got any other ideas for the widget, feel free to let me know and I’ll try to include this in the newer version. Enjoy!

  7. Arnauld said:

    @Freaking Wildchild well I think this plugin is a great way to show music on wordpress blog as a music player. I was thinking of customizing the play/pause button and the background colour of the player. So it can fit blog designs better. But I suppose it’s difficult to do as it is a soudclound player.

    A big thanks for your work

  8. Paolo said:

    Freaking Wildchild, this plugin is exactly what I’ve been looking for, but apparently it doesn’t work properly on my blog.

    The preview player appears in the backend, but when I try to embed it on a page it doesn’t show up. Can it be a conflict with an other plug in?

    I’m working on more than one “big Dj” official blogs of the nu Italian electro dance scene.

    You’ll receive huge visibility thru these sites!

    Please help!

    Thanks in advance,

    P

  9. @Paolo: Did you call the applet with it’s right command ? [provider command username location] ? If so, Could you please download the beta template and put as provider “beta” in Settings/VisualSound, and paste these results back to me? Also include your Wordpress version and eventual plug-ins in use.

    You need to be sure the template beta.php gets copied in the visual-sound/view/beta/ directory before it’ll work.

    That way I can see if the templates are called correctly through Visual-Sound and its libraries.
    I’ll try to copy your environment to be able to fix this bug for you.

    Thanks in advance, FWC.

  10. Paolo said:

    Thank you Freaking Wildchild, I just sent you a mail with the results of the test and with all specs of the blog!

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    P

  11. @arnauld: Good news for you, I hope ;) The hidden SoundCloud player widget colors can be changed with v1.04 .. Enjoy!

  12. Arnauld said:

    thanks for the good news Freaking Wildchild :-)

  13. Arnauld said:

    Hello Freaking Wildchild,

    it would be great to have the option to get rid off the play/pause button and the “share” little thing at the top right corner just showing the player, completely naked.

    Sorry to bother you with this I am conscious that I want something that fits my needs…

  14. @Arnauld: I’ll consider to get a few “javascript” players included in Visual-Sound, which will use the latest SoundCloud Javascript development; although, how would you visualize your track? Just by putting a title? Also with Waveform?

    Some options would be SoundCloud-Widget dependent and some could be done through Javascript; although I’ll sure forward the questions towards the SoundCloud development team for more customizing around the SoundCloud applet. You’re sure not bothering with such questions ;) We all got our needs and demands, and we programmers are the bridge to solve a lot of that ;)

  15. Arnauld said:

    I think the waveform is important, it’s a very great way to show music, that’s why I like soundclound and your plugin. It adds something more special to all the players I can see around.

    Good luck :-)

  16. I’m working on two new versions of the plug-in; which will be both beta versions. I’m searching betatesters that can test everything out when it’s released; since my latest code contains a lot of experimental features with direct connection towards the SoundCloud API. Other functions will be more customizable player support aside the plugin parameters (through javascript).

    Any WP 2.8 issues will be resolved before releasing the beta towards the test public.

    If you are interested testing the beta’s of Visual-Sound, then let me know please ;) thank you!

  17. Mike said:

    I like this plugin a lot, but I would also like to be able to use it in pages do I need to do something different to show sound cloud in pages, or do I need to use a special template?

  18. @mike: Pages work the same as seperate posts work; just use the VisualSound tag you’ve configured in the configuration interface. Good luck!

  19. Mike said:

    Freaking Wildchild,
    I’m sorry I should have said that I am not able to use the plugin on pages only posts

    Here are two links using the visual sound plugin there content is the same
    http://dmensionsounds.com/home/2009/06/16/playlist
    http://dmensionsounds.com/home/playlst

    Both contain only the following
    [soundcloud playset dmensionsounds daisuke-1]

    Wordpress version 2.8
    Visualsound 1.04

    Please let me know if you need anything else (I noticed in a post above you recommended switching to beta, however the beta template link is not working).

    Thanks a lot,
    Mike

  20. moooo said:

    will there be an update for wp 2.8 ?
    nce work!

  21. @mike: Try the latest v1.05 and let me know if you still got the same problems. Good luck!

  22. @moooo: Thanks for the reply ; The module should be WP 2.8 compatible; if it is not by any chance, then please let me know which doesn’t work and I’ll fix where appropriate.

  23. Version 1.03 doesn’t work with WordPress 2.8.2

    The download links on this site are also incorrect.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visual-sound – This links to version 1.03 not version 1.06 as stated.

    The Plugin looks great, where can i get version 1.06?

    Thanks!

    J

  24. Sorry for the late reply, just found out the comment.

    The latest version should always be found at visualsound.be and normally also through the official wordpress plugin channels – but it seems not to update for one or another mysterious reason …

    Still, if Version 1.06 does not work on WordPress 2.8.2, please let me know the error what goes wrong so I can fix this. Thanks and goodluck!

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