How to play music on here!

[Pixel]

On this forum, you can play music on a page by adding an Podcast to it. Then someone can just hit the play button and it will start. It will look like a normal mp3 file. In order to place an Podcast on a page, you must:

A podcast is a means of distributing audio files (such as .mp3s) over the internet. They can be played on a wide range of media players and computers. If the board administrator has enabled this function, then you may sometimes see links to podcasts within threads.

Podcasts contained within threads are only accessible using RSS feeds.

Now, you may be wondering what I meant by, "RSS feeds". I will explain them.

If the administrator has enabled RSS syndication, this lets you view newly created threads in guest-viewable forums without visiting the board.

The feeds are currently provided in two formats, RSS and RSS v2.

Most modern browsers have facilities for reading RSS feeds and will automatically detect the availability of feeds on bulletin board pages.

So therefore, the Admin must enable RSS feeds, your browser also must.
To know whether or not your browser supports Rss feeds, you will see an icon usually next to the "home" button on your browser. It looks like a grey box with white lines. If your browser detects rss feeds, it will be orange, if no, it will be gray. Hope this helps!

[Kamiaiwai]

Your explination of the RSS system is quite correct, so in theory, you'd be able to do the same with Video and Images, since RSS had those features too. But can the RSS system be complimentary to vBulliten? I've never seen such a thing in forums. Good thread.

[Pixel]

Your explination of the RSS system is quite correct, so in theory, you'd be able to do the same with Video and Images, since RSS had those features too. But can the RSS system be complimentary to vBulliten? I've never seen such a thing in forums. Good thread.

I'm not sure if you can do it with Vbulletin, I could check thuogh!

[Kamiaiwai]

I've done it with blogs like WordPress, it's quite simple. But you have to remember that vBulliten isn't exactly the Matrix. It has it's limits. It'd be nice if it was possible, but we don't know the full extensino of it. If Saiyan were to post somr sort of guide about what vBulliten can or cannot do, it could help us with feature suggestions. And then there's the matter of people learning how to use this stuff. No offense to anyone in particular, but the Internet isn't the home of all the world's next Da Vincis and Newtons...

[Pixel]

Actually there is a place to learn about Vbulletin, you can find it by clicking, HERE (http://forums.saiyanisland.com/faq.php)

[Kamiaiwai]

Alright, I just got back from vacation, I'll read it when I get time. And I'll see if I can get Saiyan to check this out.

[Pixel]

Alright, he's used my explanation of rep before also. But he didn't give me credit. Plus, people can be informed here, so it wouldn't make much sense to alert Saiyan..