Getting Started

MP3 Sticky Player is a powerful and extremely customizable responsive mp3 / mp4, audio & video player that is using playlists to play local, self hosted or streaming audio & video files, HLS / m3u8, Youtube, Podcasts, Itunes Podcasts, SoundCloud, Shoutcast & Icecast radio, Google Drive, Amazon S3 and much more.

Please note that the MP3 Sticky Player Wordpress Plugin installation and configuration is not complicated but because it has a lot of customizable settings it might seem complicated, so please go through the entire help file and watch the video tutorial before trying to install it into your own Wordpress site.

MP3 Sticky Player is compatible with any WordPress theme and it has no dependencies.

Installation

After purchasing the plugin from CodeCanyon, inside the main zip file you will find installable plugin fwdmsp.zip, video tutorial

Installation steps

• 1. In your WordPress Admin Dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
• 2. Upload the fwdmsp.zip plugin file that you downloaded from CodeCanyon.
• 3. Click on install now.
• 4. If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer.

Update

Uninstall and delete the current installed version, doing this will not remove any of the settings or playlists, install the new version by following the steps from the installation section above, and if you are using a cache plugin clear the browser cache with it to make sure the old files are not used.

Usage

The plugin is constructed of three sections, the preset settings which is used to create presets and modify the player functionality, the playlist section wich is used to create playlists and add your tracks in them and the CSS section which is used to update surten CSS aspects of the plugin for example the tracks text color.

Plase note that I have created a detailed video tutorial explaning everything you need to know about how to install and use the plugin, so I encourage you to watch it from start to end.

Presets

Frist step is to create your own preset, just enter your preset name in the preset name input and click on the Add preset button, after this you will have access to an Update preset button that allows to save the modified preset settings. Please note all preset settings are self explanatory and the ones that need more information have a tooltip attached to them.

Playlists

Next step is to create your own playlist by clicking on the Add new main playlist button and give the main playlist a name.

To create a normal playlist that allows to add mixed tracks types click on the Add new playlist button, give the new playlist a name and add it. In the newely created playlist it is possible to add as many tracks as you want.

The other playlist types are self explanatory when using the backend to add them you will be prompted with a dialog popup that has information about how to add them. I also explain all types in detail in this video tutorial.

Shortcode

After the preset and playlist are created use the shortcode generator to add the player in your page, post or custom post.

Resources

This section contains useful resorces and information about the plugin usage and it's features.

Shoutcast

Using shoutcast is best exmplained in a video tutorial, pelase watch it from start to end.

Google Drive

For this I have created a video tutorial, pelase watch it from start to end.

https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/[file_id]?alt=media&key=[api_key]&v=[.mp4][.mp3]

Example of working .mp4 file https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/0B4Au_agYmWFZNHNtZTlXUm1UUUE?alt=media&key=AIzaSyBsJ8HRNI4iHUqpszDtx3Ijq3ZKoXLUx-E&v=.mp4 and mp3 file https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/0B4Au_agYmWFZVG0zc2pzalVCVjg?alt=media&key=AIzaSyBsJ8HRNI4iHUqpszDtx3Ijq3ZKoXLUx-E&v=.mp3 .

Dropbox

Copy the drop box video or audio link, then replace www.dropbox.com with dl.dropboxusercontent.com.

Thus the URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/abcd/file.mp4?dl=0&type=.mp3 will become: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/acbd/file.mp4?dl=0&type=.mp3 . If you are using mp4 files change the type to .mp4 like this &type=.mp4 .

Google analytics

Please watch this video tutorial for more info.

API - Application Programming Interface

This section is for developers that want to use the plugin API. The following lists represent all the public API methods and event listeners that can be used from the player externally.

You can access the player instances by their order in the page with the "fwdmspPlayer" name with its order after it, starting from 0. For example if you have 2 instances their names are "fwdmspPlayer0" and "fwdmspPlayer1". Here is an example how to use the API in the Wordpress editor or in a code section of your page:

<script type="text/javascript">
    FWDMSPUtils.onReady(function(){
		fwdmspPlayer0.addListener(FWDMSP.READY, onReady);
		fwdmspPlayer0.addListener(FWDMSP.PLAY, onPlay);
	});

	function onReady(){
		console.log("player ready");
	}

	function onPlay(){
		console.log("current playing track id: " + fwdmspPlayer0.getTrackId());
	}
	
	function playNextTrack(){
		fwdmspPlayer0.playNext();
	}
</script>

<!-- Add a button -->
<button onclick="playNextTrack()">Play next track</button>

Notes

I've been working on this plugin since 2006 and I will continue to improve it and add new features, during this time, I got very good at supporting MP3 Sticky Player, understanding my clients, adding new features and fix bugs that are inevitable in this crazy WEB world.

For me this is more than a job, it is my passion, I love to create innovative tools that my clients can benefit from. @Tibi - FWD.

For support and customizations please write to me directly at this email.