SoundCloud widget for wordpress.com

ericw · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 5:41 pm
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Hi,
it would be great if wordpress.com would support soundcloud widgets with a widget shortcode like [soundcloud track="flickermood"]
SoundCloud is arguably the best way to send, receive and distribute music on the web. Its currently very fast-growing community of 25 000+ artists and labels are using soundcloud to get their music out to other producers, fans and music blogs.

Some people call it “Flickr for music”, some “cloud services for bands/labels”. Here’s some coverage:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/09/soundcloud-here-like-flickr-for-music
http://techcrunch.com/2008/10/01/soundcloud-streamlines-music-sharing-for-industry-professionals
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1322-this-promo-video-for-soundcloud-shows-how

Here’s an example of the embedded SoundCloud flash widget on my (hosted wordpress) blog:

http://eric.wahlforss.com/2008/10/19/sunday-music

the embed code is a straight-forward flash embed, no special requirements.

cheers,
eric [founder and cto, soundcloud.com]
alexanderljung · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 6:03 pm
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+1 for this!
openmusicmedia · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm
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that would be a really nice touch. Hope this happens!
vivianpaige · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 6:27 pm
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You should contact Automattic directly about this.
ericw · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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@vivianpaige ok, i did this through the support form, but is there maybe a better way?
vivianpaige · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 7:18 pm
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yes – there is a better way :) There is a link o Automattic at the bottom of the forum. http://automattic.com/ and there is contact info there.

That’s the best way to have your idea heard
hinkeb · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 7:55 pm
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+1
vivianpaige · Member · Oct 20, 2008 at 7:57 pm
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BTW – all you folks posting your support – it doesn’t mean beans unless you are hosted here at wordpress.COM. And none of you has your blog linked in your user name as explained in the sticky at the top of the forum. (Go into your dashboard -> users -> your profile -> then scroll down to ‘contact info’. In the spot where it says ‘website’ fill in the address of your blog and save the changes.
Now… when you comment here and on other blogs, your name will link to your blog. If you do this before you post your request for help, it will allow forum volunteers to be able to help you quicker since they won’t have to ask you for a link and wait until you come back to post one.)

I also find it mighty curious that none of you has ever posted in the forums before today.
petermarks · Member · Oct 21, 2008 at 7:23 am
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+1!
teck07 · Member · Oct 21, 2008 at 8:18 am
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+3!
chiconauta · Member · Oct 23, 2008 at 8:32 pm
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how that you post on your blog?
hiddendriveways · Member · Oct 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm
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I BIG + 1 from me. Check out the nightmare I just had with trying to get a different audio player to work:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/212195?replies=5

Then I tried out the Soundcloud widget and I finally got my music on my blog properly. If there had been a Soundcloud plugin for WordPress it would have saved me literally a couple days of work.
vivianpaige · Member · Oct 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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hiddendriveways – if you are self-hosted, you are in the wrong forum. This forum is for blogs hosted at wordpress.COM.
hiddendriveways · Member · Oct 27, 2008 at 7:34 pm
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Gee whiz. Excuse me. I thought this was a thread for people who wanted an integrated Soundcloud player for WordPress.
thesacredpath · Member · Oct 27, 2008 at 7:58 pm
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SoundCloud will not work here on the wordpress.COM free hosting service.
vivianpaige · Member · Oct 28, 2008 at 12:56 am
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@hiddendriveways – no, this forum is for blogs hosted at wordpress.COM, which is totally different from wordpress.ORG. The original poster specifically says wordpress.COM.
idly6lira · Member · Oct 31, 2008 at 9:41 am
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+1 for this! Hopefully wordpress will add the widget…
wazze · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 11:56 pm
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+7
trigz · Member · Nov 6, 2008 at 11:33 am
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I hope this widget will come soon.
masterclasslady · Member · Nov 6, 2008 at 2:21 pm
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Doesn’t Soundcloud decrease revenue for the artist because of the “sharing” aspect of the format?

I see there is a “buy” option, but the digital store is not a known entity like Itunes or Rhapsody.

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