Does any1 know how in the world I can put my MP3's on the internet? I know I sound dumb, and I du have a degree in Graphic Design but I just dont know how...

I felt really dumb about this too. I have Dreamweaver and a Dreamweaver book and I looked it up. It was three easy steps and I thought, no way is it that easy!

There are lots of ways to do it though, I just don't know what they are. Good luck! If you have Dreamweaver, let me know and I will post the instructions.

You will need to upload it to a server.

The easiest place I've seen is mp3.com

after you follow all the instructions, it will get reviewed and you'll see the results in about a week.


Otherwise try searching for free hosting services, and upload your files there.

Basically, you need a server.

Do not use dreamweaver unless you've learnt the coding languages, you wont know how to use it properly till you understand the linear function of programing. Trust me on this, I use dreamweaver even though Im a programmer.

There is a company at the moment though that offer to help you if you dont wanna learn webdesign. mp3.com will host your mp3s, make a small website & make CD's for you for 4 dollars of Cd sales . This is probably the quickest & cheapest option

God bless

Lewis

Cloud, if a person just wants to put their music up on the internet and they have dreamweaver, what's so wrong about using it? Not all of us have the time to learn coding languages. My music is up and people can hear it. What's so terrible about that? I can learn more later, but I wanted to put my music up right away. Why make it more difficult for someone?

I know there are many ways to put your music on the web and a person's website can be as simple or as involved as they want. We all have different opinions, needs, learning curves and resources.

I just made a very basic page. Uploaded several of my songs, added some graphics, and created links to my songs (e.g. http://www.renoyouth.com/...tout.mp3). Pretty easy if you don't mind people taking your songs. Of course, you need enough room to upload mp3 files to your server, so try to keep them (or make them) small if space is a problem.

http://www.renoyouth.com/jasziah

VinaBlue said:

There's a certain "purist" attitude when it comes to being a programmer. When one takes as much time to learn it as I'm sure cloud 9 has, I'm sure he is only incouraging you to learn as well.

I do agree however the best solution for paisleypark4 is to go to http://www.mp3.com and use their free service.


example: the first site I did was through their free service and it's still up. http://www.mp3.com/frankaxtell

When I finnally had time to make it myself, after learning Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver, I built this:
http://www.frankaxtell.com

But that was after doing at my job for three years everyday.

What cloud and I are trying to say is that although Dreamweaver may allow you to FTP your files to an internet server (put your mp3's on the internet) you still need a place to put them (an internet server).

MP3.com is a place to put them.

Just trying to help.

yamomma said:

I understand this. Obviously it would be better if we all knew everything about everything. It just sounded to me like Paisley had their mp3's ready and wanted to put them up and was a little frustrated about how to do it. Exactly the same position I was in two weeks ago. I'm impatient, and since I had everthing necessary to put them up, I figured out how to do it and I was very happy. Very happy. I was only trying to help and I did say (on another thread) eventually I was going to learn more and make a better page. But for now, I just wanted people to hear my music, pronto.


That is an opinion. That is a lot of people's opinion. Personally, I would rather have something unique. I know my website isn't a big deal, but I prefer it to mp3.com. I'm not knocking anyone elses way. To each his own. I'm not saying anyone is wrong and neither are you, I just felt like Cloud was saying I was wrong because he did the same thing to me in another thread (http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=21253) when I was only trying to help someone. Again, I was really happy when I put my songs up on Sept 5th.


Exactly, when you finally had time. You had something temporary first, just to get your music heard. I accomplished the same thing. We all have different opinions as to what is reasonable and acceptable.

Did you learn the coding languages too? Or did you just learn Dreamweaver? Acording to Cloud, this is very wrong.

I work full time too. 3 years is a long time to wait, I hope to get something a little more decent up by the end of the year.

My boyfriend is a writer and he had someone create a website for him. This guy took a really long time to put it all together, and he was using the coding languages and Dreamweaver. After the basic site was done, my boyfriend got a book on Dreamweaver and taught himself how to create more pages and update his site. www.sunwolfpress.com

It's super easy, and of course there are going to be limitations if you don't know the basics of how it works. That's like just using a keyboard sound without knowing how to patch a Moog, right? Same thing. I do the best I can with the keyboard sounds I have available to me and as soon as my album is finished I'm going to start experimenting with creating sounds.




I'm just trying to help too. Don't most ISP's give you free webspace? That's how I put mine up.

Anyway, I'm not mad at anyone. We all have valuable information to share.

yamomma said:

I checked out the page and it's very nice. I like the little videos that play during the songs, nice touch.

Thank you.

I never got free web space. I had to buy it.

PaiselyPark4 will have to contact his/her provider, I suppose.

VinaBlue said:

Well, talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill guys lol.

Basically, Im giving instructions that will be the difference between a 300+ hits a day site or a 1 hit per week site. Dreamweaver does make it easy for non technical users to make a site but if problems occur (which is more than likely) you will not know whats wrong till you look at the code & correct it, I know this because I encountered this problem.

Learning the codes is not even slightly hard & if you want a successful site there are certain things that dreamweaver doesnt do that a programmer can, like search engine coverage & link arranging. html took me less than a week to learn & thats all you really need.

To create a good website, you need to know your stuff, Im simply giving advice to help you do this & was in no way insulting your use of dreamweaver or your site.

In creating a website for your music, you are venturing into the art of promotion, I am giving you the necessary knowelege to do that on the net

Do check the link I gave you, you wont know the difference it makes & how easy it is till you try. Need I add that most webdesigners make $50 an hour so its a good skill to have be it for yourself or making a site for another talented musician as I am for Jdodson

If you would like me to do a little on your site like search engine coverage or even flashy graphics, just hollar

God bless

Lewis

I'll be fine on my own, thanks
[This message was edited Tue Sep 17 11:58:33 PDT 2002 by VinaBlue]

One could learn so much here.

TheCloud9Mission said:

Are you sure you don't get 300 hits a week because that's the number of threads you start here?

FreezerBurn said:

Yes, but then you would know, its only my site