Here’s a quick preview of how an artist page currently looks in the site-in-progress (used my own artist page for demo purposes). The over all look of the page hasn’t been finalized. We are working on functionality first. An explanatory video showing how to play tracks, upload tracks, change page image files etc., is on the way.
Here’s a brief summary of some of the things you can do.
As you can see, the top of the page shows a large artist banner. Until artwork is uploaded this area will show the same banner as on the main MP3U page, or genre-specific artwork, by default. When logged in, a tiny cog icon appears in the upper right corner of the banner area. To change the artwork, simply click the icon and choose your own image. Several images may be uploaded here if you prefer a rotating carousel (like on the main page of the old site) rather than one static image. Entirely up to you.
Below the banner you can see the ‘upload’ button. Uploading a new mp3 is as simple as clicking that button and choosing the track from your computer.
Tracks are displayed 10 at a time. Just click the right arrow here to see the next 10 in your track list
As you can see, individual track artwork is now also possible. If you don’t assign specific artwork the track art will show your artist profile pic by default (you can see this in the screenshot for the track MP3U in the Classroom).
When you hover the mouse cursor over the play button to the left of the track titles, it will offer two choices. You can click the ‘play’ button to start the track playing in the player at the bottom of the screen (in this screenshot the 10th track is currently playing). The red part above the player is showing location in the track in a ‘progress bar’.
Or you can click the ‘+’ button to add the track to your playlist, accessible in the bottom right of the screen, to listen to later. You can build your playlist over time and/or edit it as you see fit.
The upcoming video demo will clarify the above and more. If you’ve any specific questions, fire ahead 🙂 - Phil ... See more
