Manga Artists' Guild

Okay, those of you who were at the meeting the other day are aware that I was asked to put a step-by-step tutorial of how to put music on one's blog via Project Playlist on my page. So, now I shall do so.


~First, you will need to go to http://www.playlist.com and set up an account. The option to do so will be at the top right-hand corner of the page. It'll say "SIGN UP!". The site will walk you through the creation of the account.


~Next, type the names of the songs you want in the searchbar. The site will search for you and give you two buttons next to each result: a play symbol and a plus sign. The play symbol will allow you to preview the song, which I HIGHLY recommend you do. Some of the songs are corrupt files, low quality, or the wrong song altogether. Then, when you're sure you want it, press the plus sign. That'll add the song to your new playlist.


~When you're done getting songs, click "My Account" at the top of the page.


~On that page, scroll down until you see "My Playlists". Underneath your playlist names, it'll give you several options. Click the middle one, which is "post".


~When you click that, it'll give you options A through E of which type of code you want. The first four are for specific sites, so there's no use in that. Click option E.


~It'll ask you which of your playlists you want to post. If you put more than one playlist on a single account, this is important. Click on the playlist name.


~Here the site gives you a nice sample. Configure your options on this page. You can choose to Autostart, which means the playlist automatically starts playing from the beginning as soon as someone opens your page. You can also make it shuffle randomly, if you like. Then, pick your color. Make it pretty.


~Click "get code!"


~On this page, you will find your code. Cut or Copy this code.


~Now open up Blogger and go to layout. Add a gadget. The gadget you will pick is "HTML/JavaScript". In the big open space, paste the code that Playlist gave you. Save that, and it'll appear on the blog with your other gadgets.


~Congratulations! Your blog plays music! Remember, Manga Club members, this is a school function, so make sure your lyrics in your songs are school appropriate.