How to Use Gabcast to Create Audio Clips for Blogger.com
For some bloggers, posting text just isn't enough--they want visitors to hear the sound of their voice, or other audio effects. Here's how to add audio clips to your Blogger.com page, courtesy of the Gabcast Web site.
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Instructions
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Sign Up With Gabcast
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Use a site like Gabcast to create audio clips via your phone and publish them to your blog (see the Resources section below).
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Register as a Gabcast user by providing an email address and a password and entering your blog address in the text field labeled 'Web Site.'
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Create a channel for your audio clips. Provide a title and password to access your channel. Your password must be numerical so that you can access it from a telephone.
Record an Audio Clip for Your Blog
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Call the Gabcast toll-free number.
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Enter the channel number provided for you after you create a channel when you log in to your Gabcast account. Enter the password. Record your audio clip, which can be up to one hour in length.
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Choose to publish the message.
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Access your audio clip from your Gabcast account. Find the 'Published Episode' link and click on it.
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Click on the 'Player HTML' link. Highlight and copy the HTML code to your clipboard.
Post Audio Clips to Your Blog
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Sign in to your account on Blogger.com to reach the blog 'Dashboard' page. Click the 'Layout' link.
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Choose the 'Add a Page Element' link and find the 'HTML/JavaScript' icon. Click the 'Add to Blog' link.
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Title the audio clip and paste the HTML code from your clipboard, and click the 'Save Changes' link. This will post the audio clip to your blog.
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View your blog to see the audio clip player and push the play button to hear the clip.
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Tips & Warnings
Use the Blogger.com help menu to get ideas on how to post audio clips to your blog.
Be sure to read both the Gabcast and Blogger.com terms of service to know your user rights and responsibilities.
