How to Upload an MP3 to a Website
You can upload MP3 files to your website depending on the bandwidth allocation and file size limit of your hosting package. Uploading an MP3 follows a similar format to uploading any file or page to your website and you can do it in just a few minutes.
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Instructions
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Create a new folder on your computer desktop and call it "MP3Uploads." Copy and paste all of the MP3 files that you want to upload to your website into the "MP3Uploads" folder.
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Right-click on each MP3 file and select "Rename." Rename the file so that it has no spaces in the name. Note that the name of the file will determine the download URL. For example, if you have an MP3 file that you want to upload called "01 Title of Song.mp3" change the file to "TitleOfSong.mp3". Note that you must put the file into a zipped folder if you want to make it available for download online. Right-click the file and select "Send to" then click on "Compressed (zipped) Folder." Note that the file extension will be "titleofsong.zip" if you do this.
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Open the webpage in which you want to add the MP3 file. Enter the following HTML code, if you want the MP3 to be viewable online:
<embed src="titleofsong.mp3" autostart="false" width="220" height="45"></embed>
Change "titleofsong.mp3" to the exact filename of your MP3 and alter the height and width to suit your preferences. Add the following code if you want to make the file downloadable:
<a href="titleofsong.zip">Click here to download</a>
Replace "titleofsong.zip" with the exact file name of the zipped MP3 file and change "Click here to download" to the appropriate anchor text to suit your preferences.
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Open your FTP client. Log into your web host by entering the domain name of your website into the "Host" field, choosing "FTP." Enter your account username and password. Note that you can obtain this information through your web host provider. Click "Connect" or equivalent.
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Navigate to the "public_html" folder for "remote site" in your FTP client. Navigate to the "MP3Uploads" folder for "local site" in your FTP client.
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Double-click the MP3 that you want to upload or highlight the file, right-click and choose "Upload." Wait for the progress bar to reach 100 percent and minimize your FTP client.
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Open a web browser and input the web address for the page where you uploaded the MP3 file. View or download the MP3 file and ensure that properly works.
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Tips & Warnings
You must use the same case as the uploaded file or the browser will redirect you to a "File not found" page when typing in an URL extension.
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