hosting music..

[jeanyusstudios]

i run a recording studio, and i need to incorporate audio (mp3) files to show off my work, (basically the whole purpose of my site).

the filemanager is saying i cannot upload mp3 audio..
so how would i go about adding audio to my page??

please keep in mind i'm new to building a website.

thank you in advance... please help!

by the way, the site is www.JeanYusStudios.com

[IanS]

You can upload via FTP - basically like Explorer on a windows machine where you drag from one window and drop on another.

CuteFTP and FileZilla are popular free ones with people here.

[jeanyusstudios]

thanks
i have already uploaded a song via SmartFTP.. but it does not show up in my file manager, and i dont know how to access it..

[IanS]

Make sure that you uploaded it to the htdocs folder. I may not show in the file manager as it's not an allowed file type. (I don't use the OPS filemanager and can't check from where I am at present.)

[jeanyusstudios]

wooooow, got it!!!
thank you very much for the help. you guys are great.

[dmacminn]

You should limit playable clip sizes to 5 MB or less (or chain/play a set of them one after the other) -- FileManager will not show larger files.

Presumably, FTP download should be used for large files rather than Http connections -- if your site starts tying up connections for mp3 files, you may run into performance issues ... and that can lead to the downloads being suspended....