hmmmm "sets" is not exacty for this. it groups ALBUMS, not songs.

I guess the best solution for what you want is to use PLAYLISTS, indeed.

just create a new playlist "Choir Songs" and add songs into it. you can add a description to the playlist, too.

I was trying to figure out playlists last night and had trouble! Can I create a playlist from the backend somehow? When I tried from the frontend, it would now allow me to "save" or change the name or anything... I'm doing something wrong I think!

no, only in the frontend.

you can't save??!! that does not make much sense... are you logged in? where are you clickin?

Ok, I'm going to go try again and let you know what I'm doing...

1. Yes, I'm logged in - I have the whole Music Collection area set to Registered only

2. I'd created a Playlists menu item in the backend so now I click on that link.

3. I see just "on-the-go". I click on that one and choose the Edit button.

4. I change the name to Choir Songs and enter description.

5. I click on Save Playlist Details

6. I get this error in red at the top: Error: Playlist could not be saved

ops! sorry, no, that's not the way

2) click on the SAVE THIS PLAYLIST button, on the right.
3) give it a name and desc, and save.
4) then click this playlist button's "set as current"
5) start adding songs into it!

Oh, boy do I feel silly...!!! :blush:

Ok - so I was trying to do it backwards! It's working now...! Thanks so much.

BTW, It would be a great idea to have some kind of "Manual" to explain all these details!! I had no idea how to get a playlist going

One more question - I'm now trying to change the Order of the songs in my playlist and I change the numbers out to the right in the boxes and then click on the Save icon that says "Save Order". But nothing happens...! What am I missing?

hmm... you're not missing anything. this should work...!! :S :S doesn't it? do you get some kind of error message?

Germi

No - just nothing happens... I've tried in Firefox 3.6 and Chrome (newest). Let me see what Safari does...

Nope. I just click and wait - and nothing seems to happen...

UPDATE: Ooh... I might have found the problem. When I right-clicked on the Save icon, only "Save Image" came up - it doesn't think it's a link...?

UPDATE 2 - sorry for the above - yes, it does show a link:

javascript:document.playlist_form.task.value='save_playlist_order';document.playlist_form.submit();

can you send me a link?

The link is rptworship.com

However, to have access you have to be registered! I have a guest login of

jellybean

psd: tester

I still can't get the ordering to change - and also can't get the playlist "add" feature to work right (it seems the javascript is the issue). What happens is when I have a playlist I want to add songs to, I'm assuming I click on the button to make that the "current playlist" - correct?

And then I would "add" whatever songs I want to add to that current playlist?

Well, when I click on the button to make it the current playlist, it does not do so. My "on-the-go" is still set to current so I have to start ALL over with my playlist if I want to add any songs! :silly:

As a reminder, I'm still using the Aug. 8-23-11 jw player because the 2.1.1 player does not work for me for some reason - every time I turn that on, I get the message: player will go in this paragraph (or something like that).

Help!! :blink:

The playlist function is working for me on your website. I like the look of your website, but the layout is messed up and hard to follow in some areas, at least in the firefox 6.0.1 in which i am viewing it in. Looks like some modules are breaking out of the template. Modules are showing out of the main content block and clear over on the right side of the screen. Also the text is all jumbled up on other places, like inside the player.

Looks like most of it is working for me. I can add songs to a playlist. Then go to the playlists, and save the on the go playlist. It then allows me to rename it. I can load this playlist or any other playlist. I can also go to a playlist and click on the little icon below the player to set that playlist as my current. Once the playlist is my current, I can then add more songs to it. After I can go back in and save the playlist for future use.

Not quite sure how the playlist song ordering works as I have never used that feature myself before.

greengeek - Thanks for the feedback. Are you on a Mac or PC? I'm on a Mac and also using Firefox 6.02... I see the weirdness of the text showing in the player - I'm attaching a screenshot of this - I have no idea how to fix that! It doesn't look that way in Chrome or Safari...

Also, I just tried again to re-order the playlists and nothing happens. I just tried again to make a certain playlist the "current" one and nope - it does not do it but always uses on-the-go. So I'm still unable to add songs to my playlists.

I see what you mean about the modules breaking outside the template - this is NOT happening in Chrome or Safari!! Weird again... I've mainly been using Chrome to test things since it seems to work best, but I need to figure out why it's not working right in Firefox and also why I still can't add to playlists or re-order them...

@jackibar did you try a different browser in your Mac? is it possible that you have some add-on on FFX that can be causing some problem?
please post a link to your site.

germi wrote:

@jackibar did you try a different browser in your Mac? is it possible that you have some add-on on FFX that can be causing some problem?
please post a link to your site.

Yes! I've tried Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3.6 and now Firefox 6.02! All do the same thing... :huh:

Site is: http://rptworship.com/

guest login:

jellybean
tester