Music Playlist

Frequently Asked Questions

  

Getting Started

• How do I sign up?


Please fill out the form to sign up.

• How do I create a playlist?


  1. Click on 'Create' on the top navigation bar.

    Step 1: Adding Songs
    Type in song title or artist's name. Click on the play button to make sure the song works before adding to your playlist. Click the plus button to add song to your playlist.



    The songs will be added on the right box.



  2. Step 2: Customizing Playlist
    After you added some song, click on '2. Customize' tab to customize playlist skin.




    Click on 'Colors and Styles' to change the colors and styles of the skin.




    Click on 'Settings' to change playlist's settings like autoplay, shuffle, loop, privacy and volume.



  3. Step 3: Save Playlist
    After you're done adding songs and customizing your playlist, click on '3. Save Playlist' tab. Enter playlist information and then click 'Save (Get Code)' to save your playlist.





    Enjoy and share your playlist! =)



  

Editing A Playlist

• How do I enable or disable autoplay?


  1. Click 'My Playlists' at the top
  2. Click 'Edit Songs' next to your playlist
  3. Click 'Customize' > 'Settings' tabs

    autoplay help

  4. Save changes

• How do I edit playlists I've already created?


  1. Login to your account and click on 'My Playlists' on the top navigation bar. You should see a list of the playlists that you created.
  2. Click on the 'Edit & Add Songs' link next to the playlist you'd like to change
  3. When you've finished making changes to your playlist, click on the green 'Save' or 'Update' button


• How can I re-arrange my songs in my playlist?


  1. Go to 'My Playlists'.
  2. Select a playlist to edit.
  3. Click and drag the song title up/down to rearrange.

• How can I edit the song titles in my playlist?


  1. Go to 'My Playlists'.
  2. Select a playlist to edit.
  3. Click on the pencil icon next to each song to edit the title.

• How can I delete a song?


  1. Go to 'My Playlists'.
  2. Select a playlist to edit.
  3. Click on the 'X' icon next to each song to delete.

• How can I select different player/skin?


  1. Go to 'My Playlists'.
  2. Select a playlist to edit.
  3. Click on 'Customize' tab to customize playlist skin.

• How can I change the autoplay setting on my playlist?


  1. Go to 'My Playlists'.
  2. Select a playlist to edit.
  3. Click 'Customize' > 'Settings'.
  4. Set autoplay to 'true' or 'false'
  5. Click 'Save'.


  

Music Players & Troubleshooting

• Every time I add a song it says my current skin does not support video. What does this mean?

Video content from YouTube is required to show the video during playback. If you would like to use content from a YouTube video you must select a appropriate video enabled skin.

• I hear my music player but I cannot see it! Help!

This usually happens when you have a custom layout. Look in your code and delete the following line:

object, embed{ width:0px; height:0px;}

• What's bandwidth?

Bandwidth is a fancy term for the amount of data being transferred over the internet from the file host servers. Let's say you have a 10MB photo and one of your buddies takes a peek at it from their computer. In this case, the bandwidth used would be about 10MB, because that is about how much data was sent to your buddies computer.

• What's a URL?

URL (pronounced like the letters "U," "R," "L," not like the word "earl") stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the Internet address of a particular site or document available via the World Wide Web, the one that appears in the white bar at the top of your screen.

• How many songs can I have on my player?

You can add a total of 200 songs for each playlist.

• My player/widget isn't showing up?

1. You may not have the latest version of Flash player. Download it here for free.

2. Your player is inside a div. For instance when you've made an overlay profile for yourself. Easy fix. Look in the player code in your profile. Remove wmode="transparent" and replace it with bgcolor="000000". You can use any hex color. Click here for a color chart.

3. You must be a Mac user! We are all Mac users too and it is a known Firefox bug. Basically, if you have a see-through layout using the CSS opacity, the Flash element on top of it disappears.
Fixing this bug actually causes another bug for Internet Explorer 6 (using png doesn't work on IE6) so we will implement the fix once we get the majority of our users switch to IE7. In the meantime, Mac Firefox users, make an opaque layout.


  

User Account

• Help! I forgot my password.

If you forgot your password, go to http://www.mixpod.com/accounts-forgotpass.php. Enter the email address you used to sign up, and we'll send you your username and a link that lets you set a new password.

Attention MSN and Hotmail members! If you don't see your password reminder email in your inbox, make sure to check your spam folder. If this email does end up in your spam folder, simply move it back to your inbox. Keep in mind you won't be able to click on any links within emails in your spam folder.

• Does it cost anything to use MixPod?

MixPod is completely free and we don't have plans to charge for our service. So feel free to create as many playlists and widgets as you want!

• How do I delete my account?

*Sniff sniff* We're sad to see you go, but if you must, please follow the steps below to delete your account:

  1. Login to your account
  2. Click on 'Account Settings' beside your avatar
  3. Under 'Remove Account' section, enter your password
  4. Bye bye baby


  

Removing an Music Player/Playlist

• How can I remove an Music Player/Playlist from my MySpace profile?

  1. Login to your MySpace account
  2. On your MySpace, click 'Edit Profile' (top left corner next to your profile image)
  3. Find and remove the player code that looks like this:

    <center><embed src="http://www.mp3asset.com/swf/mp3/mff-txtzoom.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="myid=7661299&path=2008/01/25&mycolor=0xEE7253&autoplay=true&rand=0&f=3&vol=100" width="220" height="128" name="mixpod" align="middle"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><br><a href="http://www.mixpod.com/music-player/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.mixpod.com/images/mffico.gif" title="Make your own playlist!" style="border-style:none;" alt="music player"></a><br />I made this <a href="http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/7661299" target="_blank">music player</a> at <a href="http://www.mixpod.com" target="_blank">mixpod</a>.com. <br></center>

  4. Press 'Preview section' button and make sure the playlist doesn't appear
  5. Press 'Submit all changes', and you are done!


• How can I remove an Music Player/Playlist from my Friendster profile?

  1. Login to your Friendster account
  2. Click "Edit Profile" under My Tools
  3. Find and remove the player code under the Main or Customize section. Each Player/Playlist has its OWN code that looks like this:

    <center><embed src="http://www.mp3asset.com/swf/mp3/mff-txtzoom.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="myid=7661299&path=2008/01/25&mycolor=0xEE7253&autoplay=true&rand=0&f=3&vol=100" width="220" height="128" name="mixpod" align="middle"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><br><a href="http://www.mixpod.com/music-player/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.mixpod.com/images/mffico.gif" title="Make your own playlist!" style="border-style:none;" alt="music player"></a><br />I made this <a href="http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/7661299" target="_blank">music player</a> at <a href="http://www.mixpod.com" target="_blank">mixpod</a>.com. <br></center>

  4. Press 'Save' and you're done!