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Using Sonic Memo with Site Build It!If you're using Site Build It! for your web site, there are a few steps you need to know in order to use Sonic Memo. I'll explain them here. If you're not using SiteBuildIt!, you don't need this page - But you probably DO need SiteBuildIt! SiteBuildIt! (SBI!) is the only all-in-one site-building, site-hosting, and site-marketing product that makes it easy for you to build a professional, popular, and profitable business.
Here's what you'll need to get started using SonicMemo... i) A working knowledge of Site Build It!'s HTML Editor Compatibility module: You need to know how to use SBI's tool and an HTML editor, as you will have to upload SonicMemo's supporting files to Site Build It!. ii) A microphone to record your message through your computer's sound card (SonicMemo works with both PC and Mac computers): No need to spend big bucks here, your local Staples or Office Depot will be able to hook you up with a basic microphone starting at around $20 or so. iii) A recorded MP3 file with your message: We'll give you a few links for some free and inexpensive software to use for your recordings. Just check the column to the right, on this page. If you've got all that sorted out, here's the process for integrating SonicMemo's audio into Site Build It!... STEP 1: Record your MP3 file. Using your microphone and downloaded software, create a MP3 file with your message. It may take a few tries to get it "perfect," but it's worth spending the time to get a professional recording. Save it to your "media-files" folder. STEP 2: Use the SonicMemo tool to generate your code. a) Follow the instructions in SonicMemo's accompanying PDF support file to open the sonicmemo.html file. Click the Continue button to advance past the intro screen. b) On the following screen, click the "Adv Prefs" (Advanced Preferences) button. c) On the following screen, change the Player File Prefix field to support-files. Change the MP3 File Prefix field to media-files. d) Click OK. These will now become your default settings. e) Back on the main screen, in the MP3 File field, enter the name of your MP3 file -- i.e., greeting.mp3. Do not enter the direct path to the file, or place the file name in quotes. f) Use the appropriate controls to customize your play buttons according to your preferences. g) Once you've completed customizing your buttons, click the Generate Code button. Copy and paste the code into a text file, making sure to eliminate the comments from the file (if you have problems copying and pasting from this tool, right click on the text, and select "Select All". Right click again, and select copy. The text will now have been copied to your clipboard. Again, be sure to remove the comments at the front of the code before you insert the code into your Web page). STEP 3: Integrate the code into an HTML page, and upload to Site Build It! a) Use your HTML editor to open the page you wish to insert your audio message in. Copy and paste the SonicMemo code directly into the page in the exact spot on the page where you want to buttons to appear. b) Next, create a text link to the MP3 file associated with this audio message. Something like this will be fine... < a href= "http://www.yourdomain.com/media-files/greeting.mp3"> Here's the file! < /a> (Important Notes: This line of code should be on one line with no spaces. Also note that there is an extra space after the first character <, and one before the last < character , so that this does not show as a link. Remove those 2 spaces. Change "yourdomain" and "greeting" to your domain and file names.) IMPORTANT NOTE: You must create a text link to the MP3 file because SonicMemo, for security reasons, encodes the name of your audio file when it generates the integration code. Therefore, SBI! cannot identify the MP3 file required for upload. This text link tells Site Build It! which audio file must be uploaded in order for SonicMemo to work. c) Upload this page and all its supporting files to Site Build It! (you'll find the required ".swf" files in the smplayers folder that came with SonicMemo.) Note that the audio will not play when you "preview" the page. It will play once you "build" the page. d) Then, remove the text link from this page (see "b" above), and re-upload this page to SBI! (now only the buttons will appear!). You can remove the text link, since that was only there to tell Site Build It! what audio to upload. Once it's uploaded, the text link is no longer needed! e) Build your page again. TIP #1: Now that the supporting files associated with this audio message have been uploaded to Site Build It!, you can integrate this message into any page on SBI! (including SiteBuilder pages), simply by cutting and pasting the generated code into the appropriate spot on the page. TIP #2: If you like, you can create a single HTML page for the express purpose of a SonicMemo upload page. For example... Suppose you have 3 or 4 audio messages you want to integrate into various pages throughout your web site. After generating the code for each message in SonicMemo, copy and paste the code for each file into this page. Be sure that each file includes a text link to each associated MP3 file (see step "b" directly above). Upload that page, and all the necessary supporting files to SBI!. Now anytime you want to insert the code for any one of your messages into any Site Build It! page (HTML editor page or SiteBuilder page), all you have to do is paste the code in the appropriate spot!
Really pretty simple! Once you try it one time, the next time is even easier.
These instructions are copywrited and a reproduction of the help file found in the SBI! Resources HQ - with just a few additions by myself. The help files that accompany each resource in SBI!'s Resources HQ clearly demonstrate how SiteSell goes the extra mile for its clients -- they try the product, test the product, and then write an A-B-C help file!
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