How Do I Setup A Player Skin? (General)

How Do I Setup A Player Skin? (General)

This Article Is For:

  • All users who have the 'Manage Website Settings' permission
  • This is applicable to all themes
  • Settings below are based off of the "Basic Music" skin
  • Skins available include: Basic, Basic Music, and Music 1.0
Note: The Radioplayer skin and Music 1.0 skin is not available for multi-tenant clients

Go to: Player > Radio Stream Settings (add a stream) > Edit Skin

    Skin Selector


    1. Choose the overall player skin you want to use from the drop-down menu. Our Premium 1.0 Skin is an additional cost. If you're interested in this skin, please reach out to support@socastdigital.com

    Appearance

    1. Player Logo : Here is where you can set up the station logo that shows on the player. The image must be in JPG, PNG, or GIF format, and measure 220px by 50px. The player will use your account logo if not provided.
    2. Default Font: Select a default font for the player
    3. Text Colour: Using hex color values select a default color for text and icons.
    4. Highlight Color: Using hex color values select a highlight color for the player
    5. Player Area Background Color: Using hex color values select a player area background color.
    6. Site Background Color: Using hex color values select a player site background color.

    Song Display

    Here is where you set the images that will show up if album art isn't available from iTunes:

    1. Last Played Placeholder Image: The image needs to be a JPG, PNG or GIF that is exactly 100px by 100px
    2. Placeholder Background Colour:  If no images are selected above, this solid colour will show, or this background will display behind the images if they are not the correct aspect ratio or image size.
    3. iTunes Affiliate ID: Add an iTunes affiliate ID here so that you get a percentage of sales if users click through and buy singles/albums from iTunes using your site. For more information regarding the iTunes affiliate program, click HERE

    1. Here is the section that you enter where you want the social icons to link to. If a field is left blank, the social icon will not display on the player. You have the option to enter links for Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, YouTube and Instagram.



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