Time to update your Loudcaster Widgets!
Hey Loudcasters,
Along with our soon-to-be-released Fall Updates, also coming is a Now Playing Widget with a makeover. This also means that your existing widgets will fail to function and need to be replaced. Don’t panic though, its 3 simple steps to new widget magic.
The widget is comprised of your channels logo, a background color, now playing information for up to 5 tracks overlayed with a semi-transparent Play button image to call your listeners to click play and open your Loudcaster player.
Setting up your new widget starts with clicking on the Widgets button in your new dashboard. Its coming soon, we promise!
You’ll be presented with a widget configurator. The 3 steps are simple:
- Choose a color
- Set the number of tracks you want displayed
- Paste the code onto your website
Thats it!
Step One: Pick a color
Click on the colored preview block (containing a 6 character string definition of a color). This opens a color picker. Click anywhere you like for the desired color and see your widget preview update with your chosen color. Easy peasy.
Step Two: Select track number
Pick the number of tracks to display from the drop down list. As soon as you’ve selected a number the widget preview will again update to show the number of tracks you want to see.
Step Three: Copy and Paste the code
Under the preview you’ll see a block of code for your site. Simply highlight the text in the box and copy (Right Click and select copy, or Ctrl-C from the keyboard or Apple-C on a mac). Paste the code into an email for whomever edits your website. If you’re doing it yourself, just delete the old widget code and replace it with the new.
And you’re done.
We’ll let you know when its time so you can make preparations.
