FBML Essentials

Name

<fb:mp3/>

Synopsis

<fb:mp3 src="..."/>

Need a playlist for your band? Want to allow your application’s users to display their favorite music on their profile? This is a great tool for accomplishing these things and more. <fb:mp3/> displays a simple play button/music player for a specified MP3 file on your servers.

FBML-Specific Attributes

Required

src=[string] default: none

The URL and path of the MP3 file on your servers. The URL must be absolute.

Optional

title=[string] default: none

The title of the song.

artist=[string] default: none

The name of the artist.

album=[string] default: none

The name of the album.

width=[int] default: 300

The width of the player, in pixels.

height=[int] default: 29

The height of the player, in pixels.

Example FBML

Here is example FBML code for the <fb:mp3/> tag:

<fb:mp3 src="http://fbmlessentials.staynalive.com/metzener.mp3" 
    title="Take on Me" artist="Metzener" album="Take on Me Single"/>

Rendered HTML for Single Instance of Tag

When you run the example and the page loads, an image appears, as shown in Figure 3-41.

Figure 3-41. The play button that results from our <fb:mp3/> example

When you click on the image, it starts playing, as shown in Figure 3-42.

Figure 3-42. After clicking on the play button

Additional Information

• The file must end in the extension .mp3. Query strings ...