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as the number people using xanga is  raising rapidly, the number of  people asking me how to add a background music to the site also went up! I supposed I should just create a web page teaching you all thru this, so the next time when somebody ask me about the issue mentioned, I can just simply send them this page which you're reading now and save myself a lot of time, and yes, you asked me too just now didn't you!?

so here is how you solve the problem, it's easy, trust me!

first go to register an account in

www.angelfire.com

if you don't know how to do it, go ask your mama.

then, when you have your account, and before we move on to the next step, or this is the next step, or it isn't, or ..... dayeeem, anyway, I 'd like to remind you something, that unlike other online registration, you user name in angelfire account also include the lil phrase you choose just now , e.g., music5/ pop2/ ill/ and stuff, so remember that as your username as well!

ok, now that you've your angelfire account, you have to (most important) have the song, but I guess I don't have to teach you that... but *sign* don't ever download illegal copies of music, coz you'd be not respecting the music industry. so before you play a song in xanga, make sure you have the legal copy of that song. easiest way to get it, is to buy the CD.

now, at the angelfire page, go to (log-in first!) web shell (see picture 1)



and then you'll arrive at the web shell page where you will be uploading your stuff here

but before you do that, do this first, (pic2)

and then you just have to do some crazy editing, change something by random and then scroll to the bottom and then choose "SAVE"

good, now you'll find yourself back to the above page (pic2) , scroll down a lil bit,  you should now see the upload column, don't go there first, since if you just upload the song in the general directory, angelfire can easily detect that and will disable your account for you are uploading music file and there might be a chance that people are downloading songs ILLEGALLY from your site. so, do the followings (picture 3)

create a new subdirectory (folder) first and upload your song into this new folder! when you're done, you will have a new folder displaying in the file listing box (picture 4)

as the picture says, yes, it is not a must to name it "video" it is just where you upload your music file to!

now, choose the folder you just created, named whatever, and then choose open (picture 5)

good, now you are no longer in the general directory, you are now inside the subdirectory, and now, you can upload your music! after that, remember the web address of your music file,

e.g.: www.angelfire.com/pop2/your_id/your_subfolder/music.mp3 (or wma)

now the last step is to copy and paste the file address onto the space provided in the "look and feel" page in xanga, like this, WATCH!

go to the "look and feel" page and scroll to the bottom


scroll down again, and now press save!

a lil tip here, i bet you don't want to do the whole thing again and again every time you upload a new song, so here's what you do, make it a constant the name of your music file, for e.g. like "xanga.mp3" "music.mp3" "bgmusic.mp3" etc. so the next time you upload a new song onto your angelfire, just do :



then



and press rename, then the new song will now be played in your xanga!

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hope the above manual helps, PEACE and have fun!
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