Putting podcasts into posts

How to upload an mp3 into PodBean.com and then paste it into

your WordPress blog post

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Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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After you’ve created your new PodBean.com account, you’ll be confronted with the Dashboard page.

Look for the far left hand sidebar and click on the Publish button.

A new selection of page options will appear.

Click on Media Manager.

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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In the Media Manager page, look for the big blue Upload button and click on it.

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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First click on the Basic uploader tab.

Then click on the Choose File button to access your computer to find your mp3.

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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Locate on your computer where you’ve stored your mp3 and click on it and select ‘Open’ to upload it into PodBean.com

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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PodBean.com will acknowledge the mp3 you’ve chosen. Now click on the green Upload button.

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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When PodBean.com has finished uploading your mp3 file, it will show in your uploaded list.

You will see that the mp3 name is in blue and therefore is a link. Click on it.

Upload a mp3 in PodBean.com

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A pop up window will then reveal your uploaded mp3’s specially created URL or web-address. You need to copy this to paste it into your post.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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Go to your blog and open up a new post editing page.

In the top right corner of your content box, click on the Text tab.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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Go back to that pop up box from PodBean.com and copy the mp3 file’s URL.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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In the editing post’s Text mode, paste in that PodBean.com URL into the content field.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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Go to the Publish menu (top right) and click on the Preview button.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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And the listening to recording feature will appear. This is what it will look like when your post is published.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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Back in Visual mode and the URL should NOT appear as a link.

Write introductory and concluding paragraphs above and below it, and then publish!

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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If you don’t want to have the listening to recording feature in your post, you can have the mp3’s title as a link instead.

Type the title, highlight it and select the link icon from the options at the top of the editing menu.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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In the Insert/edit link menu, copy and paste in the mp3’s URL, and enter the title too.

Click on the Add Link button.

Pasting your mp3 into your WordPress blog post

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The title will then become a link, which, when clicked on once the post is published, will go to a separate page containing the listening to recording feature.