Including Audio (.mp3) Files in a Blogger Post

Following are three ways (there are, I'm sure, others) to include an audio (.mp3) file in a Blogger post. The audio file is a greeting to students in Uberlândia, Brazil; the file is on my personal website.


1. Include a link to the location of a webpage where the audio file may be accessed:

http://www.d-oliver.net/Audio-Greetings/Uberlandia-B1.htm

2. Link only to the location of the audio file on a website:

http://www.d-oliver.net/Audio-Greetings/Uberlandia-B1-32107.mp3

3. Embed a "mini console" in a Blogger post:

Notes on embedding the "mini console":

For the embedded "mini console" to display correctly, html code must be entered manually:

For some reason, the ending tag often disappears when you go back to edit a Blogger file that has embedded material. If that happens, go to "Edit Html" and re-insert the tag manually.

Another quirk: When the tag disappears, the Post Options often become unchecked. If that happens, check them manually after you re-insert the ending "embed" tag (see above).

An Online Reference: HTML Codes for "Unusual" Characters

Here are two very useful links which show the numerical html codes for Roman-alphabet characters from languages other than English:


About.Com: "How to Use HTML Codes for Special Characters"

About.Com: "HTML Codes—HTML Special Characters" (table)

Showing Accented Characters

I normally use a Mac and one thing I can do with minimal keyboarding is to show the grave, circumflex, and acute accents and the eñe, cedilla, and umlaut diacritics:

Thérèse . . . José . . . Mônica
schön . . . otoño . . . abraço

I know, of course, that other diacritics are common in many languages. However, I didn't know how to show them. Now I do: by typing in numerical codes.

The two I've learned today involve the hachek—a diacritic used in the orthographic systems of several Central and Eastern European languages:

Saša . . . Slovenščina

Later, I'll add more examples of the above and continue with other diacritics—like the ones in teşekkür and mulțumesc.

I'll also give links for tables showing the codes for the accents and diacritics I've used today.

A question for those reading this post:

Do you see the accents and diacritics or only "garbage"?


D. O. 1-28-07

Creating and Placing a Logo-Type Graphic

To create the computer-monitor graphic with "Trying This and That," I first downloaded a free clip-art file, then modified it by changing the monitor-screen color and adding the text. I then uploaded that file here.

I'm not totally satisfied with the appearance of the graphic, but I think it's OK.

D. O. 1-28-07