VModarelli

@thrivelivestyle & @naturalmoment

I wish I could help more, but the steps I took are outlined in my earlier post. I had never done it before so I don’t know how to troubleshoot this. And I don’t work on a Mac, so I can’t say whether it’s the same or different.

Keep trying and asking for help. The people on this forum are supportive and was the only way I got it done.

FYI – the “trying to get the interview with terrie to work

radio interview” is what I typed. The “radio interview” is the link to the mp3 file.

Thanks esmi. I think I implemented your suggestion correctly, but it didn’t work for me.

Here’s what I’ve done:
I created a new page on my blog. I uploaded the mp3 file to the media library, then I typed the following and inserted the mp3 file:

trying to get the interview with terrie to work ?radio interview

I’m sure I didn’t implement esmi’s suggestion correctly cause it still doesn’t work!

Any other advice?

Hi. I’ve got trouble getting my mp3 file to play. I’ve read everything here and it didn’t answer my question, but I couldn’t find how to start a new discussion, so I’m tagging on to this one.

I’m not a coder. Here’s what I’ve done:
(1) I uploaded my mp3 file, (2) I have the MP3-jPlayer plug-in activated, (3) I’ve inserted a link to my copy to the mp3 file. When I preview and click on the inserted link, I get a black screen with an arrow in the middle…no sound, nothing.

When I click on the mp3 file itself, it plays just fine. How do I get it to work on my page?

I’m also curious how to post a question! Couldn’t find that answer any where…but the audio file is a priority.

Thanks,
Veronica

I DID IT!! Thanks to Chip and Rev. Voodoo.

I zipped the file that I had just downloaded and uploaded and it was done! After all the trial and tribulations, it was quite easy!

In case anyone is needing to do this, here are the steps:

1- download TortoiseSVN
2- create a new folder; I put mine on my c drive
3- right-click on the folder and select “SVN Checkout”
4- in the “URL of repository” window, put the url of the files you want to download
5- in the “Checkout directory” put the location of the folder you created (it might be there already)
6- click ok (or whatever the button says to make it go!)
7- check the folder you created to see if the files are there
8- if the files are there, then compress that folder
9- upload the compressed (.zip) file using the install theme function

DONE. It takes only 5 minutes…if nothing goes wrong ??

You guys are awesome. Thanks Chip and Rev. Doing the SVN Checkout using the forever theme url that Chip provided and Rev. Voodoo said to use in the url repository window WORKED. And it worked easily and quickly.

Now all I have to do is figure how to upload it so that I can use it for the website.

I may be coming back with more questions, but for now THANK YOU!

Thanks Chip for responding. I guess I’m not as techy as I thought I was cause I feel lost.

When you say “define a local directory,” do you mean create a folder on the c drive?

When you say “point TortoiseSVN” to the wpcom-themes URL, that’s where I’m lost…don’t know how to “point.”

When I follow the TortoiseSVN directions, I get the error “Unable to connect to a repository at URL ‘https://C:/AFC_ForeverFiles'” Just can’t figure it out. It keeps asking me for the URL of the repository, not the theme files.

What am I doing wrong! I’ve never used a SVN client before.

I created a folder on my C drive, went to the Forever url, downloaded each file – mostly php files, few folders had 2-5 other files in them, but downloaded all into the Forever folder on my C drive.

Then downloaded tortoisesvn and followed online steps. Seemed clear…too good to be true. When I got to the right-click on the Forever folder, right-click and select import, I get stuck on the repository url. It asks for the URL Repository and I typed in “c:AFC_ForeverFiles” and get the message “Error: Illegal Repository URL”

My other attempt was to compress the Forever folder and then upload it to install the theme. I keep getting a message that the installation failed because there is no index.php file…but there is! I checked and doubled check.

Anyone got any ideas? Help!

Spoke too soon…not as direct as I thought. When I right click on a bullet item, it says “save link as…” And, many files are .php which are easy to save in a designated folder, but other files have more files in them, and those files have even more files!

Which files need to be saved and how do you save the files in files in files?

Need help.

Thanks Rev. Voodoo…I was afraid of that. That link is much too techy for me. I’m going to try your way of right clicking and save target as.

I’m going to have to zip them after I download since the upload requires a .zip format. Still, this way is more comfortable for me.

Thanks.

Before uploading the zipped theme files…how do you download them? I want to use the Forever theme as well and I went to the link Chip Bennett provided (thanks) that shows the list of the Forever theme files…now what? How do I download them?