{"id":6042,"date":"2016-06-13T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qantumthemes.xyz\/manuals\/fluid\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6042"},"modified":"2018-04-10T09:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T09:54:49","slug":"album-releases","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/album-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"3.6 Album Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaScV01JVZI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To use the featured player of this theme (QT Kentha Player) you need to install the bundled QT Kentha Player plugin.<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/required-plugins-installation\/\"> (Check plugins installation)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To use the <strong>spectrum analyzer<\/strong> (waves effect) you need to upload mp3 samples directly (explained below in this page).<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post wp-image-6318 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-920x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-920x577.png 920w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-50x31.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-600x376.png 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25-320x201.png 320w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.44.25.png 1216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><br \/>\nFor the purpose of this theme a \u201cRelease\u201d is not a track, but a COLLECTION of tracks, like an EP, an LP or a compilation.<\/strong> You can also create a single track release. A release is a standard format of the music industry, as this is a professional product,\u00a0there is no possibility of creating a track \u201cby itself\u201d, anyway, there is no problem in creating releases with a single track (Singles).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-create-a-music-album\" >How to create a music album:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your WordPress wp-admin<\/li>\n<li>Click<strong> \u201cAlbum release &gt; Add New\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Fill in the\u00a0title and description<\/li>\n<li>Add a music genre<\/li>\n<li>Add the cover as featured image (minimum 720x720px, max suggested file size 350px)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"album-details\" >Album details<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6319 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06.png 748w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06-50x19.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06-600x223.png 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-15.54.06-320x119.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Main artist<\/strong> will appear in header and archives. To add a main artist, you have to<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/artists\/\"> create first the artist page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Label:<\/strong> textual name of the music label<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release date:<\/strong> use YEAR-MONTH-DAY<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catalog number:<\/strong> optional text of catalg number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"adding-songs\" >Adding songs<\/h2>\n<p>There are 2 ways of adding the songs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manually<\/strong>: requires to create the tracks one by one, but allows to add a Soundcloud\/YouTube player for each song, and allows to link to a purchase link or download link for every song.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatically<\/strong>: just drag and drop the songs in the content, creating a playlist (tracks must have the MP3 ID3 tags correctly compiled).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"manual-playlist-creation\" >Manual playlist creation:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Click &#8220;Choose File&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6320 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.10.07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.10.07.png 465w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.10.07-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.10.07-50x21.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.10.07-320x135.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Upload an MP3 file or choose any file from the library.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6321 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28.png 651w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28-600x316.png 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.12.28-320x169.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Insert into post&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6322 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.11.30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.11.30.png 220w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.11.30-50x22.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The MP3 url will appear in the text field<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6323 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.13.19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.13.19.png 482w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.13.19-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.13.19-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.13.19-320x141.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You can optionally use the URL of any public MP3 file, but\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>if the spectrum analyzer is enabled in Settings &gt; QT Kentha Player, you must use mp3 from the same domain URL.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>If your MP3 file has the ID3 tags correctly compiled, track title and author will be automatically added<\/li>\n<li>You can add multiple artists, comma separated<\/li>\n<li>Remember to correctly spell the artist names in the same way you spell them for the single artist pages<\/li>\n<li>Insert the basic information for each track. You can add infinite tracks by clicking the \u201cAdd Another\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li>Optional track buy link: add any internal or external URL, or a link to a downloadable file if you want to allow people downloading tracks. In this case, link to a zipped version of the mp3 file.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IMPORTANT NOTICE:<\/strong> on the web, it\u2019s impossible to prevent something to be stolen, because there is always the way to reach a content if it is published. To prevent your tracks to be stolen, never upload full quality 100% long tracks.<\/li>\n<li>Save, publish and verify your release. Any track can be played clicking the play button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"custom-buy-links\" >Custom buy links<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post wp-image-6324 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-920x649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-920x649.png 920w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-50x35.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-600x423.png 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20-320x226.png 320w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.20.png 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add unlimited purchase links using the custom fields<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6325 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"867\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42.png 867w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42-600x336.png 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-16.18.42-320x179.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"creating-the-release-archive\" >Creating the release archive:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to pages-&gt;Add New<\/li>\n<li>Select the Archive Releases template<\/li>\n<li>In Appearance-&gt;Menus link to the page you just created (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"music-player-info\" >Music player info<\/h2>\n<p>OR you decide to have external mp3 sourcer OR you use local sources (upload your mp3 in wordpress) in order to use the waves animation.\u00a0 Mixing the 2 things is confusing and anti-aesthetic so we are NOT doing it.<br \/>\nYou are also free to disable the native music player plugin and use your own. 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