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1. itsthethirdthing
   Member
   Apr 28, 2011, 5:59 PM

   I've visited the Audio support site here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/, which was very helpful, but I can't figure out one or two things. Regarding color customization for the audio shortcode player, is there a way to make everything to the right of the play button transparent? When I post it now, it looks fine when it's expanded, but before it's been played, the white background looks pretty garish against my brownish background. I tried messing around with the colors, but I'm fairly new at this, and I feel like I might be needlessly complicating things. Any help would be appreciated.

   Thanks :)

   --Andrew

   The blog I need help with is itsthethirdthing.wordpress.com.

2. itsthethirdthing
   Member
   Apr 28, 2011, 6:04 PM

   Here's what I'm trying to avoid.

   http://itsthethirdthing.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/audioplayer.png

   --Andrew

3. timethief
   Member
   Apr 28, 2011, 6:34 PM

   Results of a forum search > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/audio-player-background-color?replies=2#post-570496

   The bgcolor option accepts hex color codes only, not other words. The right option would be transparentpagebg=yes, but the wp.com version of the player doesn't support that.

   Way around the problem:
   [audio URL|initialvolume=100|animation=no]

   Or use the Soundcloud player instead.

   Or create a playlist in Mixpod and use one of the Mixpod players:
   http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/alternative-audio-players/

4. itsthethirdthing
   Member
   Apr 28, 2011, 6:46 PM

   Thanks :)

5. timethief
   Member
   Apr 28, 2011, 7:10 PM

   You're welcome and best wishes with your blogging. :)

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