Today we’re launching our first batch of widgets based on the upcoming Radiojar API. These widgets can be embedded in your website using only Javascript, HTML and CSS, no iframes or platform-specific browser plugins required. It’s easy to customise them to match the look & feel of your website using only CSS. We’re providing a sample stylesheet and code examples to get you started, so go ahead and grab them! (widgets are provided as part of the Radiojar service, at no extra fee).
Our player widgets are based on a modified version of jPlayer, so they use HTML5 Audio on most modern browsers (they fall back to a Flash-based player in browsers that don’t support HTML5 Audio, but the interface remains HTML/CSS). This means that your radio player widget will be compatible with the vast majority of browser configurations. Your listeners will not be required to use the Windows Media or Apple QuickTime plugins or some other proprietary browser plugin to listen to your stream through the browser. Our player widgets are even compatible with iOS devices and some Android & Blackberry devices. The fact that we stream through port 80 by default means that listeners will be able to reach your radio station even in restrictive corporate environments.
This is only the beginning. These widgets are using the Radiojar API (to be released soon) that gives full access to all Radiojar’s features and will allow you to build your very own widgets if you wish so, or even create entire apps based on the Radiojar platform (radiojar.com is a live example, currently running entirely on that API).
Posted: 12 years ago