Missing Audio Source element in Sermon Manager

  • Resolved brucecaraway

    (@brucecaraway)


    8 years, 9 months ago

    After using Sermon Manager for several years, our ability to embed an audio player of our sermon .mp3 stopped working with one of the recent updates of the Sermon Manager plugin.

    We are using the Edwards theme on our site.

    I can embed the exact same audio element in a standard post on the site without issue. The issue occurs when I try to embed my audio element in a Sermon post.

    Here’s an example of what I’m trying to include in the content of my sermon:

    <audio controls=”controls”><source src=”http://podcast.northwoodlandsareacoc.com/2017/06252017_sermon.mp3&#8243; type=”audio/mpeg” /></audio>

    …but when I save the file, the resulting markup is:

    <audio controls=”controls”></audio>

    The <source> element has been stripped out.

    Interestingly, old sermons that we created before the issue arose, still work correctly. The issue arises when I try to save the sermon post again – that’s when the <source> element gets stripped out.

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  • Nikola

    (@nikolam)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    Hey @brucecaraway, thank you for your patience.

    We’ll check why Sermon Manager is stripping <source> element. If the default WordPress post leaves it in, Sermon Manager will do the same. Anyway, we’ll find the issue and fix it if needed.

    In the meantime, I’m wondering why don’t you use default Sermon Manager player for MP3 files?

    It’s also HTML5 (just like yours), and it’s better to use it – because of future theming capabilities. It will be much easier to reorganize sermon content/date/player in the future, when you change your template look.

    Thread Starter brucecaraway

    (@brucecaraway)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    @nikolam, thanks for the reply!

    Re the use of the default Sermon Manager player for MP3 files…

    When I attempt to add the URL for our audio file (hosted on Amazon S3), it tries to upload the file into my Media Library. I don’t want my audio files on my web server – I want to serve them from S3.

    Is there a way to prevent the ‘Add Sermon Audio’ from trying to upload the file and just reference the remote file on S3?

    Nikola

    (@nikolam)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    That’s a very valid reason with a really simple fix.

    It might not be obvious, but you can use S3 URL just by pasting it in the MP3 field and saving the sermon. Just don’t click on Add Sermon Audio button. 🙂

    Thread Starter brucecaraway

    (@brucecaraway)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    When I do that, the resulting sermon post displays a download link for the mp3 file, but there is no audio player displayed.

    Here’s an example: http://www.northwoodlandsareacoc.com/sermons/kind-faith-saves-obeys/

    Should I see an audio player?

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by brucecaraway.
    Plugin Author wpforchurch

    (@wpforchurch)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    Hey @brucecaraway,

    This is most likely a theme issue. Edwards theme hasn’t been updated in a while, in fact its a legacy theme.

    Would you be able to share your WordPress backend logins with us via hello@wpforchurch.com and we will sort this out for you? I am relunctant to offer code for your theme since i don’t know how customized it is, or which version it is, so it’s best we have a look and address this issue specifically.

    If you have an active member account, feel free to login and submit a ticket with that information.

    We’ll get this sorted out for you.

    Regards,
    Igor

    Thread Starter brucecaraway

    (@brucecaraway)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks @igor – I’ve just added a ticket on your support site.

    Cheers!

    Nikola

    (@nikolam)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    Follow up for anyone wondering: it was theme issue.

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