Song Requests

  1. Centova Cast - Client Usage Guide
    1. Basic Usage Guide
      1. Obtaining a Hosting Account
      2. Setting up your stream
      3. Your First Broadcast
      4. Viewing Statistics
    2. Advanced Usage Guide
      1. Creating Advanced Playlists
      2. Adding an Introduction Track
      3. Providing Access to DJs
      4. Managing Media Files
      5. Uploading Media via FTP
      6. Viewing Station Logs
      7. Publishing Station Information on Your Web Site
      8. Configuring Relaying
  2. Centova Cast - Client Reference Manual
    1. Accessing Your Account
    2. Dashboard
    3. Configuration Settings
      1. Stream
      2. AutoDJ
      3. Widgets
      4. Files (SHOUTcast v1/v2)
      5. Albums
      6. Server Overrides (SHOUTcast v1/v2)
      7. Relaying (SHOUTcast v1/v2)
      8. Master Relaying (IceCast)
      9. Mountpoint Relaying (IceCast)
      10. Mount Points
      11. Advanced
    4. Widgets
      1. Stream Status Summary
      2. Stream Details
      3. Recent Tracks
      4. Listener Map
      5. On-demand Content
      6. Song Requests
      7. Tune In
      8. Stream Directory
      9. Web Player
    5. DJ Management
    6. Statistics Report
    7. Broadcast Reports
    8. Current Listeners
    9. Server Logs
    10. Server Controls
    11. AutoDJ Controls
    12. Playlist Manager
    13. Media Library
    14. File Manager

Song Requests

About the Widget

The Song Requests widget displays a form allowing your visitors to submit song requests.

Depending on how the widget has been configured, the request can be handled in one of two ways. Either:

  1. The request can be emailed to the stream administrator for manual review and processing, or
  2. The request can be processed automatically. In this case, the artist and song title are compared against the tracks in the media library. If a matching track is found, the track can be queued for playback automatically.

This widget can be configured on the Widgets tab of the Configuration Settings page.

Advanced Customization

CSS

Developers familiar with cascading stylesheets (CSS) may embed in their pages a stylesheet similar to the following to customize the appearance of the widget:

/* Container element for the widget */
.cc_request_form {
}
/* Container element for the loading throbber */
.cc_request_throbber {
}
/* Container element for the result text */
.cc_request_form *[data-type="result"] {
}

Note that the request form sample provided on the Widgets page is plain HTML and the developer may optionally customize the HTML and/or add custom class names to each <input> element to address it via CSS.

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