WordPress Tutorials for Bands & Musicians

Create Your Press Clippings Page

Post excerpts of your press coverage with links back to their sources. Sign up for your FREE EPK at http://epkhosting.com

Create Your Music Page

How to add mp3s and an image to your EPK music page. Sign up for your free EPK

Add an iTunes Widget to your WordPress EPK

Learn how to create an album cover thumbnail widget that links to your iTunes product page using a WordPress HTML text widget.

Wibiya Social Media Toolbar

Here is a quick tutorial on how to add the wibiya social media toolbar to your wordpress EPK

WP Audio Player

It’s easy to change the colours of the 1 pixel audio player in wordpress. Just go to the settings menu for “audio player” and click on display.

How to Password Protect a WordPress Page

How to password protect a page in WordPress. Also talks about hiding the page from the menu system (uses Exclude Pages plugin.)

Premium Account: Domain Mapping

Here’s a quick demonstration of where you can assign your domain name to mask your current subdomain, i.e. yourname.epkhosting.com becomes yourname.com

GigPress

GigPress is the WordPress plugin of choice for listing shows on your website. This tutorial covers adding a new show and displaying the show in your widgets or pages.

How to add Social Media Icons

Want to add links to your Facebook, Youtube, Twitter or some other profile? Use Social Profilr as a widget within your EPK website.

Upload an MP3 to your Page/Post

I recommend using the 1 pixel audio player. It’s the standard mp3 player for blogs and a great way to schedule singles for a weekly/monthly release.