Player

The sticky player

How the sticky player works and what visitors can do with it.

On this page
  1. What visitors can do
  2. The expanded player
  3. Starting playback
  4. Turn the sticky player on or off
  5. Related articles

The sticky player sits at the bottom of your site and keeps playing while visitors move between pages. Start a station on the directory, open a station page or browse a country, and the music doesn’t stop.

The TuneSera sticky player bar with station logo and name, previous, play and next buttons, status, volume, expand and minimize controls
The sticky player bar.

What visitors can do#

  • Play and pause the current station with the large button.
  • Jump to the previous or next station in the list they were browsing.
  • See the station’s logo, name, location and genres, plus the current song when the station shares it.
  • See the playback status, such as Stopped or Playing.
  • Mute or change the volume.
  • Expand the player for more details, or minimize it to a smaller bar.

The expanded player#

Click the expand button to open a panel with:

Expanded sticky player with Now playing, About the station and Listening options including Open popup player, Share and Sleep timer
The expanded player: now playing, station details and listening options.
  • Now playing: the current song and artwork when available.
  • About the station: location, genres, description and language, with links to the Station page and Website.
  • Listening options: Share and, with Pro, Open popup player and Sleep timer.

Starting playback#

Visitors start a station with any Play button on a station card, or Listen Live on a station page. The sticky player then appears and stays on every page. TuneSera doesn’t autoplay: browsers require visitors to click before audio starts.

Turn the sticky player on or off#

Go to TuneSera → Settings → Player and use Show sticky player. When it is off, stations still play from their play buttons, but no bar is shown.

Sticky player settings: Show sticky player, Sticky player style (Standard, Simple, Compact, Expanded) and Always show sticky player
Sticky player settings.

Pro: Choose a player style, show the player before anyone presses play, and pick a default station. See Player styles and default station. Get TuneSera Pro

The sticky player works with most themes. If it covers something at the bottom of your pages, such as a cookie banner or chat button, adjust that element’s position in its own settings.

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