Your listeners won't always leave your site to go find your show somewhere else. Put the player right inside your post or website and they can press play on the spot - in practice, the number of people listening through an embedded player is close to the total clicks on every other platform combined.
You can embed your whole show (player plus episode list), or just a single episode.
Embed your whole show
On the Dashboard, click "Share" to the right of your show name.
Switch to the "Embed Player" tab.
Click "Copy" and paste it into Medium, WordPress or your own website.
Once embedded, the show player sits on top and your episodes are listed underneath, so listeners can pick an episode and play it right there.
Embed a single episode (LITE plan and above)
Go to Episodes and click the share icon at the far right of the episode row.
Switch to the "Embed Player" tab.
Click "Copy".
* Episode-level embeds don't show the URL on screen - use the "Copy" button. If your plan is below LITE, clicking Copy takes you to the upgrade page.
* If you actually want the whole show, click "Need the whole show? Embed the show player" at the bottom of the dialog.
Should you check "Use iframe"?
Unchecked: you copy a plain URL. Platforms like Medium and WordPress turn a pasted URL into a player automatically.
Checked: you copy a full iframe tag, which suits a self-hosted site or anywhere you can paste HTML. It looks like this:
<iframe title="Firstory" src="https://open.firstory.me/embed/user/⟨your show ID⟩" height="180" width="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
Adjust height and width to fit your layout.
Customize the player
The player follows your theme color, which you set under "Multi Platforms > Share & embed" in the left menu. Pick a "Level" (Show or Episode) in the right column and the theme in the left column applies to that level's player; the player preview on the right is interactive, so you can check the result before saving.
For the full settings walkthrough, see Sharing your show and episodes with FLink.
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