media library question

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 4:36 am

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  Hi, what is the difference between the caption and the discription of a file?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 6:10 am

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  The caption, if you use it will show up underneath the image when you insert it. As far as I can tell, the “description” is just for the blog owner and does not show up anywhere public.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 6:44 am

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  The Description is the part of the post Facebook gloms on to first. If you post a post to FB, nine times out of ten what shows up is the image description.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 6:56 am

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  Ah, good to know. I’ll file that away with my tax receipts.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 9:31 am

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  Description shows up on attachment pages.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 4, 2010 at 2:45 pm

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  You can even add links to pages or posts (or I guess other sites online) in the description, which will then work from attachment pages.

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 8:05 pm

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  So the discription wil be what shows up on my page if I have it?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 4, 2010 at 8:48 pm

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  On attachment pages. An attachment page is the dedicated page that shows up when you click on a regular image or a gallery image if you have selected the relevant option. Examples here:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/
  http://gammagirl.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/not-the-official-wordpresscom-gallery-faq/

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Dec 5, 2010 at 4:08 am

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  I will be mainly working with word documents and mp3 files here, not immages. Does it work for these as well?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 5, 2010 at 6:07 am

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  The caption fields and description fields apply to images.

  For Uploading Documents see the illustrated entry here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/uploading-documents/

  If you wish to upload audio files from your own computer, you will need to purchase the Space Upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/
  I do not want users to be able to download but only listen on site your best bet is probably to use a Flash player and the figya Shortcode http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/category/gigya/