Put sound to the Site

tandd6 · 04-23-2008, 01:28 PM

I'm putting my daughters site together and I want the music to play when your on the main page....How doI get this...I'm using Dream Weaver....
http://jourdest.com

**jamiemac2005** · 04-23-2008, 02:48 PM

in dreamweaver:
1) get into code view
2) underneath the "<body>" tag insert:
"<bgsound src='filename.mp3'>"

I think that should work,
If not post back and say so and i'll write something proper to do it.

tandd6 · 04-23-2008, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the tip...but it didn't work...I need to spend more time learning this stuff...I love it when it works....

snowman7000 · 04-23-2008, 10:44 PM

if microsoft would ever produce a web standard compliant browser all you should need is: (will work for firefox & safari)
<object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song">
<param name="autostart" value="true">
<param name="hidden" value="true">
</object>

being that the current stuff is horrible to develop for this should work: (make sure to not leave spaces or exotic characters in the mp3 name)

<div style="visibility:hidden;">
<object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song">
<param name="autostart" value="true">
<param name="hidden" value="true">
</object>

<bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<embed name="guitar" src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound>
</div>

<script language="JavaScript">

</script>

snowman7000 · 04-23-2008, 11:07 PM

I guess I could tell you how it works: I will only go through the second one since it is what you most likely use if you go this way. Web compliant browsers will ignore the stuff below the </object> since it is all either proprietary or depreciated.

This part is used by firefox, safari and other w3 standards based web browsers, this is ignored by IE6 and IE7
<object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song">
<param name="autostart" value="true">
<param name="hidden" value="true">
</object>

This part loads the songs, but microsoft does not allow songs to start paying automaticaly if you try it will not and the browser will warn that your have an active x control and have the yellow bar at the top
<bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<embed name="guitar" src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound>

The two parts above were wrapped in div tags because some browsers try to display a control their but can not so usually will display what was in that area from the last webpage that was their

This script is just a work around the fact that microsoft does not trust their own controls (probably with good reason they should never have allowed access to active x through browsers but i digress). Most newer versions of IE will not start if you tell it to play automatically, but a milliseconds later it is ok with.
<script language="JavaScript">

</script>

tandd6 · 04-24-2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamiemac2005

in dreamweaver:
1) get into code view
2) underneath the "<body>" tag insert:
"<bgsound src='filename.mp3'>"

I think that should work,
If not post back and say so and i'll write something proper to do it.

Ok that work...But only on IE
snowman7000 idea probably will work ...I just have to figure out what to takeout and add so it will play the song I want....the src is http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3

**Redcore** · 04-24-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowman7000

if microsoft would ever produce a web standard compliant browser all you should need is...

hahaha...that got me laughing pretty good - especially thinking back to IE6 and previous versions. MAN...that is some nasty stuff. I'm glad IE7 at least makes the turn towards W3C standards...but I think MS will always have a soft spot for doing their own thing rather than working with W3C to develop the standards.

snowman7000 · 04-25-2008, 01:36 AM

All you need to do is change the file path/names, anything else is optional but I would recommend putting everything after the colon together just before the </body> tag so it will work in most cases 90% to 95% of the time I would expect (antiquated browsers or javascript disabled being the limiting factors):

<div style="visibility:hidden;">
<object data="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Born on the Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival">
<param name="autostart" value="true">
<param name="hidden" value="true">
</object>

<bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<embed name="guitar" src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound>
</div>

<script language="JavaScript">

</script>

tandd6 · 04-25-2008, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowman7000

All you need to do is change the file path/names, anything else is optional but I would recommend putting everything after the colon together just before the </body> tag so it will work in most cases 90% to 95% of the time I would expect (antiquated browsers or javascript disabled being the limiting factors):

<div style="visibility:hidden;">
<object data="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Born on the Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival">
<param name="autostart" value="true">
<param name="hidden" value="true">
</object>

<bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<embed name="guitar" src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound>
</div>

<script language="JavaScript">

</script>

Thank You...I'm slowly learning, Please don't start laughing til I leave the room...LOL

snowman7000 · 04-26-2008, 12:33 AM

I wish you and your family the best!

If you want learn about web development I would recommend w3schools's site: the HTML, CSS and the JavaScript would be the first sections I would recommend you look into. They have pretty well written tutorials and examples over many web related subjects, and are set up so you can edit the examples to see what changes will do.

tandd6 · 04-26-2008, 08:32 PM

Thanks a lot.....I'll check them out

04-23-2008, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
tandd6 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20 OS: winXP Home Edition SP2	Put sound to the Site I'm putting my daughters site together and I want the music to play when your on the main page....How doI get this...I'm using Dream Weaver.... http://jourdest.com

04-23-2008, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,876 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: Put sound to the Site in dreamweaver: 1) get into code view 2) underneath the "<body>" tag insert: "<bgsound src='filename.mp3'>" I think that should work, If not post back and say so and i'll write something proper to do it. Last edited by jamiemac2005; 04-23-2008 at 02:50 PM.

04-23-2008, 07:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
tandd6 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20 OS: winXP Home Edition SP2	Re: Put sound to the Site Thanks for the tip...but it didn't work...I need to spend more time learning this stuff...I love it when it works....

04-23-2008, 10:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
snowman7000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 26 OS: xp(sp2), OSX(10.5)	Re: Put sound to the Site if microsoft would ever produce a web standard compliant browser all you should need is: (will work for firefox & safari) <object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song"> <param name="autostart" value="true"> <param name="hidden" value="true"> </object> being that the current stuff is horrible to develop for this should work: (make sure to not leave spaces or exotic characters in the mp3 name) <div style="visibility:hidden;"> <object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song"> <param name="autostart" value="true"> <param name="hidden" value="true"> </object> <bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> <embed name="guitar" src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound> </div> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // IE 7, mozilla, safari, opera 9 if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.")==-1) self.document.guitar.play() } else { // IE6, older browsers self.document.guitar.play() } //--> </script> Last edited by snowman7000; 04-23-2008 at 10:52 PM. Reason: took out dead code

04-23-2008, 11:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
snowman7000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 26 OS: xp(sp2), OSX(10.5)	Re: Put sound to the Site I guess I could tell you how it works: I will only go through the second one since it is what you most likely use if you go this way. Web compliant browsers will ignore the stuff below the </object> since it is all either proprietary or depreciated. This part is used by firefox, safari and other w3 standards based web browsers, this is ignored by IE6 and IE7 <object data="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Title of song"> <param name="autostart" value="true"> <param name="hidden" value="true"> </object> This part loads the songs, but microsoft does not allow songs to start paying automaticaly if you try it will not and the browser will warn that your have an active x control and have the yellow bar at the top <bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> <embed name="guitar" src="TheWhiteStripes-Conquest.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound> The two parts above were wrapped in div tags because some browsers try to display a control their but can not so usually will display what was in that area from the last webpage that was their This script is just a work around the fact that microsoft does not trust their own controls (probably with good reason they should never have allowed access to active x through browsers but i digress). Most newer versions of IE will not start if you tell it to play automatically, but a milliseconds later it is ok with. <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // IE 7, mozilla, safari, opera 9 if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.")==-1) self.document.guitar.play() } else { // IE6, older browsers self.document.guitar.play() } //--> </script>

04-25-2008, 01:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
snowman7000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 26 OS: xp(sp2), OSX(10.5)	Re: Put sound to the Site All you need to do is change the file path/names, anything else is optional but I would recommend putting everything after the colon together just before the </body> tag so it will work in most cases 90% to 95% of the time I would expect (antiquated browsers or javascript disabled being the limiting factors): <div style="visibility:hidden;"> <object data="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" title="Born on the Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival"> <param name="autostart" value="true"> <param name="hidden" value="true"> </object> <bgsound id="bgsound_id" loop=1 src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> <embed name="guitar" src="http://jourdest.com/mp3/music/Bayou.mp3" loop=false autostart=false hidden=true type="audio/mpeg" mastersound> </div> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // IE 7, mozilla, safari, opera 9 if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.")==-1) self.document.guitar.play() } else { // IE6, older browsers self.document.guitar.play() } //--> </script>

04-26-2008, 12:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
snowman7000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 26 OS: xp(sp2), OSX(10.5)	Re: Put sound to the Site I wish you and your family the best! If you want learn about web development I would recommend w3schools's site: the HTML, CSS and the JavaScript would be the first sections I would recommend you look into. They have pretty well written tutorials and examples over many web related subjects, and are set up so you can edit the examples to see what changes will do.

04-26-2008, 08:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
tandd6 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20 OS: winXP Home Edition SP2	Re: Put sound to the Site Thanks a lot.....I'll check them out