HiI'm a newbee to the site and to web building,

So please go easy with me!

I have a website that i would like to ad sound to when its viewed, and switchable too!

have tried vairious codes with no joy!

I'm running windows vista, my file for the sound is a mp3 file which i was told to store here web hosts Public_html

hope there's enough info here for someone to help

Regards Brian

i would like to ad sound to when its viewed

Ohhhh.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!
Annoying music when you land on a website is the first thing that will make me LEAVE!! Keep in mind that people are listening to their OWN music while they surf, they certainly do not want to listen to YOUR choice.

Just forget this idea. Put a player on your site if you must that lets visitors CHOOSE to listen or not, but do not force it on them when they land on your site.

Originally Posted by LadynRed

Ohhhh.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!
Annoying music when you land on a website is the first thing that will make me LEAVE!! Keep in mind that people are listening to their OWN music while they surf, they certainly do not want to listen to YOUR choice.

Just forget this idea. Put a player on your site if you must that lets visitors CHOOSE to listen or not, but do not force it on them when they land on your site.

Oouch! that hurt!!
it's only less than a 1/2 min if that.

Is it really that bad??

Hi Brian,

Probably the easiest way to add sound is with the HTML 5 audio element. The following article outlines how to do it:

http://html5doctor.com/native-audio-in-the-browser/

If you would like switchable audio then you might want to consider using Flash for now. There are a number of tutorials that explain how to set up a Flash jukebox on the web. Just search for Flash jukebox or Flash audio player.

I do agree with LadynRed though you should consider your visitor and what they would want. I imagine most users would prefer to press play by themselves.

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
var filename="hazy_shade_of_winter.mid";
if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
document.writeln ('<BGSOUND SRC="' + filename + '">');
else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
document.writeln ('<EMBED SRC="' + filename + '" AUTOSTART=TRUE WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=60><P>');
// -->
</SCRIPT>
<NOSCRIPT>
<BGSOUND SRC="hazy_shade_of_winter.mid">
</NOSCRIPT>

You can try this code

I have to agree with LadynRed here, I find it so annoying when websites have sound coming on automatically. More often than not, I'm opening dozens of tabs at once, and when I get music blaring out of one it's a pain to find, and when I do, I close it.

You should let the viewer decide if they want sound playing or not. Don't force them to listen to something they don't want to.

I think your comments are a bit OTT !!
the sound is only gonna be on few seconds while page opens
and its not gonna be blaring out either!

thought this site might of been helpfull for newbee's

Originally Posted by Swaders

I think your comments are a bit OTT !!
the sound is only gonna be on few seconds while page opens
and its not gonna be blaring out either!

thought this site might of been helpfull for newbee's

I think it's an opinion you'll find amongst the majority of web users to be honest. It's why so many people hate MySpace. And it's why very few sites do it these days. You have to think of the end user, and try not to interfere with their browsing experience.

Is it really that bad??

Yes, it's probably #1 or #2 consistently on the pet peeves list of what NOT to do on a web site, it doesn't matter how long it is.

in frontpage 2003 go to page properties dialog box and from that window choose the background sound option from that u can add this

http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesi...undmusic.shtml

u can also use that link for fulfill your requirement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pnbSQHW22w

Originally Posted by Swaders

thought this site might of been helpfull for newbee's

It is. That's why we are telling you NOT to have a background noise that plays on startup.

Originally Posted by Swaders

I think your comments are a bit OTT !!
the sound is only gonna be on few seconds while page opens
and its not gonna be blaring out either!

Doesn't matter, ANY music, speech, stupid speaking "characters" etc that start on page load are annoying and intrusive.

It's kinda like the ads that say you just won a free ipod nano or ipad etc.. you just want to bash your screen, it's a bad idea to add music or audio to the background.

Originally Posted by Swaders

Oouch! that hurt!!
it's only less than a 1/2 min if that.

Is it really that bad??

Yeppers... it really is THAT bad! Please don't do it.

unless you have flash playing you shouldn't have music playing on page load, like everyone says it super annoying

I find it very annoying, especially I always have 15 to 20 tabs opened in a browser and there is sudden music one of thoseand i need to search among the tabs for the culprit only to get closed.

Remember, music through background has no control bar so i wll not be able to pause even.

Originally Posted by Swaders

HiI'm a newbee to the site and to web building,

So please go easy with me!

I have a website that i would like to ad sound to when its viewed, and switchable too!

have tried vairious codes with no joy!

I'm running windows vista, my file for the sound is a mp3 file which i was told to store here web hosts Public_html

hope there's enough info here for someone to help

Regards Brian

I have to agree with everyone else on here. Forced sound is intrusive as hell and I'd say the majority of web users close the page immediately (I know I do). I don't think anyone is being harsh on a "newbee". They are giving you solid advice.

One fact that I think is being overlooked though, unless I missed it while skimming through this thread, is what is this site? Are friends and family going there to view photos? Is it a commercial site? Does the site accomplish something else? Obviously if this is a personal site, it doesn't make a lot of difference. However, if the site needs repeat traffic, I would strongly suggest you forget about making someone listen to something no matter how short.

Just my two cents.

Please help me for code conversion....

add a video to your site is better than a sound for intro

why not try Flash Mp3Player?

To maximise the probability of getting an answer, ask one short question at a time.

It would take me til the expiry time of the question to read it.

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