sound files

[Benluke]

Hi, have been asked to put up some sound files onto a site i am building. never done this before can anyone point me in the right direction.

thanks

ben

 

[gwillr]

do you want them to open in mediaplayer or something when you click onthem?


Gary

 

[Benluke]

yea that would be best

 

[gwillr]

Use something like this:

<a href="FILENAME.WMV" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#282484">
<span style="font-size: 10px">03...Gary - Alexander Keith Commercial</span></font></a><font color="#282484">

Of course you can change/remove some/all of the formatting as necessary

Gary

 

[Benluke]

thanks gwillr, ill give that a try

 

[gwillr]

let me know if it works for you


Gary

 

[Benluke]

ok wont be tonight though

 

[LTeeple]

I have a related question:
How does one embed sound in a page, without depending on user action?

i.e. when a page loads, one hears a song (of course, not violating copyright laws).

and further, how can one provide a method of stopping the sound?

(i.e. have 'Audio Off / Audio On' type links)


Cheers!
Laura

 

[gwillr]

well....try this link:

http://www.w3schools.com/media/tryit.asp?filename=trymedia_soundmidiback

it allows you to play with the code a bit

as for links to turn the sound on and off, there are several ways to do that....you could have two of the same pages, one with music and one without, and have the links direct to the appropriate streams.

alternatively, you can use javascript to alter the code of your html page based on what the user selects.

i have developed a little theatre in my media page where a user has a lot of choice....

http://www.robarspages.ca/photosite/index.asp#cinema

you can view the code by clicking 'view source' in your browser. mine uses javascript to chage the stream and code depending on what the user chooses

Gary