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CRYSTAL MORRIS
Courses Plus Student 2,809 PointsWEBSITE AUDIO
Can a song begin to play when someone is at a website??? I am NOT talking about a video, just a song playing in the background and if so what does it take to make it happen???
4 Answers
mbukhonko
3,988 PointsSure, there's a number of HTML4, 5, and Javascript ways. Google "play music on site load", for example, for particular ways.
However, be aware that there are few things that are more annoying to the average visitor than auto-loading sounds, especially if one can't turn 'em off. It's a particularly good way to make sure that someone never visits your site ever again.
Luis M Ruiz
6,877 PointsHello Crystal,
There are some alternatives to do this with javascript but can also be done with HTML5 using the code below:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<audio controls autoplay>
<source src="/html5/audio.wav" type="audio/wav" />
Your browser does not support the <audio> element.
</audio>
</body>
</html>
You can test it here http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cgi-bin/practice.cgi?file=html5-50.htm and If you would like for the player to hide, then change this in the code:
From: <audio controls autoplay>
To: <audio controls autoplay style="display:none">
I would also convert my mp3 to ogg format at http://media.io/. instead of using a wav file as in the example.
I hope this helps.
Luis
CRYSTAL MORRIS
Courses Plus Student 2,809 PointsThanks Luis, This Is AWESOME!!! :-)
Luis M Ruiz
6,877 PointsAnytime!
CRYSTAL MORRIS
Courses Plus Student 2,809 PointsCRYSTAL MORRIS
Courses Plus Student 2,809 PointsThanks For Your Input mbukhonko, it is a christian website about a christian musician. :-)