Help! How do I play a .wav file at start up of my website?

[puterdummy]

I know I am going to feel stupid and this is probably something very basic, but how do I get a .wav file to start when my web site is loaded?
and...is there a way to get it to delay for a few seconds?

Thanks in advance!
Cool :)

[Cameleon]

is it your music that you want to play to show off?

[puterdummy]

No, actually, it will be my voice reading an intro to a story.
Does it matter if it is music or my voice?
Thanks,
Cool :)

[Cameleon]

please read 1. on this site http://www.killersites.com/articles/articles_dosAndDontsPart2.htm

but if you still want to, then here are some ideas on how to do it.

http://www.developingwebs.net/html/sound.php
http://www.cookwood.com/cgi-bin/lcastro/htmlbbs.pl?noframes;read=19231

[puterdummy]

Thank you for the information.
That's what I needed to know.
My name says it all! LOL
Puterdummy :)

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Cameleon
please read 1. on this site http://www.killersites.com/articles/articles_dosAndDontsPart2.htm WOW That article looks like it was written by stefan of our forum... I was wondering what happened to her.

Its ok to put audio on a website so long as the user can turn it off. I do not believe in putting music on a website, but a narration would be ok (but I would keep it turned off and have the user turn it on). You can embed it into the website using the object tag and it will realy on the user's browser's plugins. But the user could stop, pause, and play that audio with that.

[Cameleon]

your very welcome. i added some links above if you still would like to do that.

[Cameleon]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
WOW That article looks like it was written by stefan of our forum...

it was, look at the bottom of the article its says Stefan Mischook

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Cameleon
your very welcome. i added some links above if you still would like to do that. both of those use the embed tag, which is not valid html.... I would add the audio with the object tag, or just use flash for the audio.

[puterdummy]

O.K. guys, remember my name?
Puterdummy

I am ready and willing to do the embedding, but now PeOfEO has me confused. What do you mean "both of those use the embed tag, which is not valid html"?
Does it not work?
And could you be more specific about the object tag and flash. Please?
Thanks again.
Cool :)

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by puterdummy
O.K. guys, remember my name?
Puterdummy

I am ready and willing to do the embedding, but now PeOfEO has me confused. What do you mean "both of those use the embed tag, which is not valid html"?
Does it not work?
And could you be more specific about the object tag and flash. Please?
Thanks again.
Cool :) Working and being correct are different things. The embed tag is not valid html by the standards set in place by the [url=www.w3c.org]w3c[url]. It is good to do things by those standards, comply to them. If you want to use the embed tag it will work and no one is going to sneak up on you like a ninja and force you to do it the other way. But I would not put the embed tag on one of my pages personally. The object tag is a newer tag that is sort of the parent tag of all objects (embed, image, iframe). Flash, you know shockwave flash by macromedia, its a form of media.

[puterdummy]

Thank you for being so clear in your explanation, PeOfEo!

I am sure that I have used object tags in the past, but for some reason I am drawing a blank.
I will go and look up my past work and see if I can figure it out.

I may be back! LOL

Thanks again,
Cool :)