yelow
03-13-2008, 07:46 PM
Wait, don't kill me just yet. This has a legitimate purpose.
I am working on a website that has already been built. It is a collection of .htm files and <table> tags, which drives me mad, but that's what I have to work with right now. Eventually, I'm moving to a .php/.css solution, however that time has not come yet.
I have been instructed to redevelop the header of the page (flash slideshow, header, menu) and to also put music. Not just music, a full MP3, all four megs of it. So, after explaining to him what web standards and load speeds are, he says he still wants it, so whatever.
In order for the MP3 to not load anew every time someone clicks on a menu item, I decided to load the MP3 into an autoplay flash mp3 player, in a small popunder frame. I insert the js into the head, everything works fine except:
When the frame pops, it does not load the song. Only when one clicks on the window, or the front main web page window, does the MP3 load. However, the idea is that the MP3 should start right away without any intervention from the user after hitting ENTER to finish entering the domain into the address bar in the browser.
What is causing this issue? The flash file is actionscript 2.0 - I downloaded it from, I believe, flashkit.com.
Does this seem like a familiar issue? For what its worth, it seems like this only happens in Firefox and the newer versions of Internet Explorer.
thanks in advance,
-Tim
I am working on a website that has already been built. It is a collection of .htm files and <table> tags, which drives me mad, but that's what I have to work with right now. Eventually, I'm moving to a .php/.css solution, however that time has not come yet.
I have been instructed to redevelop the header of the page (flash slideshow, header, menu) and to also put music. Not just music, a full MP3, all four megs of it. So, after explaining to him what web standards and load speeds are, he says he still wants it, so whatever.
In order for the MP3 to not load anew every time someone clicks on a menu item, I decided to load the MP3 into an autoplay flash mp3 player, in a small popunder frame. I insert the js into the head, everything works fine except:
When the frame pops, it does not load the song. Only when one clicks on the window, or the front main web page window, does the MP3 load. However, the idea is that the MP3 should start right away without any intervention from the user after hitting ENTER to finish entering the domain into the address bar in the browser.
What is causing this issue? The flash file is actionscript 2.0 - I downloaded it from, I believe, flashkit.com.
Does this seem like a familiar issue? For what its worth, it seems like this only happens in Firefox and the newer versions of Internet Explorer.
thanks in advance,
-Tim