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Sounds are not much good really, as they annoy web users and discourage them from returning to your site. However, sounds are seen as exceptable on: flash sites, sites for bands/singers and personal sites where you might want to show off what you can play. Remember not to use copyrighted sounds though, as it is a illegal and can get you banned from your hosting service.

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you can put it anywhere. keep in mind that it slows down your site and most of the users don't like it. if you do want it, search google for a flash music player. include that in your site so the users can turn sound on & off.

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There is another easy way to do it, is to add a flash with sound volume control.Volume level of every computer may be different, it is advisable to add adjustable volume control. It allowed users to lower the volume or no volume at all for slient mode.

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Music on the web is a very unpolite thing, if you have a GPRS connection and you pay the number of Bytes downloaded, If you put Music on a web site many person with this problems won't came again to yours site...

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eh...I'm with k22. I discourage putting sounds on a website unless you specifically have a hyperlink to the file (in which case you are showcasing this sound file). It really slows some computers down and people don't generally enjoy it too much ^_^

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uh...I always thought .swf was the extension for a flash file. Hmm, well, I'm not a big "flash mx" user dispite having my brother installing it into my family's computer ^_^

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Hey valien...i m FaLco from AoK trial ^_^ to put sounds in html add this script :

<embed src="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/; autostart="true" loop="1" height="28" width="150" controls="console">

 

Change URL to ur music file....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>


if i have to use sounds, i would like to use midi files instead. midi might not be that good compared to mp3, but it significantly reduces your page's downloading time.

 

but actually, i think sound embedding is not recommended in web design.

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To add sound my favoroute method is <embed src="url_or_path_on_the_server.extension"> , but another way would be to put a sound would be just to propose it to the visitor<a href"path_or_link.filetype"> Name of the sound </a>If you wish to put background music , use <bgmusic> tag with the autostart and loop attribute , but if the visitor don't want music , it can sometime become not so funny because he can't stop it.Use sounds wisely ^_^

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There is nothing wrong with sound on your site if you chose to add it. A site can not be generalized to meet everybody’s liking and therefore you try to target a certain kind of views to your site. If you have good content and updated information sound is just a minor distraction. Better yet if it could be turned off.It’s like a bank or business place where they play background music, some enjoy it and some don’t but their main concern is getting their business done. I add an intro sound to some of the sites I create, on the main page.

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