Q183785: FP: How to Play Background Sound in Netscape Navigator
Article: Q183785
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 1.0,1.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194096.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q193168.
SUMMARY
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When you add a background sound to a Web page in FrontPage Editor, FrontPage
inserts the <bgsound> tag before the </head> tag. Netscape Navigator
ignores the <bgsound> tag. To play a sound in Netscape Navigator, you can
use the <embed> tag.
This article describes how to insert a background sound that plays when you load
an HTML page in a Netscape browser.
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To play a background sound in Netscape Navigator, use the appropriate steps for
your version of FrontPage.
FrontPage 97 and FrontPage for the Macintosh
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1. Open your page in FrontPage Editor.
2. On the View menu, click HTML.
3. Place the insertion point after the <body> tag and type the following
HTML code
<embed src="soundfile.wav" hidden="true" align="baseline" border="0"
width="128" height="128" autostart="true" autoplay="true">
where soundfile.wav is the name of the background sound file you want to use.
You can use a .wav, .mid. or .au file.
4. Click OK.
5. On the File menu, click Save.
FrontPage 1.1
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1. Open your page in FrontPage Editor.
2. On the Insert menu, click Bot.
3. In the Select A Component list, click HTML Markup and then click OK.
4. In the HTML Markup dialog box, type the following HTML code
<embed src="soundfile.wav" hidden="true" align="baseline" border="0"
width="128" height="128" autostart="true" autoplay="true">
where soundfile.wav is the name of the background sound file you want to use.
You can use a .wav, .mid. or .au file.
5. Click Close.
6. On the File menu, click Save.
HIDDEN, AUTOSTART, and LOOP Attributes
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The HIDDEN, AUTOSTART and LOOP attributes of the EMBED tag are described as
follows:
HIDDEN="true|false" Setting this attribute specifies whether
the plug-in is visible. Some plug-ins
(like the LiveAudio plug-in) can control the
embedded data type without being visible. The
default value is false, meaning that the
plug-in control will be displayed.
AUTOSTART="true|false" Setting this attribute specifies whether
the plug-in will start automatically.
Some plug-ins (like the LiveAudio plug-in)
can control the embedded data type without
user intervention. The default value is
false, meaning that the plug-in will not
function until the control is clicked.
LOOP="true|false" Setting this attribute specifies whether
the plug-in plays in an infinite loop. The
default value is false, meaning that the
plug-in will play once.
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Additional query words: 97 1.1 fpmac bgsound
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Keywords : kbdta
Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110 kbFrontPageMacSearch
Version : :1.0,1.1
Hardware : MAC x86
Issue type : kbhowto
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