Dreamweaver - Need help with sound for button

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Need help with sound for button

drakor

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

I have used the sound behavior and attached it to the onmouseover event for my
buttons

the problem is whenever I rollover the button it opens up another page and
then plays the sound

the sound file is wav file.

Any help would be appreciatted.

Joe

darrel

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

> I have used the sound behavior and attached it to the onmouseover event
for my
> buttons

Oh, and think twice before doing this to begin with...a lot of people get
annoyed with sounds like this on a web site.

-Darrel

darrel

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

> Any help would be appreciatted.

Use flash for sound interaction like this. It's the only cross-browser way
to provide a consistent user experience.

-Darrel

drakor

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

Thanks for the help, Is their any other way of doing it without using flash, I
created a site a long time ago that did the same thing without using flash( I
cannot find those old files.) As for the sound that is what the customer wants.

Thanks
Joe

darrel

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

> Thanks for the help, Is their any other way of doing it without using
flash,

Consitently/reliably cross-browser? No, not really.

This (OLD) page goes over it a bit:

http://www.intrafoundation.com/howto4.html

The issue is that at one time it was a pain, then around version 4 browsers,
you could do it with some built-in plugins and javascript, but the newer
browsers now, namely the Mozilla group, have taken away a lot of the bells
and whistles that web-users had no need for (sounds on rollovers,
unrequested pop-up windows, BLINK tag, etc.)

Here's a method that seems to work as long as the end-user uses IE/PC:
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/html/5.php3

Flash is really the way to go for this type of thing. Granted, flash brings
its own set of issues with it.

> created a site a long time ago that did the same thing without using
flash( I
> cannot find those old files.) As for the sound that is what the customer
wants.

As the customer if sound is what THEIR customers want. ;o)

It's maybe cool for a few seconds, but it get's old really quick...and
annoying your customers isn't usually the best business model. ;o)

-Darrel

drakor

2004-08-06, 7:14 pm

Thanks for information, do you have any documentation on doing the sound with
flash, I will go that route.

As for the customer, I did explain to him that most of his customer would not
like it, he still wants to go forward though.

Joe

darrel

2004-08-06, 7:15 pm

> Thanks for information, do you have any documentation on doing the sound
with
> flash, I will go that route.

There's a ton out there. Flashkit.com is a great place to hang out with
plenty of Flash tutorials.

> As for the customer, I did explain to him that most of his customer would
not
> like it, he still wants to go forward though.

Meh. Whadya do? Good luck!

-Darrel