help with making my website

Nameless · August 6th, 2003

Heythere everyone. I'm making a site and I was just wondering where u guys all those nice animated smilies.

**Ryos** · August 7th, 2003

http://www.mysmilies.com/ has a pretty decent list of smilies.

Nameless · August 7th, 2003

Thanks Ryos!!

If nobody minds, I'll just make this my "help with website" thread instead of opening one for every problem (which would most likely get me banned

). How can I have music played on my site?

Quatro · August 7th, 2003

depends... is your site one of those free sites?

scottlc · August 7th, 2003

You could use a MIDI file playing in the background but bear in mind that not all people want to hear music playing. You should have an option to turn it off.

Nameless · August 7th, 2003

Yes, it's on freewebs.com, but they don't have problems with MIDI files, just mp3s. I saw a good one,Cresendo, but I don't know if it will do...will it? http://www.liveupdate.com/freedownload.asp

**Ryos** · August 7th, 2003

Crescendo is a lousy program and really shouldn't be used for any part of the MIDI process. Just do what scott suggested (and I would have the music default to off. There's nothing worse than to be listening to a CD or an mp3 or something and go to a site with a MIDI playing in the background).

scottlc · August 7th, 2003

Use the EMBED tag. Here's an example which will add a midi player. Note that autostart is set to false. I removed the outsite pointed brackets, add these on.

EMBED src="source of midi file" width="144" height="60" autostart="false" loop="true" hidden="false"

Nameless · August 7th, 2003

Thanks again. BTW, is there a program that makes the background of GIFs transparent other than Paint Shop Pro?

Zapages · August 7th, 2003

Yes Adobe Photoshop 7.0, you could buy them cheap in third world countries for 1.50 USD. They work perfectly or coughdowloadcough them but that wouldn't be right would it...

scottlc · August 7th, 2003

Most any image editing software makes GIFs with transparet backgrounds.

Nameless · August 7th, 2003

Oh, and free webs is bad. Sure, they give u 100MB as storage but they only give 100MB as bandwith. What do u think of Doteasy.com?? The storage is only 20MB but the bandwith is 1GB. Freewebs charges 9$ for 1GB of bandwith.....but I can get professinal hosting for 8$ a month. Anyway, this is only a test site. If things go well, I'll move it to a commersial host(iPage anyone?)

August 6th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Nameless r u really that bored? :P Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 1,925	help with making my website Heythere everyone. I'm making a site and I was just wondering where u guys all those nice animated smilies. __________________ --To every problem, there is a solution (other than death, of course ). So, just smile!!.....okay that's a load of crap but you already know that. 3 years and still fighting!! Systems: - Modified Mac Mini: 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HD, Dual-Boot Mac & XP - HP Tablet PC TC1100: 1.1GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, Vista Ultimate

August 7th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	Re: help with making my website http://www.mysmilies.com/ has a pretty decent list of smilies. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

August 7th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Nameless r u really that bored? :P Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 1,925	Re: help with making my website Thanks Ryos!! If nobody minds, I'll just make this my "help with website" thread instead of opening one for every problem (which would most likely get me banned ). How can I have music played on my site? __________________ --To every problem, there is a solution (other than death, of course ). So, just smile!!.....okay that's a load of crap but you already know that. 3 years and still fighting!! Systems: - Modified Mac Mini: 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HD, Dual-Boot Mac & XP - HP Tablet PC TC1100: 1.1GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, Vista Ultimate

August 7th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	Re: help with making my website depends... is your site one of those free sites? __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

August 7th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,575	Re: help with making my website You could use a MIDI file playing in the background but bear in mind that not all people want to hear music playing. You should have an option to turn it off. __________________ OS: Arch Linux w/ Kernel 2.6.23.8 + GNOME 2.20.1 - CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz - Memory: 1280MB DDR PC2700 - Browser: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

August 7th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Nameless r u really that bored? :P Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 1,925	Re: help with making my website Yes, it's on freewebs.com, but they don't have problems with MIDI files, just mp3s. I saw a good one,Cresendo, but I don't know if it will do...will it? http://www.liveupdate.com/freedownload.asp __________________ --To every problem, there is a solution (other than death, of course ). So, just smile!!.....okay that's a load of crap but you already know that. 3 years and still fighting!! Systems: - Modified Mac Mini: 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HD, Dual-Boot Mac & XP - HP Tablet PC TC1100: 1.1GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, Vista Ultimate

August 7th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	Re: help with making my website Crescendo is a lousy program and really shouldn't be used for any part of the MIDI process. Just do what scott suggested (and I would have the music default to off. There's nothing worse than to be listening to a CD or an mp3 or something and go to a site with a MIDI playing in the background). __________________ Sanity is overrated.

August 7th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,575	Re: help with making my website Use the EMBED tag. Here's an example which will add a midi player. Note that autostart is set to false. I removed the outsite pointed brackets, add these on. EMBED src="source of midi file" width="144" height="60" autostart="false" loop="true" hidden="false" __________________ OS: Arch Linux w/ Kernel 2.6.23.8 + GNOME 2.20.1 - CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz - Memory: 1280MB DDR PC2700 - Browser: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

August 7th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Nameless r u really that bored? :P Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 1,925	Re: help with making my website Thanks again. BTW, is there a program that makes the background of GIFs transparent other than Paint Shop Pro? __________________ --To every problem, there is a solution (other than death, of course ). So, just smile!!.....okay that's a load of crap but you already know that. 3 years and still fighting!! Systems: - Modified Mac Mini: 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HD, Dual-Boot Mac & XP - HP Tablet PC TC1100: 1.1GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, Vista Ultimate

August 7th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Zapages Prince of Persia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,099	Re: help with making my website Yes Adobe Photoshop 7.0, you could buy them cheap in third world countries for 1.50 USD. They work perfectly or coughdowloadcough them but that wouldn't be right would it... __________________ Prince of Persia Legacy and Prince of Persia Gallery

August 7th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,575	Re: help with making my website Most any image editing software makes GIFs with transparet backgrounds. __________________ OS: Arch Linux w/ Kernel 2.6.23.8 + GNOME 2.20.1 - CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz - Memory: 1280MB DDR PC2700 - Browser: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

August 7th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Nameless r u really that bored? :P Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 1,925	Re: help with making my website Oh, and free webs is bad. Sure, they give u 100MB as storage but they only give 100MB as bandwith. What do u think of Doteasy.com?? The storage is only 20MB but the bandwith is 1GB. Freewebs charges 9$ for 1GB of bandwith.....but I can get professinal hosting for 8$ a month. Anyway, this is only a test site. If things go well, I'll move it to a commersial host(iPage anyone?) __________________ --To every problem, there is a solution (other than death, of course ). So, just smile!!.....okay that's a load of crap but you already know that. 3 years and still fighting!! Systems: - Modified Mac Mini: 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HD, Dual-Boot Mac & XP - HP Tablet PC TC1100: 1.1GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, Vista Ultimate

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