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11 Nov 2011, 4:03 AM
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Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

Is there a way to have sound/music playing in the background when a client is looking thru my website?

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11 Nov 2011, 5:59 AM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

I'm sure it's possible. But WHY?

I'd have to be desperate to resist the urge to click away from your site and find another place to shop quietly.

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11 Nov 2011, 11:36 AM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

Just add some code:
http://www.2createawebsite.com/enhance/adding-music.html

but I agree with the good doctor - I'm at the site to shop, not disco. If I want music I'll turn on the radio.

11 Nov 2011, 1:48 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

I use the internet to do allot of buying and if I hear music on the site I usually find another site.

11 Nov 2011, 7:06 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

Don't do it

First thing i do when i get a site that plays music is hit the back button and go elsewhere.

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11 Nov 2011, 7:48 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

Ditto what the others have said.

When I built my first site back in 1997, I though music would be cool. Now, when I go to the wayback machine and look at the site in their archives I can't help but laugh at myself. That was just one of the many lame aspects to my early efforts. :laugh:

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11 Nov 2011, 9:04 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

How long would it be before that retro feel became cool again?

Not yet, I guess.....

Let's all start using comic sans again too. Oh, and blink, that was cool. What about a cool splash page with music, comic sans and some blinking text that takes several minutes to load and has no way to sidestep it?

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11 Nov 2011, 9:40 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

niccol:

What about a cool splash page with music, comic sans and some blinking text that takes several minutes to load and has no way to sidestep it?

If my first site could walk you'da seen it stepping down the street in platform heels, bell-bottoms and a disco collar with a 3 foot long boom-box hoisted up on its shoulder. How YOU doin? :ohmy: I chased every fad out there. Then google came along and I saw that plain white background with the simple search box and realized I'd been led astray by all the bling. Now I like it simple.

11 Nov 2011, 9:49 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

Oh, and blink, that was cool.

I used blinking text. And scrolling text. And, a nice big Link Exchange banner. And, ALL kinds of little icons. But, in my defense, I sucked at this stuff. :laugh:

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12 Nov 2011, 4:27 AM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

niccol:

Hands up who hasn't committed a crime against sensibility at some point.
Haha, how true!

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12 Nov 2011, 4:36 AM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

I used to think that FRAMES were the coolest idea ever. I just loved having scrollbars all over the screen, and give the impression that you have a static sidebar, and a dynamic content area.

I only grew out of using them in 1995.

As the precursor to most CMS platforms, I suppose it was useful in its time.

12 Nov 2011, 11:25 PM
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Re: Can I Play Sound/ Music For Customers While They Browse My Site?

:flex:

UNCLE! UNCLE!

Ok it was just a thought. I guess that it just is not such a good thought!

Thanks

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