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Originally Posted by -Ever-
So, no one really described exactly how I'd do it yet, but I think you guys tried to say that I'd have an external window pop up that has it playing and would remain open while they browsed the actual site...?
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An external window would be an interesting option, but no, that's not what I suggested.
Frames are, well, just that. You can have the main page divided into smaller subpages, each with their own HTML page. You could use a small frame at the top with a music file embedded, and simply have the lower (large) frame display the rest of the website. That way, your top frame, with the music, never changes, and keeps playing that music (where a normal webpage would change, stopping the music).
<a href="http://www.echoecho.com/htmlframes.htm">some info, including picture of frame setup</a>
The downside of a frame setup, as opposed to the external window option, is that you'd lose a small portion of your screen to that frame. Also, frames are "out" for that precise reason. But then again, pop-ups are often blocked, and/or are seen as annoying (just like music.
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If you do play music, you have to remember that mp3 files are large, and take a long time to download (unless you take a small song, and have it loop. still relatively large). Midi files, the other option, are smaller, but tend to sound awful.