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I am trying to create a website but only have Microsoft Front Page. I used Dream Weaver a while back and recently decided to try on my home computer. BIG MISTAKE, it isn't half as good and I am having a few problems. The first is the line spacing. There is a huge gap between lines everytime I press "Enter". The second problem is with letting music play in the back ground. I have downloaded an MP3 I want to play in the back ground but because it is an MP3 file I can't play it. Does anyone know how I can convert it into another kind of file so I can play it?
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phi11ip wrote:
> How big is the song file?
>
> You've got a limited bandwidth with hosts and putting big files into
> pages means that for every time the page is loaded you're gonna lose
> some of your download data that's been allocated to you.
>
> Plus it annoys people. I hate sites with background music, if I'm
> listening to music and I find a site playing background music. The
> site goes straight off.
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very annoyin, give them a choice. Though DO NOT put midi on, that is possibly one of the most annoying things on website besides from popups and poor layout. I would prefer nothing because you can read it in peace.
> How big is the song file?
>
> You've got a limited bandwidth with hosts and putting big files into
> pages means that for every time the page is loaded you're gonna lose
> some of your download data that's been allocated to you.
>
> Plus it annoys people. I hate sites with background music, if I'm
> listening to music and I find a site playing background music. The
> site goes straight off.
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very annoyin, give them a choice. Though DO NOT put midi on, that is possibly one of the most annoying things on website besides from popups and poor layout. I would prefer nothing because you can read it in peace.
Only 1,553kb...That's not toooooooooooooooooooooooo much :D
How big is the song file?
You've got a limited bandwidth with hosts and putting big files into pages means that for every time the page is loaded you're gonna lose some of your download data that's been allocated to you.
Plus it annoys people. I hate sites with background music, if I'm listening to music and I find a site playing background music. The site goes straight off.
You've got a limited bandwidth with hosts and putting big files into pages means that for every time the page is loaded you're gonna lose some of your download data that's been allocated to you.
Plus it annoys people. I hate sites with background music, if I'm listening to music and I find a site playing background music. The site goes straight off.
You want a free host. Goto www.lycos.co.uk and sign up there. Very good for free.
Yes, the main page has to be called index.
FP will automatically give it the .htm filetype for you.
Yes, the main page has to be called index.
FP will automatically give it the .htm filetype for you.
There I have completed my site. I used the "Position..." feature of the application to move some things without the others. I just need to find a decent web host now...Are you sure none of you can tell me how to get my song to work? It'd be great I promise :D Anyway if anyone know any decent web hosts then please post the links here please. I also understand that I have to do something to the files before they will work. I have to call the homepage "Index" or something? Any advice would be appreciated :D
Bad Tom, don't give him ideas.
Don't put MP3s on there, they take aaaaaaaages to load.
Frontpage is actually rather good if you know what you're doing, you can skip between HTML and WSYISYG view quickly. I'm guessing DW lets you drag and drop stuff and then it just automatically builds a table around it to maths where it is on the page?
Try laying your site out using a table. That's how most sites get their layouts like they do, even here.
Don't put MP3s on there, they take aaaaaaaages to load.
Frontpage is actually rather good if you know what you're doing, you can skip between HTML and WSYISYG view quickly. I'm guessing DW lets you drag and drop stuff and then it just automatically builds a table around it to maths where it is on the page?
Try laying your site out using a table. That's how most sites get their layouts like they do, even here.
One last question. Is there any way to stop
> pictures ruining my page? Everytime I insert a picture the line I
> insert it on become the height og the picture which mucks up where
> I've put all my writing. Any help? Even if I could simpy keep my
> hyperlinks at the side to stay in place while I insert text, pictures
> etc that would be great.
Im not sure if you can use it in FrontPage, but in dreamweaver you can use image placeholder tags. These will keep all your text formatting on the page the same before and after the page has downloaded. They also let you constrain your image pretty much explicitly to.
I just quickly checked FrontPage for the image placeholder stuff, but it doesnt seem to do it. Here is the HTML for one:
.
Hope this is some help
> pictures ruining my page? Everytime I insert a picture the line I
> insert it on become the height og the picture which mucks up where
> I've put all my writing. Any help? Even if I could simpy keep my
> hyperlinks at the side to stay in place while I insert text, pictures
> etc that would be great.
Im not sure if you can use it in FrontPage, but in dreamweaver you can use image placeholder tags. These will keep all your text formatting on the page the same before and after the page has downloaded. They also let you constrain your image pretty much explicitly to.
I just quickly checked FrontPage for the image placeholder stuff, but it doesnt seem to do it. Here is the HTML for one:
Hope this is some help
Although if you REALLY DID want to use it (and I don't suggest you do) you could probably use a code like this:
ID="mediaPlayer"
CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/
controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701"
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
VALUE="MP3 URL GOES HERE!">
ID="mediaPlayer"
CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/
controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701"
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
VALUE="MP3 URL GOES HERE!">
Sigh ok although it's a great song :D Anyway hopefully my site will be cool when it's finished no matter how it looks thanks to the cheapness of Microsoft Front Page. One last question. Is there any way to stop pictures ruining my page? Everytime I insert a picture the line I insert it on become the height og the picture which mucks up where I've put all my writing. Any help? Even if I could simpy keep my hyperlinks at the side to stay in place while I insert text, pictures etc that would be great.
Brio wrote:
> Oh, and don't have music playing in the background.
I second that one.
People would have to download the MP3 file first of all to be able to play for it. It would only make your site load very slowly.
I hate sites with music, if I'm playing my own music through the speakers then I get this stupid midi file (the only file you can really use) playing over the top of it and making it sound crap.
> Oh, and don't have music playing in the background.
I second that one.
People would have to download the MP3 file first of all to be able to play for it. It would only make your site load very slowly.
I hate sites with music, if I'm playing my own music through the speakers then I get this stupid midi file (the only file you can really use) playing over the top of it and making it sound crap.
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