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      CommentAuthorbenjwalker
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2006
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    A lot of music/band websites feature audio players, for example, http://www.grandaddylandscape.com/

    This is fairly easy to set up, e.g. http://www.kingquentin.com/, but when you go from page to page the music obviously restarts.

    I'm wondering if any geniuses out there can think of a solution to this problem -

    Without using a fully-flash site like http://www.grandaddylandscape.com/ and without using popups keep the music playing while the user navigates the CSS/HTML based site. Are dreaded frames/iframes the answer?

    Cheers.
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      CommentAuthorJohnRiv
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2006
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    If you have more than 1 page, then having a frame with the music player is the only way it will be seamless. Even if you captured the current time of the music track when the page unloads and then restart the song from that point (or that point + the time it takes to load the next page) when the next page loads, you'll have a break in the song as the next page loads up.
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    How to convince a client their site doesn't need music

    I'd suggest having a single media or music page where users can access the music player.
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      CommentAuthorbenjwalker
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2006
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    I think you may be right adjustafresh.

    What do people think of a 'popup' player? E.g. click here to launch the player kinda thing?
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    I think a popup player is fine. Etnies.com does this well.
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      CommentAuthorbenjwalker
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2006
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    Where? I don't see it?
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    It's a bit deep in there: http://www.etniesbmx.com/blog/

    Yellow square image on the left column.
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    *Crank up my hearing aid's volume.*

    Sorry mate, I'm not familiar with audio stuff. :)
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      CommentAuthorbenjwalker
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2006
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    Fair do's :)

    Yes I think that's a good option as long as you keep it in an obvious place! :p
    • CommentAuthori23
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2006
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    hi
    check out the player on www.slowtimer.com, it uses a killer app from www.wimpyplayer.com
    • CommentAuthormista3
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2006
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    Another solution - if the problem is changing pages, then don't change pages!

    Use something ajaxy like Thickbox to just change the content inside one div. Would only work well for sites with minimal content though...

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