Integrating the music file as background of the site is easy and consists of two separate steps: providing the file and modify HTML code of your site. The format of the audio file can be any standard: MP3, WMA, MIDI, etc.
1). Providing file:
This means, the file should have an Internet address and to be located on the Web server, allowing direct opening. What you need is called URL – Internet address where it is located.
2). Modifying the HTML code on your site:
Edit HTML code. Immediately after the tag < head > insert the following code:
HTML Code:
<embed autostart="true" height="0" loop="true" src="URL://music-file" width="0"/>
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Thanks, samboll; your tip was just what I need.
This topic is resolved, at least to me.
I attempted to follow Samboll’s instructions, using the following sampling for testing purposes; the music clip is saved in my WordPress Admin Media Library, but was unsuccessful…
<head><embed autostart=”true” height=”0″ loop=”true” src=”http://www.gippe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Web-Site-Intro.mp3″ width=”0″/>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”<?php bloginfo(‘html_type’); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo(‘charset’); ?>” />
<title><?php if (is_home()) {
You’ll note that you can copy and paste the URL to successfully play a 29 second clip, but where it resides within my HTML (which I have close to ZERO editing experience must not be correct).
Disregard – it now works although I’m not sure what the delayed reaction was caused by.
Thanks for this, i have got it to work but it only plays about 4 to 6 seconds of the song and then stops playing, am i doing something wrong? The file is an M4a file, does that matter?? Thanks.
Fixed it, for some reason it only uploaded partially.
I tried this and got it to work, but how do you get it to only play on the home page?
