This is another case where FrontPage uses Microsoft's tags, but ignores Netscape. To properly insert a background sound, you need to forget about using the Background Sound option in the Properties dialog box, and use a plug-in instead. To properly insert a background sound in your Web page: - Import the MIDI or WAV file you want to use as the background sound into your web. To do this, open your web in FrontPage, choose View > Folders, then choose File > Import File... Choose View > Page when you're done.
- Choose File > Properties. Make sure the Background Sound field is blank, then click OK.
- Choose Insert > Advanced > Plug-In...
- Click the Browse button and locate the sound file you want to insert.
- Set the Height and Width fields to 28 (this isn't absolutely necessary, but if you don't you'll have a huge 128x128 "marker" in your page while you're editing it).
- Click the "Hide Plug-in" checkbox.
- Click OK to close the window.
- Next you need to modify the HTML plug-in tag so the sound will play automatically when the page is viewed with Netscape Navigator. First, click the HTML tab to view the page's code.
- Scroll until you find the plug in tag (it will look something like:
<embed width="28" height="28" src="your.mid" hidden> - Next to the height tag, insert: autostart="true". The tag should now look like this:
<embed width="28" height="28" autostart="true" src="your.mid" hidden>
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