jcombs_31 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Ok, so I'm nearly done with the singer/songwriter site. Now, after the site is nearly complete, she tells me that she wants the music to load right away with the site. Currently I have the music on the media page with its own mp3 player. I was going to give the option to load in a seperate window so the music can keep playing if they navigate through the site. She pointed me to madonna.com that has an mp3 player on top. I didn't look at the code, but they are either using a frame or ajax to load the data. Point is, what do you think is the best option at this point. I basically told her there are three options 1) leave as is and give the option to load in external window 2) put player in header somehow and put entire header in a frame 3) launch player in seperate window as page loads but risk popup blockers catching it Here is the current progress of the site: http://www.multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/melissaburnos/ Click the media link to see the current player. I personally think it is best this way, but I'm not the client. What are your thoughts? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Holy Shit dude! She is great! Awesome voice! Can you get me an autograph? If so, I will give you my mailing address! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Looks good. One idea that would be nice. Seeing as her music is very nice, and Im a fast browser/clicker, how about putting the music player in an iframe or new window or something that would keep playing the music while I browse the website. Perhaps a music player underneath Newsletter would be good. Could be a bit much work at this stage tho. Apart from that - there are the usual few things - <a href;s> on the index page - removing the # for inline links. I also like (would like to see more of it) the images on the left on the contact page - and how this could be put on every page. -steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 The iframe seems like a good idea, I could even put it next to the menu on the right. But I don't understand how this works still. Even with an iframe, as I navigate to a new page, the iframe reloads. I don't see how it is possible to keep the frame playing continuously. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Ok, for the time being I added an onload to the body, which most popup blockers catch. So, first question, any ideas around this for the popup blockers? Second question, anyone know how I can detect if the player is running externally on the media page so that two players don't start? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 there is always the option of a clearly displayed "click to listen" which THEN opens in a popup - personally i'm not a fan of any site that starts playing music or sounds automatically as it interrupts me when i'm listening to the footy on the radio, or iTunes. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 I agree redbull, but I'm not doing it because I want to, this is what the client wants and I need to find the best way to do it. I explained this to her as well, but she feels because it is a music site that the music should play right away and keep playing. At least there will always be an option to stop the music. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Ya - its not as easy as I suggested. 1. Use frames - and put a hidden frame at the top or bottom etc. The music controller in the bottom/main frame would have to control the music etc. in the hidden frame. 2. Use an iframe for the main content of the page. I.e. the Newsletter and Player are in their own iframe and it never gets refreshed etc. 3. Use ajax to change content and areas of your website. The above three will not help SEO and may negatively affect google. 4. Use a simple pop-up player. -steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 I opted for the popup player, by adding a link in the main menu. I'm having a javascript issue though. I open the player fine in a seperate window with window.open. If the user clicks the mp3 launcher again, I check for the window, and if it exists, I just use the focus() function. Works great on the same page, but if I move to another page, click the mp3 launcher again, it relaunches the window instead of focusing it. Is there a way to make the javascript stay consistent between pages so it always recognizes the window that was already opened? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnottyAlder Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Great site. How did you create the scuffed edges? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 There was no particular method, the grunge was trial and error. There were a couple techniques that I tried when searching grunge border on google. I then used different grunge brushes and painted on a layer mask. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-236974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Ok, got the blog system partially up. Have to just finish the code a little on the backend, but the site is just about there. Last thing to really do is set up the newsletter function. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-238325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 The MP3 player works nice. I would however make the "continous" clicked by default. Its better to have it clicked on. I was wondering what happened after the first song stopped. -steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/48272-nearly-finished/#findComment-238900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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