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Dna

Nov-16-2006, 07:35 PM

OMG... are you serious???? I am not commenting about your song Andy, I am talking about the music in general!!
OOOOO....I am so going to try this out!! Does it work throughout the entire site?No time to chat....got to get my grooooooove on!!! :barb :ivar1. I hate sites that have music on them. I have music that I want to listen to on my computer, the music from the site clashes and sounds horrible. It also prolongs loading time. Smugmug in general is slow to load with the number of scripts and photos that have to be loaded, without adding to it.

2. If you put it in your header then it would be on every page.

3. The photo on your site is stuck in the middle of the page and the menu moves over the top of it depending on the size of the window. IE7 and FF.

Andrew

Mike Lane

Nov-17-2006, 10:39 PM

<obligitory>God I hate music in sites.</obligitory>

Can we make sure this is in the customization faq :D

:thumb

nonilady

Nov-20-2006, 10:17 AM

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=47487&highlight=music

hi everybody,
referring to the above,

incase anyone is interested, you can also try www.filelodge.com (http://www.filelodge.com), its free, you can upload various music files as long as mp3 and the music files are entirely upto your collection and you can embed different music file code on different gallery and anywhere on your site.....currently i am putting my music code at the bottom of my homepage (testing)
see www.photowardrobe.com (http://www.photowardrobe.com)

you may also upload any sort of files i havent tried other functions but check it out!

cheers

mrcoons

Nov-21-2006, 03:34 PM

I love it, a new way to annoy people! :barb Thanks Andy!

mrcoons

Nov-21-2006, 03:58 PM

Not quite as flashy as what Andy told us about but I like to be able to use my own stuff. Thanks!:clap

Dna

Nov-21-2006, 04:00 PM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Andrew

Andy

Nov-21-2006, 04:02 PM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Andrew
Personally, I agree. But some folks like it, and it's their option to do it :D

nonilady

Nov-22-2006, 04:02 AM

Not quite as flashy as what Andy told us about but I like to be able to use my own stuff. Thanks!:clap

:agree andy's idea and creativity are always interesting, inspirational and flashy...:D :lynnma go andy go! go andy go :lynnma:D

ellepixels

Jan-19-2007, 10:08 AM

:agree andy's idea and creativity are always interesting, inspirational and flashy...:D :lynnma go andy go! go andy go :lynnma:D

How do I get the music to play only on my home page and not on the entire page?

Andy

Jan-19-2007, 10:58 AM

How do I get the music to play only on my home page and not on the entire page?
wrap it in a div in your footer html

<div id="mymusic">
all the code goes here
</div>

in css:

#mymusic {display: none;}
.homepage #mymusic {display: block;}

Pupator

Jan-19-2007, 11:40 AM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Heh, it doesn't bother me at all. Of course, that might be because the first site I ever visited with music caused me to unplug my "browsing" computer's speakers...

DJKennedy

Jan-19-2007, 12:21 PM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Andrew

I 100% totally agree

Ephemeral

Jan-19-2007, 01:10 PM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Andrew

What he said. When I read the title the first thing i thought of was my space...ewwwwwwwwwwww.

ellepixels

Jan-19-2007, 05:27 PM

wrap it in a div in your footer html

<div id="mymusic">
all the code goes here
</div>

in css:

#mymusic {display: none;}
.homepage #mymusic {display: block;}

Tried it, im still getting it on all the pages.
What am I missing?

Andy

Jan-19-2007, 05:31 PM

Tried it, im still getting it on all the pages.
What am I missing?
I do not think you can do it with this music service, I haven't been able to, sorry.

ellepixels

Jan-19-2007, 05:41 PM

I do not think you can do it with this music service, I haven't been able to, sorry.

Thanks for your help Andy!

RKeaton

Jan-21-2007, 12:11 PM

I don't know why so many people complain about websites having music. So long as muting/stopping it is quick and easy I think it's great. I say quit whining.

By the way, ever heard of MySpace? A few zillion profiles, 99% with music...doesn't seem to be driving people away. I'm no expert but something tells me websites of the future are going to have a lot going on, music included. Not just boring, static pages. So get used to it, folks.

That said, with the site Andy linked the music started over every time I clicked a different photo from that gallery, thus refreshing the page I guess. Now THAT didn't make NO sense.

SBP

Apr-11-2007, 06:31 PM

I assume you are saying to go to this site to hear the music. I don't hear anything. I'm getting closer to joining on the prosite with Smugmug but just working out some details before hand. I do want music on a bridal page I plan on creating. While I have your attention here I do like your moonriver site and was wondering what size your main photo is in pixels?

I agree that music gets really old with photos but brides like it. thanks. Sherrlyn
www.borkgren.com ---for now

you can see it here
http://andydemo.smugmug.com/gallery/1931195/1/76962271

So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say, <div id="mysongspot">insertthecodeshere</div> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}

Enjoy![/quote]

Andy

Apr-11-2007, 07:43 PM

I assume you are saying to go to this site to hear the music. I don't hear anything. I'm getting closer to joining on the prosite with Smugmug but just working out some details before hand. I do want music on a bridal page I plan on creating.
http://andydemo.smugmug.com/gallery/1931195
It works. I had it off for a while, sorry.

While I have your attention here I do like your moonriver site and was wondering what size your main photo is in pixels?

600x400 :D

Ferrisphoto

Apr-13-2007, 11:06 PM

Thanks for your help Andy!

Just to update this...For the Sonific Songspots...You can go into the code, and change the pixel dimensions from 250 x 91 to 0 x 0, and it will get rid of the player. I did it on my homepage.

www.ferrisphotography.net (http://www.ferrisphotography.net)

Andy

Apr-14-2007, 05:31 AM

Just to update this...For the Sonific Songspots...You can go into the code, and change the pixel dimensions from 250 x 91 to 0 x 0, and it will get rid of the player. I did it on my homepage.

www.ferrisphotography.net (http://www.ferrisphotography.net)
But there's no way to turn it off, so many people will just leave :(

colourbox

Apr-14-2007, 09:18 AM

I don't know why so many people complain about websites having music. So long as muting/stopping it is quick and easy I think it's great. I say quit whining.

For me, at least, there are several problems with web pages and music.

Like a lot of people, I have good full-range speakers hooked up, and am sometimes surfing in peace. When a page with music comes on, it tends to blast in out of nowhere, which is a jarring experience if the room was quiet. If someone is in a cubicle environment, a website with music nearly qualifies as Not Safe For Work.

Aesthetically, it had better be good music, and the longer the better, because it's really bad when a music clip is both short and annoying because then it loops like an ice cream truck, and that really starts to grate.

I surf using tabs. I'll read the front tab while the other tabs load. Occasionally I'll start to hear music in the background which has nothing whatsoever to do with the web page I'm reading, because it is actually playing in one of the tabs I opened in the background. There is then a few seconds of chaos as I flip through the tabs to determine which of those dang pages has the sound on it.

Now, I don't hate music. I LOVE music. And that leads to yet another problem. I often surf with music. I'm groovin' along to my tunes, everything's great, then I go to a web page and suddenly there is the infernal racket of some web page with a bad music loop that's playing through the same speakers at equal volume to my own music, causing a terrible sonic train wreck! If I opened it as a tab in the background, then you combine this problem with the previous paragraph and that web page achieves a whole new level of annoyance.

I'm not absolutely saying don't do this, I'm just saying be aware that there are quite a few reasons why music on a page reflects on a web page negatively to so many people. There is probably a good way to do it. Maybe fade it in, choose it carefully, test for how it sounds when it comes up out of nowhere, test its mental effect when it loops for 5 minutes straight while you browse, that sort of thing.

Audio is just as sophisticated an art form as photography, so pay the usual attention to composition, quality, context, etc. so that we can avoid creating the sonic equivalent of a MySpace background photo. :rolleyes :D

DavidTO

Apr-14-2007, 10:19 AM

For me, at least, there are several problems with web pages and music.

Like a lot of people, I have good full-range speakers hooked up, and am sometimes surfing in peace. When a page with music comes on, it tends to blast in out of nowhere, which is a jarring experience if the room was quiet. If someone is in a cubicle environment, a website with music nearly qualifies as Not Safe For Work.

Aesthetically, it had better be good music, and the longer the better, because it's really bad when a music clip is both short and annoying because then it loops like an ice cream truck, and that really starts to grate.

I surf using tabs. I'll read the front tab while the other tabs load. Occasionally I'll start to hear music in the background which has nothing whatsoever to do with the web page I'm reading, because it is actually playing in one of the tabs I opened in the background. There is then a few seconds of chaos as I flip through the tabs to determine which of those dang pages has the sound on it.

Now, I don't hate music. I LOVE music. And that leads to yet another problem. I often surf with music. I'm groovin' along to my tunes, everything's great, then I go to a web page and suddenly there is the infernal racket of some web page with a bad music loop that's playing through the same speakers at equal volume to my own music, causing a terrible sonic train wreck! If I opened it as a tab in the background, then you combine this problem with the previous paragraph and that web page achieves a whole new level of annoyance.

I'm not absolutely saying don't do this, I'm just saying be aware that there are quite a few reasons why music on a page reflects on a web page negatively to so many people. There is probably a good way to do it. Maybe fade it in, choose it carefully, test for how it sounds when it comes up out of nowhere, test its mental effect when it loops for 5 minutes straight while you browse, that sort of thing.

Audio is just as sophisticated an art form as photography, so pay the usual attention to composition, quality, context, etc. so that we can avoid creating the sonic equivalent of a MySpace background photo. :rolleyes :D

:agree Well said!

Mike Lane

Apr-14-2007, 11:33 AM

so pay the usual attention to composition, quality, context, etc. so that we can avoid creating the sonic equivalent of a MySpace background photo. :rolleyes :D :huh shudders...

mhp

Apr-18-2007, 08:40 AM

Check out Sonific (http://www.sonific.com/) :deal

you can see it here
http://andydemo.smugmug.com/gallery/1931195/1/76962271

So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say, <div id="mysongspot">insertthecodeshere</div> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}

Enjoy!

Andy,
I'm a little confused on this sonific thing...I went to the site, ordered my song to use in a gallery. Where do I put the code? I pasted it in my "description" section of the gallery, but all that happened is the code showed up, but no song playing? Can you tell me what I'm missing here?
Thanks.
Robert

Andy

Apr-18-2007, 08:44 AM

Andy,
I'm a little confused on this sonific thing...I went to the site, ordered my song to use in a gallery. Where do I put the code? I pasted it in my "description" section of the gallery, but all that happened is the code showed up, but no song playing? Can you tell me what I'm missing here?
Thanks.
Robert
Please help those that want to help you :D We MUST have your site name, and in this case, a gallery link, to see what you've done :D

:wave

mhp

Apr-18-2007, 08:57 AM

Please help those that want to help you :D We MUST have your site name, and in this case, a gallery link, to see what you've done :D

:wave

My mistake...gallery is: http://www.memoryhill.com/gallery/2694771/1/142717683

site is: memoryhill.smugmug.com

I figured out the link with the flash player...but is there anyway to hide it so its not visible on the page, and the music just starts automatically?

Thanks again for your assistance!
Robert

mhp

Apr-18-2007, 09:19 AM

Please help those that want to help you :D We MUST have your site name, and in this case, a gallery link, to see what you've done :D

:wave

After inserting the player code, I used this from your post...
So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say, <div id="mysongspot">insertthecodeshere</div> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}

I put the divs in as you said, then the CSS code...now the player is invisible, but there is no music playing??:dunno

Andy

Apr-18-2007, 09:21 AM

but there is no music playing??:dunno

Sure sounds like Pachelbel's Canon to me :dunno

But you don't allow a way to turn this off, so that's bad, IMO. Think hard about it.

mhp

Apr-18-2007, 09:26 AM

Sure sounds like Pachelbel's Canon to me :dunno

But you don't allow a way to turn this off, so that's bad, IMO. Think hard about it.

Hmmmm...I don't hear any music on my browsers...but IE and Firefox??? But you can hear it? Any idea what the cause may be on my end?:dunno

Andy

Apr-18-2007, 09:35 AM

Hmmmm...I don't hear any music on my browsers...but IE and Firefox??? But you can hear it? Any idea what the cause may be on my end?:dunno
Uh, check your speakers?

mhp

Apr-18-2007, 09:39 AM

Uh, check your speakers?

HA! That's funny. Speakers working fine...tried my laptop, no sound either. Tried wife's computer, no sound. :dunno Took out the div code, flash player visible again...have sound now. Not sure what the problem is when its hidden. Confusion has set it big time!:scratch

SunGlo

Apr-20-2007, 07:09 PM

I've completed the new look of my homepage. I was striving for a three demensional look while trying to adhere somewhat to the sunshine theme.

On a last minute whim, I added music and was able to limit it to only the homepage by using Andy's suggestion with one exception. I placed the div in the bio box not the footer.

The jury is still out if the music stays or goes...I'm waiting to hear from my customers and friends.

Have fun,

Phil

www.sunglophoto.com (http://www.sunglophoto.com)
www.sunglo.smugmug.com (http://www.sunglo.smugmug.com)

Andy's suggestion:

wrap it in a div in your footer html

<div id="mymusic">
all the code goes here
</div>

in css:

#mymusic {display: none;}
.homepage #mymusic {display: block;}

SBP

May-23-2007, 11:14 AM

I went to the site that you have here the http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=47487&highlight=music (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=47487&highlight=music)
but did not find anything there. I'll also look at fledge. I have my own music I want to upload and the site that Andy refers to only allows "their music"
By the way, Maybe I went to your old homepage or is it under construction? I didn't hear any music.

Can anyone tell me how I would put music in just one gallery with a mute option?
Sherrlyn at sherrlyn.smugmug.com

hi everybody,
referring to the above,

incase anyone is interested, you can also try www.filelodge.com (http://www.filelodge.com), its free, you can upload various music files as long as mp3 and the music files are entirely upto your collection and you can embed different music file code on different gallery and anywhere on your site.....currently i am putting my music code at the bottom of my homepage (testing)
see www.photowardrobe.com (http://www.photowardrobe.com)

you may also upload any sort of files i havent tried other functions but check it out!

cheers[/quote]

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 08:15 AM

rainforest1155

Jun-05-2007, 08:56 AM

Is there anyway to get the song to be continuous as clients go to different galleries &/or pages? Currently the song restarts on the different pages. Any help is always appreciated...would be lost & a mess without it! Thanks in advance.
The only two possible ways of doing this that I know of would be:
1. by using a popup that the visitor would have to leave open during his visit or
2. by using frames, but they don't work properly with smugmug pages at all.

The trouble with the first option on the other hand would be that most people nowadays run popup blockers that would catch such an act.

Long story short: I don't know of any good way of doing this on smugmug.

Sebastian

Allen

Jun-05-2007, 09:20 AM

...
1. by using a popup that the visitor would have to leave open during his visit ...
Great idea Sebastian, then my popup blocker will stop them all.:clap:clap
Luv it!

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 09:25 AM

The only two possible ways of doing this that I know of would be:
1. by using a popup that the visitor would have to leave open during his visit or
2. by using frames, but they don't work properly with smugmug pages at all.

The trouble with the first option on the other hand would be that most people nowadays run popup blockers that would catch such an act.

Long story short: I don't know of any good way of doing this on smugmug.

Sebastian

Thanks anyway Sebastian - I really wish there was a way to get it to work. I guess I will do what others are doing & only put it on my homepage!

rainforest1155

Jun-05-2007, 09:26 AM

Great idea Sebastian, then my popup blocker will stop them all.:clap:clap
Luv it!
LOL - glad you like it. I myself also hate music on web pages. Mostly because most of the time I'm already listening to music myself and when I'm not I usually don't want to listen to music. :D

Sebastian

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 09:32 AM

By the way (to all who hate music on sites) - the reason I am adding music is to keep consistant with the local competition. Not because I love hearing the song over & over again while viewing - or editing my site. :rolleyes It is a neat little feature to make it more recognizable (and hopefully in a good way). Most of my clients don't view websites continuously either. (like some of us do) But this is a break from the "normal" to have music on a website (not including myspace in the normal searched websites).

denisegoldberg

Jun-05-2007, 09:40 AM

By the way (to all who hate music on sites) - the reason I am adding music is to keep consistant with the local competition.
I hope that your clients don't have an aversion to sites with music.

If I go to a web site that includes sound, I usually leave it immediately. I may stay and browse if I can turn the sound off - but usually I just leave. Yes, it's entirely possible that I am missing some good content, but I really can't stand unsolicited sound.

--- Denise

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 09:41 AM

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 09:49 AM

I hope that your clients don't have an aversion to sites with music.

If I go to a web site that includes sound, I usually leave it immediately. I may stay and browse if I can turn the sound off - but usually I just leave. Yes, it's entirely possible that I am missing some good content, but I really can't stand unsolicited sound.

--- Denise

There is an easily accessible OFF button. And I don't see that it would turn away any clients - if they want their pictures taken by me - I HIGHLY doubt that the music on my site will change their mind. Thank you for your opinion. It will only be on my homepage & I seriously doubt they will be there long. Like I said this is to keep up with local comp. And since my local comp. is doing well - I don't see that my music will cause anymore of an aversion as theirs has/hasn't. I don't let music scare me away from sites....I just either stop their song or turn off my speakers. I go to a site for a reason & plan to obtain all goals in which I visited the site to begin with. But - again...thanks for your opinion. To each his/her own....

SunGlo

Jun-05-2007, 09:58 AM

ok - so I put in the stuff Andy had listed before for homepage only. That partially fixed the problem...it got rid of the music for a few of the "pages" on my navbar - but not my galleries page? Any ideas?

See my previous post. I used Andy's suggestion except I added the code to the bio box not the footer. The music only plays on the home page.

Also, I polled all my customers and it was thumbs up all the way...keep the music. My statistics have not given me any indication of shorter visit times in fact, my visit times have gone up slightly. I'm not a fan of music on a website, but...

Have fun,

Phil

rainforest1155

Jun-05-2007, 10:03 AM

ok - so I put in the stuff Andy had listed before for homepage only. That partially fixed the problem...it got rid of the music for a few of the "pages" on my navbar - but not my galleries page? Any ideas?
Put the following code after .homepage #mymusic {display: block;}:
.galleries #mymusic {display: none;}

Hope this helps,
Sebastian

rainforest1155

Jun-05-2007, 10:05 AM

There is an easily accessible OFF button. And I don't see that it would turn away any clients - if they want their pictures taken by me - I HIGHLY doubt that the music on my site will change their mind.
I've seen the button, but I'm a real sucker for piano solos and had the song already running a couple of times while trying to figure your little problem out. Great choice especially as it fits the slideshow so well tempo-wise and moody as well. :thumb

Sebastian

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 10:11 AM

See my previous post. I used Andy's suggestion except I added the code to the bio box not the footer. The music only plays on the home page.

Also, I polled all my customers and it was thumbs up all the way...keep the music. My statistics have not given me any indication of shorter visit times in fact, my visit times have gone up slightly. I'm not a fan of music on a website, but...

Have fun,

Phil

Thanks so much Phil! I would rather have the song in the footer. That code worked for everything except my galleries page. Is there a way to block the galleries page?

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 10:17 AM

Thanks so much Phil! I would rather have the song in the footer. That code worked for everything except my galleries page. Is there a way to block the galleries page?

Nevermind - duh. I fixed it by putting the display to none on the galleries.

SunGlo

Jun-05-2007, 10:18 AM

Thanks so much Phil! I would rather have the song in the footer. That code worked for everything except my galleries page. Is there a way to block the galleries page?

Ugh! Sorry, I'm far from an expert. I stumbled and I do mean stumbled onto my fix. I defer to the experts on that one.

Phil

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 10:27 AM

Ugh! Sorry, I'm far from an expert. I stumbled and I do mean stumbled onto my fix. I defer to the experts on that one.

Phil

I just added this to the CSS: .galleries #mymusic {display: none;} to get rid of the music & "player" on my galleries page & it also allowed me to keep the "player" in the footer. Legacy Photography (http://legacyphotography-ky.smugmug.com/)

SunGlo

Jun-05-2007, 10:52 AM

I just added this to the CSS: .galleries #mymusic {display: none;} to get rid of the music & "player" on my galleries page & it also allowed me to keep the "player" in the footer. Legacy Photography (http://legacyphotography-ky.smugmug.com/)

Hum...I think I might change my setup. I never like having the player in the bio box but it was the only way I could get it to work.

Thanks,

Phil

Legacy

Jun-05-2007, 11:31 AM

Hum...I think I might change my setup. I never like having the player in the bio box but it was the only way I could get it to work.

Thanks,

Phil

I just added that code to the CSS & put the code for the player in the footer & it worked like a charm! Good Luck!

rainforest1155

Jun-05-2007, 01:32 PM

Hum...I think I might change my setup. I never like having the player in the bio box but it was the only way I could get it to work.
I'll assist you in moving it.
Just move the player code from your bio that is enclosed like this:
<div id="mymusic">
[player code]
</div>
to your footer section in the smugmug customizations.

You already have some CSS code concerning the player. You just need to remove that:
.galleries #mymusic {display: none;}

See if that works and come back if there are any problems.

Sebastian

morgan-images

Jun-13-2007, 05:59 PM

Nothing makes me close a site quicker, than unwanted music ...

Andrew
Especially if it is on EVERY gallery page that you have. I admit I do like a bit o music to stir the soul when I look at a photo or two. But I like the controls at hand and easy to kill.

this way is a start I guess, but only one song and on every page by default, is a no go for me.

cdonovan

Jun-13-2007, 06:09 PM

I agree about closing out a site with music...tacky imo..but that's just me....I wondered...all these extras that some muggers have on their site like the maps and the music...do those have any effect on the other sites....like mine, where I have thousands of photos so have tried to keep the "extras" to a minimun to speed up load time..but I have to wonder...if sm is supporting these "things" is it not taking up prescious resources that could be used for say....faster load up time etc etc etc???

I am a teckie dummy...so please answer in plain english!

Andy

Jun-19-2007, 01:46 PM

I am a teckie dummy...so please answer in plain english!

Hi - the answer is "no," they do not affect your site at all.

kara*

Jun-20-2007, 08:11 AM

I don't want music on my homepage, BUT...
For clients, it would be nice to have it on a particular gallery set to a slideshow of their pictures...
Is this possible??
Thanks in advance!

Andy

Jun-20-2007, 08:24 AM

I don't want music on my homepage, BUT...
For clients, it would be nice to have it on a particular gallery set to a slideshow of their pictures...
Is this possible??
Thanks in advance!
Sure. Follow the instructions to put Sonific music in the gallery description, it's rather easy :D

If you need help just holler.

kara*

Jun-20-2007, 08:31 AM

Sure. Follow the instructions to put Sonific music in the gallery description, it's rather easy :D

If you need help just holler.

Thanks! I'll try that.

kara*

Jun-20-2007, 08:58 AM

Would a smugmug gallery count as commercial use? Because I'm not "officially" in business but people are paying me to cover my costs and time...
?
I only ask because I don't want to get in trouble... :dunno

gleonhard

Jul-06-2007, 01:40 PM

Hi everyone, good to hear you are discussing Sonific. Just wanted to add 2 things: we have just now added 125.000 tracks on Sonific, LOTS of great new tracks, from Sinatra to Muddy Waters to Ninja Tune stuff - see our news release here. (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070626/aqtu109.html?.v=10)
We also have a new songspotting blog here (http://www.songspotting.com), and my own Sonific Music blog here. (http://www.sonificblog.com)
So - a lot more choice now. and playlists are coming soon, too.
2nd -- if you use the songspot widget code it would be nice if you did NOT hide the player - after all, that is why our labels and artists are providing the music for free ;)
Thanks, and cheers Gerd Leonhard, CEO www.sonific.com

I Simonius

Jul-06-2007, 03:51 PM

1. I hate sites that have music on them. I have music that I want to listen to on my computer,

couldn't agree more:wink

gleonhard

Jul-06-2007, 04:11 PM

well, some like it, some hate it -it all depends on who comes to your site. Everyone expects music to play at myspace but no-one would appreciate it on linkedin.com Right? Check out Sonific's example page (http://sonific.com/home/examples)for some very cool, and very weird sites :rofl

Andy

Jul-06-2007, 05:09 PM

Zmom

Sep-17-2007, 09:02 PM

Check out Sonific (http://www.sonific.com/) :deal

you can see it here
http://andydemo.smugmug.com/gallery/1931195#163234748

So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say, <div id="mysongspot">insertthecodeshere</div> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}

Enjoy!

Edit: Apr 24, 2007: http://www.gerdleonhard.net/2007/04/video_tutorial_.html

Andy,

I've just gotten the hang of adding Quicktime movies to my galleries. I've got a few photos from London which might, depending on point of view, benefit from a little music.

Can you only add a single music clip to a single gallery? Or can you add a clip one photo at a time (since only a couple of photos "deserve" it.).

Are there more specific CSS details posted elsewhere?

Thanks,

Zmom

PS - I thought the music was great in the demo gallery. To be used in moderation, of course!

Andy

Sep-17-2007, 09:05 PM

PS - I thought the music was great on your gallery. To be used in moderation, of course!
I don't actually use it on my main site - that's just a demo gallery to show how it can be done :)
You can put music in the album description or in the photo caption, but not both.

dktruckley

Sep-21-2007, 06:18 PM

Can I add music to a particular gallery? I have band photos I would like to add music to.

ivar

Sep-22-2007, 04:59 AM

Can I add music to a particular gallery? I have band photos I would like to add music to.No Problem! Put the sonific code in the gallery description, and it will only play in that gallery :thumb

sirsloop

Sep-22-2007, 06:19 AM

oh no... no music!!! Acck... i'm having emerging memories of cheezy midi files on gif splattered myspace pages :huh

doctorbri

Nov-13-2007, 10:21 AM

I put music on my site but after following all the directions I cannot figure out how to limit it to just my homepage. Also when I open my homepage the music won't play unless I scroll down to where the songspot box is...any ideas how i can get it to play without having to scroll down to it???

Thanks!

www.andersonfineartphotography.com

Andy

Nov-13-2007, 10:29 AM

You must put the music html in a div.

<div id="mymusic">
blah blah music code
</div>

then, in CSS:

#mymusic {display: none;}
.homepage #mymusic {display: block;}

Allen

Nov-13-2007, 12:21 PM

HTML is on for this forum, gotta fool it.

<div id="mymusic">
blah blah music code
</div>

LargeDrPepper

Nov-22-2007, 02:22 PM

It hides the box bt the music won't play. HELP!:dunno

DAN

www.largedrpepper.com

Andy

Nov-22-2007, 05:39 PM

It hides the box bt the music won't play. HELP!:dunno

DAN

www.largedrpepper.com
Could you elaborate please, using many more words and links to describe what you are asking, thanks :thumb

benchmarc

Nov-26-2007, 11:06 AM

Hi Andy,

Would appreciate if u could help me here.
What i did was put the songspot music codes into the footer section and changed the width and height to "0" so it hides.
Problem is right now whenever i click on any buttons on the nav bar, the music restarts. How to i get the music to play continously?
benchmarc.smugmug.com

Thanks!

Andy

Nov-26-2007, 11:41 AM

benchmarc

Nov-26-2007, 11:53 AM

I really don't know :( Width and height to 0 is not the answer to hiding though.

Nor does Sonific want you to actually hide it.

No probs... thanks anyways! Cheers mate!

hschopmeyer

Dec-01-2007, 08:53 AM

Check out Sonific (http://www.sonific.com/) :deal

you can see it here
http://andydemo.smugmug.com/gallery/1931195#163234748

So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say, <div id="mysongspot">insertthecodeshere</div> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}

Enjoy!

Edit: Apr 24, 2007: http://www.gerdleonhard.net/2007/04/video_tutorial_.html

> This is the message:
>
>
> I am sorry to bother you all, but I have searched all over the forum to see if I could find a forum that is dummy proof enough for me. I found the forum where Andy showed a link for Sonific. I found a song and I copied it and put it in my footer just like the Sonific directions. My problem is that it is annoyingly reloading and starting over every time I open up a new page.
> I found a forum where Andy said to place DIVs ,"
> So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say,
> insertthecodeshere
> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}"
>
> I am pretty stupid when it comes to understanding this. I do not know what a Div is PLEASE HELP!!!
>
> Here is my site: http://hannahsphotography.com

Andy

Dec-01-2007, 09:13 AM

> This is the message:
>
>
> I am sorry to bother you all, but I have searched all over the forum to see if I could find a forum that is dummy proof enough for me. I found the forum where Andy showed a link for Sonific. I found a song and I copied it and put it in my footer just like the Sonific directions. My problem is that it is annoyingly reloading and starting over every time I open up a new page.
> I found a forum where Andy said to place DIVs ,"
> So, you can of course hide it, if you give it a DIV, say,
> insertthecodeshere
> and then in CSS you can do #mysongspot {visibility: hidden;}"
>
> I am pretty stupid when it comes to understanding this. I do not know what a Div is PLEASE HELP!!!
>
> Here is my site: http://hannahsphotography.com
Please be more clear, I'm not sure what you want done.

I hear music on your site.
Please fully describe what you want, so that the helpers can help, thanks :)

I can tell you, that having music on at the start is a huge turn off for many (me included). You might want to seriously think about how you use music.

stefrussell

Jan-27-2008, 01:13 PM

Why don't you just hit your mute button if you don't want to hear the music? :rolleyes

Andy

Jan-27-2008, 01:20 PM

Why don't you just hit your mute button if you don't want to hear the music? :rolleyes
You can, of course :)
But many people don't want the initial "surprise" of music. If it's there, and they choose to turn it on, that's cool.

Different strokes for different folks.
Example :)
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/1145608

stefrussell

Jan-27-2008, 01:39 PM

You can, of course :)
But many people don't want the initial "surprise" of music. If it's there, and they choose to turn it on, that's cool.

Different strokes for different folks.
Example :)
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/1145608

yes, just seemed like lots of complaining about it. Hey, are you able to download other music to the sonific? I want something other than the music they offer. I haven't heard of hardly any of that stuff. Would there be a better one out there for me?

Andy

Jan-27-2008, 01:44 PM

yes, just seemed like lots of complaining about it. Hey, are you able to download other music to the sonific? I want something other than the music they offer. I haven't heard of hardly any of that stuff. Would there be a better one out there for me?
:dunno

stefrussell

Jan-27-2008, 01:55 PM

:dunno

uh, can you not answer?

Andy

Jan-27-2008, 01:58 PM

uh, can you not answer?
that means "I don't really know" where you can get music. I do know that you have to have such music hosted on a website - so I have mine on my .Mac web space.

I'm sorry I'm not more helpful :(

stefrussell

Jan-27-2008, 02:03 PM

that means "I don't really know" where you can get music. I do know that you have to have such music hosted on a website - so I have mine on my .Mac web space.

I'm sorry I'm not more helpful :(

That's ok. I guess I just didn't understand. I will keep searching!

stefrussell

Feb-07-2008, 08:13 PM

Can anyone tell me how to keep the music playing when you change a page (Sonific player)? When I go to a new page the music starts all over!

Andy

Feb-08-2008, 04:45 AM

Can anyone tell me how to keep the music playing when you change a page (Sonific player)? When I go to a new page the music starts all over!
Can't be done as far as I know, sorry :(

Penrod

Apr-23-2008, 10:20 AM

Hey, guys. My turn to be a pain in the rump....

With Sonific closing soon they apparently aren't taking new members, so that route is out. Which is a darn shame because I'd FINALLY found a song that was really working for me.

Anyway, found another song, uploaded to fileden, got the code and tried to put it on my homepage. And at that point I'm dead in the water. I've added what I BELIEVE was appropriate code to both footer & CSS areas......

The song file doesn't seem to work. I only want it to play on the homepage.... anyone have time to lend a hand?

http://www.penrodstudios.com

Penrod

Apr-23-2008, 12:17 PM

Blech! Now I have the file working - as an executable file that opens a media player..... this is making me crazy. Please can someone lend a hand? I've now wasted 4 hours on this one task. :/

Andy

Apr-23-2008, 02:31 PM

Hi Penrod, post your code you use.

I don't see a player on your site.

http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

has great references.

Penrod

Apr-23-2008, 02:49 PM

Ha! Andy, you da man. I'd read that link earlier, but missed the syntax. Its fix't now! Thanks, man.

:)

parkermyers

Apr-29-2008, 09:21 AM

Hi Penrod, post your code you use.

I don't see a player on your site.

http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

has great references.

I would like to try to add music to my site. I have read the instructions you posted above, but I am not sure I quite understand where the mp3 needs to reside. I sit uploaded to the smugmug site just like gallery photos are...and it resides there??

I would like for it to play on all pages, so that it doesn't start and stop each time you change pages or only on one specific page.

I am planning on using instrumental piano music. Does it run in a loop or do I have the option of having more than one song if someone lingers longer at the site?

Also I would like to have a "music off" button available for anyone to turn it off, though I don't want a media player visable on the page.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

SloYerRoll

Apr-29-2008, 09:32 AM

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.Unless you use a table (outdated & bad) or pop up window (bad, but not as bad). You can't do it. Some web weenies will say a pop up is bad, but If done well and the user knows it's coming. It can be used for good.

The music resides on what is called a host. A host is a chunk of computer hard drive space that has permanent access to the web. So when the web page go to find the MP3 (or whatever) it finds out where the host is (this part is embedded in the code) and grabs it. This is the same thing a SmugMug image being posted on the dgrin gallery here. SmugMug hosts the image, but you use it in another location.

All settings such as loop, volume etc are embedded in the JavaScript as variables. Most of the time you can go in and just click buttons on the hosting site to make adjustments like there. But you can also go into the code and change the variables if you can figure it out.

Make sense?

parkermyers

Apr-29-2008, 09:50 AM

Make sense?[/quote]
Thanks for the reply. Yes and no. So then must I have a "visible" media player on the site in order to have any music?

I have seen some nice sites (non-smug) that had this invisible music feature, so I guess they were residing on a server or with a different format than you can do on smug?

So what then would be my options to add music?

Thanks.

SloYerRoll

Apr-29-2008, 10:53 AM

Thanks for the reply. Yes and no. So then must I have a "visible" media player on the site in order to have any music?

I have seen some nice sites (non-smug) that had this invisible music feature, so I guess they were residing on a server or with a different format than you can do on smug?

So what then would be my options to add music?

Thanks.It's only invisible since it isn't wrapped inside an html tag.

I don't mind music on sites in moderation, but MANY in here don't like it. But to force someone to listen to music by not providing the ability to turn the music down or off is just un-courteous to the viewer IMO.

There are tons of tuts in here on how to get music on your sm site. Try them out and ask specific questions.

To start you out. Try going to a music hosting site such as imeem.com or the equivalent. This is where you will find the songs and grab the code to put in your SM site.

HINT:
Unless there's a specific button to make SmugMug code. Most sites think that you are going to embed this into an HTML page. SM sites are HTML, but not in the standard sense. So your going to need to wrap the code you copy in html tags (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp).
*I provided an example, but couldn't make it work properly in these forums.

I'm much more versed in standard xhtml/css than actual SM site customization though. So there are are others that can answer more specific questions w/o having to look it up or research like I would have to.

atom k

Jun-29-2008, 11:54 AM

How can I change the appearance of the little Quicktime player in my footer? http://www.consolidatedaggregates.com/

I like having (INSIST on having!) the ability to mute or turn off the music, I just wish I could make it look cooler, hopefully by tweaking the html in my footer...

atom k

Jun-29-2008, 12:05 PM

I'd like to protect my music from being downloaded from my smugmug page. Possible?

atom k

Jun-29-2008, 04:41 PM

Hey, here's an idea, it's probably beyond the ability of SmugMug - I don't know if I've seen it anywhere for that matter. What if you could have music play the first time someone views your homepage but then, using cookies or something, the audio wouldn't play automatically if they returned to the homepage minutes later (the viewer could still voluntarily hit "play" if they wanted to) - far less irritating and obtrusive than audio replaying every time the page is loaded.

If that were possible, you could even set it to play only once a day or once an hour or whatever increment you chose.

Just throwin it out there...

atom k

Jul-01-2008, 07:38 PM

I'd like to protect my music from being downloaded from my smugmug page. Possible?

Possible?

webman18

Oct-15-2008, 10:33 AM

Ok, so I have a question...

I placed DIV tags and everything in my footer - I verified it works on the home page and everything - however, I only want it to play in a gallery...

How can I do this?

In my CSS I have:

.gallery_mygallery #my_music {dispaly: block;}

Footer, I have:

<div id ="my_music">
<div align="center">
<embed src="http://www.mysite.com/song.m4a" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true">
</div>

I would like to have this only autostart in my one gallery, not on the homepage or the rest of the site...

Who can help me? :clap