site building help

"S.S.I.N." <S.S.I.N..DeleteThis@m.com> wrote in news:KmYDb.735117$pl3.309746@pd7tw3no:

 > i have just started a personal web site on my computer and i am useing
 > frontpage 98.
 >
 > my question is i have an mpeg video that i would like to have play on the
 > page as soon as the person gets to it.
 > automatic start kind of thing.
 >
 > but i have no idea how to do it.
 > under ative x controls i can find windows media player and it comes up on
 > the edit page but when i preview it won't play at all just shows a blank
 > screen.
 >
 > (ya i'm a newbie)
 >
 > can someone help???

The *best* advice someone could give you if you're new to web page design
would be to pick up a book on HTML programming. It's an *extremely* simple
language to learn and you won't be bound by the limitations and flaws of a
WYSIWYG editor (and if you really do want to use a WYSIWYG, then frontpage
is probably last on the list of "should-use")

Even my wife picked up the language, just to prove a point, in less than
three days (the basics, to be sure). You'll thank yourself for it later on




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"Marc Bissonnette"
 > The *best* advice someone could give you if you're new to web page design
 > would be to pick up a book on HTML programming. It's an *extremely* simple
 > language to learn

i do know the basic of html.
hyperlinks, pictures,text the easy stuff
i'm reading more about it here right now
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/doc/guides/buildinginfo.html" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/doc/guides/buildinginfo.html</a>


 > WYSIWYG editor


WYSIWYG ???

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:55:06 GMT "S.S.I.N." <S.S.I.N..DeleteThis@m.com> broke
off from drinking a cup of tea at Shaw Residential Internet to write:

 >i have just started a personal web site on my computer and i am useing
 >frontpage 98.
 >
 >my question is i have an mpeg video that i would like to have play on the
 >page as soon as the person gets to it.
 >automatic start kind of thing.
 >
 >but i have no idea how to do it.
 >under ative x controls i can find windows media player and it comes up on
 >the edit page but when i preview it won't play at all just shows a blank
 >screen.
 >
 >(ya i'm a newbie)
 >
 >can someone help???
 >

Movies, like any other embeded multimedia file are handled by the
remote browser. So, whatever works for you may not work for some one
else.

But, for IE you can use:

<img dynsrc="movie.avi">

To embed an AVI movie (named 'movie.avi') into a web page, sorry can't
help you with Mpeg files. This may or may not work for them.

Matt

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In article <Uv_Db.736562$pl3.141989@pd7tw3no>, S.S.I.N. says...

 > WYSIWYG ???

What You See Is (usually not) What You Get.

Technical term for software that allows you to create a website
visually, by dragging things around your screen, rather than doing it
properly.

 > i am the darkest creation of god

alt.www.webmaster is an equal opportunities newsgroup.

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While sitting in a puddle Daniel Ruscoe scribbled in the mud:

 > In article <Uv_Db.736562$pl3.141989@pd7tw3no>, S.S.I.N. says...
 >
  >> WYSIWYG ???
 >
 > What You See Is (usually not) What You Get.
 >
 > Technical term for software that allows you to create a website
 > visually, by dragging things around your screen, rather than doing it
 > properly.
 >
  >> i am the darkest creation of god
 >
 > alt.www.webmaster is an equal opportunities newsgroup.
 >

Mostly more user than news.

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"S.S.I.N." <S.S.I.N..TakeThisOut@m.com> wrote in message
news:KmYDb.735117$pl3.309746@pd7tw3no...
 > i have just started a personal web site on my computer and i am useing
 > frontpage 98.
 >
 > my question is i have an mpeg video that i would like to have play on the
 > page as soon as the person gets to it.
 > automatic start kind of thing.
 >
 > but i have no idea how to do it.
 > under ative x controls i can find windows media player and it comes up on
 > the edit page but when i preview it won't play at all just shows a blank
 > screen.
 >
 > (ya i'm a newbie)
 >
 > can someone help???
 >
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 > i am the darkest creation of god
 >
 >
Next to synthesised music comes movies, don't do it. If ya want people to
come to the site. Put some interesting content or links .......... whatever
!!

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"Rheilly Phoull" > >
 > Next to synthesised music comes movies, don't do it. If ya want people to
 > come to the site. Put some interesting content or links ..........
whatever
 > !!
 >
 > --
 > Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull
 >
 >
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While sitting in a puddle S.S.I.N. scribbled in the mud:

 >
 >
 >
 > "Rheilly Phoull" > >
  >> Next to synthesised music comes movies, don't do it. If ya want
  >> people to come to the site. Put some interesting content or links
  >> ..........
 > whatever
  >> !!
  >>
  >> --
  >> Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull
  >>
  >>
 > a video of my wife striping down is not interesting enough for you?
 >
URL to images?

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S.S.I.N, wrote in message ...
 > A video of my wife striping down ....

And what would she be painting the stripes on? A wall? A car ? Or what?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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S.S.I.N. wrote:
 > "Marc Bissonnette"
  >> The *best* advice someone could give you if you're new to web page
  >> design would be to pick up a book on HTML programming. It's an
  >> *extremely* simple language to learn
 >
 > i do know the basic of html.
 > hyperlinks, pictures,text the easy stuff

what else is there?

 > i'm reading more about it here right now
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/doc/guides/buildinginfo.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/doc/guides/buildinginfo.html</font</a>>

ok - but that site contains lots of the presentational baggage from HTML 3.2
that should never have made it in to the spec. Of similar concern is that
frames (spit) and javascript come before CSS in the hierarchy.


  >> WYSIWYG editor
 >
 >
 > WYSIWYG ???

What You See Is What You Get - nice idea for paper (fixed media) hopelessly
useless for the web.

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"Wipkip"
 > URL to images?

not a hyperlink

i want my page to run the mpeg for the person looking at the page.

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 > under ative x controls i can find windows media player and it comes up on
 > the edit page but when i preview it won't play at all just shows a blank
 > screen.

That's Karma's way of telling you not to do it.....Honestly mate, you'l lose
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"Steve R." <stevie_ritchie(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > S.S.I.N. wrote in message ...
  > > *I* have an mpeg video that *I* would like to have play on the
  > > page as soon as the *person* gets to it.
 >
 > SSIN - you wrote *I* have, *I* want, when you should be considering what
your
 > viewer wants.
 >
 > By all means put the mpeg there if you wish, but give the choice to your
 > viewer whether to play it or not. Many people on dial-up will NOT want to
 > view mpegs.

Spot-on Steve. A great many webmasters miss the point completely. There's
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