JCwolf's site being updated...

bigboywooly · 01-24-09, 07:12 PM

^ what Jaesen said

Seriously
Clicking enter does nothing and still no music using Firefox

JScones · 01-24-09, 07:22 PM

I'm from the old school of programming and thus I still manually write HTML, all in trusty Notepad (Personnel Files in SH3Cmdr are all created "on the fly" from raw code). IMHO the best way to avoid the hassles caused by proprietary commands that "certain" editors use.

@JC, if I may suggest, having a sound file loop endlessly without giving the user the ability to stop it may make some users unhappy.

bigboywooly · 01-24-09, 07:25 PM

And there I was thinking Aus and English were pretty much the same

Will leave the programming to you " experts " HTML or otherwise
Cfg altering is as far as I go
:rotfl:

JScones · 01-24-09, 08:36 PM

Just some more feedback, the transition effect also works only in IE, hence why it loads so fast in FF (the effect is ignored and the page simply loads as normal).

JCWolf · 01-24-09, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JScones

Just some more feedback, the transition effect also works only in IE, hence why it loads so fast in FF (the effect is ignored and the page simply loads as normal).

Not sure but the part I am looking now is the changes that you sugested on the HTML code for the Music, and The editor seems to avoid leting me open the HTML page....I will see....

JScones · 01-24-09, 08:52 PM

BlueVoda right? I think it has limited code editing. If so, and assuming you are not using a VodaHost account, then open your HTML page in Notepad and change the code to look like:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Main</title>
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=1)">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Created by BlueVoda">
<style type="text/css">
div#container
{
   width: 1024px;
   position: relative;
   margin-top: 0px;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
   text-align: left;
}
body
{
   text-align: center;
   margin: 0;
}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
img { behavior: url("pngfix.htc"); }
</style>
</head>
<body background="Main.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" text="#C0C0C0" vlink="#40E0D0" style="scrollbar-face-color:#68838B;scrollbar-arrow-color:#7FFFD4;scrollbar-3dlight-color:#000000;scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#000000;scrollbar-highlight-color:#40E0D0;scrollbar-shadow-color:#40E0D0;scrollbar-track-color:#7F7F7F;">
<embed src="Thor's temple.mp3" type="application/x-mplayer2" autostart=true loop=true height="0" width="0">
<div id="container">
<div id="bv_Image1" style="overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:232px;top:104px;z-index:0" align="left">
<img src="Logo.png" id="Image1" alt="" align="top" border="0" style="width:560px;height:384px;"></div>
<div id="bv_Image2" style="overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:461px;top:613px;z-index:1" align="left">
<img src="Enter.png" id="Image2" alt="" align="top" border="0" style="width:103px;height:37px;"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Then save and upload.

JCWolf · 01-24-09, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JScones

BlueVoda right? I think it has limited code editing. If so, and assuming you are not using a VodaHost account, then open your HTML page in Notepad and change the code to look like:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN&quot;>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1&quot;>
<title>Main</title>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Page-Enter&quot; content=&quot;blendTrans(Duration=1)&quot;>
<meta name=&quot;GENERATOR&quot; content=&quot;Created by BlueVoda&quot;>
<style type=&quot;text/css&quot;>
div#container
{
   width: 1024px;
   position: relative;
   margin-top: 0px;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
   text-align: left;
}
body
{
   text-align: center;
   margin: 0;
}
</style>
<style type=&quot;text/css&quot;>
img { behavior: url(&quot;pngfix.htc&quot;); }
</style>
</head>
<body background=&quot;Main.jpg&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#000000&quot; text=&quot;#C0C0C0&quot; vlink=&quot;#40E0D0&quot; style=&quot;scrollbar-face-color:#68838B;scrollbar-arrow-color:#7FFFD4;scrollbar-3dlight-color:#000000;scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#000000;scrollbar-highlight-color:#40E0D0;scrollbar-shadow-color:#40E0D0;scrollbar-track-color:#7F7F7F;&quot;>
<embed src=&quot;Thor's temple.mp3&quot; type=&quot;application/x-mplayer2&quot; autostart=true loop=true height=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;0&quot;>
<div id=&quot;container&quot;>
<div id=&quot;bv_Image1&quot; style=&quot;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:232px;top:104px;z-index:0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;>
<img src=&quot;Logo.png&quot; id=&quot;Image1&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;top&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;width:560px;height:384px;&quot;></div>
<div id=&quot;bv_Image2&quot; style=&quot;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:461px;top:613px;z-index:1&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;>
<img src=&quot;Enter.png&quot; id=&quot;Image2&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;top&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;width:103px;height:37px;&quot;></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Then save and upload.

Thats the problem I am using the Vodahost acount...

Laufen zum Ziel · 01-25-09, 01:42 PM

Nice. I had fast load with great music using Firefox.
Where is the music from??
No problems and looking forward to more.

Laufen zum Ziel · 01-25-09, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by -SWCowboy.
JC, do you mind if I use your sig as a link to your site on BtS-Mods.com's links page?

I can hear your music on FireFox and see your intro page Looking forward to more!

Same for me JC. I already had your old sig linked at Silent Hunter Addict but would
like to link your new one.

JCWolf · 01-25-09, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by -SWCowboy.
JC, do you mind if I use your sig as a link to your site on BtS-Mods.com's links page?

I can hear your music on FireFox and see your intro page Looking forward to more!

Same for me JC. I already had your old sig linked at Silent Hunter Addict but would
like to link your new one.

Go ahed mate...no problems..Main site Enter Button its now clickable or Hot, it will take youguys to the main menu, or this new main menu no button yet is Hot butthe volume buttons... soon I will upload new stuff, it takes timecause all graphic look is being made from scratch...feedback is more then wellcome, the usualIt loads fast or slow something is missingmusic sounds or not and your Browser for info...Thanks guys..

JCWolf · 01-25-09, 06:30 PM

Ok first to pages , ( That are stil under construction have allerady some elements...main menu haves a clickable button " About me " that will lead you to my personal info page, along with a foto album that i will creat soon showing you some fotos of me my place my Dogs my Girl Friend and a lot more...the main thing there will be a personal Diary page were I will post all my thoughts and memorys related to already gone moments and friends, that passed away ...The memorial page will be also added as a personal tribute of mine to special friends gone , but never forgoten...Silent Hunter page will be added soon...hope you like the sites new look...

robbythesub · 01-27-09, 04:27 PM

Site running smoothly with music immediately- looking good and now bookmarked for progress reports!

Thanks

JCWolf · 01-30-09, 04:29 PM

hello everyone,Just a fast info..The Web haves now a new forum,and its already wayting for you people ...Doesn't have any Downloads board yet, all the dowloads will be made on my main site andthe forum will be reserved for us and posting otherKind of stuff...Check it out guys...

Kpt, Otto · 01-31-09, 12:00 PM

Hi there JcWolf,

I am afraid ive been "out of action" for some months and so have not kept up with this forum for a while and have only just read this thread.

I have a couple of websites and both use sound although only on rare occations because at times for those who visit regularluly it can get on their wick after a while!

When I was programing the pages I found it cumbersome to get it to work in Firefox and/or Opera because they tend to use plugins to produce the sound. If a user does not have the plugin then it simply will not work.

When I did use the "embed" tag, Firefox would render the page and come up with a suggested plugin to download which would in theory produce the sound. The only problem was that the plugin could not be found and so in the end I gave up trying.

After a lot of research on the web it seems many people have come to the same conclution and have found that getting Firefox to play sounds is a lottery at best. Its one thing that that paricular browser doesnt do very well.

Aparently with the proposded introduction of HTML 5 this will all be sorted out but for now were all stuck in the same boat! What I did was to concentrate on using IE instead and all my sounds work ok in that browser.

On this one I have installed a fire alarm when you click "report a bad link"
http://www.wiredplanet.org.uk/Networ...fice/index.htm

What it does is preload a small sound file and then uses javascript to trigger it. This creates no lag when the link is clicked. The sound file is only 145kb and kept in a central place on the website so that many pages can access it without uploading/downloading it several times.

I liked the fire alarm it tickles me everytime I click it!!

On my Silent Hunter website (unfortunately I havent updated it recently) I have a simple system in the contact page which simply uses the "bgsound" tag only supported in IE. This can be demonstrated here:
http://www.ubootwaffe.org.uk/BdU/B_D...Gn_Contact.htm

When it comes to Firefox, JScones's advice hits the nail right on the head but you may still have problems with users having the right plugin to make it work.

Looking at your website which might I add is really taking shape and looking as stunning as your previous one, I found that its design is inspiring and the graphics are great also it loads very quickly.

The good thing is that it has multi-res support which was one of the problems that your previous site suffered from.

Your previous site however was very unique and very differant which was a good thing especially as a lot of pages today look very similar, yours are always very differant.

(On a side note, one of the things I enjoy about Laufen zum Ziel's site is that it is clear he is an enthusiast and although a simple design it has a lot of content and has had a lot of time spent on it giving the community a valuable source of research.)

There was one thing that doesnt seem to wotk well however and this is when I enter the "Silent Hunter Main Menu" and then click on "workshop" or "U-boat mods". What happens is that a new window opens which is very narrow proberbly only 150 pixels wide which I then have to either resize or press the maximise button in the browser to display it full screen.

If a may make a suggestion perhaps have all the links open in the same window rather than open a new window. People can then always use the back button to go back to where they came from. ... just a thought!!

Otherwise the site is looking great and I wish you the best of luck in its development

Here are my sites, (both are still ongoing & I need to get round to updating them.)

http://www.ubootwaffe.org.uk
and
http://wiredplanet.org.uk

I am just an amateur and for me its just a hobby but I would appreciate any feed back given although I dont want or wish to hijack your thread so if anyone else wants to give me any feedback please could you be sure to do it here in my Thread instead.

To all... Good hunting!

JCWolf · 01-31-09, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt, Otto

Hi there JcWolf,

Otherwise the site is looking great and I wish you the best of luck in its development

Here are my sites, (both are still ongoing & I need to get round to updating them.)

http://www.ubootwaffe.org.uk
and
http://wiredplanet.org.uk

I am just an amateur and for its just a hobby but I would appreciate any feed back given although I dont want or wish to hijack your thread so if anyone else wants to give me any feedback please could you be sure to do it here in my Thread instead.

To all... Good hunting!

Hey Kpt Otto,

Thanks a lot for the outstanding post and way of explaining all this
in your above post...

As for the sound part Mate, I have no meens of adding something diferent
from what real the site haves at the moment, I know people using FireFox
(At least some of them) Have problems with catching web sounds or
any site background music, but for good the solution JSCones gave me
it would still not be completly free of sound bugs for FF users...

As for the sugestions about the popup windows, I am really still fiting all
pages toghether, as you see there are loads of stuff there that still doesn't
work, In the end I will refit all opening windows the way you sugest as I agree
entirely with what you say...

As for you being an Amateur , Let me just say that for what I see in your
SHIII web that I am the one amateur mate, the diference is that maybe
I have skills with graphics and you for sure have with building web sites and
other stuff, taken what I have read above...Your site is great and I take
this oportunity to ask you the permision to include it on my SH links page that
I am making today...

Thank you for your compliments mate
I will give a detailled feedback soon to you mate...Promise !

01-24-09, 07:12 PM	#1
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	^ what Jaesen said Seriously Clicking enter does nothing and still no music using Firefox __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-24-09, 07:25 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	And there I was thinking Aus and English were pretty much the same Will leave the programming to you " experts " HTML or otherwise Cfg altering is as far as I go :rotfl: __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-25-09, 01:42 PM	#8
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Nice. I had fast load with great music using Firefox. Where is the music from?? No problems and looking forward to more. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

01-25-09, 06:30 PM	#11
JCWolf Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain , Crossing Gibraltar! Posts: 2,292 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 1	Ok first to pages , ( That are stil under construction have allerady some elements...main menu haves a clickable button " About me " that will lead you to my personal info page, along with a foto album that i will creat soon showing you some fotos of me my place my Dogs my Girl Friend and a lot more...the main thing there will be a personal Diary page were I will post all my thoughts and memorys related to already gone moments and friends, that passed away ...The memorial page will be also added as a personal tribute of mine to special friends gone , but never forgoten...Silent Hunter page will be added soon...hope you like the sites new look... __________________ JCWolf Mediafire SHIII Page User name : JCWolf Password : stefre@jcm

01-30-09, 04:29 PM	#13
JCWolf Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain , Crossing Gibraltar! Posts: 2,292 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 1	hello everyone,Just a fast info..The Web haves now a new forum,and its already wayting for you people ...Doesn't have any Downloads board yet, all the dowloads will be made on my main site andthe forum will be reserved for us and posting otherKind of stuff...Check it out guys... __________________ JCWolf Mediafire SHIII Page User name : JCWolf Password : stefre@jcm

01-24-09, 07:22 PM	#2
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I'm from the old school of programming and thus I still manually write HTML, all in trusty Notepad (Personnel Files in SH3Cmdr are all created "on the fly" from raw code). IMHO the best way to avoid the hassles caused by proprietary commands that "certain" editors use. @JC, if I may suggest, having a sound file loop endlessly without giving the user the ability to stop it may make some users unhappy.

01-24-09, 08:36 PM	#4
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Just some more feedback, the transition effect also works only in IE, hence why it loads so fast in FF (the effect is ignored and the page simply loads as normal).

01-27-09, 04:27 PM	#12
robbythesub Captain Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere under the ocean Posts: 504 Downloads: 302 Uploads: 0	Site running smoothly with music immediately- looking good and now bookmarked for progress reports! Thanks

01-31-09, 12:00 PM	#14
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Feedback... Hi there JcWolf, I am afraid ive been "out of action" for some months and so have not kept up with this forum for a while and have only just read this thread. I have a couple of websites and both use sound although only on rare occations because at times for those who visit regularluly it can get on their wick after a while! When I was programing the pages I found it cumbersome to get it to work in Firefox and/or Opera because they tend to use plugins to produce the sound. If a user does not have the plugin then it simply will not work. When I did use the "embed" tag, Firefox would render the page and come up with a suggested plugin to download which would in theory produce the sound. The only problem was that the plugin could not be found and so in the end I gave up trying. After a lot of research on the web it seems many people have come to the same conclution and have found that getting Firefox to play sounds is a lottery at best. Its one thing that that paricular browser doesnt do very well. Aparently with the proposded introduction of HTML 5 this will all be sorted out but for now were all stuck in the same boat! What I did was to concentrate on using IE instead and all my sounds work ok in that browser. On this one I have installed a fire alarm when you click "report a bad link" http://www.wiredplanet.org.uk/Networ...fice/index.htm What it does is preload a small sound file and then uses javascript to trigger it. This creates no lag when the link is clicked. The sound file is only 145kb and kept in a central place on the website so that many pages can access it without uploading/downloading it several times. I liked the fire alarm it tickles me everytime I click it!! On my Silent Hunter website (unfortunately I havent updated it recently) I have a simple system in the contact page which simply uses the "bgsound" tag only supported in IE. This can be demonstrated here: http://www.ubootwaffe.org.uk/BdU/B_D...Gn_Contact.htm When it comes to Firefox, JScones's advice hits the nail right on the head but you may still have problems with users having the right plugin to make it work. Looking at your website which might I add is really taking shape and looking as stunning as your previous one, I found that its design is inspiring and the graphics are great also it loads very quickly. The good thing is that it has multi-res support which was one of the problems that your previous site suffered from. Your previous site however was very unique and very differant which was a good thing especially as a lot of pages today look very similar, yours are always very differant. (On a side note, one of the things I enjoy about Laufen zum Ziel's site is that it is clear he is an enthusiast and although a simple design it has a lot of content and has had a lot of time spent on it giving the community a valuable source of research.) There was one thing that doesnt seem to wotk well however and this is when I enter the "Silent Hunter Main Menu" and then click on "workshop" or "U-boat mods". What happens is that a new window opens which is very narrow proberbly only 150 pixels wide which I then have to either resize or press the maximise button in the browser to display it full screen. If a may make a suggestion perhaps have all the links open in the same window rather than open a new window. People can then always use the back button to go back to where they came from. ... just a thought!! Otherwise the site is looking great and I wish you the best of luck in its development Here are my sites, (both are still ongoing & I need to get round to updating them.) http://www.ubootwaffe.org.uk and http://wiredplanet.org.uk I am just an amateur and for me its just a hobby but I would appreciate any feed back given although I dont want or wish to hijack your thread so if anyone else wants to give me any feedback please could you be sure to do it here in my Thread instead. To all... Good hunting! __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .! Last edited by Kpt, Otto; 01-31-09 at 05:42 PM.