Question

I have a master page and inside : a music player.

            <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://flash-mp3-player.net/medias/player_mp3_maxi.swf"
                width="200" height="20">
                <param name="movie" value="http://flash-mp3-player.net/medias/player_mp3_maxi.swf" />
                <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
                <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=Preloader.mp3&amp;loop=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;autoload=1" />
            </object>

It works and I can hear sound, but if I go to a different page, it stop (pause and return to start, I can still see it through and press play since its in my master page)

How do I make it play while I’m browsing through pages?

Note : The player contains a pause function and doesn’t auto play so users wont be annoyed.

Answer 1

The old ’90s way of doing this would be with browser frames. You could split your site into a frame that contains the music player, and a frame that lets people navigate your site.

However, there’s a reason that most people have moved away from browser frames. They mess with your browsing experience. If someone clicks a link on your site to go somewhere else, they could still be stuck inside your frames. It’s not cool.

The “Web 2.0” way of doing this involves making your whole site use AJAX, so the user never really leaves the “page” at all, but just loads different elements into the page as they click around. This is what Lala.com did, for example, before Apple bought them out and shut them down.