ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    ON BACK GROUND SOUND

I PERSONALLY USE THE NETSCAPE BROWSERS.  SO, IF I ONLY WANT PEOPLE USING NETSCAPE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR MY MUSIC I USE THE CODING:
<CENTER><P><EMBED SRC="SMOOTH.MID" LOOP=TRUE HIDDEN=TRUE WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=2 AUTOSTART=TRUE></P></CENTER>
WHAT THIS MEANS IS: SMOOTH.MID IS THE NAME OF YOUR MUSIC,  LOOP TELLS IT TO REPEAT THE MUSIC,  HIDDEN AND AUTOSTART TELLS THE SERVER TO PLAY THE MUSIC.

MICROSOFT EXPLORER USES THE CODING: <P><BGSOUND SRC="SMOOTH.MID" LOOP=INFINITE> 

THIS IS THE EXACT CODING THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE YOUR MUSIC PLAY IN THESE BROWSERS....  THE ONLY CHANGE WOULD BE THE NAME OF THE MUSIC.

MAKE SURE!!!! THAT YOU UPLOAD YOUR MUSIC FILES SEPARATELY    FROM YOUR
HTML CODING OF YOUR HOME PAGE.  IF YOU DON'T, YOU MIGHT RUN INTO TROUBLE OR IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL.

IF ALL  ELSE FAILS, US THIS CODING: 
<CENTER><P><EMBED SRC="http://hjs.geol.uib.no/music/Smooth.mid" width=0
height=2 AUTOSTART=TRUE></P></CENTER>  .......................

THIS IS WHAT I STARTED WITH.  IT TELLS THE SERVER TO GO OUT TO THIS WEBSITE AND GET THIS MUSIC AND PLAY IT......  THIS WILL ALSO WORK IF YOU HAVE 2 WEB SITES..    YOU PUT YOUR MUSIC ON ONE WEB SITE AND USE THIS CODING IN YOUR HOME PAGE ON ANOTHER SITE.  THIS WILL NOT WORK IF THEY ARE BOTH ON THE SAME WEB SITE...  I KNOW, I HAVE TRIED IT..  YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THIS WEB SITE AND COLLECT SOME MIDI FILES.

YOU CAN USE MIDI FILES OR WAVE FILES.  BUT REMEMBER, WHEN YOU USE WAVE FILES THEY ARE A LOT BIGGER IN SIZE AND THAT EATS UP YOUR SERVER SPACE.  SO THAT IS WHY I USE MIDI FILES.

THESE CODES WILL WORK,  IF YOU ARE USING NETSCAPE 3.0  OR  MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 3.0  OR BETTER.  THAT IS WHERE THE CATCH IS.

JUST REMEMBER THAT THIS MIGHT NOT WORK ON ALL SERVERS.  I KNOW IT WILL WORK ON  AOL  AND  COMPUSERVE...  I HAVE HAD TIMES WHEN IT WILL NOT WORK ON COMPUSERVE, BUT THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE WORKING ON THE SERVER OR HAVING PROBLEMS AT THE TIME.

ENJOY AND HAVE FUN!

UPDATED 10-10-2000

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UPDATED 10/10/2000                                                                CREATED 5/25/97