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This site is based on a basic knowledge on HTML.

 

The default HTML code created by Flash is not valid. This is why I use a method described under http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/ to embed Flash content. In difference to that method I don't use a container movie because the EMFF is small enough and doesn't need a preloader.

The construct to embed the EMFF looks like this (HTML code, the XHTML version has closed <param> tags):

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="emff_<SKIN>.swf?src=<MUSICFILE><VARIABLES>" width="<WIDTH>" height="<HEIGHT>">
 <param name="movie" value="emff_<SKIN>.swf?src=<MUSICFILE><VARIABLES>">
 <param name="quality" value="high">
 <param name="bgcolor" value="<COLOUR>">
 <ALTERNATIVE CONTENT>
</object>

The red deposited texts of the form <TEXT> must be changed to the contents you like. The following table shows more information about how to do this:

<SKIN> The name of your skin, e.g. "standard", "wooden" or "old"
<WIDTH> Width and height of the musicplayer in pixels
WARNING: Many skins have a default size and would be distorted if you enter other values here. You can find the default values for every skin further down!
<HEIGHT>
<MUSICFILE> The path to your MP3 file, relative to your *.swf file of the EMFF. In case your file "example.mp3" is in the same directory as the EMFF you just have to write "example.mp3" here. If the MP3 file is in a subdirectory called "mp3s" the path must be changed accordingly.
The path should be in GET format (special characters encoded).
<VARIABLES> A string in GET format consisting of names and values, e.g. "&amp;autostart=yes". Default values do not have to be written again! You can get rid of this part completely, as a result the EMFF will use all his default contents.
More about this you can fight further down.
<COLOUR> The background colour you want to use as hexadecimal code, e.g. "#ffffff" for white and "#000000" for black.
<ALTERNATIVE CONTENT> If the visitor does not have a Flash Player this content will be shown. You have to write HTML code here.
A nice possibility is to show a link to the MP3 file:
<a href="example.mp3">example.mp3</a>

 

Default sizes of the skins

name of skin width height
standard 110 34
wooden 120 60
old 120 55

 

Possible variables

name of variable values default value description
autostart yes|no no If set to "yes" the player will automatically load an play the file.
loop yes|no no The player will loop forever if you set this value to "yes", so be careful!
streaming yes|no yes If set to "yes" the EMFF plays the MP3 file while still loading it, if set to "no" the file will first be loaded completely and after that be played.