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a user reminded me about this unaswered post, so here it goes: WMA 'streaming' assuming you created the WMA files, here's the code needed for an html page or a popup html window in order to stream that WMA file. All WMV (windows media video) and WMA (windows media audio) files have an ID name in order for the browser to identify what they are. Instead of just calling them WMV and WMA, Microsoft decided to call identify them with: clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95 You must insert this identifier in the html code of the page, and in order to tell the browser that a multimedia object is embedded, you must use the code: <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"> Next, you must specify the video or audio file that is embedded, so the code changes to: <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"> <param name="Filename" value="http://www.yoursite.com/folder/file.wma"> (you know what to replace there, right?) the above code shows the complete path to the WMA file, but if the WMA file is inside the same folder as the html file with the code, then you can simply write it like this: <param name="Filename" value="file.wma"> and that would give you something like this: <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"> <param name="Filename" value="file.wma"> finally, we close the object code by using the </object> tag, and we get something like this: <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"> <param name="Filename" value="file.wma"> </object> That is really basic code to embedd video or audio files into a page (WMV and WMA). The page will load and the files will play as soon as the page finishes loading. If you really want to personalize the stream, then you can use a few more parameters. for example: <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" id="Player" width="320" height="240"> <param name="AudioStream" value="0"> <param name="AutoSize" value="0"> <param name="AutoStart" value="0"> <param name="AnimationAtStart" value="0"> <param name="AllowScan" value="0"> <param name="AllowChangeDisplaySize" value="0"> <param name="AutoRewind" value="1"> <param name="Balance" value="0"> <param name="BufferingTime" value="5"> <param name="ClickToPlay" value="0"> <param name="CursorType" value="0"> <param name="CurrentPosition" value="0"> <param name="CurrentMarker" value="0"> <param name="DisplayBackColor" value="0"> <param name="DisplayForeColor" value="16777215"> <param name="DisplayMode" value="0"> <param name="DisplaySize" value="5"> <param name="Enabled" value="0"> <param name="EnableContextMenu" value="0"> <param name="EnablePositionControls" value="0"> <param name="EnableFullScreenControls" value="0"> <param name="EnableTracker" value="0"> <param name="Filename" value="file.wma"> <param name="InvokeURLs" value="0"> <param name="Language" value="0"> <param name="Mute" value="0"> <param name="PlayCount" value="1"> <param name="PreviewMode" value="0"> <param name="Rate" value="1"> <param name="SelectionStart" value="0"> <param name="SelectionEnd" value="0"> <param name="SendOpenStateChangeEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendWarningEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendErrorEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendKeyboardEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendMouseClickEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendMouseMoveEvents" value="0"> <param name="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" value="0"> <param name="ShowCaptioning" value="0"> <param name="ShowControls" value="1"> <param name="ShowAudioControls" value="0"> <param name="ShowDisplay" value="0"> <param name="ShowGotoBar" value="0"> <param name="ShowPositionControls" value="0"> <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="1"> <param name="ShowTracker" value="0"> <param name="TransparentAtStart" value="0"> <param name="VideoBorderWidth" value="0"> <param name="VideoBorderColor" value="0"> <param name="VideoBorder3D" value="0"> <param name="Volume" value="80"> <param name="WindowlessVideo" value="0"> </object> the parameters pretty much explain themselves... but I must remind that '1' means 'yes' and '0' equals 'no'. Now, there is something called 'ActiveX' that allows the browser to download the necessary components in order to playback to files (like missing audio or video codecs, etc). Not all browsers support this, but IE and recent versions of netscape/mozilla/firefox should do it). So the code will look like this now: <!-- BEGIN GENERIC ALL BROWSER FRIENDLY HTML FOR NETSHOW V3 --> <object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" id="Player" width="320" height="240"> codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject"> <param name="Filename" value="file.wma"> <param name="AutoStart" value="0"> <param name="AutoRewind" value="1"> <param name="ShowTracker" value="0"> <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="1"> <EMBED type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/Products/MediaPlayer/" SRC="archivo.wmv" name="MediaPlayer" width=320 height=240> </EMBED> </OBJECT> the grey code is the activeX part. This will allow for maximum compatability (not good spelling) in different browsers.

I was not talking about parking my new domain on a sub-domain, but rather about redirecting my new domain to a sub-domain. Don't tell me that's not possible either! If is not, then I guess Im stuck with a domain name I won't use since I can't afford paying for hosting for that one too. And I bet there's no way to cancel now, is there?

now onto the next question: now that I have a new domain... do I need to buy a new hosting account for that domain? couldn't I just setup a sub-domain in my own account and somehow redirect my new domain to the sub-domain? (can you tell Im student )

ok, I decided to type all my info again. so now I have a new domain.

Well, I have my domain (I registered with another company) and I host my site at TCH. I am trying to register a new domain with TCH. So I type the domain, I click register, and then I get to a page called 'create contact information'. I am asked to enter a 'login name or costumer number' along with a password if I am already a totalchoice costumer (which I am). I tried the username/pass I use on my cpanel, but that didn't work. I reviewed my welcome email from TCH to see if I miss something, but I found nothing there to input in the 'create contact information' page. Should I just type all my info again? where can I find my costumer number? is my current TCH password the same to use in that page?

looks nice and all... but: AwStats stats is the only stats tool now? (redundancy). yeah, I feel the same way

mmm, I made a tutorial some time ago that explains how to stream mov, wma, mp3 and real audio from servers that support and don't support streaming, along with all the html tags needed... there's only one problem: is written in spanish if you care about it let me know and I can re-publish it on my site.

I had been trying out some php cms a couple of days ago. Since I was not satisfied with any, I decided to drop the databases and delete the sub-folders with those CMS. I had no problems with most of them, but I had this 2, when I deleted the folders (or sent them to trash), I couldn't completely get rid of them. Now I have 2 folders on the trash I am unable to delete. One says 'permission denied' and the other says 'folder is not empty' (even using flasfxp with the 'show hidden files' switch, I couldn't see any file). Any ideas? I don't think they are taking too much space, but still, the are annoying just sitting there. could a member of the TCH team delete them for me? my domain http://videoproduccion.org thanks in advance

Finally I convinced my girlfriend to get an account with totalchoicehosting. When she was presented with payment options, she chose the credit car (visa) payment. Now she is pretty anxious about getting the site started, but so far she received the automatic response by mail (the same we all got a long time ago). I remember that when I signed up, I used paypal instead, and whithin minutes (less than 30 actually) I had my account running. The email states: "The below payment reminder / invoice has been automaticly generated by our billing system..." I was wondering... is this an invoice? or just reminder? or both? Should we click on the paypal payment link provided? Or she must wait for the VISA payment to be processed? it has been almost 24 hours already. Thanks for your response.

mmm, I only know about video compression, filtering, editing and such topics. Does that qualify as something?

thank you all for your replies. After Installing/Un-installing/Trying Mambo, eZPublish and php-nuke, I think Im going to install Xoops now (at least Im going to try). It makes sense what surefire said, but I am no coder, so I must rely on ready-to-use CMS to get the job done (as long as costumizing is not out of my hands). great support ont his board. Thumbs Up

wops, I posted a little to late. I can see your reply now. thanks.

hello MikeH... are you talking about the 'Nuke Cops PHP-Nuke 6.5 Enhanced Bundle' ? if so, I think I will try to install it myself woooot (if I can't I can always do the automatic install from main servers). thanks for the tip.

By the way, it was when I selected the Default Theme called 'Slash' or 'SlashOcean' when the code give me an error on line 300+ pf the mainfile.php (or something) and I couldn't repair it (since I was not given much info about the error itself). Now, the database is a MySql database... I was wondering, is it possible to use it with other systems to retrieve information? or only by using php-nuke? Could I delete one php-nuke installation and keep the database to use it with a new installation? (just in case a similar error happens again). Can I create my own themes for the site? (if so, where do I go to learn) or are there other themes available for download somewhere? many thanks !

thank you very much to all for your replies. I have already tried mambo, but it needed more features. And yes, ez publish is messy. Now since we all have php-nuke pre-installed, I am going to try that one (I had to remove a previous installation this morning, since the board became unsuable after selection one of the templates... some error). By the way MikeH, what version of php-nuke is pre-installed? right now I can see the newest one is 6.9, but not very many people like it. Xoops loosk nice, and I hope is as easy to use as phpnuke. thanks all.

MikeH says " Try php nuke, it is included in your cpanel under additional scripts" borfast says "stay away from PHP-Nuke and Post-Nuke. They'll suck your brain out" chadf says "Xoops was much better" now, maybe your comments are based on your own experience and not because somebody said it was or it wasnt good. If so, then I would like to know why you think that way about the systems. I have my little list of what I need to do: ------------------- Online Magazine: + A bunch of articles writers (I need levels of permissions for accounts, like: normal account can read, writer account can send articles, editor account can publish/un-publish articles, admin can delete/add/modify content) + An editor (that reviews articles before publish) + An admin (of course) to delete or add or modify content + Ability to post more than 1 image with each article + Ability to costumize font (like in mambo) for articles (bold, italic) + Ability to publish/un-publish/archive articles + Forum included (if possible) where the web account works in forum (without need for re-registering) + Maybe private messanging + Banner system (bottom, top or sides... or all) + Maybe a calendar for member + Maybe polls + Guest book + When article is displayed, abiliti for reader to either print/email/rate or comment the article (registered users). Any or all of those features. by the way, this is for me (small site) and also for my girlfriend's company (hundreds of articles and close to 100 writers)... and Im trying to convince the owner to change their current hosting to totalchoicehosting Naughty many thanks again.

Well, since I am a little tired of having to use my own computer at home to update my website (with the slick notepad and dweaver), I finally found out about portals and content management systems... I have looked briefly a few and I found out that the most populars are PHP-Nuke, Post-Nuke, eZ publish (the one I was trying to use), and Mambo Open source. I really have very little knowledge about php, but I already succesfully setup 2 CMS (mambo and ezpublish). I had to uninstall mambo because I found it to be a little complicated to use, and Im about to do the same with ezpublish along with its database. I need a content management system to create some sort of online magazine. Right now my website is about tutorials, and I write an html page for evey tutorial I make (and edit the tutorial list page too), but I want to create a magazine where not only I am able to write, but also collaborators. However, I would like to revise their publications before sending them live into the website. Of course, I would like to do all this online, sothe result page is generated on the fly. Any suggestions of a CMS (or better to use a portal?) for an online magazine? thanks in advance.

thanks for the tip. maybe I should look for something easier for me to understand (as far as a content management system)

I dont think it works... just see for yourself: http://videoproduccion.org/cms/ http://videoproduccion.org/cms/index.php any suggestions?

Well, after spending many hours coding every one of my html pages (with some help from creating templates), I got tired of being unable to add content to my website unless it was from my home computer... so I decided to install 'eZ Publish 3' (a CMS - content managment system written in php and using mysql database). I have not done it yet, because I have a couple of questions. The installation docs refer to using a virtualhost setup "...when using a virtualhost you don't need to specify the index.php in the url..." and then is says how to do it (assuming that i have apache web server installed on my own system: <VirtualHost 10.0.0.1> <Directory <httproot>/ezpublish-xxx/> Options FollowSymLinks Indexes ExecCGI AllowOverride None </Directory> RewriteEngine On RewriteRule !\.(gif|css|jpg|png)$ <httproot>/ezpublish-xxx/index.php ServerAdmin root@localhost DocumentRoot <httproot>/ezpublish-xxx/ ServerName 10.0.0.1 </VirtualHost> Of course, I assume I can't do this on my account, so I thought that there was an option on the cpanel to allow me to do such a thing... however, I dont see it.. Is it possible at all? I looked on the 'site managment' section, 'redirects' and 'index manager' but I dont believe those are the options I need. thanks in advance.

well, it sounds like its very important to do backups everyday and to check that the site is indeed online everyday Thanks everyoine for the advice, but Im still wondering... how come databases become corrupted? is it an error on my side or just the internet's fault? Any tutorials on how to pesonalize the invision board? is it best to use that one or install one from scratch? (something like php or cgi) thanks in advance and have a good day. [subc]

uh? Like I said, I am pretty new to mysql and databases. I dont think I ever did a backup and if I did, I didn't noticed. What do you mean by 'rebuild it'? Do I have to set up the boards again and start from scratch, and ask everyone to register again? Once I have everything working... how do I make backups of database? thanks for your attention [subc]

Well, I am pretty new to MySQL and databases, so when I got this erros about 2 days ago, I didn't know what the meaning is. I have no idea what to do or why I get that error. Could anyone explain or tell me the fix? What's that all about backing up the database? and how to do it? thanks in advance... oh! Did I lost all the posts up to date? Thank you. Luis