MP3 player in header?

[Case]

Is it possible to add an mp3 player to the overall header that won't reload every time you browse to a different page on the forum?

If you place the code in the overall_header the player restarts every time you go to another page. Which obviously isn't much use.

Is there any way round it?

[PostBot]

Nope. The only way to do it is to put forum in frameset.

[Case]

Yea, thought so. Dah well, thanks anyway.

[UseLess]

Greetings,

Case I am shocked at you asking the question in the first place... if you think about it the 'overall_header.tpl' is loaded EVERY time you visit any page on a forum... therefore anything in there is going to be reloaded... or were you having an off day?

[Case]

Is there any way round it?

That was your cue!! You were supposed to arrive with a complex modification (easymod compatible of course and XS BBCode compliant) made up of functions, arrays and path...server....erm...module...thingys to resolve the issue.

*sigh* Must I do EVERYTHING myself?

[UseLess]

Greetings,

Must have missed that... and the solution to the problem was given by CA.

[PostBot]

There is another solution, but its slightly more complex: rewrite browser code so it won't reset object when page is reloaded if new page has the same object. Sources for lolzilla are publicly available, so it shouldn't be a problem.

[Case]

Riiiiiiiight


Blah, who needs music on a forum anyway?

[PostBot]

...which gave me idea for one more solution: use "time machine" to go back few decades when html was being invented, join W3C and add special html tag for mp3 that won't stop when page is reloaded.

[Case]

Nah, that wouldn't work. Those W3C guys would never let me join.

[Thatbitextra]

Could you not just have it open in a small popup window?

[Case]

Yea, that's a good idea. Thinking outside the box (literally). I like it.