Dear all
i would like to achive the following:
I have an avi file that i would like to use sort of like an introduction to my website. I would like to play the video when the page is oppened and when the video finishes to redirect to the website.
I know how to do it if iput the video in a new page and on the page put a link that when clicked will redirect the person to the website.....
Is there a smarter way to do it? to play the video sort of as a splash screen?
Cheers
DanYou'd probably want to use the object tag (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objec ... def-OBJECT</a><!-- m -->) to display the video. You could use the meta refresh tag (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh</a><!-- m -->) to do the redirect after some number of seconds.
However, before doing any of this, please consider whether it's really necessary and desirable: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dontconfusewebdesignwithsex.htmlHaha">http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dontcon ... x.htmlHaha</a><!-- m --> yea Nog has a point. Make sure that the video at least has a point and it won't just bore people, or have a link on that page that they can click to skip the video.
Also, it might be smarter to turn the video into a .gif or put it into Flash, unless it needs sound because then it could get complex.
i would like to achive the following:
I have an avi file that i would like to use sort of like an introduction to my website. I would like to play the video when the page is oppened and when the video finishes to redirect to the website.
I know how to do it if iput the video in a new page and on the page put a link that when clicked will redirect the person to the website.....
Is there a smarter way to do it? to play the video sort of as a splash screen?
Cheers
DanYou'd probably want to use the object tag (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objec ... def-OBJECT</a><!-- m -->) to display the video. You could use the meta refresh tag (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh</a><!-- m -->) to do the redirect after some number of seconds.
However, before doing any of this, please consider whether it's really necessary and desirable: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dontconfusewebdesignwithsex.htmlHaha">http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dontcon ... x.htmlHaha</a><!-- m --> yea Nog has a point. Make sure that the video at least has a point and it won't just bore people, or have a link on that page that they can click to skip the video.
Also, it might be smarter to turn the video into a .gif or put it into Flash, unless it needs sound because then it could get complex.