Joe Burns has got to be, in my opinion, one of the most knowledgeable and html savvy people to ever grace the web. Thanks to him I've learned how to do most of what it takes to build a great web-site. He's taught me everything from the anchor tag to XML, and he explains it in such an easy way that even a dummy like myself can learn it! The book because of so much use, looks to be more like five years old!

The book is called "HTMLGOODIES", and I am not ashamed at all to plug it, for the simple fact that what've learned in that short amount of time from his teachings, was well worth more than the $20.00 that I paid for the book. It's well worth it if you are serious about web-page designing!

You can go visit his web-site at http://www.htmlgodies.com/primer_1.html. It's the tutorial that goes along with the book, and it's awesome!

Thanks Joe, I learned a lot from you and of course I am not done yet. I only wish that you would write a book on webtv.

1. What is a midi?     MIDI stands for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A MIDI is a program on a computer or webtv that acts as a go between for an instrument and the thing that creates the sound.

2. How do I save a midi to my files?    To save midi's to your files you should transload them to your server using Domania Freeloader, StarBlvd or Web-up.

3. What is transloading?    

4. How do I transload? Transloading at first can be very challenging and excruciateingly difficult to learn, but if you hang in there it is a wonderful tool for webtv folks to have at their fingertips.

   There are many great tutorials out there if you look for them but my first and all-time favorite is Rons'. You can go to the link below and save it to an F-key so it will be easy to access. RONS TRANSLOADER

5. How do I put a midi in my e-mail?    To put a midi in your e-mail you should go to settings on your e-mail list page, then go to signature, then you put in the following code;   (HTML)   (BODY BGSOUND SRC="url of midi" AUTOSTART="true" LOOP="infinite") (/BODY) (/HTML)

6. What's the difference between EMBED SRC and BGSOUND SRC?     From what I understand, and I in no way claim to be an expert, the EMBED SRC command only works with Netscape Navigator, it's not a standard HTML command. Of course I use it very sucessfully with webtv, as do many others, but to be on the safe side and to make your web-pages accessable to many browsers you should use the BGSOUND SRC command immediately after the EMBED SRC command.

7. How can I make a midi play continuously?

   The midi will play continuously if you use the LOOP="true" command. For webtv you may also use the LOOP="infinite" command. Either way the song will play until the viewer clicks on another page and that midi loads. The song will play only once if you use the LOOP="false" command.

8. How do I make that cute little speaker appear?

   To get the "clickable" speaker to appear on you page you use the following code; (EMBED SRC="url of midi" AUTOSTART="false" LOOP="false")

   The AUTOSTART command will cue the browser as to whether or not you want the midi to start playing on it's own or not. True will start the file right away, false will only play the file when clicked on by the viewer. In order to have the speaker appear you must use the AUTOSTART="false" command. Otherwise the midi will start to play when the page is loading and there will be no speaker.