How to make a link make sound?

doe anyone know?

[KG2RG]

How can I ad sound to links and have the sound start=mouseover the link?

And were can I find some sound files (wav, mid, ect.) for this
thanks in advance, KG2RG

[MadScientist1]

There a script here that will do what you want: [codebrain.com...]

JavaScript Sound Kit #053100

[KG2RG]

thanks MadScientist1, I'm on my way. KG2RG

[KG2RG]

MadScientist1, Thank again. That script works great. Just what I was looking for. KG2RG

[EX_S]

I toyed with the above script and it works great for mouseovers and mouseouts.

The next question is how to generate a sound when a link is clicked. Here are some things I've tried so far:

<A HREF="foo.htm" onClick="playsound()">

Anything along these lines won't work. Why? It appears that the browser will begin loading the new page before any further JavaScripts can be executed.

<A HREF="JavaScript:Play-Sound-And-Wait-Before-Changing-Page()">

This one works well, but the problem is that if JavaScript is turned off, the link won't work at all (which will incidentally block spiders as well).

<A HREF="foo.htm" onClick="return false; Play-Sound-And-Wait-Before-changing-Page()">

For this one, the "return false" stops the new page from loading immediately, but also seems to stop the second function from running!

<A HREF="foo.htm" onClick="return PlaySound()">

This one might work in theory, but I can't seem to put in a "return true" within a setTimeout delay!

Any other ideas?

[ggrot]

What about
<A HREF="#" onClick="playsound()">

# is just an empty anchor, so the link goes nowhere.

[joshie76]

order the scripting so that the link is only called after the sound is made.

function goClick(href)
{
playsound();
window.location.href = href;
}

<a href="javascript:goClick('www.webmasterworld.com')">WmW</a>

Whilst this works, it isn't very spider friendly!

[EX_S]

Wow! Talk about quick responses!

Yep, I am worried about spider friendliness. I also think that a growing number of people are surfing with JavaScript turned off (such as me :)) because of the chronic number of popup ads plaguing the net. So purely JavaScript links aren't the best way to go.

I've had a little success with this one.:

<SCRIPT> 
function go-to-foo() { 
  window.setTimeout('window.location="foo.htm"','1000')); 
} 
document.write('<A HREF="JavaScript:playsound();go-to-foo()"> 
</SCRIPT> 
<NOSCRIPT><A HREF="foo.htm"></NOSCRIPT>Click here</A>

Works fine in MSIE, but...
- Nesting error may trip up some browsers or spiders.
- You can't put a quote inside a quote inside a quote, so none of the functions in HREF can have arguments.
- No sound comes out with NN4.7 (possibly the original Codebrain script, possibly because I'm running it locally)
- Fails miserably in Opera. GetRight butts in, and the link is no longer clickable...

I'm still working on it, but if anyone has any good ideas, I'm all ears!