Bertrand du Couedic

There is no instruction because continuous uninterrupted audio stream is impossible for now. The way WP themes work, don’t allow it.

It looks like a jQuery library issue, indeed.

I have had a look right now to the source code of your page and i have found this line:

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://greeceonthego.com/wp-content/themes/GreeceOnTheGo/jquery.js?ver=3.7.3'></script>

The content of this file is the jQuery library v1.7.1, which is too old for Soundy.

Setting the variable $use_own_jquery_lib_on_front_end to “true” should solve the problem though.

For sure, having WordPress as well as any application involved up-to-date is advisable.

Also, the browsers for testing should be up-to-date and do not forget to clear the browser cache before testing.

Installing an older version of Soundy won’t solve the problem. Soundy is only 3 months old anyway and all the versions need jQuery v1.10.

These are my ideas for now…

The audio files Soundy can use must be of type MP3, OGG or WAV. Furthermore, the URLs of such files must end with the extension ‘.mp3’, ‘.ogg’ or ‘.wav’. These are the requirements of the HTML5 Audio tag used by Soundy plugin.

Ok, great.

>Is there maybe a code I can use to add the background music to the home/blog page?

No, sorry. The plugin is conceived to be configured in the Edit Page or Edit Post page.

The only solution I see for now to your problem is:

1. Add a static page.
2. Associate it with a template which lists posts.
3. Enable Soundy for this page.
4. Declare the page as your frontpage.

> I like your plugin and it works great.

Thanks !

Isn’t there a WP page associated with your blog page ?

Sorry, I’m not a WP guru so I’m asking you: how can you have a blog page without having an associated static page ?

If you would have a WP page associated with your blog, you could just enable Soundy for this page with the Edit Page WP utility.

I have configured a WP test site: https://nathalie.webartisan.ch

On this site, there is a blog page: https://nathalie.webartisan.ch/en/events/ which lists event posts.

As you can see and hear, this blog page plays Soundy’s default soundtrack.

The blog page actually is a static page with no content. Its associated template file just lists all posts of type “event”.

Can’t you do do something like this ?

It looks like your new PHP parser does not like the lines 962 to 976 in Soundy’s main php file: soundy.php.

Is your PHP parser up-to-date ?

Anyway, I’ve corrected these lines to be compatible with older PHP versions in soundy.php in the 2.2 version.

If you reinstall Soundy from the www.remarpro.com repository, things regarding this issue should be fine.

Maurizio,

I have configured a WP site with WP 3.9 , Soundy 2.1 and a WP standard gallery but I can’t reproduce the issue you are speaking about.

The URL of the site is: https://magdev.webartisan.ch

If you go to: PHOTO > PORTRAIT, you find there a WP photo gallery and as you can see, all is fine.

Give me your email address and I’ll send to you the admin login credentials for this site. May be you can reproduce the issue.

Ok. I will investigate this and come back to you.

What let you think that the problem is caused by Soundy ?

It looks like it is a jQuery library not up-to-date issue.

Your theme loads jQuery 1.8.3 which is too old.

The jQuery library which WordPress loads per default is 1.10.x

This is the library which Soundy needs.

In Soundy plugin main file: soundy.php, there is a variable called:

$use_own_jquery_lib_on_front_end

Set it to

true

and see if things are going better. They should!

With this variable set to true, Soundy will load jQuery v1.10.4 which it needs to work well on the front-end.

Hope this helps.

If I were you, I would uninstall all plugins and see how my WP site behaves.

If everything alright, I would reinstall one plugin at a time and test the site. This way you could find out which plugin makes troubles on your site.

On homepage https://www.anniegchanmakeup.com, Soundy works perfectly for me on Chrome, Safari and Firefox on Mac OS X.

It takes just a few seconds before the music starts. Music loading time, I guess.

On page https://www.anniegchanmakeup.com/?page_id=1368 Soundy doesn’t seem to be enabled.

Did it make a change ?

Concerning the Soundy plugin, your problem may come from a major bug in version 2.0.

Upgrading to Soundy V2.1 should solve the problem.

This might also be a jQuery library issue.

Have a look at the variable:

$use_own_jquery_lib_on_front_end

in the main Soundy PHP file: if the variable is set to false, set it to true and see if things improve. If it set to true, try setting it to false.