Bertrand du Couedic

In Soundy Version 2.0 and later, you can now set the variable $use_own_jquery_lib_on_front_end to true in the main Soundy PHP file: soundy.php.

To make this modification:

1. Go to the plugins page.
2. Click on the Edit link of the Soundy plugin.
3. Look for the variable and set it to true.

This should fix the “Play/Pause Button Not Responding” issue.

To wrap up about this Play/Pause button issue, Soundy just needs an up-to-date jQuery library, which is right now jQuery Version 1.10.2.

Using WordPress Default jQuery library is actually what Soundy does with the following statements in soundy.php:

wp_register_script( 'soundy-front-end', $this->plugin_url . '/js/front-end.js', array( 'jquery' ) );
wp_enqueue_script( 'soundy-front-end' );

array( ‘jquery’) is an argument to wp_register_script saying that front-end.js depends on WordPress default jQuery library.

And this is what your theme also should do instead of loading its own old jQuery version.

The source code of https://globalmanagementalliance.com also contains this include:
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://globalmanagementalliance.com/wp-content/themes/CherryFramework/js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js?ver=1.7.2'>

Again, jQuery 1.7.2 is too old for Soundy.

Soundy requires jQuery 1.10.2 which is part of the WordPress 3.6, .7, .8 and .9 core.

These themes should just use WordPress’s jQuery Library instead of loading their old own version.

alipaca, thanks for the work-around.
However, autoplay should work.
It looks like it is also a jQuery library issue.
From the source code of your page, I could not figure out what jQuery library is used.
Please insure with your theme author that it is jQuery 1.10.2.
Thanks

On the site https://www.idoyourphotography.com/ it is a jQuery library problem.

silviafavilli, your theme uses a jQuery library which is to old: https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.min.js

Soundy requires the 1.10.2 jQuery library, which is available in WP 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9.

I’ve taken the source of the ABOUT US page of your site, replaced the line
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.min.js?ver=3.9'></script>
with
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://webartisan.ch/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.10.2></script>
and put the code in https://webartisan.ch/test.htm.
If you access https://webartisan.ch/test.htm, you can see that the Play/Pause button works as expected.
So please, check with your theme author why he doesn’t use jQuery 1.10.2
Thanks

Hope this helps.

If you access https://www.magalibourquin.com/ or https://www.hanstylewedding.com/ with your browser, do the play/pause button of these sites work for you ?

If yes, your problem might be a server side issue with your site. If not, it might be a client / browser issue.

Thanks to tell me.

Also, is it possible to see your page which causes problems ?

Having more than one soundtrack associated with the site or with a page would be nice indeed and will for sure be implemented in Soundy or in another plugin.

I’m not yet sure how I will do it but it will come. I cannot tell exactly when but it will be in the next weeks or months.

You’re welcome.

I’ve had a look to the source code of your page and the soundy source code is correct: the loop attribute is in the audio tag.

I’ve accessed the page with Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox on my mac.

The first time it didn’t loop in Chrome but then, I refreshed the page and it did loop.

In Safari, it doesn’t loop.

In Firefox, it loops.

I’ve installed the crickets.mp3 file on webartisan.ch and set it as background sound in the page:

https://webartisan.ch/test

Here it loops in my all three navigators.

It looks like the problem is not bound to Soundy, nor your file. There might be a caching issue on your hosting server.

To test this, could you use my copy of your mp3 file on your page. The URL of the mp3 file is: https://webartisan.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/crickets.mp3

And let’s see if it loops like this.

Is it possible for me to access the page ?

Thanks for having raised this “multiple posts in one page” issue and for having found a workaround.

Indeed, Soundy was developed with the idea of one post per HTML page.

The issue will be addressed in the next Soundy version.

I’ve installed twenty ten theme on https://magdev.webartisan.ch and inserted the [soundy button] shortcode in the home page. It did appear in the preview as well as the updated page.

Is there any way to access your page ?

Does the Play/Pause button on the following page work in your browser ?

https://www.magalibourquin.com/

If yes, your Play/Pause problem might be a server side issue.
If no, the problem is definitely a local browser/OS issue.

In what browser on what platform does the problem occur ?

There are issues with Soundy on MS Windows XP on some brothers. As Microsoft is stopping support of this operating system, I don’t want to spend to much time on these issues.

Tell me if the problem also happens on other platforms.

I don’t see Soundy’s Play/Pause button on https://globalmanagementalliance.com/.

The only Play/Pause button I can see is the one of the slideshow, which does not belong to the Soundy plugin.

Also, in the source code of this page, I don’t see Soundy’s code.

Are you sure that you have enabled Soundy Background Music on this page ?