Hi all i just started using wordpress yesterday so excuse my noobiness I am putting a site together for a friend who produces music and wants somewhere for certain people (not everyone) to be able to get access to it the music is been stored as an swf file we want everyone to be able to see the entire page because it will have the title and description of the song as well as a click to play which everyone can see, but if they click to play it asks for a password, if they dont have the password it wont play. i have tried adding the swf file to a protected directory, however as soon as the page comes up it asks for the log in and password and so the page doesnt function properly Next problem i have a page called info with all the site details on and I would like this to be made the home page and stay permanent, however the home page seems to be the last thing anyone adds the page is at http://www.whereinhull.com/pcm2u/ this is temporary until the site is live and working at which time it will be moved cheers in advance
first of all i just recommend that for a static home page goto wordpress admin page and in there look for settings>>Reading in that there is option for front page , select which ever page you want for your home page , 2.for your music problem , you seem to be doing it wrong way , just upload the music to wordpress post and make that post with a password post do whoever wants to see that posts need a password which the admin only knows hope i am helpful ----- Add Reputation IF you like my post
hi thanks for that but the problem we have is webspace and isp speeds some of these are MP3s that are between 10mb and 12mb where as saved as a swf they are down to around 750k so quicker to load, easier to store and less bandwidth consuming