How to add music to your forum

**MKAIF** · 31-08-2009

I have developed a small forum in phpBB. I want to add a small music to this forum simply to add some different effects. But the thing is since I am new to all this stuff, I am unaware how to achieve this. Is there anyone who can guide me how to add music to your forum?

**Praetor** · 31-08-2009

But where do you want to add the music file? If it is on the background then you can do so in phpBB by adding it as an attribute to the body of forum as bgsound="music_file". But keep this in mind that it will not restart everytime the page is refreshed or opened.

**Reegan** · 31-08-2009

First of all, I don't think you can embed any music files on your forum. And if it is (I don't know what way) then I think not all formats of files would be supported. You would only be able to play .mp3, .asf, .wma, .wmv, .wm or .avi. You can contact the support team of phpBB and consult with them if it possible and if yes then how to add them.

**Katty** · 31-08-2009

You can have code which looks something like this:

HTML Code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="170"
  data="url_of_music_file_on_your_server">
<param name="movie" value="url_of_music_file_on_your_server"/>
</object>