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video as an intro

Dear all

i would like to achive the following:

I have an avi file that i would like to use sort of like an introduction to my website. I would like to play the video when the page is oppened and when the video finishes to redirect to the website.

I know how to do it if iput the video in a new page and on the page put a link that when clicked will redirect the person to the website…..

Is there a smarter way to do it? to play the video sort of as a splash screen?

Cheers
Dan

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@NogDogNov 29.2006 — You'd probably want to use the [url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT]object tag[/url] to display the video. You could use the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh]meta refresh tag[/url] to do the redirect after some number of seconds.

However, before doing any of this, please consider whether it's really necessary and desirable: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dontconfusewebdesignwithsex.html
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@AscendancyNov 30.2006 — Haha yea Nog has a point. Make sure that the video at least has a point and it won't just bore people, or have a link on that page that they can click to skip the video.

Also, it might be smarter to turn the video into a .gif or put it into Flash, unless it needs sound because then it could get complex.
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