dan Blast

Hi Dan. Just a few weeks ago, I had perhaps the same issue as you are having. There was no sound in IE.

What I needed to do in order to fix it was log into my web host and use cPanel to add MIME Types.

Here is what I had to add and also what my .htaccess file looks like:

AddType application/manifest+json .manifest

AddType application/font-woff .woff

AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json .webapp

AddType audio/mp4 .m4a

AddType audio/mp4 m4a

AddType text/cache-manifest .appcache

AddType text/xml .xml

Just to be clear. I didn't just add the above lines to my .htacess file but used the cPanel.

Your webhosting provider should be able to quickly help you get going and if not, just log into cPanel and use "MIME" in the search field which should bring you right to the page where you can add these lines ... one by one.

I hope that helps.

Cheers,

Vancouver

P.S. Can I ask you for a quick favour? I don't have access to a Kindle device and wonder if you would ming visiting my website http://littlecomposers.com and click on apps and just try and open one in the Kindle? IF something behaves weird, please let me know. No hurry ... just if have some time down the road. THANKS

sorry Ninja,

I must have misread.

cPanel is what you use to "set up" your VPS (or any other structure, even shared hosting).

Before you can upload your game, you will need to create at least one FTP account, plus many more things like email, server backup etc...

I am not familiar enough with what you want to achieve so it would be best of others help you who already have such a setup in place.

I was just writing about the web host portion and first steps, what to consider to avoid some of the problems down the road.

To sum up:

You need a domain name

Static IP address

SSL Certificate

Hosting package (shared or VPS)

After that, you can install and run what every you want.

I am confused. You stated earlier that

[quote:2skdsmw6]However, for now my best shot is windows server for the obvious reason.

Anyway, to move on ...

You don't need to know Linux to administer a web server although it would be good to know.

These days, administration is done trough cPanel. It doesn't matter which package you use.

Unmanaged servers are out of your league because it takes a solid understanding of IT and experience.

Linux isn't something you learn i a week. It takes years to master and the best of the best don't say that they know everything there is to know.

Make your life simple. Read up on cPanel and most of all, get a package that comes with cPanel (most now do).

If you are just starting out, a standard account might do because it is much more affordable and you can always upgrade if you get the traffic to justify the cost.

Getting traffic to your website and keeping it is your number one goal.

Use alexa.com to check your progress (alexa isn't everything but a good starting point).

A quick advise to you is to:

Register your domain name(s) with a different company that you host with (who ever that will be)!

I'm interested in this, mind explain a bit further on your experience?

Most hosting services want to give you a "free" domain with your package.

DON'T go for that! Don't take the free domain offer because in the end, it is not worth it.

Register your domain with someone like namecheap.com or godaddy.com

Doing so puts YOU in control.

Example:

I "used to" host with one of the two companies you shortlisted.

When their service fell apart (tech support that barely speaks english I decided to move to a different host.

Getting the domain names away from them was a nightmare! Days of frustration and in the end, loss of a few domains because I decided to let them go instead of keep on fighting.

In contrast. If you host your domain name with one company and your content with another, YOU are in full control.

When your web host messes up (your page loads slow and no one cares. Everything is your fault etc...) then you can tell them fix it or else.

If they don't, you have to power to move on because all it takes is to log in to your account and change the nameservers so that they point to your new host. In about two hours (max 24 hours) your website will point to your new host.

Web hosting companies will treat you nicer if you host your names with someone else.

Last word of advise: GET A SSL CERTIFICATE!

A VPS will be under constant attack so you need to send your login name and password encrypted. Don't even think about a VPS without an SSL certificate!

There is so much to know about hosting ... I should write a tutorial ...

Anyway, this is enough to get you going.

Check out bluehost.com or hostgator.com

I have dealt with them and they have acted as expected. Why didn't you shortlist them? (just curious)

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Hey Ninja,

I'd just like to suggest that you don't rush into this.

Especially with the two companies you've mentioned in your first post (I've hosted with both and hence the advise).

A VPS starts around $30/month and will give you 2GIG or RAM and cPanel.

There are a few companies who offer this package at that starting price.

The reason why I am commenting here is that I too am looking to move host because my host uses caching which "might" be the problem why some of my C2 apps load unpredictable.

A quick advise to you is to:

Register your domain name(s) with a different company that you host with (who ever that will be)!

Trust me. Sooner or later, you will thank me for that.

Keep us up to date because this topic interests many of us.

Good luck

Thanks John,

I ended up changing the link to a new temporary direcctory.

I "think" that culprit might be my hosting provider which has some funky "in-house" caching setup to speed up the wordpress pages which most people now use.

Unfortunately, for me and my goal to showcase the HTML5 apps, this doesn't work.

Since most web hosts now use caching to reduce server load, the answer is a VPS which is a tad pricey for my needs (and I don't need the headaches of a cheap one ether).

But all in all, have the app running on my W8 machine which is a hell of a lot more than I had yesterday.

I need to listen to my pillow ....

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I'd like to ask you for a favour.

Would you mind loading that piano app from yesterday again?

I added a plugin to give me google analytics and the new upload had no sound so I removed the plugin, re-compiled and uploaded once more.

Still no sound and on the W8 machine, all hell brakes lose. I can see other layers when I click or tap the screen. Basically, horrible experience.

Can you verify this please?

http://littlecomposers.com/apps/mmm/

Just to make sure you are not loading yesterday's cache, I've made the background black so when you resize the browser window, you SHOULD SEE a black top/bottom or side strip. This is the most recent upload then.

Thanks,

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blackhornet

Very clever. Very nice. Thank YOU!

I learned something new and when ever I learn something new I have a lot of work to do.

Ciao for now,

V

Hi,

How could I make this very simple game?

A center sprite holds images on frame 0, 1, 2 and 3

To the left of the image sprite is a left-arrow and

to the right of the image sprite is a right arrow.

Clicking on a arrow increases or decreases the frame number and changes the picture.

The last feature would be to click a picture and trigger an audio file, depending on which picture (frame) was touched.

The way the game works is this way.

Say you have a sprite with three images. An apple, a tomato and a banana.

The arrows change the picture.

Touching the images reveals the name.

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks,

V

Thank YOU!

btw. computers, cars and ... microwaves? are not hat hard to troubleshoot

If I finish this sentence, I might get banned so I .....

The wind has calm down so I am going to fly my drone for a few minutes ... clear my tiny mind a bit.

Again, thanks for all your suggestions. I owe you!

johnrazor

SUCCESS (I will regret posting that in capital letters?)

I've downloaded the latest beta and opened my capx file.

Normal preview with IE flickers BUT, web kit does not flicker.

The app behaves normal now. I have no idea why ... didn't change anything other than the preview mode.

There you have it

johnrazor

I had never used that preview mode so when I used it, all sounds fired at once (horrible noise) and the first scene came up.

Unfortunately, I can not click on any of the sprite surfaces (which act as buttons) to load a piano scene.

I will try in a few minutes when the latest beta is up and running. - thanks