Here are what I hope will be some down & dirty, easy to follow instructions on the "how to's" of doing this. Standard disclaimer, this is how I do it. There are lots of other ways and styles of putting this down. What you find here is HTML put down as I prefer to do it.
First and foremost, if you don't already have a song in midi format, do a search on the web to find one you like. Try just putting the title of your favorite song followed by MIDI into the search block and then sift through everything that comes back. For those unaware of it, yes, you will get porn sites that come with this. You get porn sites no matter what you put in the search, so don't be surprised when these come through.
Once you have found the one you like, if you do not have a place online to keep it, copy and paste the URL somewhere you can easily access it.
Here comes the tricky part. Since DD plays well with HTML, if I put down the the following string as it should be, it won't be visible in the diary. So... you will need to put down the following bold print items in one string, unbolded italics items should not be included, and are there for information only:
<
BGSOUND one space here
SRC
=
"URL TO MIDI OF YOUR CHOICE" one space here
WIDTH
=
0 one space here
HEIGHT
=
2 one space here
AUTOSTART
=
true one space here
LOOP
=1
>
Where you see the =1, whatever number you put here is how many times the song will play. If you put the word infinite, you guessed it, the song will be repeated over and over until the end of time, or until someone closes down your page.
It is also a good idea to put a comment above this string, stating where you found the song.
For a comment, type in (yes, again in one long string):
<
!
-- two spaces here
Midi files from URL FROM WHERE YOU FOUND THE SONG two spaces here
--
>
Now, take the string you have created, and past it into one of the message blocks in your diary. I prefer to place it at the end of the footer.
If you would like more details on this, drop me an e-mail or message me on Yahoo!