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From: "Fokke Nauta" <fnautaNO@SPAMiae.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Sound on/off button does not work
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:48:58 +0100
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"Denis McMahon" <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:46:13 +0100, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>
>> I searched for a sound on/off button for web pages. The script I found I
>> placed in an HTML document. I adapted it only to suit a different sound
>> file and to change the text on the button. It does not work though. The
>> original version didn't work either. The button changes allright but the
>> sound stays on. Can any one help me out?
>
> Have you tried the following:
>
> http://validator.w3.org/unicorn/check?ucn_uri=www.pc3.nl%2Ftest%
> 2Ftest.htm&ucn_task=conformance#

Hi Dennis,

I just did and was surpised with the amount of errors.

> which suggests to me that (a) your script element is incorrectly defined
> and (b) the embed element isn't supported in the defined doctype.

Well, I used the embed element on other webpages with the same doctype and 
it works perfectly.
But which doctype should I choose, to start with?

Regards,
Fokke