Anyone know how this works?

[Rookie]

I found a site that has an awesome music player but haven't been able to figure out how it works (I'm guessing it uses Ajax, but not sure how).

If you go to http://www.hmvdigital.com/and just select one of the artists in the top 10 list you can click 'sample' and the music player shows up at the bottom of the page. I would love to create something like this but I have to understand how it works. One great feature is that it stays open as you continue to browse the site.

Thanks,
Rookie

[joelnet]

Interesting. It appears they're running ASP.NET as well as using ASP.NET AJAX.

I didn't do a full blown investigation, but you should be able to create something similar, check out ASP.NET AJAX's UpdatePanel. That will be a good start for you.


Joel Thoms
DiscountASP.NET
http://www.DiscountASP.NET

[Rookie]

Thanks Joel, I've been using asp.net AJAX for a while now. I feel like it is a modal window but I didn't think these windows can stay open if you navigate away from the current page.

I'll keep looking into it, but if anyone has an idea feel free to post it.


Thanks,
rookie

[joelnet]

It's not a modal.


After inspecting his source, he's using a combination of ASP.NET AJAX, Iframes and Layers.


You'll notice his page does not navigate, the url always stays the same. Though you see what looks like navigation (clear page before content appears), which suggestsusage ofiframe.


Joel Thoms
DiscountASP.NET
http://www.DiscountASP.NET

[Rookie]

thanks Joel, I'm going to see if I can replicate this.

Should be interesting!