1. Go to the sound site of your choice on the Internet (try the links in Mod 8)
2. Right click on the file name of your sound
3. Click on the words "Save Target as"
4. Save it onto your Desktop(make sure it says "All Files" at bottom of box
5. Minimize the window you are in
6. Open the Internet
7. Go to www.geocites.com
8. Type in your ID and password
9. Click File Manager
10. Click Open File Manager
11. Click on the Upload button at right
12. Click on Browse
13. Look in your Desktop
14. Click on the sound file you just downloaded 15. Click Open
16. Click on the last box at the bottom of the page so there is a check mark next to the words "Automatically change htm extensions to html"
17. Click on the Upload Files button
18. Hopefully it says Upload successful
19. Click OK
20. Click on File Manager
21. Click on the "little house" next to the page you want to put the sound on (STOP HERE IF YOU JUST WANT A SOUND WHEN YOUR PAGE OPENS, AND SEE THE DIRECTIONS IN THE BOX BELOW THIS.)
22. Click on Text at top
23. Type in "link to sound" or whatever you want your link to say
25. Highlight the words
26. Click Link at top
27. In box, use down arrow to choose "my file"
28. Click on the name of the file you just uploaded to your page
29. Click OK
30. Click Save
31. Click OK when asked to preview page
32. You should be able to hear it now
Follow directions 1 through 21 above,then:
click on "Add Ons" at top of page
on the left "Basic" should be highlighted
on the right, click on the box with the musical note in it that says "Background Music"
in the little drop down box, click "Choose"
find the name of the sound you just uploaded from your Desktop
click on it (don't type it "choose" it)
(Only click a check mark in the box next to "loop" if you want the music to play over and over again; on Mod 9's page, I do not have it looping)
click OK
click Save
click OK when asked to preview
Now, you should hear it!
(the rain that you hear on this page is done by following these directions (for background "music;") these sounds are from "www.partnersinryhme.com" under "free sounds," "water")