Autoplay audio files in IWeb (pre-'08)

Hello, I am a new user of IWeb and, while I find it very easy to use, I am baffled about how to add music to a page. My aim is to add the song (taken from Itunes so presumably correctly formated) in such a way that it will play automatically when the page is loaded. I am correct in assuming that this function (autoplay) is not available in IWeb earlier than the '08 version?
Any feedback will be much appreciated.
Thank you,

See this article: _Add music and Popup windows to an iWeb created website_. Note what chapter 7 there says about iTunes music.
nicaru wrote:
I am correct in assuming that this function (autoplay) is not available in IWeb earlier than the '08 version?
I don't think that "autoplay" per se is the problem — it's more to do with the fact that iWeb '06 doesn't give you the tools to +easily set up+ autoplay — such as iWeb 08's +HTML Snippet+ window and the QuickTime tab in iWeb 08's Inspector. Adding HTML in iWeb '06 is explained in this article: _iWeb FAQ - (alternative) Adding HTML_.
It's not quite what you want, but take a look at Apple's "My iTunes widget". But again, this would be much easier to incorporate into your site using iWeb 08's +HTML Snippet+ window.

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