Flash in iWeb

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  1. jotade11, Aug 9, 2010

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    Hello everyone,

    I have just begun to learn to use Flash CS5, and I created a banner for my website using Flash for just a simple animation of two pictures moving into the page. I went through all the steps my little guide, Flash for Dummies ;), to create the .swf file. I uploaded it to the server and used This site as a guide for how to create a frame for it. When I tested it, the area was just white and when I right-clicked, it had two options in the dropdown menu: 1.) Movie not loaded... 2.) About Flash Player 10.

    Can anyone tell me how to incorporate the .swf file properly or give me the code I would need?

    Thanks so much!
     
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  2. Ride9650, Aug 9, 2010

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    It looks like it should be working. Did you change the path here to where you put your .swf? If you did, did you try putting the full url to the file?

    Code:
    <param name="movie"  
value="sample.swf" />
    If all else fails, you could try swfobject
    http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation
     
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  3. jotade11, Aug 9, 2010

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    Hmmm I'm pretty certain I have substituted the correct elements into the code.

    I'll take a look at that link, but I must be doing something wrong haha.

    Thanks for your help
     
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  4. jotade11, Aug 9, 2010

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    Is it possible to mess up the Flash file itself, to make it not load or play properly?

    I didn't consciously change any settings that I understood to affect this, but it's possible I did something to it xD
     
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  5. Ride9650, Aug 9, 2010

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    Code:
    <param name="movie" 
value="/angerhoferforsenate.com/Flash/DL.swf" />
    that's a invalid path.

    did you try
    http://angerhoferforsenate.com/Flash/DL.swf
    or
    /Flash/DL.swf?

    As to whether or not flash files can get messed up, yes they can, but if there's an error somewhere you'll see a dialog box pop up stating the error so I think your file is fine.
     
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  6. cosmokanga2, Aug 9, 2010

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    This is what you need. I created a guide to add flash to iWeb here.

     
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  7. jotade11, Aug 10, 2010

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    Ooh, thanks so much! The iFrame worked! :)

    Thanks everyone for the help
     
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