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Uploading Website problem
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You successfully uploaded a .swf file, congratulations. But that's all?!
Now you need to create the HTML in your index.html or index.php or whatever to tell the browser what to do with that Flash file. Create a simple HTML page that includes the proper tags to tell your browser to load the Flash plugin. Here is an example of that tag:
Hope your site doesn't force users to use Flash! Not a best practice.
-jim
Now you need to create the HTML in your index.html or index.php or whatever to tell the browser what to do with that Flash file. Create a simple HTML page that includes the proper tags to tell your browser to load the Flash plugin. Here is an example of that tag:
HTML:
<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="filename.swf">
<embed src="filename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>Hope your site doesn't force users to use Flash! Not a best practice.
-jim
It helps to know HTML, but you don't need to - all you need to do is use the Adobe Flash publish command, which according to the Adobe help page does this:
Once you use the publish command, upload the HTML document, the .swf and any other files it generates all into your public_html folder. This might resolve your issue completely.
IF IT DOESN'T...
Now, I hate to complicate things, but you've already got an existing index.html which is an HTML file that loads automatically when the site is visited via browser. However, it does not include the .swf file, it has other files involved, a crazy huge image of unknown purpose and it also is EXTREMELY POORLY WRITTEN with numerous errors in syntax and stucture breaking all kinds of rules to the point of silliness. It seems to be a default file from hosting24.com, I will post the source, verbatim, here simply for other gurus watching this topic to see what I mean and maybe get a good laugh:
Love the script added after the closing HTML tag, huh? Okay, now for the fix of that document:
Below is a modified and corrected version which means you should backup the original, use this instead, changing "Welcome to my website" to whatever you want for the title of the page, replace filename.swf and the height (replace 440) and width (replace 550) to match your Flash presentation, but leave the rest alone, then save and upload. For the record I've included the analytics code and that large image Index.gif referenced in the code. I did this to keep exisiting elements intact, making an assumption you need them:
Now if that looks crazy via browser and doesn't display what you want, toss it. Then simply use the HTML file generated by the Adobe publish command as I discussed at the top of this reply, but also post the complete source here and we can help you customize it to include ONLY the elements you want, i.e. tell us what you want in terms of layout.
TIP: Learn HTML - start here for a basic tutorial at W3C schools, spend the time learning how tags and attributes work, and always use Google to research something you don't understand and ask here if you need more detailed help. Always backup original files before making any changes and uploading.
-jim
Once you use the publish command, upload the HTML document, the .swf and any other files it generates all into your public_html folder. This might resolve your issue completely.
IF IT DOESN'T...
Now, I hate to complicate things, but you've already got an existing index.html which is an HTML file that loads automatically when the site is visited via browser. However, it does not include the .swf file, it has other files involved, a crazy huge image of unknown purpose and it also is EXTREMELY POORLY WRITTEN with numerous errors in syntax and stucture breaking all kinds of rules to the point of silliness. It seems to be a default file from hosting24.com, I will post the source, verbatim, here simply for other gurus watching this topic to see what I mean and maybe get a good laugh:
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Website</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<!-- ImageReady Slices (Website.psd) -->
<img src="images/Index.gif" width="768" height="1024" alt="">
<!-- End ImageReady Slices -->
</body>
</html>
<!-- www.000webhost.com Analytics Code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var websiteID='anthonybetancourt.com';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://analytics.hosting24.com/s.php"></script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.hosting24.com/"><img src="http://analytics.hosting24.com/s.php?websiteID=anthonybetancourt.com" alt="web hosting" /></a>
</noscript>
<!-- End Of Code -->Love the script added after the closing HTML tag, huh? Okay, now for the fix of that document:
Below is a modified and corrected version which means you should backup the original, use this instead, changing "Welcome to my website" to whatever you want for the title of the page, replace filename.swf and the height (replace 440) and width (replace 550) to match your Flash presentation, but leave the rest alone, then save and upload. For the record I've included the analytics code and that large image Index.gif referenced in the code. I did this to keep exisiting elements intact, making an assumption you need them:
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to my website</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script type="text/javascript">
var websiteID='anthonybetancourt.com';
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<!-- ImageReady Slices (Website.psd) -->
<img src="images/Index.gif" width="768" height="1024" alt="">
<!-- End ImageReady Slices -->
<!-- EDIT THE FILENAME.SWF AND DIMENSIONS BELOW IN PIXELS -->
<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="filename.swf">
<embed src="filename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>
<!-- www.000webhost.com Analytics Code -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://analytics.hosting24.com/s.php"></script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.hosting24.com/"><img src="http://analytics.hosting24.com/s.php?websiteID=anthonybetancourt.com" alt="web hosting" /></a>
</noscript>
<!-- End Of Code -->
</body>
</html>Now if that looks crazy via browser and doesn't display what you want, toss it. Then simply use the HTML file generated by the Adobe publish command as I discussed at the top of this reply, but also post the complete source here and we can help you customize it to include ONLY the elements you want, i.e. tell us what you want in terms of layout.
TIP: Learn HTML - start here for a basic tutorial at W3C schools, spend the time learning how tags and attributes work, and always use Google to research something you don't understand and ask here if you need more detailed help. Always backup original files before making any changes and uploading.
-jim
Dude, why are you using tables in your site design? It's 2008, not 2000
Why are you ignoring the topic (especially it being solved) and making pointless statements?