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How do I get Flash into iWeb?

Posted 2 years ago by iWebUnlimited

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iWebUnlimited said 2 years ago

This is the question that comes up very frequently and here is how you can do it.

1-Create flash .swf file
2-Place swf file on server (like your iDisk or your own server). If using your iDisk I recommend making a folder called “flash” in your sites folder.
Like this: iDisk/Web/Sites/flash/myflashfile.swf
3-Come to iWeb, choose HTML Snippet and paste this code

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase=" http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="550" height="400" align="middle"> <param name="movie" value="http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" width="550" height="400" align="middle"
src="http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed>
</object>

4-Now just change the code in red to your own URL and flash width and height.
5-You now have successfully put a flash file in your iWeb document.

Note: If you not using MobileMe for your server replace in red http://www.yoursite.com/flashfolder/myflashfile.swf
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funnel said 2 years ago

I followed your tip for how to get a flash video into iWeb, hosting the files on Mobileme. But all I get is text that says "This text will be replaced". Any ideas what has gone wrong?
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carl said 2 years ago

I was very relieved the day I found your site, and successfully embedded several .swf files on my iWeb pages using the above code.

However, I am now trying to use a flash video player that can be customized with XML to load movie lists. It also came with a number of custom ActionScripts.

The .swf from the finished Flash project plays fine locally. But all I get in iWeb is a blank box.
This player uses ActionScript 3 and player version 9.
You can take a look at the site here: (there is a blank box in the middle of my home page where the video player should be)
http://www.eyerez.com/eyerez/Home.html

I appreciate anything that you can suggest,
Thank you.
Carl
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iWebUnlimited said 2 years ago
Hey Carl, you actually can't use this flash embed code if your swf is dynamically driven like yours is from an xml file. That doesn't mean we can't get it into iWeb though ;-)
Basically what you need to do is make a blank html page using something like Coda, TextEdit, Espresso, etc. Some sort of HTML editor. And make a page that has this code:
```
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<head>
		<title></title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase=" http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0&quot; width="550" height="400" align="middle"> <param name="movie" value="http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" width="550" height="400" align="middle"
src="http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed>
</object>
	</body>
</html>
```
Then just replace the flash code with relative links (meaning links without the full http://etc, etc. but rather /myflashfile.swf or myxmlfile.xml or if they are in folders myfolder/myflashfile.swf) and put in your flash sizes (similar to how you would do it in iWeb), then make sure that html file is along side of your swf and xml files. Test your HTML file locally (on your computer) to make sure it's displaying the flash fine. Then put that on your server along with all the files (swf, xml, etc) and iframe that into iWeb and your set.

If you perhaps purchased this dynamic flash file from somewhere like FlashComponents.net or Flabell.com etc, usually they have an html file that came with it. You simply iFrame that into iWeb and your set.

Hope that helps
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ShackGraphix said 2 years ago

Boo-hoo, I can't get this to work. I'm happy to find this site (recommended by one of the geniuses at The Apple Store). I was easily able to get the rollover trick to work, following your simple instructions, but I can't get the flash thing to do its thing.

I watched the video tutorial (which has different HTML code than the one here and in the Tips Blog, but I figure the one you have here is the latest). I'm a very good instruction follower, and did all the steps, but when I'm ready in iWeb to click "Apply", nothin' happens. Nothing at all. Blank frame. It MAY be my swf file and how I created it. I'd actually never created an swf file before. I made it in Photoshop, using the Adobe ImageReady to export it as an swf file. When previewing it in Safari (via ImageReady's preview menu), it plays fine. But I can't get it to happen in iWeb. In Photoshop, it apears as a "gif", but then exporting it as an "swf" should make it an swf file, right? Got any more tips? Thanks.
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ShackGraphix said 2 years ago

Aha! I got it to work!! I had named my new flash folder "Flash" instead of "flash", so I just needed to capitalize the "F" in the HTML code. Big F-in difference. Whew.
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iamisee said 1 year ago

I have been trying this for months and I can't do it. I have a Flabell Simple Mp3 Player. I tried the HTML snippet. I see the player and it has a gray circle in the middle like it's loading and that is how it stays. The index.html that came with the player opens fine and the player works. When I check the player from my server it works but it will not show up in my iWeb site. I'm losing my mind.