Thread: Need a flash expert please

I went to view/ source from my preview page to change the HTML to what will (I hope) make my flash shows work, but it won't save the new code there. So I have saved the new code in notepad. Can anyone tell me pls how to get the new code into that page? Found the code information I needed on the web, but don't know what to do with it now.
There has to be a way to edit html code in Blue Voda.
Sorry to be so persistent, but these flash demos are imperative to my site.
The only thing that shows on the page is the opening frame.
http://www.memoriesdvds.com/demo.html
I hope I am asking the question in a way for others to understand what I need.
motoxxx told me about someone named Jeremy, but there are several Jeremys in the forum! Have tried contacting Sadian per Vasili, but no answer yet. VH support referred me back to the forum.
I would be very grateful for any help. This CANNOT be that hard! I am missing something very simple here...

OMG!!!!! I got it!!!!! Came across a post by Dayjack...You have to add the flv file as well as swf file to FTP! Then load the plug in.
Dayjack, what can I do for you? A new car? A new house? A college fund for the kids? Thank You So Much!
Now, anyone know how to get rid of the "empty" box that shows where the plug in sits?

OH!OH! Spoke too soon...perfect in the prewiew, not so good online. Breaks up, stops and starts, controls show, but visual doesn't on two of them.
Guess I still need help....Anyone?

In your flash soft there should be a place where it states hid controls,,,,

Your site is having major problems I went to your flash demo page and my IE crashed!

also, once you get the flash uploaded and fixed you must clean out your browser cache or it will play the previous flash file it downloaded from your sight,,,,

looking at your source code the reason your flash is viewed at a lower quality is because you have the flash properties in BV set to LOW QUALITY you can change this by double clicking on the flash file in BV and setiing the quality higher

The problem with your page is not BV its the flash file, you should contact the software people of your flash program and find out exactly what is wrong.

your source code:

</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;left:516px;top:421px;widt h:248px;height:189px;z-index:10" align="left">
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...ersion=5,0,0,0" width="248" height="189">
<PARAM name="movie" value="Tropical Vacation Web.swf">
<PARAM name="quality" value="Low">
<PARAM name="scale" value="NoBorder">
<PARAM name="wmode" value="Transparent">
<PARAM name="play" value="true">
<PARAM name="loop" value="false">
<PARAM name="menu" value="false">
<PARAM name="sAlign" value="L">
<EMBED src="Tropical Vacation Web.swf" width="248" height="189" quality="Low" wmode="Transparent" loop="false" play="true" menu="false" scale="NoBorder" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Thank You! I will do that now! Sorry about the crash....I set the quality to low because it took so long to publish & load. I thought that the high quality setting was the problem. Also considering the possibility I do not have the plug in set correctly.
I'm grateful for your help, Sadain. Vasili says you are awesome w/ this!

Sadain,
I want to explore the plug in issue here for a bit, can't find any info yet on the forum, or in the tutorials. What to do with:
Plugin space
Parameters
I left those blank when I put the plugins in. :) Could be my problem?
Hope to hear from you.
Thx

I don't know what you mean about plugin... my flash software creates a single flash file with pics and sound condensed into the file... the reason your flash takes so long to load is probably the sound in it...

please post a link to the Flash Software you are useing so I can help you further.

Thanks, The flash slideshows didn't work at all until I added plugins to the page, one for each show. Now they run perfectly on the preview browser, but not when I pull up my website. I had read in on the forum when searching for answers, to save both flv and swf files to FTP, then to insert a plugin into the page. Until I did that, I couldn't get anything at all.
The Flash software is Pro Show Gold, newest version. There is no link when I pull up the program, it's not an online program, but a download. This is what their Help says:
Placing Shows on your Website

The Create Flash feature in ProShow Gold lets you create a streaming Flash movie that you can add to your own web site. You also have the options to generate a complete web page to add to your website. To use these features, you will need the following:

• <LI class=kadov-p>Your own website,
  <LI class=kadov-p>Access to your server to upload files, and
• Ability to write and edit HTML.

The HTML on your page must be properly configured and the Flash show must be uploaded to your web server for it to play properly.
Adding a Flash show to a web page requires adding a few lines of custom HTML and JavaScript code. You must be familiar with these technologies to use a Flash show. If you are using a visual editor to create your website, you must be able to edit the source code of your web page directly. You cannot use the visual editing features in those programs to add a Flash show.
To Add a Web Show to Your Website:

1. <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Create the Flash show by clicking Create in the Create Flash Show dialog.
   <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Upload the Flash show to your web server using FTP.
   <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Click < View HTML > in the Create Flash Show dialog to generate the code.
2. Add the HTML and JavaScript code to your web page. Edit the HTML code as necessary.

To Add a Created Page to your Website:

1. <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the Create Flash dialog, click the Output Options icon.
   <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the Flash Options section, check the box next to Create Web Page.
   <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Click < Create >.
   <LI class=kadov-p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The file containing the new web page will be saved to the same folder as your web show.
2. Upload the Flash show and the generated web page to your web server using FTP. Edit the HTML code as necessary.

I beleive I have the proper edit for the source code (maybe), but no idea how to get it in there. It may be all that's needed is to eliminate spaces between the words in my swf file name. Again, perfect in the preview browser....
http://www.memoriesdvds.com/demo.html
Stumped on the flash thing, so working on improving the look of my site :)
Thanks so much

This is the code from one of the shows:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub...ersion=7,0,0,0"
width="320" height="270" id="test" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="Baby Demo Web.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="play" value="true" />
<param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="Baby Demo Web.swf"
width="320" height="270"
quality="high"
play="true"
bgColor="#FFFFFF"
wmode="transparent"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

I dont have time at this very moment, but I will look over the free download of the program and see exactly what's happening and get back with you...

Your Demo page isnt working properly yet...

Ok, from what I see so far, you may have turned on your Hot Link Protection and its blocking your images... Hot link protection is in your C-panel...

this might be one problem, turn off hot link protection

Ok I checked out their site seems the program you use, has an active x of its own that is not standered.... it is possible that you need to include this active x controller on your demo page.

here is an example
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/spot...demoshows_psg3

Yes, I'm believeing you must install the active x controller on your demo page.

Allrighty then. How? :) Remove the plugins, and do the same thing with the active x? All I did was drop em in and put the url in the box that came up. Same thing?

Dropped in Photodex presenter activex. Have a black box. Will it disappear the same way the plugin boxes do when it goes online?

disregard


Try this:

Ok, I read the manual for progold...

it seems the program genrates an html code... generate the HTML code in your flash program.

To Add a Web Show to Your Website:

1 Create the Flash show by clicking

Create in the

Create Flash Show

dialog.

2 Upload the Flash show to your web server using
FTP.

3 Click

< View HTML > in the Create Flash Show

dialog to generate the code.

4 Add the HTML and JavaScript code to your web
page. Edit the HTML code as necessary.

To Add a Created Page to your Website:

1 In the

Create Flash dialog, click the Output

Options

icon.

2 In the

Flash Options section, check the box

next to

Create Web Page.

3 Click

< Create >.

4 The file containing the new web page will be

saved to the same folder as your web show.
5 Upload the Flash show and the generated web
page to your web server using FTP. Edit the

HTML code as necessary.

open a blank page in BV then add HTML Box by clicking on the HTML icon...

paste the code your program created in the box....
then click on the file publisher button in BV its the little green arrow and the earth... add files to be published with the page....

if that dont work we'll try again.

I dont know what you did but your page seems to be working better and all the slide shows are working properly

Ok disregard this previous post

Originally Posted by Sadain

Try this:

Ok, I read the manual for progold...

it seems the program genrates an html code... generate the HTML code in your flash program.

To Add a Web Show to Your Website:

1 Create the Flash show by clicking

Create in the

Create Flash Show

dialog.

2 Upload the Flash show to your web server using
FTP.

3 Click

< View HTML > in the Create Flash Show

dialog to generate the code.

4 Add the HTML and JavaScript code to your web
page. Edit the HTML code as necessary.

To Add a Created Page to your Website:

1 In the

Create Flash dialog, click the Output

Options

icon.

2 In the

Flash Options section, check the box

next to

Create Web Page.

3 Click

< Create >.

4 The file containing the new web page will be

saved to the same folder as your web show.
5 Upload the Flash show and the generated web
page to your web server using FTP. Edit the

HTML code as necessary.

open a blank page in BV then add HTML Box by clicking on the HTML icon...

paste the code your program created in the box....
then click on the file publisher button in BV its the little green arrow and the earth... add files to be published with the page....

if that dont work we'll try again.

everything looks fine on your page. there is just one problem, the flash player controls are cut in half, you should probably figuer a way to resize that so the controls are in full view.

Your home page link to demo page is messed up you have the link as demos.html when it should be demo.html

Ok, doing this, have a question-
should I copy all the code for each of the 4 shows into the same HTML box? Since they are all on the same page?

Originally Posted by Debi

Ok, doing this, have a question-
should I copy all the code for each of the 4 shows into the same HTML box? Since they are all on the same page?

your page is working fine.... disregard the paste html post I earlier posted.

OK, fixed the Demo thing.You mean it's working w/o adding the HTML page stuff???? If so, it was all about the ActiveX instead of plugins.
Any idea how I resize the controls?

The HTML however you built the page this time is correct.


The resize, you can try several different things. First in BV drag the flash box down a little to resize the flash, or double click on the flash file and in the properties there is a scale setting try show all setting.

if those dont work it was probably an error in your flash program when you created the slide show...

THANK YOU!!!! However, you can see it, but I can't! I'm getting the Page not found error! I just cleaned my registry, no good. Had this issue before, but don't remember how I fixed it!

your link is wrong on your homepage it is demos.html when it should be demo.html

click here:
http://www.memoriesdvds.com/demo.html

you need to fix your DEMOs link see

http://www.memoriesdvds.com/demos.html

should be

http://www.memoriesdvds.com/demo.html

could you elaberate on the solution to this problem?

... was it the Active X controller that need to be installed?

I'm just curious.

The shows don't play all the way thru. They freeze up part way.
After I put the active X box into the page, it stays visible once published.
The plugins didn't, you couldn't see them on the published page.
Because the shows are still not playing properly for me, I'm wondering if in order for the Photodex ActiveX to work, I have to download their ActiveX into my computer?
If that is so, then I need a way to allow my visitors to do the same, yes?

for me they played all the way through and returned to the original pic and the controller option.... I dont know how many pics you have in it... if it is freezing on a pic for you then possibly its your internet connection going out.

at this point, BV is not your problem, it would be the Flash Program. try cleaning your hard drive with disk clean up and once again deleting your browser cache... if you still have problems with it freezing contact your Flash Program support or rebuild your flash in the program and upload it again...

like I said it played without freezing for me, and went to the first pic

Because my shows are not playing thru properly, I wondered if I need to have Photodex ActiveX installed on my computer in order for the shows to play? If so, I would also need a way for my visitors to download the Photodex ActiveX in order to play my shows, yes? So I'd have to have a way for them to link to PhDex in order to do that? Flash is not what is needed to play the shows? ( I'm confused...)
Also, the PhDex ActiveX box remains visible on the published page. The plugins I was using, were not visible on the published page.

Did my shows play all the way thru for you? Without freezing?

and, no users dont need that program to view your certain slide show because I dont have the Phtotgoldpro flash active x installed.... users will rely on Adobe 9 Flash PLayer active X

Didn't mean to repeat myself! I thought the previous did not post!!! Sorry and thank you.

put the active x box behind one of the flash in BV, by laying it ontop and then right click on the file and set to MOVE TO BACK