Flash video help with DW CS3

I am trying to put a flash video on a website. I have the
.flv file encoded. I followed the instructions to
Insert>Media>Flash Video. Got the .flv file in the root
folder, picked a skin, etc. When I view the page in the browser
from Dreamweaver, it works just fine. So I uploaded the site to the
server and tried to view it straight from the browser (rather than
through local files). No flash video. The page appears as I
designed it, only in the middle where the video is supposed to be
it is just blank (black, just like the background). Any help would
be greatly appreciated as its frustrating when you have it working
all the way through the "preview in browswer" and when you upload
to server it still doesn't work. I upoaded the html page and all
dependent files as well. Thanks in advance.
URL posted below:
www.spottedtailproductions.com/videos/Upstream_flash.html

You need to upload the SWF file referenced in your html code.
http://www.spottedtailproductions.com/videos/FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"STPfilms" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ffr2u6$a2u$[email protected]..
> I am trying to put a flash video on a website. I have
the .flv file
encoded. I
> followed the instructions to Insert>Media>Flash
Video. Got the .flv file
in the
> root folder, picked a skin, etc. When I view the page in
the browser from
> Dreamweaver, it works just fine. So I uploaded the site
to the server and
tried
> to view it straight from the browser (rather than
through local files). No
> flash video. The page appears as I designed it, only in
the middle where
the
> video is supposed to be it is just blank (black, just
like the
background). Any
> help would be greatly appreciated as its frustrating
when you have it
working
> all the way through the "preview in browswer" and when
you upload to
server it
> still doesn't work. I upoaded the html page and all
dependent files as
well.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> URL posted below:
>
>
www.spottedtailproductions.com/videos/Upstream_flash.html
>

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In this zip file, I replaced the images, with blank photos, with the image titles, to make it easier to see the problem.
(download files) http://www.pbsjbuzz.tv/site_flash/site_flash.zip
(view online) http://www.pbsjbuzz.tv/site_flash
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