Flash Video in template child pages

I have created templates with editable regions for my
websites. When I try to insert a Flash video file (.flv) it wants
to put code in the header region and body region. I have tried
erasing the editable areas, making the entire header an editable
area, making the entire site an editable area. I've tried looking
on Google and the Dreamweaver Developers section (there is a link
to an answer but the link is broken). I unfortunately only have
Dreamweaver 8. If this problem is fixed in CS3 I'd be happy to go
to Kinkos and rent a machine. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Here's how you will have to manage this.
When you insert a Flash video on the page, several things
happen -
1. DW inserts a link to a javascript file in the head of the
page.
2. If you elect to check for Flash versions, DW inserts a
call to that
javascript in the <body> tag of the page.
3. DW then inserts a javascript call to the file (in #1) on
the page at the
location where the Flash is to appear.
In a Template child page -
1. The head region must have an editable region in it, so
that the link can
be inserted.
2. The Flash check call will fail to be written to the body
tag, since that
is LOCKED by the template.
3. The javascript will be written to the body of the page
where you
inserted the Flash.
Thus, 2 of the 3 elements should work fine.
My suggestion? Do it again, and do not select the check for
Flash version -
that should work for you.
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"cybergrace" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have created templates with editable regions for my
websites. When I try
>to
> insert a Flash video file (.flv) it wants to put code in
the header region
> and
> body region. I have tried erasing the editable areas,
making the entire
> header
> an editable area, making the entire site an editable
area. I've tried
> looking
> on Google and the Dreamweaver Developers section (there
is a link to an
> answer
> but the link is broken). I unfortunately only have
Dreamweaver 8. If
> this
> problem is fixed in CS3 I'd be happy to go to Kinkos and
rent a machine.
> Any
> suggestions?
> Thanks!
>

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> Unable to insert .flv Flash video in template pages
>
> When you attempt to insert a Flash Video file (.flv)
into a child page
> created
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> this
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template or a
> translator. The change will be discarded."
>
> The Adobe recommended solution: ? 1. Make a parent
template page that
> already
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> code.
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>I have a template with one editable region. This region
takes text and
>images
> fine but when I try to insert a flash video (*.flv) a
message appears
> "Making
> this change would require changing code that is locked
by a template or
> translator. The change will be discarded". How can I
insert flash video
> into
> this editable region?
>

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already inserted
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What you would need to do would be to create a DUMMY page,
(FILE | New >
Basic HTML), and insert the video on that page, then copy and
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</head>
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</script>
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> How, how? How do we have the Check for Flash in a
Template Child Page?

Problem inserting Flash video into DW CS3 template

I would like to insert some flash video into an editable
region inside a DW CS3 template. The template I am using seems to
work for literally hundreds of other pages I have made (none of
which, incidentally, have any media of any kind in them).
I have created the template and then an editable region and
now want to insert the flash video in that editable region. All
goes well until I hit the OK button. then I get this error--Making
this change would require changing code that is locked by a
template or translator The change will be discarded.
Can anyone suggest how I might over come this error??
Thx.
Jane

The problem is the detection option in the video insertion
dialog. If you
disable that option, you will not get the error.
This is a problem because the detection routine requires a
modification to
the <body> tag (insertion of an onload event) which you
cannot easily do in
a template child page.
If you really must have the detection, then you can copy and
past the load
call from a dummy (non-templated) page on which you have also
done the same
insertion. Post back with that page's body tag code, and I'll
show you
how....
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"Jane Smith 2300" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Further to my post before--The .htm that I am trying to
insert the Flash
> video
> (converted an AVI file using Flash video encoder) was
built from a .dwt.
>
> The template page has several editable regions in it.
There is also CSS.
> formatting the document. I am trying to insert the Flash
video into one
> of the
> editable regions.
>
> I have no problem installing the video in a page not
built with a template
> or
> without css..
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> jane
>

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