Adding Flash Video to web page

Hi Everyone,
I have a web page that I have added a flash video to using
the insert flash video option in Dreamweaver. I uploaded all the
files including the additional files that are created when you use
that option and when I try to get to the video file once I have
uploaded it will not play. If I use a link directly to the .swf
then it will play but the link to the page where the video is
inserted just shows a blank page. Can anyone give me any guidance
on how I can get this to work.
P.S. If I preview it from my desktop before uploading to the
website it works fine.
Thanks,
Robert

Upload the Scripts folder to server.
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"ryonker" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have a web page that I have added a flash video to
using the insert
flash
> video option in Dreamweaver. I uploaded all the files
including the
additional
> files that are created when you use that option and when
I try to get to
the
> video file once I have uploaded it will not play. If I
use a link directly
to
> the .swf then it will play but the link to the page
where the video is
inserted
> just shows a blank page. Can anyone give me any guidance
on how I can get
this
> to work.
> P.S. If I preview it from my desktop before uploading to
the website it
works
> fine.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>

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macnux wrote:
> Hi
> i insert flash video to php page and it's ok but.
> i want to ask if i could i insert any video to it liek
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automatically
>
> thanks in advance.
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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Upload the Scripts folder to server.
--Nancy O.
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"ryonker" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g2mpvv$3j3$[email protected]..
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have a web page that I have added a flash video to
using the insert
flash
> video option in Dreamweaver. I uploaded all the files
including the
additional
> files that are created when you use that option and when
I try to get to
the
> video file once I have uploaded it will not play. If I
use a link directly
to
> the .swf then it will play but the link to the page
where the video is
inserted
> just shows a blank page. Can anyone give me any guidance
on how I can get
this
> to work.
> P.S. If I preview it from my desktop before uploading to
the website it
works
> fine.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>

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And discards the change. I am trying to insert into the
editable region but it will not allow.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Making this change would require changing code that is locked
by a template or a translator. The change will be discarded.
Any ideas,

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> You need to have an editable region in the header of
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> There
> is code inserted in two locations by Dreamweaver when
you insert Flash
> files.
> You can always create a sample page without a template
for yourself to see
> where this code gets inserted.
>

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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/excerpt/learnwebdesign_chap22/index.html
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>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Chris Jumonville
>

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