Build in Flash or Dreamweaver for Video Site

Hello... I'm new to Dreamweaver and Flash.
I need to build my website that will feature my portfolio of videos that I've created. If I have around 20 videos for viewing, is it best to create the site in Flash or Dreamweaver?
Thank you

Hi Gorka:
I’m finally able to focus on your suggestions and
hopefully finally finish my site. Just to make sure I’m clear
on your advice using a scene called “paintings” as an
example, I discard my earlier code such as <PARAM name =
“FlashVars” value = “jodysite_paintings.swf =
paintings”>, and replace it with the code you suggest that
would look like this once completed (below)?
<PARAM name = “FlashVars” value =
“jodysite_paintings.swf =<?php echo $_GET[' paintings
'];?>”>
<EMBED FlashVars = "jodysite_paintings.swf=<?php echo
$_GET['paintings'];?>"></EMBED>
And in the Actions window for the button that would open a
new browser window upon release for the “paintings”
scene, the Actionscript for that button would read:
getURL("javascript:window.open('
http://www.jodywidelitz.com?scene=paintings','Paintings',
toolbar = no, menubar = no, scrollbars = yes, location = no,
fullscreen=yes, width=1024,height=768); void(0); "_blank", "GET");
if(paintings != undefined){
gotoAndStop(paintings, 1); 1 is for frame 1
This is the way I have the code now, but I developed a glitch
as soon as I changed the code. My preloader stays caught up in a
continual load that won’t finish, and won’t advance to
the next scene. It was working before I entered any FlashVars
coding. So the Flash movie embedded in Dreamweaver stays blank.
Also, I am using the original Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX from
2002-2003. By some chance, does this earlier version of Flash MX
not recognize FlashVars? I do have the DOCTYPE as <!DOCTYPE HTML
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> to allow any
deprecated code, etc.
Thanks again,
Jody

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   el.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), el);
   obj.style.display = "none";
   win.attachEvent("onload", function() { obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj); });
else {
   obj.parentNode.replaceChild(abstractAltContent(obj), obj);
function abstractAltContent(obj) {
var ac = createElement("div");
if (ua.win && ua.ie) {
   ac.innerHTML = obj.innerHTML;
else {
   var nestedObj = obj.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
   if (nestedObj) {
    var c = nestedObj.childNodes;
    if (c) {
     var cl = c.length;
     for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
      if (!(c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param") && !(c[i].nodeType == 8)) {
       ac.appendChild(c[i].cloneNode(true));
return ac;
/* Cross-browser dynamic SWF creation
function createSWF(attObj, parObj, id) {
var r, el = getElementById(id);
if (typeof attObj.id == UNDEF) { // if no 'id' is defined for the object element, it will inherit the 'id' from the alternative content
   attObj.id = id;
if (ua.ie && ua.win) { // IE, the object element and W3C DOM methods do not combine: fall back to outerHTML
   var att = "";
   for (var i in attObj) {
    if (attObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries, like Object.prototype.toJSONString = function() {}
     if (i == "data") {
      parObj.movie = attObj[i];
     else if (i.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      att += ' class=" + attObj[i] + "';
     else if (i != "classid") {
      att += ' ' + i + '="' + attObj[i] + '"';
   var par = "";
   for (var j in parObj) {
    if (parObj[j] != Object.prototype[j]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     par += '<param name="' + j + '" value="' + parObj[j] + '" />';
   el.outerHTML = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"' + att + '>' + par + '</object>';
   fixObjectLeaks(attObj.id); // This bug affects dynamic publishing only
   r = getElementById(attObj.id);
else if (ua.webkit && ua.webkit < 312) { // Older webkit engines ignore the object element's nested param elements: fall back to the proprietary embed element
   var e = createElement("embed");
   e.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var k in attObj) {
    if (attObj[k] != Object.prototype[k]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (k == "data") {
      e.setAttribute("src", attObj[k]);
     else if (k.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      e.setAttribute("class", attObj[k]);
     else if (k != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      e.setAttribute(k, attObj[k]);
   for (var l in parObj) {
    if (parObj[l] != Object.prototype[l]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (l != "movie") { // Filter out IE specific param element
      e.setAttribute(l, parObj[l]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(e, el);
   r = e;
else { // Well-behaving browsers
   var o = createElement(OBJECT);
   o.setAttribute("type", FLASH_MIME_TYPE);
   for (var m in attObj) {
    if (attObj[m] != Object.prototype[m]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
     if (m.toLowerCase() == "styleclass") { // 'class' is an ECMA4 reserved keyword
      o.setAttribute("class", attObj[m]);
     else if (m != "classid") { // Filter out IE specific attribute
      o.setAttribute(m, attObj[m]);
   for (var n in parObj) {
    if (parObj[n] != Object.prototype[n] && n != "movie") { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries and IE specific param element
     createObjParam(o, n, parObj[n]);
   el.parentNode.replaceChild(o, el);
   r = o;
return r;
function createObjParam(el, pName, pValue) {
var p = createElement("param");
p.setAttribute("name", pName);
p.setAttribute("value", pValue);
el.appendChild(p);
function getElementById(id) {
return doc.getElementById(id);
function createElement(el) {
return doc.createElement(el);
function hasPlayerVersion(rv) {
var pv = ua.pv, v = rv.split(".");
v[0] = parseInt(v[0], 10);
v[1] = parseInt(v[1], 10);
v[2] = parseInt(v[2], 10);
return (pv[0] > v[0] || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] > v[1]) || (pv[0] == v[0] && pv[1] == v[1] && pv[2] >= v[2])) ? true : false;
/* Cross-browser dynamic CSS creation
- Based on Bobby van der Sluis' solution: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/dynamicCSS.php
function createCSS(sel, decl) {
if (ua.ie && ua.mac) {
   return;
var h = doc.getElementsByTagName("head")[0], s = createElement("style");
s.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
s.setAttribute("media", "screen");
if (!(ua.ie && ua.win) && typeof doc.createTextNode != UNDEF) {
   s.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(sel + " {" + decl + "}"));
h.appendChild(s);
if (ua.ie && ua.win && typeof doc.styleSheets != UNDEF && doc.styleSheets.length > 0) {
   var ls = doc.styleSheets[doc.styleSheets.length - 1];
   if (typeof ls.addRule == OBJECT) {
    ls.addRule(sel, decl);
function setVisibility(id, isVisible) {
var v = isVisible ? "inherit" : "hidden";
if (isDomLoaded) {
   getElementById(id).style.visibility = v;
else {
   createCSS("#" + id, "visibility:" + v);
function getTargetVersion(obj) {
     if (!obj)
         return 0;
var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "swfversion") {
      return c[i].getAttribute("value");
return 0;
function getExpressInstall(obj) {
     if (!obj)
         return "";
var c = obj.childNodes;
var cl = c.length;
for (var i = 0; i < cl; i++) {
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
       c = c[i].childNodes;
       cl = c.length;
       i = 0;
   if (c[i].nodeType == 1 && c[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "param" && c[i].getAttribute("name") == "expressinstall") {
       return c[i].getAttribute("value");
return "";
return {
/* Public API
   - Reference: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/SWFObject_2_0_documentation
registerObject: function(objectIdStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr) {
   if (!ua.w3cdom || !objectIdStr) {
    return;
   var obj = document.getElementById(objectIdStr);
   var xi = getExpressInstall(obj);
   var regObj = {};
   regObj.id = objectIdStr;
   regObj.swfVersion = swfVersionStr ? swfVersionStr : getTargetVersion(obj);
   regObj.expressInstall = xiSwfUrlStr ? xiSwfUrlStr : ((xi != "") ? xi : false);
   regObjArr[regObjArr.length] = regObj;
   setVisibility(objectIdStr, false);
getObjectById: function(objectIdStr) {
   var r = null;
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    var o = getElementById(objectIdStr);
    if (o) {
     var n = o.getElementsByTagName(OBJECT)[0];
     if (!n || (n && typeof o.SetVariable != UNDEF)) {
         r = o;
     else if (typeof n.SetVariable != UNDEF) {
      r = n;
   return r;
embedSWF: function(swfUrlStr, replaceElemIdStr, widthStr, heightStr, swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr, flashvarsObj, parObj, attObj) {
   if (!ua.w3cdom || !swfUrlStr || !replaceElemIdStr || !widthStr || !heightStr || !swfVersionStr) {
    return;
   widthStr += ""; // Auto-convert to string to make it idiot proof
   heightStr += "";
   if (hasPlayerVersion(swfVersionStr)) {
    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    var att = (typeof attObj == OBJECT) ? attObj : {};
    att.data = swfUrlStr;
    att.width = widthStr;
    att.height = heightStr;
    var par = (typeof parObj == OBJECT) ? parObj : {};
    if (typeof flashvarsObj == OBJECT) {
     for (var i in flashvarsObj) {
      if (flashvarsObj[i] != Object.prototype[i]) { // Filter out prototype additions from other potential libraries
       if (typeof par.flashvars != UNDEF) {
        par.flashvars += "&" + i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
       else {
        par.flashvars = i + "=" + flashvarsObj[i];
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     createSWF(att, par, replaceElemIdStr);
     if (att.id == replaceElemIdStr) {
      setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, true);
   else if (xiSwfUrlStr && !isExpressInstallActive && hasPlayerVersion("6.0.65") && (ua.win || ua.mac)) {
    setVisibility(replaceElemIdStr, false);
    addDomLoadEvent(function() {
     var regObj = {};
     regObj.id = regObj.altContentId = replaceElemIdStr;
     regObj.width = widthStr;
     regObj.height = heightStr;
     regObj.expressInstall = xiSwfUrlStr;
     showExpressInstall(regObj);
getFlashPlayerVersion: function() {
   return { major:ua.pv[0], minor:ua.pv[1], release:ua.pv[2] };
hasFlashPlayerVersion:hasPlayerVersion,
createSWF: function(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr) {
   if (ua.w3cdom && isDomLoaded) {
    return createSWF(attObj, parObj, replaceElemIdStr);
   else {
    return undefined;
createCSS: function(sel, decl) {
   if (ua.w3cdom) {
    createCSS(sel, decl);
addDomLoadEvent:addDomLoadEvent,
addLoadEvent:addLoadEvent,
getQueryParamValue: function(param) {
   var q = doc.location.search || doc.location.hash;
   if (param == null) {
    return q;
    if(q) {
    var pairs = q.substring(1).split("&");
    for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
     if (pairs[i].substring(0, pairs[i].indexOf("=")) == param) {
      return pairs[i].substring((pairs[i].indexOf("=") + 1));
   return "";
// For internal usage only
expressInstallCallback: function() {
   if (isExpressInstallActive && storedAltContent) {
    var obj = getElementById(EXPRESS_INSTALL_ID);
    if (obj) {
     obj.parentNode.replaceChild(storedAltContent, obj);
     if (storedAltContentId) {
      setVisibility(storedAltContentId, true);
      if (ua.ie && ua.win) {
       storedAltContent.style.display = "block";
     storedAltContent = null;
     storedAltContentId = null;
     isExpressInstallActive = false;
Can someone please help! I've looked and tried prety much everything. If you can provide a solution I would GREATLY apreciate it!

There is no Flash player version 15... as in your code:
<param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />
For some reason Adobe thought it would be a good idea to target a Flash player version (15) as default.....which may be out a couple years in the future. Go figure!!!
If you don't like player version 9, change to 10 or 11.... just not 15 (yet).
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

Dreamweaver for a World Class Site

I am trying to determine the best way to build a world class global internet site on the complexity of YouTube/Amazon.
Can this or should this be done in Dreamweaver, and if yes, what DW plug-ins would be considered.
The site will be delivering content around the world and will be primarily video content. There will be a lot of interaction between users and a lot of data storage/retrieval.
Users will be able to build their profiles and based off of their selections, content will be delivered to them.
I could write a book on all the capabilities but wanted to know if DW is a good start.
Thanks,

I am trying to determine the best way to build a world class global Internet site on the complexity of YouTube/Amazon.
All I can say is go see The Social Network!
Can you use Dreamweaver for this? Sure. In the same way that you could build a rocket in your basement -- assuming you have the required skills to do so.
what DW plug-ins would be considered?
For a site this caliber, you won't find any off-the-shelf products that can do all the heavy lifting for you. This is going to take a great deal of time, money and a team of knowledgeable experts to design, develop & maintain.
Good luck,
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
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Easy and fast building for multiple sites

Hi all, my first post. So, I've got a lot of sites but right
now I am working on about four main ones - all commercial. In the
past I had a webmaster but for the short-term and until my company
is stronger financially I'm taking on the building again myself. My
question is, in the past I'd used HTML, then looked at some CSS
combo, and then finally my webmaster hand coded my main site to
work with PHP/MySQL. So, as I begin to build my new sites, which
don't need to be super complex, what are the easiest and fastest
tools for me to use and have the least amount of grief. Should I
even bother with CSS? Can I just use a php page and use tables?
Should I delve into Flash, since many of my sites are media
oriented? Clean, quick, easy and functional are what I need. Thanks
in advance!

.oO(2manyirons)
>[...] My question is, in the past I'd used HTML, then
looked
>at some CSS combo, and then finally my webmaster hand
coded my main site to
>work with PHP/MySQL. So, as I begin to build my new
sites, which don't need to
>be super complex, what are the easiest and fastest tools
for me to use and have
>the least amount of grief. Should I even bother with CSS?
Of course you should. Reasonable and properly structured HTML
4 Strict
in conjunction with CSS for the presentation should be the
way to go.
>Can I just use a php
>page and use tables?
Whatever you like (or need).
>Should I delve into Flash, since many of my sites are
>media oriented?
No, because ...
>Clean, quick, easy and functional are what I need.
... Flash is neither of them. In fact it will cause a lot of
problems if
it's used improperly, for example for building the entire
site. In some
rare cases it has its uses and can be a valuable add-on, but
usually
it's just annoying and a usability problem. Things like
Flash, JS etc.
should be used wisely and carefully, especially on commercial
sites.
Micha

Minimum hardware for video PLAYBACK? Flash 8?

Does anyone know a resource where I can learn about minimum
system requirements for Flash8 or later playback?
I encoded a video using FlashCS3 video encoder - and on most
computers, it looks just fine/as expected. Just to see what would
happen, I tried to view it from the web, on a Mac G4/867 that we
have sitting around because it has PCIx cards for SCSI in it... It
is running OSX 10.4.11 -- Safari 2.x. It has 1.25 gigs of ram.
Video simply will not play back on this dinosaur (well, it
plays, but 1 out of 10 frames, if I'm lucky - and audio is total
sputter, it is unusable) ... ok, this box is ancient. BUT must I
assume all current web visitors will have rocket-ship speed
hardware?
Is there a guide that's been assembled with guidance? For
video encoded with VP6, do not exceed Y x Z dimensions at 15 fps in
Flash player 8, etc... ???? I've searched...
Thanks in advance for any VP6 encoding guidance.
Bonus question: since I own CS3 and QTpro (Final Cut Studio),
is there a true benefit from Flix or Flix Pro (or another stand
alone encoder)? My primary machine for this is a MacBook Pro C2D
2.33. Thanks.

PS -- the internet bandwidth on this machine is superior...
10megs downstream... on the same network (wired) as a few other
(faster/newer) machines that have no issue viewing my video. The
video is ~72mb.

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