Can't Select Flash Button?

I am trying to Insert>Media Object>Flash Button in Dreamweaver CS3 on my template page, but when I go to Insert>Media the only options I get are SWF, Flashpaper, FLV, Shockwave, Applet, ActiveX, and Plugin.
(I know, I should get an updated version, but the company I work for doesn't want to upgrade so I have to use Adobe CS3 programs)
Please help... thank you!

SnakEyez02 wrote:
A Flash button is just an SWF file. Insert the SWF and it should be fine. Just remember the button will not work on many mobile devices.
Nor will it work on screen readers, making your page inaccessible to individuals needing to use screen assistive devices. Nor will it work on any platform that doesn't have the right Flash player app. In short, Flash buttons are just a bad idea. That's why they were removed from CS4 and later versions of DW.

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"s;lsu[rtpoeiou [" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:[email protected]...
> If that's the case why does Adobe promote using flash
buttons and flash
> text on
> the Dreamweaver tutorial: Migrating from GoLive to
DreamWeaver?
> (
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dreamweaver/articles/drwcs3_golivemigration.h
> tml) In fact there are 2 separate chapters--one for
Flash buttons and one
> for
> Flash text and the narrator, Garrick Chow,
enthusiastically promotes
> Dreamweaver's Flash button/text features and says "The
good news is that
> most
> people have the Flash plug-in installed on their
computer these days."
> Whom am
> I supposed to believe? Maybe Garrick Chow should add
something at the end
> of
> the tutorial like, "Oh BTW we're dropping these features
in the next
> version."
> Anyhow that is not my issue--the problem is the "invalid
name" dialog that
> I
> get when creating a Flash button/text only in one site.
I can create the
> Flash
> button/text with no problem in 2 other sites. In fact I
can import them
> and
> install them in the problematic site. At any rate thanks
for your input.
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
>
> 1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they
do? At the
> least,
> you will have to provide redundant, HTML-based
navigation.
> 2. Search engines may not parse Flash links - your site
will not be
> spidered by them
> 3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links -
what will those
> users
> do?
> 4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if
you move or
> rename
> a linked file, your navigation will break - what will
you do? You will
> have
> to remake those buttons.
>
> It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons - and for
these reasons,
> Adobe has removed Flash buttons and Flash text from the
next version of
> Dreamweaver.
>
> I strongly encourage you to select another method.
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
>
>

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