Dreamweaver 8 templates not displaying flash files

Dear friends:
I have developed an interactive banner with animation and
links using Flash 8. I imbeded the banner into a Dreamweaver 8.0.2
document and published it to test the banner. Everything worked
just fine. I then saved that document as a template and created my
editable regions. When I ran the preview, everything was still
working well, I then created a new HTML documant using that
template and published it. I found that the HTML page elements
posted just fine but my Flash banner would not load. The browser
kept trying to load the file and stated, "one item remaining" in
the status bar indefinately. I have never run into this problem in
the past and the only thing that that I have changed is adding the
new active control plugin for Flash and updating Dreamweaver to
8.0.2. Any assistance you could lend would be greatly appreciated,
Kindest Regards,
Mr. Grey

What you will have to do is to delete and then remake this
inserted Flash
element, and make sure you use a ROOT RELATIVE link to the
Flash, rather
than a document relative one. That would make your code look
like this -
,'width','770','height','284','src','/assets/hfcchome','quality',
and it will then work.
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"Mr. Grey" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Murray *ACE*,
>
> The following is the flash object code and the
assosciated active content
> script. Thank you for your assistance.
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','<a target=_blank
> class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#versio
>
n=7,0,19,0','width','770','height','284','src','../assets/hfcchome','quality','h
> igh','pluginspage','
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','../***
> ets/hfcchome'">
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.c
>
ab#version=7,0,19,0','width','770','height','284','src','../assets/hfcchome','qu
> ality','high','pluginspage','
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie
> ','../assets/hfcchome'</a> ); //end AC code
> </script>
> <noscript>
>
> <object classid="clsid
27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="<a
> target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#versio
> n=7,0,19,0"">
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
> #version=7,0,19,0"</a> width="770"
height="284">
> <param name="movie" value="assets/hfcchome.swf">
> <param name="quality" value="high">
> <embed src="assets/hfcchome.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="<a
> target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"">http://www.macromedia.com/go
> /getflashplayer"</a>
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="770"
> height="284"></embed>
> </object>
>

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There are much better choices available.
My co-worker and I have to share the files, since we are editing the site together. The files are not local on our computers, but on the company's f drive that have Novell on it.
This arrangement is a recipe for disaster. The correct way to collaborate on a site with a colleague is with the following setup:
Each of you must have a LOCAL site (local to your workstation)
You would use a single remote location as a staging area, so each of you would have a site definition that specifies your own workstation for the local site, and the same network shared location as the Remote site
You will both need to enable Check In/ Check Out
You will both have to agree to PLAY BY THE RULES!
One (or both) of you will also need to have a second site defined that has the staging server as the local root folder, and would have the PRODUCTION server as the remote site. I'll explain how to use this site soon.
When you use CI/CO, your 'gold-standard files' are on the staging server. To begin working, you would connect to the staging server, and double click on a file, which will a) fetch the file from the staging server to your local site, and b) CHECK OUT the file to you. As long as you have the file checked out, it cannot be edited by your colleague. When you are done with your edit, you would CHECK IN the file (which uploads it to the staging server). It can now be edited by your colleague.
When you add templates to this scenario, things get even more complicated, although manageable. If you ever need to make a change to a template you must use the following procedure:
ALL FILES MUST BE CHECKED IN - this includes both you and your colleague.
One of you would connect with the SECOND SITE, open and edit the template, and save it propagating the changes to all "LOCAL" files (i.e., on the staging server).
Each of you would then need to return to the FIRST SITE, and again check out any files you want to work on.
When changes are done, and files are ready to publish, connect to the SECOND SITE, and upload the files from STAGING to PRODUCTION.
Does that make sense? It's important that it does.
I need to add in one more tab/link to the Flash nav bar.
Using Flash for navigation is a VERY POOR CHOICE, unless you also have redundant, text-based navigation on the pages. By using Flash to navigate, you guarantee: a) your pages will not be spiderable by search engines, b) your pages will not be navigable by iPlatforms, and c) your pages will be inaccessible to anyone browsing with screen assistive devices. Someone is making bad decisions about this site, in my opinion.

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