Dreaweaver or Flash?

I am am unsure if I have a Flash or Dreamweaver issue, but
here goes. I am using Dreamweaver and Flash 8. I am able to assign
skins to my flash movie but they do not show up on my website. I
have no problem attaching the skin when encoding? the movie. I
upload the movie (and skin) to my Web Server and the movie plays.
But it starts automatically and there is a blank spot at the bottom
of the movie where the skin should go?
I am new at this and have completed an exhaustive Web search
but unable to find the answer.
Thank you in advance.

A link to the page, please?
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"jimh0861" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g92j8i$156$[email protected]..
>I am am unsure if I have a Flash or Dreamweaver issue,
but here goes. I am
> using Dreamweaver and Flash 8. I am able to assign skins
to my flash movie
> but
> they do not show up on my website. I have no problem
attaching the skin
> when
> encoding? the movie. I upload the movie (and skin) to my
Web Server and
> the
> movie plays. But it starts automatically and there is a
blank spot at the
> bottom of the movie where the skin should go?
> I am new at this and have completed an exhaustive Web
search but unable to
> find the answer.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>

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