Failure of flash movie to run on iWeb

Hi,
I've only started using Flash CS4 a short time ago and I'm having a problem being able to run a short flas movie on an iWeb site.
Here's what I did to create the movie from scratch through to its failure to run on iWeb
1. A QuickTime movie was encoded in H264.
2. This was then encoded with Adobe Media Encoder CS4 to produce the .flv file
3. The .flv conversion was opened and processed with Flash CS4 which produced the .swf file along with the html file as well as a "preview.jpeg".
4. All the files (.swf, .html, .flv plus the preview were then uploaded to my iDisk.
5. Using an html snippet in iWeb, and using the correct coding, I attempted to create the site, which unfortunately refuses to load the movie.
A double click on the .swf file and/or the html file runs the movie along with the skin (but no preview) on my computer here so the encoding' appears to be OK, but uploading all the necessary files to thje server and adding the "correct" code results in a blank panel where the movie should be; no skin and no preview image either.
The movie loads and runs perfectly when I used the Longtail Video JW player files and uploaded them to my iDisk (this proves the path to then server's OK).
But it's a no-go using either the same .swf or the .html created with CS4.
I've even gone through the process bit-by-bit viewing an on-line vbideo tutorial... their's works, mine doesn't.
I am completely mystified by this; can anyone please advise?
TIA,
TT

Hi Lon,
Many thanks for your response.
Now that would explain things!
I'll try the CS4 files on one of the servers at work here and see if that really is the answer... but I suspect you're dead right!
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Best,
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