Files on FTP site won't load

Question

My goal is to link together a course, a quiz for the course,
and a course survey that are all going to be hosted on a
password-protected FTP site. My first attempt to do this was by
going into movie preferences and pointing movie 1 to movie 2 and so
on. This works locally and it works if I put all files in the root
of the FTP site, but if I put the files in a subfolder (making the
appropriate path changes in the movie and republishing them), movie
1 ends and doesn't load movie 2. Using sub-folders is neccessary to
avoide confusing learners who will be accessing the FTP site.
I also tried using the Captivate Player and as with the other
method, it works locally. Regardless of where on the FTP site I put
the files, none of the movies load.
It seems to me that this is a problem that I'll have to take
up with my Network Admin, but it's Sunday and I was hoping that one
of you had an insight that could help me fix the problem today.
Michael

Answer 1

Don't apologize, Michael, we've all been "stressed out". You
said . . .
quote:
1. I published a movie to the FTP site as an SWF file, and when
I ran the HTML file for the movie, the movie ran. I then published
two movies to the site as SWF files that are linked together (the
first one linked to the second one in the movie preferences), then
I ran movie A. It ran and and then movie B started.
Good. Step 1 mission accomplished!
You said . . .
quote:
2. I created a sub-folder in the FTP site and placed the linked
SWF files there. Movie A runs, but movie B doesn't run when movie A
ends.
Taking you at your word, you
placed only the SWF file in the sub-folder, so the link was
broken - thus, the 2nd movie
couldn't run.
You said . . .
quote:
3. I published three movies to the root of the FTP site as SWF
files. I also uploaded the Captivate Player files to the site. I
modified the Player XML file so that the 3 SWF files are being
used. When I load the player, the menu shows the three movies, but
none of them will load.
Check the other Captivate Player files. Sounds
like something got left out when you either 1) configured Captivate
Player, or 2) uploaded the Captivate Player support files. From
what you said here, it sounds like it is Captivate Player that
isn't running, not the movies in the XML. You might double-check to
see if you are opening the "Index.HTML". Matter of fact, you might
even want to change the name of Index.HTML and link to the new name
. . . it won't fix this problem, but after you get it fixed, you
might find that renaming Index.HTML will eliminate some confusion.
Just a thought.
Overall Michael, it sounds to me like you are really tired
and expecting too much of yourself in that state. Take a fresh look
at it after getting some rest and a new perspective. Just another
thought, but this one is even better than the first.
.