Flash Movie In iWeb 3.0.2

Hi... hopefully the following makes sense
I have successfully managed to use the HTML Snippet to embed a flash movie (.SWF) on my web site created using iWeb... but it only works when I place a copy of the .SWF file in the appropriate folder on my idisk... which is fine... however, if I make any kind of change to the page containing the Flash Movies the SWF file disappears from the folder and the movie no longer plays.
This is easily rectified by copying the SWF file back into the appropriate folder but its a major pain to have to keep doing this every time I make a minor change.
Does anyone else have this problem and is there a fix?

You need to create a folder for your movie file(s) on your iDisk.
In the Finder Go menu follow the path iDisk/My iDisk/Web/Sites.
In "Sites" create a new folder and name it something like Movies. Drag your SWF file into this from your Mac.
The URL to the file is......
http://web.me.com/username/FolderName/MovieName.swf
This folder of media files will not be overwritten when you publish your websites - as long as none of them are named the same as the folder!

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I am trying to find out how I can put flash movies on a website designed in IWeb. The .mov files are large and therefore load very slowly (and are also able to be downloaded by anyone with QT Pro I think).
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Apple Care can't help me - and when I went for a One-on-One at the Apple Store it was a complete waste of time (I have to drive an hour just to get there).
I have found a few programs on the internet that I can buy to convert my videos to Flash (without having to spend a fortune on Adobe Flash).
Any help is GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks,
Kim

I know. Look here:
http://web.mac.com/wyodor/Embed_Media/Embed.html
http://web.mac.com/wyodor/iFrame/
Also search this forum. The question is not unique.

Failure to run a flash movie in IWeb

Hi All,
I've created a flash movie using Adobe Flash CS4, have gone through the procedure "by the book" following a how-to-do video [yes, I'm a novice!!].
I've published the file and produced the necessary files filename.swf, index.html, skinUnderAll.swf and a preview.jpg
OK, everything seemed OK, but try as I may, I cannot get the **** thing to run on iWeb via my me.com using this code in a HTML Snippet:
<IFRAME SRC = "http://idisk.me.com/MYUSERNAME/Web/Sites/flash/index.html" WIDTH="720px" HEIGHT="576px" FRAMEBORDER="0" --if "0" no border, otherwise "1" with border MARGINWIDTH ="0px" MARGINHEIGHT="0px" SCROLLING="no" --"no" no scrolling bar, "yes" show always, "auto" showed when need > Your browser does not support IFRAME </IFRAME>
"index.html" refers to the html that was produced by Flash CS4 and double clicking this runs the video.
For the life of me, I cannot understand where I'm going wrong & it's driving me nuts!
Can someone please check that code out & see what's wrong.... or is the prob elsewhere?
I've looked through
Any assistance most gratefully received!!
TonyT

Hi again, Roddy,
Many thanks for coming back on this one again... it's appreciated.
What's odd is that if I double-click on the original file called "redsea.html" file on my computer, the movie opens & runs OK, so I guess the html is OK. I've even "copied" or downloaded the file back onto my Mac and placed it in with the other related files and it loads & runs OK.
In answer to your question, if I change the target to a preview file (a .png image file) within the same directory, this opens in a browser window. So the path appears to be correct. However, if I target the "redsea.swf" file nothing happens other than a blank white window where the flash movie should be; albeit a correctly sized and positioned window.
This info may help further;_
What I did from from scratch, I created a short movie and used Adobe Flash CS4 to create all the necessary files and copied them over to my iDisk. The files included the redsea.swf, redsea.html, preview.png, the SkinUnderAll.swf & the .flv file associated with the flash movie. These were uploaded [http://web.me.com/myusername/flash/redsea.html].
I've then used the code below in a html snippet in iWeb, but the movie refuses to load.
If, however, I change the target to a preview file (a .png image file) within the same directory, this opens in a browser window. So, I guess this means that the path to be correct.
I don't understand why the .html file will not open in iWeb?
For more info, here's the code I used:-
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="obj1" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#v ersion=10,0,40,0" border="0" width="720" height="576"><param name="movie" value="http://web.me.com/myusername/flash/redsea.html"><param name="quality" value="High"><embed src="http://web.me.com/myusername/flash/redsea.html" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="720" height="576"></object>
Any help most gratefully received!!
Tony

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I have published a flash movie to "Mobile Me", the movie works as it should but the controls do not show up. I have placed the movie.flv file along with a movie.swf file and a "SkinUnderAllNoVolNoCaptionNoFull.swf" file all in the same folder.
The following snippet was placed in iWeb.
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve rsion=6,0,40,0"
width="600" height="400"
id="mymoviename">
<param name="movie"
value="http://web.me.com/username/flashmovies/sansal.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
<param name="controller" value="true" />
<embed src="http://web.me.com/username/flashmovies/sansal.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000"
width="600" height="400"
name="mymoviename" align="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
</embed>
</object>
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.

Found the answer to my question. Anyone wanting to add Flash Movies to iWeb should visit http://www.iwebunlimited.com. The video tutorials are extremely well done, followed his directions and everything worked the first time. This site deserves donations.

Playing Flash Movie .swf files in iWeb

This is my second post. The first was about generally not being able to publish my website in iWeb in Argentina. Discovered it was due to the 12 kilobytes a second upload speed!
This query is about trying to get a flash movie with .swf extension to play on my homepage in iWeb
www.edgold.co.uk
Ive made a flash movie on my girlfriends PC. Why? Because she has Flash installed.
Ive transferred it to my Mac and it plays with a programme I downloaded called SWF & FLV Player - no problem there. For the love of trying I cant get it to play.
Ive gone to 'Insert' in iWeb, clicked on Choose and selected the swf file. Ive put it in position on my homepage and published it. Then Ive opened the HTML page thats found in iDisk using TextEdit so that I can change the html to get the flash plug in to play it.
I found all the details on website by 'Vertical Moon'
http://www.verticalmoon.com/tutorials/general/iweb/iweb.htm
Ive followed every step to the letter but where they seem to slip up is that the swf file isnt played by QuickTime. QuickTime on my Mac doesnt want to know! If it was played by QT then I'd have a chance to change the html from 'writeMovie1()' to writeflash1() but there is no sign of that code in the html file let alone having to change it in JavaScript.
At the end of the day Ive got an swf file (Flash) that I want to stiuck on the front page of my website to play over and over. Ive spent over 18 hours on this non-stop and its time I called it a day.
Please can someone tell me how to get iWeb to make friends with it!
Ive looked at lost of other sites about free Video code generating but none of them work!
Cheers
Ed
(Im in Patagonia - documentary photographer...sorting a good site helps me secure sponsorship and future exhibition venues. Your help is appreciated!

Alancito
Thanks for replying and the great info on getting a QuickTime to play automatically.
Please can you continue to help as Im having no luck.
I will write below briefly whats happening.
I made a QuickTime in iPhoto as was suggested. I dropped it into iWebs 'Media' button under the 'Movies' tab, in a folder. I then dropped the QT file onto my web home page. It shows with a control bar at the bottom of its window for playing it.
I published it OK. The live website shows the QuickTime movie BUT you have to click play to start it. So I then I opened the html file in iDisk in TextEdit.
I tried and tried to find the html code for the QT Movie. I read and re-read the whole html file from top to bottom and found no sign of the QT Movie. Then I went to 'Edit' and 'Find' in TextEdit and typed Movie. It came up with a bit of code which says writeMovie1();
I guess that this means it is talking about THE movie in question but there is no more code to
do with 'true' or 'false'. If it said false Id change to true but writeMovie1(); just looks like this:
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
stuck almost at the bottom of the html file page.
Please help...remember Im using iWeb 06
Thanks...I hope Im close to solving this now. All I want is to play the QT automatically.
Ed

Squashed Flash Video in iWeb

This is a stumper and I could really use a freah perspective on it.
I have been trying to get a Flash movie on my iWeb site bu using the instructions on the iWebUnlimited site here...
http://iwebunlimited.com/iweb-tips/iweb-tip-9-flash-video-in-iweb-jw-player/
The problem I have is that when I publish my changes in iWeb and point my browser to the page the movie is on, the movie plays as a litttle squashed box in the middle of the player. Let me explain...
I followed the instructions on the iWebUnlimited site to the letter. I have downloaded the .swf and .js files, placed them in a folder called "flash" on my iDisk as well as my .flv movie file and a screengrab of the same size.
I have changed all the parameters in the HTML code to point to my iDisk and the relavent files.
I have changed the video dimensions to that of my newly encoded .flv video (640 x 352 - in ffmpegx)
When I go to my movie page in my browser, I see the still shot I took as a place marker in the right dimensions. Yet when I play the movie, although the player is the size I requested - 640 x 352 - the actual movie plays inside it as a squashed box. Take a look at the screenshot below to see what I mean.
The video should fill the black areas, but whatever I do this is the result...
Here is the info on the flash video I uploaded to my iDisk and how is should look...
And here is the HTML code with the same dimensions input in iWeb before I published. I have changed my username back to "username" for this screenshot FYI...
The weird thing is - I uploaded a flash movie a couple of years ago to the same page and it plays ok - looks fine. Shame I can't remember how the **** I did it! I wondered if having 2 flash movies on the same page were causing the problem, so I deleted the old one.
Same result.
I created a new fresh movie page and tried that - same result again.
I thought that maybe each movie needed it's own set of .swf and .js files as the 2 movies are of different dimensions, each player would need to be different dimensions also....?
So I even added another set of .swf and .js files. I tried copying the 2 sets of movie files to individual folders, but iWeb didn't see them at all - it only seems to see them is they are in a folder called "flash" in my "Web >Sites" folders on my iDisk.
I was wondering even if it was down to the encoding of the video, which I did in ffmpegx. I did have to do it in a roundabout way...
In Final Cut Pro I exported a full quality QT movie - ProRes422 1280 x 720 that turned out at 5.32 GB and 12 mins 5 secs in duration.
This is not recognised by ffmgegx, looks like the ProRes codec has it confused.
So I put it into Compressor and re-encoded it as a H.264 movie 1280 x 720 that turned out at 1.72 GB.
When I put this into ffmgegx it encoded just fine, but stopped after 7 mins and 7 secs.
I tried a hundred different ways but it always stopped at 7m7s...
So I eventually dropped it onto a droplet I downloaded somewhere to convert videos for Vimeo HD - 1280 x 720. I dropped this into ffmpegx and Hey Presto - it worked!
So I now have my full length .flv movie at my 640 x 352 on my iDisk with iWeb pointing at it and the correct dimensions input in the HTML code, and it STILL comes out squashed....
if anyone has a clus what is causing this or what I am doing wrong, I will be forever in your debt!
I know this is an epic mail, but I wanted to give all the info I can......

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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/Flash-SWF-FLV.html
Adjust the dimensions of the frame to fit the movie and control bar if necessary.
This page shows the JW using the embed code and the javascript version...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/JW-Media-Player.html
If you want to us the JW player using the javascript shown on the iWeb unlimited site, you need to adjust the player frame dimensions to suit the control bar position that you specified. I notice that this website doesn't mention the fact that the control bar position can be changed - normally "bottom" or "over". If you set the control bar to "bottom", the frame height needs to be increased. Also the javascript shown is not the latest one where you can specify all the custom options.
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Goal: have a photo space on my home page that plays automatically - dissolving one to the next.
I am trying to either insert a flash file to my home page http://web.me.com/ksporterproductions/PWF/Home.html
I've used the html widget with this code:
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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="obj1" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/ flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" border="0" width="800" height="600"><param name="movie" value="http://web.mac.com/youriDisk/docs/flash.swf"><param name="quality" value="High"><embed src="http://web.mac.com/youridisk/docs/flash.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="800" height="600"></object>
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Hi,
Check out this site. http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_Movies.html
More help here with tutorials http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7301535
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<object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000”codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0, 40,0”width=”244” height=”221” id=”ETrade_banner_Gumby_replay”><paramname=movie value=”ETrade_banner_Gumby_replay.swf”><param name=qualityvalue=high><param name=base value=”.”><embed src=”ETrade_banner_Gumby_replay.swf”quality=high width=”244” height=”221” name=”ETrade_banner_Gumby_replay”align=”” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”base=”.”></embed></object>

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I'm inserting a flash movie (html snippet) into my iweb 08 site, but the resolution of the video is not as high as the original .swf file. This is my workflow:
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While it's been possible to place flash files in iWeb with workarounds in the past it's now easy with the new version. The HTML snippet feature has saved the day, Thanks Apple! I can hardly imagine the net without Flash.
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Ive tried all that i know, location in the Web folder, site folder, "my website" folder... Link with "../", with .//"... xD
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It doesn't show up in my media browser so I can't just drop it in like a movie or photo.
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Hi There,
I have a flash movie .swf playing on a site I am working on www.systematic-uk.com
Insert html snippet
Insert the following code;
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase=" http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0, 0" width="334" height="194" align="middle"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.ckis.co.uk/flash/systematiccgi.swf"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" width="334" height="194" align="middle" src="http://www.ckis.co.uk/flash/systematiccgi.swf" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object>
Of course, change the location of my movie for your one and resize accordingly.
Works a treat.
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ATTN iweb geniuses: flash controller in iweb?

Hi, I embeded a flash movie onto my iweb page. I used the code found here http://web.mac.com/catucker/InsideOutside/iWeb.html
So i made my movie in flash and put the swf, flv,html page and swf controller that flash published in a folder on the server for the code to reference. The movie works fine but the contoller is not there. All the files are in the same folder on the server.
When i view the html page that flash made it works but not when published in iweb.
The site is www.legsdontwork.com there are flash movies on the main page and the links at the bottom lead to flash movies. All show up fine but no swf controller.
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Hello , I visited both the sides you mentioned . www.legsdontwork.com does not work but http://legsdontwork.com/docs/11_4.html does !
web.mac.com.catucker does work . I created a folder (let`s say folderX) and placed the swf and flv files in that folder . That folder then in Idisk/web/sites. . But strange enough I write http://web.mac.com/username/folderX/file.swf in the html snippet . So without mentioning the WEB and the SITES folder . If you see what I mean . But it works ... ! I only found after a few days trying and trying ....
Could you please help me by telling me where I can find the swf skin you use at
http://legsdontwork.com/docs/11_4.html . I like a skin without edges so all background stays black and especially your play/mute bar . Is it possible you send me one so I can use it with my files ? I work with FLIX PRO and have severe problems finding the right swf skin ...( please visit www.emilejansen.nl to see what I mean . I want my movies projected on black in a way that you only see the movie and not the player/skin)

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I'm trying to build a nice .Mac website, but I'm having problems using flash files. Does anyone have an answer to this problem? Or will Apple need to update their iWeb software to include this feature?
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

James,
Thank you. Actually, it was you who got me started using Flash! I visited your baby's gallery (very cute) a while back and recall you mentioning you'd acheived the effects with Flash.
Is the photo animation part of the navigation menu flash movie?
They're separate .swf files as I want to have a different animation for each page banner whilst retaining the continuity of a single navigation bar. Currently, only my main blog page has an animated banner.
And do you just reserve the space with a text box and then edit the code later?
I tried that at first, but found that the iWeb generated HTML code for the text box was sometimes the last peice of code before the footer code (go figure) and simply swapping the code would displace other iWeb generated elements.
My solution was to first uncheck the Include page in navigation menu and Display navigation menu check boxes and create a header space big enough to hold the animations. Then I would place the Flash code directly after the beginning of the header_layer in the HTML and surround it with it's own div tags like so;
div style="height: 20px; width: 299px; top: 141px; left: 0px; position: absolute" id="NavigationBar"
What app do you use to generate your flash menus?
I used Flash 8 to generate the navigation bar using different .png files to define the in, out and down states. It took me about 15 minutes. It's very simple, even for me! The nine .png files (3 for each item) took me about 4 hours in PSE3! I'm no graphic artist! I can send you the Flash source code if you wish.
I just took another look at your gallery..... Now, that is slick!
~n
1.42 GHz Mac Mini w/SuperDrive, 1GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) 19" BenQ TFT Display, 200GB Maxtor, 40GB 4G iPod

Can one post movies via iWeb which cannot be saved by the viewer?

Does anyone know of a way to make movies on iWeb "view only" and not savable by the viewer of the website? This would enable me to post movies which I want to show but don't want them to have to have access to the file to use as they please.

If someone wants a video, he gets the video...
There's no full protection... One way or another you get all you want... And there are also many tools out there to grab stuff from websites and so on...
However using flash is better than using quicktime under this aspect too...
(Quicktime you just have to save as source and that's it...)
I don't know any way sorry...
Regards,
Cédric
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Flash movie (.swf) getting clipped

Hi,
At the website www.coastlifechurch.com there is a Flash movie
on the front
page (top left of the eight squares). I made the basics of
the Flash movie,
then emailed it to my client to put new pictures in. He
assures me that he
left the movie at 200px x 200px. When it is inserted into the
page (he has
done via DreamWeaver), the bottom right gets clipped by one
or two pixels.
Even when I tested the movie setting the parameters to 150
px, the movie
still gets clipped. When I view the movie directly in
FireFox, it shows the
border all around the movie just as it should. (see
www.coastlifechurch.com/flash/Get-to-know-us.swf)
Can anyone help me work this out?
Thanks,
Bruce

Alancito
Thanks for replying and the great info on getting a QuickTime to play automatically.
Please can you continue to help as Im having no luck.
I will write below briefly whats happening.
I made a QuickTime in iPhoto as was suggested. I dropped it into iWebs 'Media' button under the 'Movies' tab, in a folder. I then dropped the QT file onto my web home page. It shows with a control bar at the bottom of its window for playing it.
I published it OK. The live website shows the QuickTime movie BUT you have to click play to start it. So I then I opened the html file in iDisk in TextEdit.
I tried and tried to find the html code for the QT Movie. I read and re-read the whole html file from top to bottom and found no sign of the QT Movie. Then I went to 'Edit' and 'Find' in TextEdit and typed Movie. It came up with a bit of code which says writeMovie1();
I guess that this means it is talking about THE movie in question but there is no more code to
do with 'true' or 'false'. If it said false Id change to true but writeMovie1(); just looks like this:
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
stuck almost at the bottom of the html file page.
Please help...remember Im using iWeb 06
Thanks...I hope Im close to solving this now. All I want is to play the QT automatically.
Ed

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