Issue with visibiliy of dynamic text and hyperlinks

Question

Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've build a Flash site and a I'm finding a out a lot has changed.
I'm building a simple site with some pictures, text and the 5 last posts from Twitter.
This last one is not working out that well.
First of all:
The outputed data from Twitter is displayed into a dynamic text field which is working fine when I test the movie in Flash, but as soon as I upload it to my server the text is not visible.
Flash already told me that I need to enclose my font in the movie (that's new for me) and I did that using the button in the properties windows.
But it still won't work.
I recreated the Twitter reader in a empty document to isolate it from my website during the troubleshooting.
Here's the AS I'm using:
var loadXML:XML = new XML();
    loadXML.ignoreWhite = true;
    loadXML.onLoad = processXML;
    loadXML.load("twitter.php"); //used when swf in placed on server
    loadXML.load("");
    function processXML(loaded:Boolean)
        if(loaded)
            var node = this.firstChild;
            tweet_1.text = node.childNodes[0].childNodes[2].firstChild;
            tweet_2.text = node.childNodes[1].childNodes[2].firstChild;
            tweet_3.text = node.childNodes[2].childNodes[2].firstChild;
            tweet_4.text = node.childNodes[3].childNodes[2].firstChild;
            var follower_count = node.childNodes[9].childNodes[11].childNodes[9].firstChild;// Creates variable
            trace(follower_count); //loads variable into output
            follower_count_txt.text = follower_count;// show follower count in text box
        else
            error_txt.text = "Error loading XML file";
                    for (i=0; i<follower_count; i++)
                        _root.attachMovie("tweep_mc", "tweep"+i+"_mc", i);
                        _root["tweep"+i+"_mc"]._x = 150 + random(500);
                        _root["tweep"+i+"_mc"]._y = 150 + random(500);
                        trace(i);
                    trace(i);
    follow_btn.onRelease = function()
        getURL("");
facebook_btn.onRelease = function()
        getURL("");
stop();
Right here you can see the output of it on the server.
The second issue:
The items posted to Twitter will simply always contain pictures which Twitter posts as hyperlinks.
Is there a way to make those hyperlinks function in my dynamic text field?
Hope you guys can help me out!
Thanks in advance!!
Karim

Answer 1

Ok.. After some resarch I find out the guy who created this made use of the Twitter API.. Since I don't know how to do that and
can't find straight answers that's not an option for me...
Althought...
What I forgot to mention in the first post:
This is what the beginning of actionscript is actually looking like right now and why it is working offline:
var loadXML:XML = new XML();
    loadXML.ignoreWhite = true;
    loadXML.onLoad = processXML;
    loadXML.load("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=karimbizid2");
I'm getting the data direct from the Twitter server.
This procedure does'nt neceserly need a PHP file to store the XML, right?
I'm guessing it's just a visual issue why the text isn't showing.
Karim