Problem inserting Flash video into DW CS3 template

I would like to insert some flash video into an editable
region inside a DW CS3 template. The template I am using seems to
work for literally hundreds of other pages I have made (none of
which, incidentally, have any media of any kind in them).
I have created the template and then an editable region and
now want to insert the flash video in that editable region. All
goes well until I hit the OK button. then I get this error--Making
this change would require changing code that is locked by a
template or translator The change will be discarded.
Can anyone suggest how I might over come this error??
Thx.
Jane

The problem is the detection option in the video insertion
dialog. If you
disable that option, you will not get the error.
This is a problem because the detection routine requires a
modification to
the <body> tag (insertion of an onload event) which you
cannot easily do in
a template child page.
If you really must have the detection, then you can copy and
past the load
call from a dummy (non-templated) page on which you have also
done the same
insertion. Post back with that page's body tag code, and I'll
show you
how....
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"Jane Smith 2300" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Further to my post before--The .htm that I am trying to
insert the Flash
> video
> (converted an AVI file using Flash video encoder) was
built from a .dwt.
>
> The template page has several editable regions in it.
There is also CSS.
> formatting the document. I am trying to insert the Flash
video into one
> of the
> editable regions.
>
> I have no problem installing the video in a page not
built with a template
> or
> without css..
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> jane
>

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"no time for nickname" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
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> I'm updating a colleague's site. In one of his pages he
has a Flash video
> embedded. The code he uses is
>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" width="342"
> height="291"
> align="left"
>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=swf/AirMilesTV
> ad_NEW&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true"
quality="high" scale="noscale"
> name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
> This works on his page in IE but not in Firefox.
> I tried putting the code into my page, with the relevant
Flash file in a
> subfolder and it didn't work in any browser. It just put
up a blank space
> the
> size of the video. I abandoned that and tried using the
DW menu Insert >
> Media
>> Flash video. The dialog box asked me to browse for
the URL of the swf
>> file.
> But whenever I OK that, it comes up with 'the URL cannot
contain spaces or
> special characters. Please enter it again.' I've tried
putting it in the
> same
> folder as the page, and renaming it so there are no
underscores or
> uppercase
> letters, but it still comes up with the same message.
> Both pages, the new and the old, link to
AC_runActiveContent.js; both
> pages
> are ASP files. I'm using DW 8.0.2.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
>

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Hi all,
I know this question has been asked before, but I've tried
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I am using the command "Insert -->Flash Video" to insert a
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"ptvsavant" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi all,
> I know this question has been asked before, but I've
tried all the
> solutions
> offered and none worked.
>
> I am using the command "Insert -->Flash Video" to
insert a video on a web
> page
> (using DW8). Plays locally, but not after upload.
Scripts folder and both
> the
> skin and FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf file are uploaded to
the appropriate
> places.
> I've tried on multiple computers and in multiple
browsers and can't figure
> why
> it won't work.
>
>
http://channel2.org/test/new07/vidtest.html
Should play in box and flv
> file is
> only a little over 1MB.
>
> Any suggestions would be very appreciated. I'm ready to
pull my hair out.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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Hi
When I try to insert a video into a web page, I keep getting
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"glenski" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I had the same problem and it was because I was using the
.swf file. When I
> switched to the.flv file, it worked fine. I can view it
in preview. My
> problem
> is when I upload all the files to my website, none of
the flash works. My
> flash
> files that I create in Photoshop work just fine.
>

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SPECTRA.

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