Problems putting published director files into dreamweaver

Question

Hi, Im a recently graduated Graphic Designer and I'm on my
first job creating a website for a printing company. Anyway the
issues im having are, ive created a small interactive director
movie to go on the home page, it has the same kind of feel to the
flash on the home page of www.samsung.com. So ive published it and
put it into dreamweaver and previewed it, and it worked fine. but
when my boss tried it on his computer its not working due to the
fact he needs to download the most recent shockwave software, but
he doesnt want to do this and argues that he never downloads
software updates, and if he doesnt then its most likely his clients
wont either. I need to know if theres a way of gettin it to work
anyway. I have flash on the site and that works fine its just the
director stuff that wont. Ive tried creating it in flash but im
having problems, with the rollovers it wont do the same things
director will, and i dont know how to use the actions buttons
properly.
Any help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.
Thanks From Nikky

Answer 1

Hi Nikky,
The Shockwave plugin is required for viewing Director content
on the web. And so if
someone doesn't have it and doesn't want to download it, that
person won't be able
to view the content.
The Flash plugin is installed on a far greater amount of
computers. Recent stats
say that something like 97% (or thereabouts) of web users
have the Flash plugin
while only 50% or so have the Shockwave plugin. So, designing
with Flash is easier
in that respect.
Director Shockwave is used more for specialised purposes on
the web rather than an
all purpose site. So, if the plugin is an issue for your
project and you can
achieve the same things in Flash, then Flash should be your
tool to use. If you're
doing something that's just not possible in Flash, for
example real-time 3D, then
you'd argue that the Director is required and the price to
pay for having that type
of content is that your visitors will need to download the
plugin to view it.
Whether you're using Flash or Shockwave, it's a good idea to
warn your visitors
before they enter that page that the plugin is required and
that they may need to
install a newer version. People will be more suspicious and
hesitant to install
something that seems to be forced on them rather than offered
in softer manner.
Hope that's helpful. Good luck with your project.
regards
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au