Published swf missing player controls

Hello good people--
swf works but NO play skin. help?
1. Imported .mov into Flash CS3, chose skin, set autoplay to
false
2. Published movie to site root directory>movies>salmon
-- everything is there (skin, fla, flv, html, .js, tossed in
Scripts folder into movies>salmon just in case)
3. Open page hero.htm in Dreamweaver CS3,
insert>media>flash>salmon.swf
4. Unchecked autoplay and loop
5. Preview in browser = no play controls, so I can't play
movie (BTW, if I had set autoplay=true in Flash, the movie plays
automatically, but again, no play skin)
6. Double checking, the skin file and everything else is
present on my server in the proper folder
7. swf plays in Flash, FlvPlayer and html generated by Flash
AND shows player skin
Again, the movies play fine if I select autoplay=yes in
Flash, but still no controls.
My wit's end! Thanks for any help.
Gina

Try this:
DW Menu > Insert > Media > Flash Video >
Progressive Download Video > Browse
for .flv file > Select a skin > Hit Ok.
Upload page and dependant files - including Scripts folder -
to server.
Does that help?
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"gina_farr" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g8t4qm$7fa$[email protected]..
> Hello good people--
>
> swf works but NO play skin. help?
>
> 1. Imported .mov into Flash CS3, chose skin, set
autoplay to false
> 2. Published movie to site root
directory>movies>salmon -- everything is
there
> (skin, fla, flv, html, .js, tossed in Scripts folder
into movies>salmon
just in
> case)
> 3. Open page hero.htm in Dreamweaver CS3,
insert>media>flash>salmon.swf
> 4. Unchecked autoplay and loop
> 5. Preview in browser = no play controls, so I can't
play movie (BTW, if
I had
> set autoplay=true in Flash, the movie plays
automatically, but again, no
play
> skin)
> 6. Double checking, the skin file and everything else is
present on my
server
> in the proper folder
> 7. swf plays in Flash, FlvPlayer and html generated by
Flash AND shows
player
> skin
>
> Again, the movies play fine if I select autoplay=yes in
Flash, but still
no
> controls.
>
> My wit's end! Thanks for any help.
>
> Gina
>

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