Using frames for Flash content

I have to say I don't like frames at all, but I want to do
the following and I'm not sure how to achieve it....
I have an XHTML site which I want music playing on
continuously. The front page has a Flash jukebox on it, but
subsequent pages obviously reload the Flash movie, restarting the
song. The Flash movie currently sits on top of another picture
(using a transparent wmode).
Does anyone have any idea how to get this movie on every page
without it reloading? Alternatively, is there an ActionScript trick
to sort this out?
Cheers,
Andy

You could try doing something similar to this
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=212
with sharedObjects.
Dan Smith > adobe community expert
http://www.dsmith.tv
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>I have to say I don't like frames at all, but I want to
do the following
>and
> I'm not sure how to achieve it....
>
> I have an XHTML site which I want music playing on
continuously. The front
> page has a Flash jukebox on it, but subsequent pages
obviously reload the
> Flash
> movie, restarting the song. The Flash movie currently
sits on top of
> another
> picture (using a transparent wmode).
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to get this movie on every
page without it
> reloading? Alternatively, is there an ActionScript trick
to sort this out?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>

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Proxy / Cache server for flash content / videos / stream

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i've tried to search the web, but so far no straight answer...
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thanks in advance for all responses!

I'm more or less in the same boat. I've got the admin console
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name instead of localhost as in rtmp://mclmedia/vod/sample.flv
I can also load the html and swf file to my xp machine that
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Must I use frames for this?

I have some external links that I'd like to keep within a
site versus opening a new browser window (for branding purposes).
Do I need to set up a page with frames to essentially bring those
sites into my main content area?
Thanks!
Eric

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sorry, i left this part out of my last message, and just
wanted to
mention that i'm aware of the page history button next to the
back
button that allows you to choose which page to go back to,
and use it
often. but many people do not know about that handy option,
and would
instead just keep clicking the button until they get back to
where they
want to be.
that's all!
courtney (n h c) wrote:
> sorry, but i disagree. what if the visitor is taken to
the other site
> and starts clicking around in that site? then they have
to click the
> back button who knows how many times to get back to the
page they were
> on to begin with. i, personally, would much rather just
have to click
> the close button once on the new tab or window, than
click "back"
> however many times it takes me to back to the original
page.
> obviously, everyone has their own preferences, but i'm
gonna have to
> go with one click over several on this one. not to
mention, what if
> the new site has some kind of form on it that they fill
out? i doubt i
> have to tell you what happens with a lot of forms when
you try to
> click back to where you were before the form.
>
> also, what if the visitor gets caught up in the new
website and
> forgets where they started in the first place? the back
button won't
> help then. they're just gone. and my company has lost a
potential
> customer. but if the new site is in a different tab or
window, when
> they close it they'll see my site again, and be all
like, "oh yeah! i
> was looking at this site before. guess i'll look at it
some more."
>
> i guess i'm not so worried about people who don't notice
when a new
> window or tab is opening. it's fairly obvious when that
happens. and
> if it's that much of a concern, you can add an alert
pop-up that lets
> them know the link is opening a new window. i have a
link on one of
> the websites i work on that has an alert that says
something like
> "this link is opening a different website in a new
window. close that
> window to return to this site." i did this because
having it open in
> the same window was confusing people. they thought the
new site was
> part of ours.
>
> i'd be interested in other people's thoughts on this.
>
> Michael Fesser wrote:
>> .oO(courtney (n h c))
>>
>>
>>> yeah, that would probably be the only way to do
it. but i'd recommend
>>> just opening them in a new window. i've done it
with frames before, and
>>> it just doesn't work well. you're basically
trying to fit one website
>>> into another, and it generally looks horrible
(not to mention the
>>> various drawbacks involved in using frames in
general). i understand the
>>> desire to keep people on your site, but you can
achieve that by having
>>> the links open in a new window/tab, because your
site will still be
>>> there when the visitor closes the new
window/tab.
>>>
>>
>> It's an illusion that you can keep visitors on your
own site if you open
>> external links in a new window. People know how to
use a "back" button -
>> it's the second-most used function in a browser. New
windows/tabs might
>> even be confusing, because they break(!) this
important function.
>>
>> Frames and the 'target' attribute are not allowed in
all strict (X)HTML
>> standards for good reasons. It's best to simply link
to the other site,
>> without trying to mess with how or where the browser
will display it.
>> Let the browser and the user decide such things.
>>
>> <a href="
http://example.com">another
site</a>
>>
>> That's it. Can't get easier.
>>
>> Micha
>>
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<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
sorry, i left this part out of my last message, and just
wanted to
mention that i'm aware of the page history button next to the
back
button that allows you to choose which page to go back to,
and use it
often. but many people do not know about that handy option,
and would
instead just keep clicking the button until they get back to
where they
want to be.<br>
<br>
that's all!<br>
<br>
courtney (n h c) wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:[email protected]"
type="cite">
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title></title>
sorry, but i disagree. what if the visitor is taken to the
other site
and starts clicking around in that site? then they have to
click the
back button who knows how many times to get back to the page
they were
on to begin with. i, personally, would much rather just have
to click
the close button once on the new tab or window, than click
"back"
however many times it takes me to back to the original page.
obviously,
everyone has their own preferences, but i'm gonna have to go
with one
click over several on this one. not to mention, what if the
new site
has some kind of form on it that they fill out? i doubt i
have to tell
you what happens with a lot of forms when you try to click
back to
where you were before the form.<br>
<br>
also, what if the visitor gets caught up in the new website
and forgets
where they started in the first place? the back button won't
help then.
they're just gone. and my company has lost a potential
customer. but if
the new site is in a different tab or window, when they close
it
they'll see my site again, and be all like, "oh yeah! i was
looking at
this site before. guess i'll look at it some more."<br>
<br>
i guess i'm not so worried about people who don't notice when
a new
window or tab is opening. it's fairly obvious when that
happens. and if
it's that much of a concern, you can add an alert pop-up that
lets them
know the link is opening a new window. i have a link on one
of the
websites i work on that has an alert that says something like
"this
link is opening a different website in a new window. close
that window
to return to this site." i did this because having it open in
the same
window was confusing people. they thought the new site was
part of
ours. <br>
<br>
i'd be interested in other people's thoughts on
this.<br>
<br>
Michael Fesser wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:[email protected]"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">.oO(courtney (n h c))
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">yeah, that would probably be the only way
to do it. but i'd recommend
just opening them in a new window. i've done it with frames
before, and
it just doesn't work well. you're basically trying to fit one
website
into another, and it generally looks horrible (not to mention
the
various drawbacks involved in using frames in general). i
understand the
desire to keep people on your site, but you can achieve that
by having
the links open in a new window/tab, because your site will
still be
there when the visitor closes the new window/tab.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">
It's an illusion that you can keep visitors on your own site
if you open
external links in a new window. People know how to use a
"back" button -
it's the second-most used function in a browser. New
windows/tabs might
even be confusing, because they break(!) this important
function.
Frames and the 'target' attribute are not allowed in all
strict (X)HTML
standards for good reasons. It's best to simply link to the
other site,
without trying to mess with how or where the browser will
display it.
Let the browser and the user decide such things.
<a href=<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="
http://example.com">"http://example.com"</a>>another
site</a>
That's it. Can't get easier.
Micha
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Alt tags for Flash content; How do I get rid of them

With the new Dreamweaver update, all my flash files have
acquired Alt tags. I imagine this has something to do with the
javascript it is now using to load the content. However, how do I
get rid of them! My clients HATE them, and I do too!

OK -
This is the only markup you need to worry about -
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
version=8,0,22,0','width','751','height','126','src','../SWFs/topNav?<%=Request.
QueryString%>','quality','high','wmode','transparent','pluginspage','
http://www.
macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','../SWFs/topNav?<%=Request.QueryString
%>' ); //end AC code
</script>
But I have to ask you - what is the VBScript in there doing?
It seems to me
to be invalid as well - 'request.querystring' needs a
"(stringname)" or an
empty (), no?
So - there is no "alt" attribute specified in there (nor can
there even be
one on Flash, anyhow). Without seeing the actual page, I can
only shrug and
say I have no idea....
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> Here...I'll attach the code (btw, the file is called
topNav.swf)
>
>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> AC_FL_RunContent(
> 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
>
version=8,0,22,0','width','751','height','126','src','../SWFs/topNav?<%=Request.
>
QueryString%>','quality','high','wmode','transparent','pluginspage','
http://www.
>
macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','../SWFs/topNav?<%=Request.QueryString
> %>' ); //end AC code
> </script><noscript><object
> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=8,0,22,0" width="751" height="126">
> <param name="movie"
>
value="../SWFs/topNav.swf?<%=Request.QueryString%>">
> <param name="quality" value="high">
> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
> <embed
src="../SWFs/topNav.swf?<%=Request.QueryString%>" width="751"
> height="126" quality="high" wmode="transparent"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
> </object></noscript>
>

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I am using frames to animate webpage using fireworks 4 (I
know, hopelessly outdated). I seem to have two different
collections of frames that interact- one for the main image, and
one for the slice I'm trying to animate as a GIF. I can't seem to
change the time delay for each frame when I'm editing the slice.
What can I do to make this work?

Yep you have answered your own question.
Choose export, file export and click the scale images option, and original options (assuming they are already jpegs).
(As you say exporting as webpage creates the page for you but can create images in two sizes (thumnails and main) which can be helpful. The downside the that the filenames for the images as numeric. 1.jpg, 2.jpg etc.)
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Using Dreamweaver for web content management

I am trying to find out if Dreamweaver/Contribute can be used
to perform web site content management functions. In particular, I
need to know if web page publication dates can be controlled, i.e.
is it possible to specify a future date for publication of a
specific page? I think Contribute can do this when posting to a
blog but it's not clear if web pages can be managed in this way as
well. Any help gratefully received....

> is it possible to specify a future
> date for publication of a specific page?
No.
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>I am trying to find out if Dreamweaver/Contribute can be
used to perform
>web
> site content management functions. In particular, I need
to know if web
> page
> publication dates can be controlled, i.e. is it possible
to specify a
> future
> date for publication of a specific page? I think
Contribute can do this
> when
> posting to a blog but it's not clear if web pages can be
managed in this
> way as
> well. Any help gratefully received....
>
>

Firefox is unusable for Flash contents

As title.
I'm runnong Windows 8.1, with an i7 4.2GHz, 8GB of RAM and two high end video cards.
My system is not able to play a flash video smoothly if using firefox.
This problems continues since many months. It is a shame that firefox doesn't fixed it yet.
Please don't answer to try to delete plugin, files, reset, ecc. there is no fix yet, we need a fix from the mozilla nothing else.

there is no workaround to fix this problem, we need a fix from mozilla.

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I remember reading when signing up for cloud about using cloud to post files for others to download. I read it as though it could be used in the same fashion as yousendit. I see where you can create folders and post files, however I don't see anything regarding security or passwords. Did I misread this or am I not looking in the right place?
Thanks to all for reading.

Currently you can only share individual files and not folders. Also a file is either private (only accessible to you) or public (accessible to anyone who has the url). Improved sharing and collaboration are coming as noted in this Creative Cloud blog post http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/coming-soon-to-creative-cloud/.

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You will not get what you need using stamps, especially if you ever want to use dynamic XFA forms.
The digital signatures that were signed with a self-signed digital ID won't fully validate unless the user chooses to trust the corresponding digital certificate first. You should only trust a digital certificate if you trust its source. The problem is using self-signed IDs will be difficult to use on the scale you're talking about.
Digital signatures are the best approach for your needs. They can provide both nonrepudiation of document origin as well as document integrity. You just have to figure out how to implement a solution you can afford.
You agency can become its own certificate authority and issue certificates to its employees. You'd just have to find a way to implement and manage such a system.

Making Flash Content Visible to Search Engines

When I was using Flash CS4, it published a HTML file that showed the text content of the movie, which made it easy for search engines to index the site. However, in Flash CS5.5, I notice it doesn't appear to do that anymore.
What do I do (step-by-step) to make my movie content visible to search engines?
Thanks!!

Create all the text content in HTML first.... then use swfobject for Flash detection to display the Flash if the visitor has Flash, regular HTML text if not.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
For reiew:
If you think that Flash is somehow bad for SEO, it's time to dispell that MYTH!
If fact, in some circumstances I'll use Flash INSTEAD of just HTML because then I'll have better SEO than with just HTML alone.
http://www.worldbarefootcenter.com/
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The client provided the artwork for the page... and that's what they wanted to use a .jpg image. Well yes, that could be done in HTML but it would be virtually invisible to Google. So Instead I converted the image into a Flash .swf and used swfobject to display the Flash. swfobject allows you to create alternate content inside the <div> which also holds the Flash .swf, then when the page is loaded it detects if the browser has the Flash pluggin. If it does, it displays just the Flash content, if not, it displays the alternate content. Since almost everyone has the Flash pluggin, for most people the Flash version of the <div> will display.
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Here's another example of SEO with Flash.. again, the page is just a single image provided by the client:
http://www.ksowetsuits.com/
View the source code. The alt content is paragraph after paragraph of information about the site, including lists and links. If it was just the HTML, it might be kind of a boring Home page. But for SEO I can go "over the top" in promoting the site, since most viewers will never see that part... but it's all indexed by search engines. The end result is BETTER SEO using Flash than just HTML.
On another Web site, a Flash video is displayed, the alt content is the complete text narration of the video. Now how many people would take the time to read that if they could just watch the video instead?? again, better SEO with Flash than without. In fact in one case we had first page search result from that video narration within 4 hours of posting the page.
On still another site with a Flash video, the alt content is another video, but a .mov version, which will, in effect play Flash video on the iPhone (not possible you say??). Well since the iPhone does not have Flash pluggin, it simply displays the .mov version of the video, while everyione else sees the Flash version.
So anyway, if Flash is a part of your Web development, you should look into using swfobject and alternate content.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com
Best wishes,
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Please bring back FXG 2.0 export for Flash Pro CC 2014

Hi Adobe,
Flash Pro CC now supports SVG 1.1 export, please bring back FXG 2.0 export as well, here is the reason why:
Flash Pro CC can mainly export to Flash Runtime Based Content and HTML/JS Based Content, right?
For HTML/JS Based Content, we can export SVG for use.
For Flash Runtime Based Content, we should export FXG for use, it makes perfect sense!
Anyone seeing this thread, please reply +1 to agree what I said.
DarkStone
2014-06-19

Hello 周戈,
first, the most here are users of Adobe's products, not Adobe's employees, ok sometimes someone of Adobe's staff risks a glimpse here at random.
One way, which may prove promising to interest Adobe's development team is to use the "wishform" and maybe your "please bring back ..." can serve as a suggestion. Here at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform, where you will find this: "Use this form to request new features or suggest modifications to existing features."
Good luck!
Hans-Günter

Chromium flash content not displaying

I recently noticed that flash content does not seem to be loading on chromium. I have pepper installed. Youtube videos seem to be loading fine(could be html5 I guess).But flash content on other sites is not loading. It just shows a blank white area(like this : http://string-db.org/newstring_cgi/show … ection.pl). Usually, a network graph should load. When I right click on the blank area, a drop-down menu for flash appears that says 'movie not loaded'. I have enabled flash player in about:plugins. Any suggesstions?

I understood that it is installed from your previous messages, but if you type 'chrome://flash' in address bar, do you see something like
Flash plugin 13.0.0.214 /usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
there?
If so, chromium should know that pepper flash is installed and use it for swf content, but it doesn't work for some other reason.
edit. I also noticed from your /etc/chromium/default that you're not usin the latest version of chromium-pepper-flash so upgrading it could help.
Last edited by ooo (2014-05-30 17:17:06)

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Flash does not appear in the plugins list. It works fine in other browsers. /Library/Internet plug-ins/Flash Player.plugin and flashplayer.xpt exist. I can't find the flash plugin elsewhere (profile/plugins, in the App package)
I created a new profile to test if the profile was at fault. The plugin still did not load. Firefox finds the plugin but in [profile]/pluginreg.dat it adds it under [INVALID]:
[INVALID]
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin:$
1315562441000:$
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt:$
1314065602000:$

Accordion flickers with Flash content

I think this is a known bug for accordion but I haven't seen
any solution for this yet.
The problem is accordion flickers if you have Flash content
inside the div, if it's just text, then it is ok. This happens on
all major browser including Firefox, IE, Safari...

i had a similar problem - not the same.
it was solved magically when i added a JS file to solve a
completely different problem.
the script i added terminates the annoying 'click to activate
this control' on MS IE for flash content. you can find sciprts like
that on the web.
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