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 For more information on using Flash files with Macromedia Dreamweaver or other HTML editors, please refer to the owners manual of each software package.

 

 


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  • Insert images inside text! Great for ads, splash pages and page headers!

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Using The Flash Ad Creator, you'll export a flash animation. A file with an ".swf" extension to it. This is a Flash file. Flash can be read by most browsers just like any other image (a jpeg or a gif for example).

Along with the .swf file, you'll also be exporting an "assets" folder. This folder contains all of the images and text that you've modified from the original Flash template.

The Export command creates a simple HTML document that inserts the proper tags for displaying the Flash movie. However, it's often necessary to incorporate the .swf file into an existing HTML document, either to insert additional content or to maintain overall site design and organization. This document outlines three basic methods of inserting Flash content into an existing HTML document.

Inserting Flash files into an HTML editor:

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Using Macromedia Dreamweaver:

Macromedia Dreamweaver is a visual HTML editor with built-in objects that allow you to easily insert Flash content. The required HTML tags are automatically inserted by Dreamweaver.

1 Use The Flash Ad Creator to create a Flash movie (SWF) file. Copy this file to the same folder as the Dreamweaver HTML document, in your root directory.
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In Dreamweaver, select the location of the page where you wish to add the Flash content (including inside a table cell or frame).
3 Click the Insert Flash button in Dreamweaver's Object palette, or choose Insert> Media > Flash. Browse to and choose the SWF file.
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Upload both the SWF and HTML files to your Web server, placing them in the same directory.
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You must also upload the "Assets" folder to the same location.

The Assets folder contains all of the images and text that you've modified from the original template.


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Using Microsoft FrontPage:

 Information for FrontPage users
 Opening and editing HTML documents that contain embedded Flash movies (SWFs) in FrontPage can cause unexpected results. If you use FrontPage, the suggested method for inserting Flash movies into an HTML document is to copy and paste the required OBJECT and EMBED tags, as discussed above. Also, do not double-click the Flash movie in the FrontPage WYSIWIG editor, which will cause FrontPage will replace the pasted information with proprietary tags that won't work correctly when viewed in a Web browser.

1 In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Movie in Flash Format.
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Locate and click the Macromedia Flash file, and then click Insert.
3 To view the animated content, in Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Preview .
You can also add Flash-based content by dragging a file to your Web page from either the Folder List in Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Windows Explorer.
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You can also link to a Flash file by adding a hyperlink in your Web page.
To view Flash-based content, site visitors must have the Macromedia Flash Player installed (most do now-days).

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You must also upload the "Assets" folder to the same location that your HTML page is located.

The Assets folder contains all of the images and text that you've modified from the original template.

Copying Flash-created tags to an existing HTML page:

  Use Flash's Publish feature (File > Publish) to create both a Flash (.SWF) and HTML (.HTML) file.
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2: Open the Flash-created HTML document in a text or HTML editor, and copy all content between but not including the <BODY> tags. This should contain the <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags.

Note: This should copy all of the object and embed tags for the SWF file.


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