Website Help

[ShortFuse]

Ok I am new to this and have just started using flash. I am using Koolwaves to make a webpage, I used one of the Web Interfaces which is menuslide.fun I have made it all the way through and saved it to back it up. I saved it as a .fun, then I went back to make it a .swf then add the html code to my webpage. Here is the problem when i put it all in my webpage, I goto the site using IE and it just shows a white screen. Then I goto it in netscape and it shows over 1/2 the screen is in black on both sides of the part that is white which should be where my website is but it should be full screen and its only a thumbnail size. This makes it very hard to go around on the site. LoL. Any help and I will be greatly thankful.

P.S. I would like to get it to run in IE because that is what everyone uses.

[gusmus]

For the size problem, open your html code and change the height and width tags from pixels to percentages so that instead of reading "height=353px width=464px" it should now read "height=100% width=100%". That should resize your movie to the size of the browser window. As for the problem of being unable to see the movie I can only surmise that for some reason your movie isn't triggering your flash or shockwave player or you have your java plugin set up wrong. Make sure that your page is working fully in your home system before uploading it to the server.If it all works fine in your home system then there is no reason why it shouldn't work when run from the server.Also make sure that your FTP programme is set to "Auto" mode so that it will upload your data in both binary and ascii, binary for the .SWF and ascii for the html code. Cheers

[ShortFuse]

Ok I will do the change to the hieght and all but as far is it not triggering the flash. My other one works just great the intro that I made with the text flying in and out. So I know my flash is working fine. As far as "Make sure that your page is working fully in your home system before uploading it to the server.If it all works fine in your home system then there is no reason why it shouldn't work when run from the server.Also make sure that your FTP programme is set to "Auto" mode so that it will upload your data in both binary and ascii, binary for the .SWF and ascii for the html code." What do you mean by home system? Do you mean save it into my C:/ drive and open from that? If so that didnt work either. And as far as the other thing I dont know how to do that. I am uploading my files onto www.freewebs.com I dont use a ftp sever I dont think they let me. Is there another way to make sure it is being uploaded the right way?
here is the code I am using
<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id= width=828 height=496 codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0">
<param name="movie" value="eom">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="play" value="true">
<param name="loop" value="false">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
<!--
var ShockMode = 0;
if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) {
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])
ShockMode = 1;
} if (ShockMode ) {
document.write('<embed src="eom"');
document.write(' width=828 height=496 bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" loop="false"');
document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/">');
document.write('</EMBED>');
} else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)) { document.write('<IMG SRC="nonflash.gif" width=828 height=496>');
}
//-->
</SCRIPT><NOEMBED><IMG SRC="nonflash.gif" width=828 height=496 BORDER=0></NOEMBED><NOSCRIPT><IMG SRC="nonflash.gif" width=828 height=496 BORDER=0></NOSCRIPT></OBJECT>

[gusmus]

Quote<Do you mean save it into my C:/ drive and open from that? If so that didnt work either.>

You have something wrong with the movie in that case. Your script looks fine but maybe Bob can spot something that doesn't look quite right.

(1) Does the movie play ok using the "Preview in Browser " feature in Koolmoves?
(2)Does the movie play as a standalone (Click on the SWF)?
(3) Try saving your movie as a web page <export>< swf with html> and see if it will open (click on the Koolmoves generated html).

I had a look at Freewebs and the problem is not there because they have quite a few "Flash" pages on their servers which I presume were uploaded using the built in uploading system they provide.
If you continue having problems then I suggest that you post the .FUN file on here and one of the resident gurus will probably pinpoint the problem straight away. Cheers

[ShortFuse]

Ok it works on the "Preview in Browser" feature in Koolmoves and worked when I saved it as a swf and opened it in IE as for the stand alone player I dont have one. Dont really know what one is LoL. I tried to upload my .fun on here but it woudnt let me. But I will keep trying and will post if I dont have no luck. But thanks for all your help so far.

[FLASHPULSE]

<param name="movie" value="eom">
<param name="movie" value="eom.swf">

document.write('<embed src="eom"');
document.write('<embed src="eom.swf"');

[Bob Hartzell]

Good catch.

[gusmus]

Nice one Flashpulse,, I went through it about ten times and the obvious was slapping me in the face until you pointed it out. Cheers
Like a blind man, in a dark room, looking for a black cat.

[ShortFuse]

Originally posted by FLASHPULSE
<param name="movie" value="eom">
<param name="movie" value="eom.swf">

document.write('<embed src="eom"');
document.write('<embed src="eom.swf"');

Ok I changed them, save and still nothing worked. Anything else?

[FLASHPULSE]

ARRRG MATEY...I thought I had that solved. Have you open the original FUN file in KoolMoves and export it to SWF plus HTML? If it doesn't work doing that, then retry it again with changing the flash version to 6 under EXPORT SETTINGS and then export to SWF and HTML.

[ShortFuse]

Originally posted by FLASHPULSE
ARRRG MATEY...I thought I had that solved. Have you open the original FUN file in KoolMoves and export it to SWF plus HTML? If it doesn't work doing that, then retry it again with changing the flash version to 6 under EXPORT SETTINGS and then export to SWF and HTML.

Yeah I have opened the original fun file in koolmoves and export it to swf plus html. If I cant get it to work I will try to change the version to 6...here is my site addy if you want to see if you can see it... http://www.freewebs.com/cdoggtester/index.html

But thanks for all you guys help so far!

Edit: Its working for me but no one else. I dont know Y

[FLASHPULSE]

I can see it. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK

[gusmus]

I can see the intro but on the "Skip Intro" link I get nothing.

[ShortFuse]

Ok lol that wasnt the one I wanted you to look at. Everyone can see that one. It is the one after that when you click the enter button. (skip intro is not set to the right addy sorry you have to watch it all) But the movie after is where I am having problems but I think it is worked out. http://www.freewebs.com/cdoggtester/index2.html here is the link to the one I am having probs with. Thanks again!

[FLASHPULSE]

I can see that one as well. NAVY SEALS 2

[ShortFuse]

Thanks I changed it to flash version 6 and now everyone I have asked to view it has been able to see it. Thank you guys for all your help Yeah SOCOM 2 LoL

[henkvg]

On my computer your page loads very slowly, so I took a look at your file, it's 275kB. If you export as version 6, you can select compress in Export settings and the file will become about 134 kB.

[ShortFuse]

thanks I will give that a try!

[ShortFuse]

Ok try it now it should be loading faster I compressed it.

[FLASHPULSE]