DW CS3 - Flash buttons

OhCaN · 08-20-2007, 10:22 AM

Hello people,

This is my first day here and here is my first post.

I have been trying for hours to get a simple flash button to work.
I am using DW CS3 in split view so i can view the code at the same time.
So this is what I did.
1st
Click on Insert->Media->Flash button
click on blue warper
Button text: Home
Font: Georgia
Size:14
Link:http://mymoviezz.bravehost.com
Target: Blank
BG Color: Blank
Save as: home.swf

Then I hit apply, then ok.
So now button is on my page and I can see the code.
Looking good so far, so I thought.

Now I hit save to save all my work and go to my upload ftp page thru bravehost.com.
I upload the new home.swf file into where my current home.html file is kept.
when I view using FF or IE there is no button showing on my page.

I'm stumped at this point. I've been over this little step for 3 hrs now trying everything.

Here is the code(copy and paste) let me know if I'm showing source properly.

<p align="left" class="style2">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0','width','103','height ','24','src','home','quality','high','pluginspage' ,'http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movi e','home' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="103" height="24">
<param name="movie" value="home.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="home.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="103" height="24" ></embed>
</object></noscript>
</p>

So that's where I'm at.
Thanks

OhCaN · 08-20-2007, 10:50 AM

Ok so I acutally have a button the page but it is not showing up.
If you right click the page and view the source you can see that it's there but not showing up to use. It's just under my links to other webpages
any help would be great.
Thanks

chicgeek · 08-20-2007, 11:58 AM

Moved from web design to coding.
(Ps. Welcome. And I lived in London for the past five years. Huzzah!)

Is this code (and the problem) online? Can you link us?

OhCaN · 08-20-2007, 12:03 PM

Cool London Eh!

http://mymoviezz.bravehost.com

If you use IE you can see the icon but it's blank.
Check the code and you'll see what I mean

Thanks

OhCaN · 08-20-2007, 01:55 PM

Someone's got to know what's going on....
I know it has to be something really simple, but I can't find it.
Please give me some direction.
Thanks

Costin Trifan · 08-20-2007, 07:19 PM

I don't wonder it's not showing up...I wonder how in the world your website is still showing after all...

I looked into your page source and , dang, what a mess...

The html page structure looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE declaration...

<html>

<head>
<title></title>
</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

and not like this:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>

  <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
  <title>My Moviezz</title>


<style type="text/css">
<!--
body,td,th {
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #0000CC;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;
}
-->
</style>
<script src="file:///C|/Documents and Settings/Daddy/Desktop/Azureus/Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script></head>


<body style="background-image: url(http://mymoviezz.bravehost.com/texture001.jpg);">
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
	<title>untitled</title>
	<style type="text/css">
		#sBar {text-align: center; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px;  width: 728px; background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf;}
	</style>
</head>

<body>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">

What you see above is a small piece of code from your page source...

I think your button is not showing up because the location is set to your local disk. The location should be on the server.

Code:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="103" height="24">
    <param name="movie" value="file:///C|/Documents and Settings/Daddy/Desktop/Azureus/home.swf">
    <param name="quality" value="high">
    <embed src="http://mymoviezz.bravehost.com" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="103" height="24" ></embed>


  </object>

OhCaN · 08-21-2007, 01:52 AM

OK thanks, I'll try it right now.
Did a few changes and it's working just fine. Great thanks for your help.

Thanks alot.

PS i'm using Dreamweaver CS3 and pages work great....lol

Costin Trifan · 08-21-2007, 07:07 AM

you're welcome...