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Often times, a lot of you post on my message board or email me when there is something that you would need help on. Publishing Flash animations and making it work on a server has been on of the most requested questions in the recent couple of days. Below you will find out how to do make your animations work on the Web.
Publishing to HTML and SWF:
When you publish your
files in Flash, make sure that you are publishing the SWF
file and it's supporting HTML file. The HTML file Flash
outputs will make it much easier for you to get the
animation to work as planned. To make sure you are
publishing your files in both HTML and SWF, go to File >
Publish Settings: Formats. Under the Formats area, make sure
both HTML and SWF are checked.
The Formats are under Publish
Settings
Once you have made sure that Flash will publish both HTML and SWF, you should click on the Publish button. (Unless you are not done with your animation; in which case you would first finish then press Publish).
Incorporating HTML
Now that you have
published in the HTML format, you need to copy the HTML code
from the Flash generated HTML file and paste it into your
site's Web document.
To do that:
Remember that the actual animation is saved in the SWF file. The HTML file only interprets and links to the animation. Thus, you need to upload the SWF file to the same directory/folder where your HTML page is. If you changed the tags to represent a different location for the animation, then you will need to upload the SWF to the location you specified.
Checklist:
Troubleshooting
If you are unable to get your animation to work on your
server, try following the steps below.
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