How to Use Flash in HTML on MySpace

MySpace homepage

Flash is a tool to make a website more interactive and animated. The bland look of the default page of MySpace can get more interesting and more appealing when you load flash onto it. You can show slides and movies using flash HTML that you can share with your MySpace friends. You can embed your existing flash file into HTML, which you can then load onto your MySpace profile. This article offers tips on how to first load flash in HTML, then load HTML on the MySpace homepage.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Dreamweaver
• Flash file
• Flash file hosting site

How to Save Flash Into HTML

1. Save the flash file in your local folder. This has the file extension of swf (shock wave file).

2. Dreamweaver Flash

   Open the Dreamweaver program. Click on "Insert"; a drop-down menu will appear. Click on "Media," then choose "Flash."

3. Embed the swf file, then save the file as an "index.html."

4. Use the following code if you do not have Dreamweaver. Open the notepad program on your computer, then copy and paste this code into it.<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="780" height="255"> <param name="movie" value="file:sidebanner.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="file:sidebanner.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="780" height="255"></embed> </object>

5. Notepad for HTML

   Replace the file name where it says "sidebanner.swf" with the flash-file name you are using. (See the highlighted portion of the image.) Then save the updated notepad. In this example, we will name it "myspacecutie.swf"

6. 

   Adjust the pixels by adjusting the width and height as desired. (See the highlighted portion of the image.)

7. Save the file as an ".html" file.

How to Upload Flash on MySpace

1. MySpace Homepage

   Open your MySpace account, then click on "Edit Profile."

2. MySpace Music profile

   Go to any section into which you want to drop your flash html file. You can go to "About Me," "Music" or "Movies." In this example, we will choose "Music." Copy the flash HTML code, then go to the blank space in your "Music" profile. Right-click your mouse, then paste the file.

3. Insert the HTTP address of the host site.

   Insert the name of the domain host that is the hosting site for your flash. Your flash should have a hosting site for this to work. Type the HTTP address in the area where it says "myspacecutie.swf" and type in the host name by replacing with http://www.hostname.com/myspacecutie.swf. (See the highlighted image.)

4. Scroll down to the bottom of the MySpace "Profile Edit" page and click on "Save Changes" button.

5. Click on "Preview Profile" to check your flash HTML file.

Tips & Warnings

• You can upload many flash HTML ready-made applications onto your MySpace page. However, you may be limited to their design, and you will have to pay a certain fee to use them.

• Examples of flash-file hosting sites include Photobucket and Blogger.

• The sample host site and MySpace flash-file name in this article does not exist. This is just an example. If you find an identical one, this author did not create it, and any similarities are entirely coincidental.