How to Build a Flash Website With Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver enables you to take Flash FLV files and insert them into your website and display them. You do not have to be familiar with Flash--you only need to have a Flash file already designed and ready to go. You will learn how to insert a Flash file that will be installed on the user's hard drive and will begin to play before fully downloading.
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Things You'll Need
- Dreamweaver CS 3 installed (you can get a free trial version from the Adobe website) Flash file with a .flv extension Basic knowledge of Web design and server space
Instructions
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Inserting the Flash Video
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In Dreamweaver, select Site > New Site, then click the Advanced tab.
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Fill in the site name, then the local root folder. This is the path name of where you would like your Web pages to reside on your desktop.
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Enter the name of the URL where the website will reside on the server. Example: http://www.yourwebsite.com/NewSite
Select the directory where you would like the images to reside, and then click OK. -
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Choose File > Open and choose the Web page you would like the Flash video to appear on.
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Position your cursor in the place within the Web page where you would like the video to appear. Select Insert > Media > FLV. You will now see a pop-up screen. Click the Browse button and locate the FLV file you would like to appear on the Web page.
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Click the Detect Size button and ensure that the "Prompt users to download Flash Player if necessary" is not selected. Leave the default settings for the rest of the options and then click OK. Dreamweaver will begin writing and inserting the appropriate code into your Web page.
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Put your code and files on your Web server. Then point your browser to the appropriate URL and you should see your Flash file on your Web page.
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Tips & Warnings
The skins option enables you to choose from a variety of controls that the viewer can use to control how the Flash file plays. Selecting the AutoPlay checkbox means that the Flash file will play again after it completes.
Many Web visitors may not want to wait for the Flash file to play, especially if the Flash file is the main component of your home page. Give visitors a way to bypass the Flash file to get to the other pages of your website.
