How to Upload an SWF File
SWF files deliver video, text, sound and animated applets displayed by Flash programs. To upload them for playback on websites, they are accompanied by an HTML file. Most Internet browsers have Flash players or plug-ins that will execute SWF files, but SWF files are not exchanged between users the way pictures or other media files are. SWF files are uploaded or "embedded" into web pages or blogs with the accompanying HTML file and then executed by a Flash player. Instructions to upload an SWF into a web page will vary by service and system.
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Things You'll Need
- Hosting or space on a web server (your own or a third-party service)
- Coding access to website or blog (FTP access to SQL database, direct access to SQL database, or hosting interface)
- SWF file and accompanying HTML
- Web browser with Flash player
Instructions
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Locate the SWF and accompanying HTML file location on your drive or download the files to your drive.
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Access your website or blog's SQL database by accessing the web server, either directly, through FTP or through your hosting interface.
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Locate the folder in your database where Flash files are stored and drag the SWF and HTML directly to this folder. A hosting interface or blogging interface may provide a simplified section to upload files, regardless of type. The interface will place the SWF and HTML for you and you do not have to do anything else. This will vary by site and hosting service.
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Open the SWF's HTML file and copy the coding. Close the file.
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Locate the site or blog's main HTML file on the server.
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Open the site's main HTML file and locate the place in the page code that you would like to insert the SWF.
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Paste the SWF's HTML coding into the site or blog's main HTML and then save the file.
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Tips & Warnings
Blogging sites like Blogger and Google provide an uploading interface and only require you to specify where to place the SWF on your page.
Uploading SWFs may also be known as "embedding FLASH files."
Uploading SWF files and their accompanying HTML requires some knowledge of HTML unless your hosting interface does the work for you.
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