Step-by-Step Tutorial to Developing an HTML Flash Website Using Dreamweaver MX
Dreamweaver is a web development application developed by Macromedia and later purchased by Adobe and then added to the Creative Suite. Dreamweaver MX was the last version to be produced by Macromedia before the purchase. Dreamweaver offers a variety of web development tools, including a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) Web editor and tools for developing in multiple Web languages such as HTML, PHP and ASP. Flash, also created by Macromedia and purchased by Adobe, is an application for developing animated files for use in websites and other media. Dreamweaver MX is unable to create Flash files, but it can be used with HTML to embed Flash objects into a website.
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Instructions
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Open your Flash movie application, such as Adobe Flash.
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Click the "File" menu and select "Export Movie." This will create a SWF file for use on a website.
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Move the SWF file to the directory or Web server where your website files are located.
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Open Dreamweaver MX. Create a new HTML file.
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Click the "Code Editor" button. This will switch to the HTML code view. The file should contain the standard HTML, title and body tags.
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After the <body> tag, press "Enter" to start a new line and type <object width="350" height="200">. Change the width and height attributes to match the size of the SWF file.
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Press "Enter" and type <param name="movie" value="filename.swf">. Change the filename to the name of the exported SWF file. The param tag allows Internet Explorer to recognize the Flash file.
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Press "Enter" and type <embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">. The embed tag allows Netscape to recognize the Flash file.
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Type </embed> and </object> to close both tags.
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Save the HTML file in the same directory as the SWF file.
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Tips & Warnings
This information is only the minimum code required for Flash functionality on a website. Additional functionality can be obtained by using Javascript programming in your website or Actionscript programming in your Flash file.
