Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Site Design / April 2007

You need an html file. Where is you swf in relation to your html file? Is the case the same? Linux servers are case sensitive.

I used a table with one cell and one column in dreamweaver. I just put the swf
in there. Isn't that my html file?
The strange thing is, I can see the same exact file uploaded to another host,
at jkbeasley.com. When I take that same file and upload it the the client's URL
(after changing the dns), I can't see it. When does the dns take effect?? Is it
the host or is it me?

I don't know what you mean by case. Where would I check this?

No offense intended, but it's most likely you. Did you upload the swf to the
server as well as the html file?

By case I mean uppercase or lowercase. On a Linux server gtrn.swf and Gtrn.swf
would be looked at as two different files.

I understand what case means. I just didn't know case you meant- in the
actionscript or title, etc. I'm not offended, but I am aware that it's probably
me. I'm new at this and trying to figure it out. They are all the same case.

Here's the thing: I uploaded the site to my URL so the client could see it
before putting it on their server. A few typos, but it's working
(www.jkbeasley.com) When I published the swf file, I was getting an output
panel error b/c there was something in the actionscript code that I no longer
needed- a way to load a few external text docs. So I took those out and changed
an email address in a graphic symbol. Then I saved it. I put it into an html
document the exact same way I did before and now I can't see it when I upload
it. Not only that, but when I take the exact html doc which contains the swf
from the bluehost (my host) and put it on their host (IXwebhosting), I can't
see it. But I know it's there because I get the title of the page at the top
and I can see that annoying little site title that shows up when I leave my
mouse over it. I called the host and they see a blank page too. But in Flash I
test it in every browser and it works. I test it in Dreamweaver and can see it
fine in every browser too. What is going on? I know I must have changed
something critical without knowing it. Can anyone guess what that might have
been- like where I could start looking before I go and do the whole thing over?

Did you upload the swf to the server as well as the html file?

I'm having the same problem, the swf shows up on one site but not another, and
the sites are identical, both made in Dreamweaver.  Both are on the same
server.  Yes, I uploaded the swf file to both. :-)

Shows up here: http://www.wsd.wa.gov/wsd%20staging/school/school_calendar.aspx

But not here: http://www.wsd.wa.gov/school/school_calendar.aspx

Help!

Possibly check your Publish settings in Flash.  Make sure local domain isn't
checked.  Dump any cache on the system you are browsing as well.  It may be
that something you removed actually has an effect on something in the document
you didn't foresee and now it is causing an infinite loop.  I've seen on
numerous occasions where this happens.  Double check your folder structure
again on blue-host (my host as well).  Depending on the utility you are using
to upload (if you aren't doing it all from dreamweaver), you may think you are
uploading to one folder and your files are actually going somewhere else
entirely as I have done on countless occassions when I was unable to upload
content with dreamweaver because I was on business and away from my laptop.

finnsgirl>

make sure their host (web server) support swf MIME type.

try upload a try.swf to the host web root, and access it through url
http://www.yourwebsite.com/try.swf see if you can access the file.

dpride42>

I can see the swf in both of your links.