embedding flash mp3 player to iweb

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embedding flash mp3 player to iweb

The situation is this. I am creating a site in iWeb. I installed the player into iweb and mangeed to get it to sdisplay fine locally...now I changed the directory in the iweb snippet to reflect the new server address and published to folder. when I use fetch ftp to upload to the host the player is no longer on my page. I noticed that I web creates .html pages for the snippet I've created fine..changed the directory path there too. still can't get the files to work or display...below is the code on both the page to be displayed and the code iweb created for the snippet. I even tried coding snippet to look into the correct folder for the different java....

ughgh any help

SAMPLE PAGE:

div class="com-apple-iweb-widget-HTMLRegion" id="widget1" style="height: 24px; left: 60px; position: absolute; top: 747px; width: 290px; z-index: 1; ">
<iframe id="widget1-frame" src=".//Samples files/widget1markup.html(I've tried to change this path to no avail)" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>

<script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script>

Widget PAGE:

</head><body><script language="JavaScript" src="*<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.website.com/audio/audio-player.js ">http://www.website.com/audio/audio-player.js</a>"></script>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.website.com/audio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.website.com/audio/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://www.website.com/audio/test.mp3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object></body></html>

I should just learn how to use dreamweaver......

Message was edited by: Cameron G

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Posted on Feb 10, 2009 2:19 PM

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Answer 1

Roddy

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Feb 10, 2009 4:25 PM in response to Cameron G

The code you are using works in an HTML snippet. See

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/MusicPlayers/Flash.html

Have a look at the files on your server. Make sure they are where they should be and triple check the URLs.

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Answer 2

Cameron G Author

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Feb 10, 2009 6:28 PM in response to Roddy

I managed to get the flash player to work by installing the code through dreamweaver?Problem is now you can't open page again in iweb, have to make changes, publish to folder and then tweak code again. I could not get the players to appear with just html snippet. Maybe by leaving the files in the root as I web kept erasing the "audio" file I created everytime I published to the folder. I would always have to manually add the file containing the .swf, .js, & .mp3 files through the finder or via ftp to the server. ...beats me

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Answer 3

Roddy

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Feb 10, 2009 7:03 PM in response to Cameron G

You should be able to upload the folder containing the player assets and
MP3s separate from the iWeb folder so that it doesn't get overwritten.

The way I upload to my server seems to be different to most other people. I can create my own root folder on the server and name it the same as the one published by iWeb. I upload the files and not the whole folder so the one containing my music stuff - or any others - is not overwritten.

I'm not familiar with Fetch. Does it show you the layout of the files on the server side.
I use Yummy FTP for uploading things like this.
I use Web Site Maestro to optimize and and upload my iWeb files.

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Cameron G Author

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Feb 10, 2009 8:01 PM in response to Roddy

Fetch does show the file structure...I use it for all my ftp. I don't have problem with the folder being overwritten on the server just when I test the site locally on the computer. I really am trying to learn Dreamweaver and playing with iWeb simply because I have mobile me. While creating a highly polish and stylized look with little or no effort these little quirks are all easily avoidable by a little knowledge of html in Dreamweaver. Or from what I'm learning?

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Answer 5

Roddy

Level 6

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Feb 10, 2009 8:09 PM in response to Cameron G

If you have entered the correct URL to the Music folder on your server, the player should work from the local folder.

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