Audio file shows up as little Quicktime logo

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Audio file shows up as little Quicktime logo

I have numerous podcasts uploaded to iWeb that contain text and an audio file. When I visit the site (in Safari) the format is OK, the text is OK, but the audio "player" only appears as a little Quicktime logo. If I reload the page, the audio player shows up fine, and plays perfectly. Why won't it work on the first try? It works OK in Firefox...Any ideas? Thanks in advance

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Posted on Jul 17, 2010 5:34 PM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Jul 17, 2010 7:20 PM in response to Brian Cooper5

What's the URL of your site so we can examine it first hand? Where are you hosting the site and how are you uploading the files to the server?

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Answer 2

Jul 18, 2010 9:56 AM in response to Old Toad

Hi Old Toad. The URL is briancooperonline.com It is a domain at goDaddy. The audio files were dropped into a placeholder within iWeb, and then the site was uploaded (published) via iWeb to the URL above. Does that help?

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Answer 3

Old Toad

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Jul 18, 2010 10:22 AM in response to Brian Cooper5

I asked where you were hosting the site, not who is providing the domain name. Do you have a MobileMe account or are you hosting the files on a 3rd party server, GoDaddy's?

Publish your site to a folder on your hard drive and open it there with your browser. Does the two missing audio files show and play there? If they do then the upload to the server is incomplete. Try using the free Cyberduck FTP client to upload the files inside the folder to which you published on the hard drive. There will be a site folder and an index.html file.

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