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morgantj
Apr 22 2003, 12:13 PM
How can I embed or include flash movies in my blog?

I tried using:
CODE
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="25" id="jm" ALIGN="">
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="my.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#336699> <EMBED src="jm.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#336699  WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="25" NAME="my" ALIGN=""
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

but it didn't work, it tried to load the movie, but it never loads.
gramcracker
Apr 22 2003, 12:28 PM
Just use the code that Flash spits out into an HTML document when you publish, and stick it in your template or a blog entry.
morgantj
Apr 22 2003, 12:30 PM
I tried that, it didn't work unless I did it wrong.
rusto
Apr 22 2003, 12:35 PM
I'm no Flash expert but I just copy and pasted this from the html GoLive generated for a little Flash avatar I had lying around. The only thing that's not self-explanitory is the "classid" bit right after the object tag is opened. I don't know what that's for. Sorry for the long lines of code:

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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" height="64" width="64">
   <param name="movie" value="URL or relative path to your flash thingy/nameOfDoodad.swf">
   <param name="quality" value="best">
   <param name="play" value="true">
   <embed height="64" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="URL or relative path to your flash thingy/nameOfDoodad.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="64" quality="best" play="true">
     </object>


If you get over to my blog (see link in sig below) I tested the code on my archive page. I'll leave it there for a few days so you can see it.
rusto
Apr 22 2003, 12:38 PM
Looks like you have a

CODE
</EMBED>


in there that the code I pasted does not...

EDIT: oops, YES mine does...sorry. biggrin.gif

EDIT2: GEEZ, just not looking carefully. Mine LACKS the close "embed" tag...maybe if you drop it from yours?
morgantj
Apr 22 2003, 12:39 PM
ah, yes... I didn't put the full path to my *.swf file. I'll try it again. Thanx. I seen your example. It should work if it worked for you.
morgantj
Apr 22 2003, 12:54 PM
it worked perfect, once I put in the full path. Thank you for your help.
rusto
Apr 22 2003, 01:52 PM
Peeked at your site: you've certainly got Flash down well...can you link us to where you incorporated it into MT?
morgantj
Apr 23 2003, 06:06 AM
Yes, I've just installed MT a couple days ago and got it running, I am still learning it and will improve the features and design of my site as I get familiar with it. My blog is here. You can see I used a Flash header, this will allow me to add some more features to the site that I wouldn't be able to do with mt alone. Maybe a music player, other links, what ever I find usefull. I just started it so there are not that many entries yet, I am still working with getting it all designed first. I want to make all the external links open in new windows, and theres allot of other stuff I have to do to.
rusto
Apr 23 2003, 06:28 AM
Looks good, keep us posted!
morgantj
May 2 2003, 01:43 PM
I changed the layout and theme. This is my new Ojiisan theme!!!

www.jaymorgan.com
charle97
May 2 2003, 02:04 PM
wow. very subtle and impressive use of flash.
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