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atypical
7-11-09, 03:46 PM
Hi, my name is Carlos and I'm in my my early 20's and I'm a graphic designer.
I wanted to introduce myself before I got into my issue...I've been STRUGGLING to get my to get my SWF files to show on the server, but I can view them on my local computer. I know this may be a common question, but I can not find why the files are not working!:confused: I've designed a site for my current employer that uses quite a bit of flash w/ their host provider, but I've been having immense trouble with powweb (I recommended a client of mine to powweb as well and the flash content on that site is not functional either, so I'm hoping to kill two birds with one stone...) I've been mainly focusing on my URL to fix the problem first.
My URL is:
http://www.atypicalconcepts.com/
and the other is http://newdestinyministries.net/

On my URL I've added the MIME type AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf &
AddType flv-application/octet-stream .flv which didn't seem to help yet.

I REALLY need assistance, just let me know if I need to to give more info...

I appreciate what ever help I get.

snowmaker
7-11-09, 04:07 PM
I don't use either Flash or any kind of video stuff much, but if it works locally but not on your site, the next thing I'd check are for path issues. Make sure the swf is in the htdocs directory too. If you hadn't of mentioned the MIME types, I would've added that too.

Croc Hunter
7-12-09, 03:19 AM
What are you bulding your wetbsite with? The code is pretty convoluted. At Powweb make sure your SWF file eg: menu.swf is uploaded into /htdocs/menu.swf and ensure it is uploaded in Binary mode.

You're using javascript to display SWF. I'd strip out the javascript and keep it simple.
You don't need to set MIME types for SWF.
This is also wrong: "file:///C|/Users/Carlos/Documents/Atypical Concepts/images/atypicalbackgroundhome.jpg"
Change to: "images/atypicalbackgroundhome.jpg" or delete that whole section.

atypical
7-15-09, 02:41 PM
Sorry I haven't left anything, just realized how to see the post I left. I'm using Adobe Dreamweaver to design my sites while of course using flash for some features. I'll check that out and see if that helps at all,I may have a problem with trying to figure out how to upload it in "Binary mode".

THANKS!! The java script was automatically generated by dreamweaver, after I stripped that out like you suggested everything works perfect on both sites!

I greatly appreciate all of the help!