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Publishing Options: HTML

I am not going to go through all the option here as this section is all standard HTML. You can set all these options in your web editor such as Dreamweaver or Frontpage and there are some serious disadvantages in using Flash to create the web page (see warning below).

You do not need to create an HTML page from Flash at all. Normally you would create your web page in a web editor not Flash. After all that is what web editors are good at.

If you use a program like Dreamweaver you can save the shockwave file (swf) directly into the folder group that the site uses. Then once you are in Dreamweaver you simply open the File Panel (Window > Files) and drag the Shockwave (swf) file onto a the web page. You can then set any HTML settings that you may want, such as size (if you want a different size to the original movie) alignment etc in the Property Inspector.

HTML options in Flash.

If you want info on any of the options click on the help button in the bottom right hand corner.

Warning:

If you use the HTML option and let Flash create the web page for you - beware. Ordinarily once you have placed your Shockwave file (swf) on the web page you will then add other standard HTML features such as text , pictures or links to the web page. This you can do using any HTML editor such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage or code it by hand in a text editor.

 

Once you have done that you may wish to return to Flash and make alterations to your Flash movie. For the changes to take effect you must re-publish your movie. When you do this Flash automatically generates a new web page (if HTML is selected in the Publish Settings). This over-writes any previous web page including any alterations that you may have done in your web editor.

 

Flash gives you NO warning that it is about to over-write a pre-existing file.

 

It simply over-writes the old file, any additions, alterations or changes that you may have made to the web page are permanently lost !!

If you do use Flash to create web pages for you - Take Note: Once you have created the web page go back into Publish Settings and remove the selection tick from:

Once the tick has gone, next time you Publish, Flash will not re-create the web page.

After all once you have an HTML file you do not need to re-create it, though if you make changes to your Flash movie you need to re-publish.