Above is a very simple Swish
file that can be easily added to your FrontPage Web. If you cannot see it,
click here
to download the free Flash viewer.
I'm no artist and do not claim
to be, so your Swish file is probably much more exciting than mine, but you are
obviously here because you have already created your Swish file and now want to
know how to include it in your FrontPage Web and it is REALLY easy.
First,
you need to decide if you want to create a brand new page using your Swish file
and add that page to your FP Web, or you want to add it to an existing page you
have already created in FP.
Once you have made that
decision, follow the simple directions below:
CREATING A NEW PAGE AND ADDING
IT TO YOUR FP WEB:
Create your Swish movie
Go to the File menu in
Swish and select Export, then HTML
When the dialog box comes
up, navigate to the location of your FP Web on your hard drive and give your
page a name and place it in the root directory of your FP Web.
Open FP and you will see
your new page listed in your Folder List on the left (if you don't see your
Folder List, go to the View menu and click on Folder List)
You will also see another
file with the same name, but with a .swf extension. This is your movie
which has been inserted at the top of your new page
Double click on the file
with the .html extension to see your page.
You can now add anything
else to this page just like you do with any other FP page, including a
theme, navigation structure, shared borders, etc. You can even add
more text or graphics.
If you want to change any
of the attributes of the movie (size, number of loops, etc.), simply right
click on the movie itself and select ActiveX Control Properties.
ADDING A SWISH FILE TO AN
EXISTING FP PAGE
Create your Swish movie
Go to the File menu in
Swish and select Export, then HTML
When the dialog box comes
up, select a location to store the file temporarily.
Open FP and open the page
you want to add the movie to.
Go to the File menu and
select Import, then click on the Add File button and navigate to the
temporary location where you have stored your Swish file and select the .swf
file (NOT the HTML file) and click on Open, then click OK.
This will add your Swish
movie to your Folder List (if you don't see your Folder List, go to
the View menu and click on Folder List)
Open Windows Explorer or My
Computer and find the .html file you temporarily stored in Swish and double
click on it. When the file opens in your browser, RIGHT click on it
(not on the movie itself, but on a blank area outside of the movie) and
select View Source.
In here, you will see the
html code used to view your movie. Look through it and you will see
tags that say <body (followed by color codes, etc.)> and toward the bottom
you will see another tag that says </body>.
Highlight everything
between these two tags (but not including them) and right click within this
highlighted area and select "Copy".
Go back into FP and place your cursor within
the page where you want the movie to be placed
Click on the tab at the bottom of your page that says HTML.
You will see your cursor blinking within your html code.
Right click
right there and select "Paste" and the code for your movie will be
added to your page's code.
Click on the tab at the bottom that says Normal and you will switch back
to the normal view of your page and your movie will be inserted where you
want it.
Now, you can go back into
Windows Explorer or My Computer and delete the .html and .swf files that you
stored there temporarily.
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