macromedia Flash file on the login.html

infomate · Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:35 pm

Hello guys.

I have never run out of things to tinker with. After I have successfully edited my login page using a simple web tool, now im trying to figure out if I can embed a macromedia flash file (as an advertisement banner).

(BTW - dont ever use Netscape composer to edit your pages!!!)

I have already done the "flash" banner ad and have tested it several times from a unit connected to the MT network. When I uploaded it to the Hotspot login the banner area remains blank.

I have placed "macromedia\.com" on the walled garden list to let users without the player to be able to download before logging on.

Anybody tried this before?

Otherwise the exported animated GIF from macromedia flash MX should do the trick but with a fuzzy resolution

Robert S.

Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:49 pm

i suggest UltraEdit or jEdit

here is how to embed flash:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="c.swf?path=movie.swf" 
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie" 
value="c.swf?path=movie.swf" />
</object>

more here:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/

infomate · Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:12 pm

Thanks Normis,

With your suggestion, I think i have more problems now than when I started. I have just downloaded/installed Flash MX the other day and with just a day to learn and produce a decent movie ad, now I have to learn to tweak the code ???

As the saying goes, "curiosity killed the cat!" I'm beginning to feel an itching for some cat food!

I'll let you know in a few days if my curiosity gets the best of me.....

Thanks again!

Robert S.

napairnetworks · Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:45 pm

try macromedia dreamweaver. it rocks

Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:59 pm

don't try it. you will totally miss all the joy of making webpages, which truly lies in html. i suggest this resource http://www.w3schools.org

there to to xhtml and learn the basics. it really is fun

cmit · Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:34 pm

Well spoken, Normunds!

Someone having mastered MikroTik config (from the console) should master HTML even quicker...

infomate · Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:02 am

cmit & normis,

Thanks for your inputs, I think I have a long way to go learning html. better late than never.

As for the login page with the flash ad. I have re-edited and saved my banner in Macromedia 5, by the time I uploaded it back, I was happy as a kitten!

I dont know how and why it worked, but there it was. I still have to work on the "satay" method though.

Thanks again guys! You're GREAT!!!!

Robert S.

macromedia Flash file on the login.html

macromedia Flash file on the login.html

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