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CoolocityAdmin

04-14-2007, 04:03 PM

Hey guys, need a little help if possible. I put a .swf player on my site, and the default code given to me by sitepal was <EMBED ....></EMBED> I went to validate my code and everything between the start and finish of embed seems to have an error. Tried to make heads or tails from the article it sent me to read, but it was all greek to me. If anyone knows how I could fix this problem in lamens terms, i would greatly appricitae it :) Here's the code:

<EMBED src="http://vhost.oddcast.com/vhsssecure.php?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhost.oddcast.com%2Fgetshow.php%3Facc%3D39556%26ss%3D734503%26sl%3D0%26embedid%3D0657cac64edbb7163aaa55a935fa9c5d&edit =0&acc=39556&loading=1&bgcolor=0xFFFFFFF&firstslide=1" swLiveConnect=true NAME="VHSS" quality=high scale=noborder bgcolor="#FFFFFFF" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=150 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>

This is just the tag end of the entire string...if it would be easier to see on the source, my website is www.coolocity.com (http://www.coolocity.com)

I also need assistance with the doctype file (new to this incase ya couldnt tell) but I thought I followed the guide right but apparently not as my doctype seems to have alot of errors as well. Thanks for the help guys!

Coolocity.com Admin

Corey Bryant

04-14-2007, 04:15 PM

Bye Bye Embed (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/byebyeembed/) might help some. Flash Satay (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/) also might help as well. Some more information can be found on International Web Developers Network (http://www.iwdn.net)

CoolocityAdmin

04-14-2007, 04:30 PM

Well first things first, fixed my !DOCTYPE issue by realizing I had to put it in my very first line of text instead of after the first <html> so that issue is resolved.

The Flash Strategy (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/) is the website I couldnt make heads or tails out of. I've tried reading and re-reading it. Will try to make sense of Bye Bye Embed (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/byebyeembed/) just hope I can figure that one out ;) Like I said, still pretty new to all of this. Thanks for the tips!

Coolocity.com (http://www.coolocity.com) Admin

CoolocityAdmin

04-14-2007, 04:48 PM

still cant make heads or tails of either of those sites. I'll just go with java and hope for the best. Thanks for the try though :)

Corey Bryant

04-15-2007, 11:55 AM

The Flash Satay you would basically need two SWF files. One that calls the other. Once you get / change / update your source code, post it here or on the IWDN site and someone will be able to help you out.

And explain where you are stuck. If you can create SWF files, the Satay method is pretty good.

CoolocityAdmin

04-15-2007, 03:19 PM

Heh, actually I'm not creating SWF files, I'm just creating an avatar on www.SitePal.com and when you click publish on that site, you get a string of code based on what you want to put it in. They give you the code for DreamWeaver, FrontPage and alot of other HTML editing options, but they're all java. With the code in my origional thread in this post, that was the option for SWF with no java. I will post the old code that I needed to take <EMBED> out of and then post the new code for FP java on my next post.

CoolocityAdmin

04-15-2007, 03:24 PM

Ok, here's the 2 forms of code...the first code is the one I want to use that has no java, but the <EMBED is giving me issues when I validate....
(note: first line right below, the "clsid: D" there is no space there, but the stupid smily comes up at : D so I had to put in a space)

<OBJECT id="VHSS" 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=300><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://vhost.oddcast.com/vhsssecure.php?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhost.oddcast.com%2Fgetshow.php%3Facc%3D39556%26ss%3D734503%26sl%3D0%26embedid%3Dc56ea508c0169e08aaa07b8e8d305c66&edit=0&acc=39556&loading=1&bgcolor=0xFFFFFFF&firstslide=1">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=scale VALUE=noborder><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFFF><EMBED src="http://vhost.oddcast.com/vhsssecure.php?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fvhost.oddcast.com%2Fgetshow.php%3Facc%3D39556%26ss%3D734503%26sl%3D0%26embedid%3Dc56ea508c0169e08aaa07b8e8d305c66&edit=0&acc=39556&loading=1&bgcolor=0xFFFFFFF&firstslide=1" swLiveConnect=true NAME="VHSS" quality=high scale=noborder bgcolor=#FFFFFFF WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=300 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>

And now the code that I'm using with java...

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://vhost.oddcast.com/vhost_embed_functions.php?acc=39556&js=1"></script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">AC_VHost_Embed_39556(300, 400, 'FFFFFFF', 1, 1, 734503, 0, 0, 0, 'c56ea508c0169e08aaa07b8e8d305c66', 6);</script>

If anyone could tell me what I need to do or help me with this coding so that I can embed the file without using java or the <embed> code.

Thanks guys.

mummy

06-07-2007, 12:03 PM

I have got a better solution to your problem. Forget about all this stuff. Use Seetheface or Userplane video recording apps.