After much banging my head against the computer, I have realized that the
reason my flash gallery wasn't working is because I was inserting the flash
into a page that was attached to my template. With the header info locked (due
to the template), it couldn't insert the javascript necessary to run the flash
successfully. I'm sure someone else will run into this random problem, so
here's the workaround I found:

1. Detach your page from the template.
2. Insert the flash file, and lay out your page as you desire.
3. Save your page, once you see that the flash is working.
3. Reattach the page to the template.
4. Delete any extra elements that were introduced to the page (I had two
navigation bars--I deleted one)
5. Make sure the flash is still working...then save the file again. Voila!

> it couldn't insert the javascript necessary to run the flash
> successfully.

A properly constructed template will have an editable region in the head of
the page called "head". DW will find and use this region for such things.
If you are seeing that not happen, it must be because you have removed that
region.

> 1. Detach your page from the template.

Oof - very bad idea.

Sorry - your suggestions are a solution for something that is not a problem.
What IS a problem, though is that DW will not manage the link to the FLASH
file in the javascript it inserts. In this case, you would need to make
those links ROOT relative, and then you are fine....

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"Richard Seiling" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> After much banging my head against the computer, I have realized that the
> reason my flash gallery wasn't working is because I was inserting the
> flash
> into a page that was attached to my template. With the header info locked
> (due
> to the template), it couldn't insert the javascript necessary to run the
> flash
> successfully. I'm sure someone else will run into this random problem, so
> here's the workaround I found:
>
> 1. Detach your page from the template.
> 2. Insert the flash file, and lay out your page as you desire.
> 3. Save your page, once you see that the flash is working.
> 3. Reattach the page to the template.
> 4. Delete any extra elements that were introduced to the page (I had two
> navigation bars--I deleted one)
> 5. Make sure the flash is still working...then save the file again. Voila!
>

Thanks for your thoughts.

I do have a "head" section in my template...inserting the flash just plain
didn't work for me as you described, and it was, indeed, a problem for me.

I agree that detaching a page from a template is not a great idea...and can
introduce problems if you don't do it right...but this workaround worked for
me. Templates seem to be clunky, overall. Then again, I cooked up my template
with Dreamweaver 8, and am still using the same one with CS3. And it might just
be me...I am self-taught in dreamweaver, but have created several dozen sites,
and thousands of pages. This said, I don't consider myself to be an expert in
"best practices" for Dreamweaver...but I make it work for what I need it to do.

I didn't have a problem with the flash link, as you described, but will keep
it in mind if and when I run into a similar problem. Thank you.

My template has this line in it, and it sure would not insert Flash properly
until I unattached the template first and then inserted the Flash. Only then
was I able to reattach the template.

<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

What are we doing wrong Murray?

Glenn

I have a similar problem with templates. My template is stored in a "Templates"
directory have flash files in them that point to the site root. When I create a
new file from them and save that file in the home directory, the flash loads
right up. But when I save the new file to a subdirectory, a white space appears
and when you right click on it, it says "movie not loaded"

I've tried putting a copy of the flash files in the same 'sub' directory, but
that didn't work.

What is confusing is that on my old site, I had lots of flash text and it had
no trouble loading on whatever new file I made.

I am having the same problem. A swf added to a template does not appear on the
pages mad from the template - just a white box. Adding the swf to the template
ans specifying a site-relative root does not correct the problem. I use
Dreamweaver CS3. This looks like a bug in Dreamweaver.

ACE - or anybody else - any other ideas? Some kind of solution would be nice.
If we have to add the swf to each page, what good is having a template?

Carlos

Murray et al, forget this. I figured it out.

I had an error in the Dreamweaver configuration of my local site. The error
was such that it allowed things to work OK using relative paths, but not those
from the site root. At least, this made me look into it and find the error.

Sorry if I caused anybody to waste time for nothing. Thanks very much for the
help.

Carlos

Good luck!

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"cheftimo" <carlos@webgourmand.com> wrote in message
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> Murray et al, forget this. I figured it out.
>
> I had an error in the Dreamweaver configuration of my local site. The
> error
> was such that it allowed things to work OK using relative paths, but not
> those
> from the site root. At least, this made me look into it and find the
> error.
>
> Sorry if I caused anybody to waste time for nothing. Thanks very much for
> the
> help.
>
> Carlos
>

On 29 Jul., 03:55, "cheftimo" <car...@webgourmand.com> wrote:
> Murray et al, forget this. I figured it out.
>
> *I had an error in the Dreamweaver configuration of my local site. The error
> was such that it allowed things to work OK using relative paths, but not those
> from the site root. At least, this made me look into it and find the error.
>
> *Sorry if I caused anybody to waste time for nothing. Thanks very much for the
> help.
>
> *Carlos

Hi i have the same problem. my swf added to the template does not
appear on the
pages made from the template - just a white box. my links to the
AC_RunActiveContent.js is ok
could you please tell me the Dreamweaver configuration you made to
make this work.