When you publish the ShockWave file Flash will create an SWF and an HTML file. You put these both in the same folder and the HTML file will act as a container for the ShockWave (SWF) file. You can edit the HTML and add a better title and some Meta tags, when you look at the HTML code you will see that there is code that automatically detects if the browser that the HTML page is loaded into has the ShockWave Plugin. If it is not available the browser will go to the download site. It is all automatic. If you want to give the option of a non Flash site you will have to have an HTML first page with at least two links, one to the Flash site and one to the HTML version. If is a good idea to insert a small flash animation into this first page. This way the visitor can see if the plugin is there and if it works with the correct version and so on. You can say "If you can see this you have the Plugin and can view the Flash version" you can also have a link to the plugin download.
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----- Original Message ----- From: Designs North <pbignell@mb.sympatico.ca> To: <flasher@chinwag.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:40 PM Subject: FLASH: starting at the beginning
> Hi! I am very new to Flash and actually to this list. I have Flash 5.0, > Katherine Ulrich's book on Flash (visual quick start guide) and by the end > of January I need to be reasonably comfortable with this program. > > I thought the way to do this best was to create a page similar to ones I > would like to create and just work through one step at a time. I am using > GoLive 5.0 for > creating web pages. I have not done a page in Flash before. > > One of the first things I want to do, is somehow to allow the customer to > input that they don't have Flash, in which case they can have the option of > downloading Shockwave, or of having them transferred to a nonFlash page. > > I imagine there is a script to do this. Could anybody steer me to where I > could find it? Sorry for the kindergarten level questions................ . > > Thanks > > Pauline in Manitoba, Canada > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > flasher is generously supported by... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > flashforward2000 and the Flash(tm) Film Festival > November 27-29, 2000, LONDON, National Film Theatre > > Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com > -Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems and Apple Computer > -http://www.flashforward2000.com or UK tel. +44 (0870) 751 1526 > Register before November 10 and save £200 > http:// www.flashforward2000.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to > http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email help@chinwag.com > >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ flasher is generously supported by... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ flashforward2000 and the Flash(tm) Film Festival November 27-29, 2000, LONDON, National Film Theatre
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