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nelly
10-06-2006, 07:15 PM
name says it all rep for anyone who helps ive tryed saving as .png :S
Anderman
10-06-2006, 07:27 PM
A flash banner as a PNG..
Are you taking the mich?
Splinter
10-06-2006, 07:41 PM
rofl nelly you mong =]
nelly
10-06-2006, 07:42 PM
No lol it was named .swf wouldn't work so i tryed naming .png still didn't work tryed everything
-::Mr.Dave::-
10-06-2006, 07:44 PM
ok you need to tell the image to look for itself in its directory its uploaded in

there most the time in the /images file
so http://www.yoursite.com/images/yourbannersname.sqf
nelly
10-06-2006, 07:50 PM
i mean when i upload it to a page it comes up as a red x
Flauvo
10-06-2006, 07:53 PM
stupidly saving a flash file as .png
Recursion
10-06-2006, 07:53 PM
you cant have a .PNG flash Banner "/ flash is .swf Just embed it onto the site where teh banner needs to be!
nelly
10-06-2006, 07:54 PM
omg i did save as .swf but didn't work so i was messing about saving as .PNG lol back to subject still won't show
Flauvo
10-06-2006, 07:57 PM
save it as .fla

try that
Recursion
10-06-2006, 08:02 PM
and if that doesnt work, are you using FireFox or another browser other than IE because you might need the Flash Plug-In for that browser...
Tomm
10-06-2006, 08:03 PM
You did you the embed tag right? Not the img tag?
nelly
10-06-2006, 08:05 PM
i don't know never uploaded flash before also im browsing through IE
Recursion
10-06-2006, 08:09 PM
yeh could be that your not embedding properley.



<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="obj1" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" border="0" width="483" height="160">
<param name="movie" value=" LINK TO FLASH FILE I THINK IT IS .FLA NOT THE .SWF !!">
<param name="quality" value="High">
<embed src="LINK TO FLASH FILE I THINK IT IS .FLA NOT THE .SWF" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="483" height="160"></object>

EDIT: FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE TO LINK TO THE .SWF FILE
nelly
10-06-2006, 08:16 PM
Please close thread and ty all!
Recursion
10-06-2006, 08:17 PM
so how did it work in the end?

P.S You gave me gray REP cos you dont have any REP power but its the thought that counts :)
nelly
10-06-2006, 08:27 PM
it worked great ty i used .swf and it worked
[N]
10-06-2006, 08:27 PM
Rofl ill give u the rep then ;]
Recursion
10-06-2006, 09:13 PM
lol kais thanks ;)

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