Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Limitations of iweb

I have been recently introduce to iweb for Mac and the more I work in it the more research I have to do ...for example one of the huge "flaws" in iweb is the ability to import another html page. The only way is through a widget and this does not always work .  Also the steps involve in displaying a simple flash animation in iweb is not that simple ...it requires one to alter some cold and have access to the server you'll be uploading your site to. 

Here's a tip to insert flash animation into iweb. Have to create a new folder on desktop, and call it flash.Copy the .swf file into the folder. Place folder  in the web/sites/ folder on your server or site you're going to upload to.
The return to iweb and insert HTML snippet : Copy the following code:

650" height="450">http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf">http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="650" height="450">

You can alter the code  http://web.mac.com/yourdotmacname/flash/myflashfile.swf  to the site you'll be uploading too. Note I used web.mac to publish my site. You may use a different server.  myflashfile.swf is the flash file you copied into the flash folder. 

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