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I am trying to upload a flash animated photo slide show to my website. I am using Nvu as my site editor and I am hosted through Bluehost. I have an html website and the slide show software (Amara) said that I should have no problem uploading my slide show to and html page, but it won't work. Does anybody have any ideas about how to do this?thanks!

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A few practical updates and checks that build on 's issue and the replies from and .

Flash status and migration: Adobe ended official Flash support at the end of 2020 and modern browsers no longer run .swf reliably. For any site still using a Flash slideshow, plan to migrate the content (HTML5/JavaScript sliders or export to MP4) rather than relying on browser Flash plugins.

Troubleshooting and embedding tips (non-interactive checklist):

  • Nvu can alter or strip embed/object markup when using the WYSIWYG view; insert embed code in Source mode or edit the .html file with a plain-text editor.
  • Confirm the .swf is uploaded to the correct path and test direct access () to see whether the file displays or is blocked/downloaded.
  • Example object-based embed (use Source mode; update paths and dimensions):

<object width="640" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="path/to/slideshow.swf">
<param name="movie" value="path/to/slideshow.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<p>Fallback: Flash not available — provide an HTML5 alternative.</p>
</object>

  • If the server serves .swf with the wrong MIME type, add this to .htaccess (if allowed): AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
  • Standard permissions: files 644, directories 755.
  • For best cross-browser behavior, consider a JavaScript loader (historically SWFObject) or, better, rebuild the slideshow with an HTML5 slider library or a video fallback so the content works on modern devices.

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I am trying to upload a flash animated photo slide show to my website. I am using Nvu as my site editor and I am hosted through Bluehost. I have an html website and the slide show software (Amara) said that I should have no problem uploading my slide show to and html page, but it won't work. Does anybody have any ideas about how to do this?thanks!

Post up the html for the page, make sure the html for the slide show loading mechanism gets included, and i will take a look at it.

Member Avatar for wickedsunny

ok buddy just embed this code at the place whree u want to put ur flash movie and replace the movie.swf with ur movie's name and path ok.

<embed src='movie.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'></embed>

problem solved :)

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