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Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/22/2007 11:11:24 PM
macromedia flash sitedesign:
I have a Flash Countdown that I want to make available for others to post on
their own webpages, blogs, MySpaces, etc.
When I host the file on my own site, it works fine. When I try and embed it on
a MySpace page, the links - regular getURL()'s - don't work. What am I doing
wrong?
Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/23/2007 12:00:00 AM
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getURL?

You want to embed it in HTML pages, right?
If so, all you have to do is embed the flashfile, with the complete path to
your webserver.


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Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/23/2007 3:27:33 PM
Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/23/2007 5:45:21 PM
Sorry, it is a link problem not a "countdown" problem.

I have been using the absolute paths.

I thought I might have been embedding the file incorrectly, or if maybe there
was something I needed to do other than include the absolute file paths.

But I still have the problem of the links inside the file not working outside
of my site.
Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/23/2007 7:22:53 PM
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You did not mention any links in your post. You said you problem was to
embed the file!
So obviously you _can_ embed the file just fine.

If you use the file in other places you have to use absolute paths in the
file as well...


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Franz Marksteiner
Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/23/2007 7:26:47 PM
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Sorry ;-) I got your first post wrong. Maybe because the word "Countdown"
has nothing to do with the problem?!
The reply from my post above is still on thoug...


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Franz Marksteiner
Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/23/2007 7:57:22 PM
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Can you give me two links to sites that include your swf?
One with the working swf, and one with the errors.

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Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/24/2007 12:00:00 AM
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Weird, I was hoping that there would be some kind of error...
Did you hardcode the getURL paths?


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Franz Marksteiner
Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/24/2007 2:26:53 AM
Works: (it's the second from the top)
http://www.vistacomputersystems.com/haley727.htm

Doesn't work: (it's in the About Me section)

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=205134
270&MyToken=3007663e-742e-492a-a1a8-caf5ee951747


they're both there using the same html.
Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/24/2007 1:46:59 PM
eh, I don't know what you mean by hardcode. This is the code:

hplink.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.eskimolabs.com/hp", "_blank");
Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/24/2007 7:55:47 PM
Ugh. Thank you very much for your help, though.

I've seen people post countdowns just like this with the same html on MySpace,
so if anyone out there knows how, that knowledge would be greatly appreciated :)
Re: Links in Flash Countdown Franz Marksteiner
6/24/2007 8:25:11 PM
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Then it must be some restriction by mySpace :/


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Re: Links in Flash Countdown katiebell
6/28/2007 4:53:43 PM
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