insert movie

[Yvonne]

I just put a new webpage on the net: www.photo-save.com.
Seemingly, people can't open the movies. What did I do wrong. It works great
on my computer. On my computer it opens in Windows Media Player.

 

[coreybryant]

In your source cod, you have a lot of things pointing to your computer.
For the path of the movie, it is pointing to :
<param name="URL" value="H:\My documents\My Web
Sites\photo-save\movies\wmm introduction_0006.wmv">

This needs to be updated to probably a relative path
(http://www.timeforweb.com/frontpage/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5314&PN=1)
to your website.

-Corey
http://www.loudcommerce.com/promo/google.asp

 

[Yvonne]

Thank you for responding Corey.
I went to the website, and could not find anything re the subject.
Will they be able to guide me "how to update to a relative path?"
I as frontpage guidelines told me, inserted my video and embedded them. Did
you see any movies?

 

[David Berry]

You need to import all your movies, images etc into your web site first and
then insert them from the folder that's ON the web site, not your hard
drive. You have a lot of images etc that are pointing to your hard drive or
a file:/// location. You can see them if you switch to Code View

 

[Yvonne]

I have them now on my site, right and now I have to import them back from
that site? I will try to do it. Thank you

 

[Yvonne]

I went to publish the website, took the file from the remote website and
published it to my local website. Is that how it goes? I tried it, but it
does not work.
C:\Documents and Settings\Yvonne\My Documents\My Web Sites\mysite2\Big
Head.wmv

 

[David Berry]

No.

1. Open your local web site in FrontPage
2. Click on a folder where you want to store your images (ex: images).
3. Import the images into your web with File, Import
4. Create a folder for your movie (ex: movies)
5. Import the movie into your web with File Import.
6. Now go to the page where your images are. Double-click on them and
change the link that's there to point to the image in the folder on the web
site (browse to the images folder and select the picture). Now save it.

Do the same for the movie.

Another way would be to switch to Code View and manually change the links to
the images from things like:

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Yvonne/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/FrontPageTempDir/button66.gif

to just

images/button66.gif

This makes the link point to the files on your web site and not your Hard
Drive. Do the same for the movie.

Change

<param name="URL" value="H:\My documents\My Web Sites\photo-save\movies\wmm
introduction_0006.wmv">

to

<param name="URL" value="movies/wmm introduction_0006.wmv">

Now go to File, Publish Site and publish your web site to your web host.

Dave

 

[Yvonne]

THANK YOU AGAIN. I will do it right now and will let you know.

 

[David Berry]

Ok. I'll be waiting to hear how it works out.

BTW, the site says Fairfield, CT. I'm in CT too.

 

[Yvonne]

David, I think I did it. Could you check it whether or not you can see the
pictures and movies now? Did I do it? If so, I can't tell you how happy I am.
I really would like to Rate your answers, but I do not know where to do it.
Even if I did not do it. I am so happy, because I learned so much by
following your answers. I print them out first and then do it. Step by step.
Thank you!!!!!

 

[Yvonne]

Yes, I actually live in Bridgeport, but am most of the times in Brookfield
and Newtown.
Am trying a new business and as I told you before am 67 and am learning all
this stuff, not easy, but you are helping me tremendously. Thank you.

 

[David Berry]

Hi Yvonne. YES!! The services page http://www.photo-save.com/services.htm
is working fine now and all the links are correct!!

Just one little issue still. You updated the services.htm page but you
didn't update the home page (index.htm) at
http://www.photo-save.com/index.htm so those links are still broken.

But it's getting there!

 

[Yvonne]

finished the index page, I think. So, you can see all the movies on your
computer? do you think that people can see it on MACs? Thanks again.
My email is (e-mail address removed)

 

[David Berry]

The index page is working fine now. Sorry I don't now anything about MACs.
I'm guessing no since Media Player is a Windows product but I can't be sure.
If it was a QuickTime movie PCs and MACs can both see that.