Main Page Body - Flash, swf ... HELP!

[tho53264]

Okay,

I will be the first to admit, I have NO IDEA what I am doing! I am fine with making superficial changes, but this one has got me STUMPED!

Here's what I want to do...
I want to display a slideshow / flash (i'm getting a bit confused and don't know if i just reffered to the samething or diffferent thing) in the middle of the home page, where the text would be had i used the define pages editor.

I have read pages upon pages of forums and have tried all sorts of freaky stuff, and still it does't seem to work.

I have however, had the success of making it show up if I used the define pages editor in the preview section, but when i press okay and upload the file it comes up with that little annoying red "X"

Can anyone help me, in plain old english or am I way over my head?

[doodlebee]

You have to embed the flash source into your code. When you created the flash movie, the HTML output will give you the code you need to put in the flash. It look similar to this:

<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf">
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>

You're most likely getting a red "X" because you're trying to insert it into your HTML like an image - Flash is NOT an image. Not even close.

[tho53264]

lol! hehe whoopsie!

okay so I know what your talking about the html code, it comes up when i save the file. now I need to know....

What file do I put this code into... and where in this file do I put it?

Thanks for helping, I really appreciate it!