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hmm, yeh, i have to embed the video intp the page, but none of this is workin, but it might be becasue i havent got my webbie hosted (i have a hoster, but not uploded it yet cos i cant figure out how to use smartFTP to do so!!!)

put in the correct fields at the top (info you should've got from host)
and then when you are loggef in it gives you the opportunity to upload/move/delete stuff on the server

ok, so i just enter the info, and upload all the files onto the server??? sounds easy enough... lets try it...

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ok, ive managed to upload all of my files needed for my website, how do i tell it what my hompage is etc??? (on smartFTP)

index.html (or index.php, depends) is the default file.. so mrename the main page to that.

where is that file??? i cant seem to find it anywhere...

you need to make that page , that's the page that opens when you browse to the folder with your browser, Say you type www.mydomain.com, --> it goes to www.mydomain.com/index.html.
www.mydomain.com/msnmsgr --> goes to www.mydomain.com/msnmsgr/index.html.

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Originally posted by Methos2
how do i tell it what my hompage is etc??? (on smartFTP)

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In most cases, you don't . Just name your homepage file index.html (or index.php, if you ended up using php).

If you really want to have it named as something else, you will need to use .htaccess (intentional dot). You can only use it if your host allows it, and this is unlikely. However, if you are allowed to use it with your host, this is how.

.htaccess works by using a file called (drumroll) .htaccess. This is a text file, which contains special instructions for the server concerning that directory, and its subdirectories. You can create one in Notepad, and type this inside:

code:

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DirectoryIndex homepage.html

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if homepage.html is your homepage, or you use another filename. In Notepad, save the file as ".htaccess" with quotes (otherwise Notepad will think that you really wanted .htaccess.txt and save it as that).

ok, thanks guys, i'll try
BTW:: any1 got any ideas on this embedding the WMV file????

try this to embed the video with controls, starts automatically and is looped:

code:

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      <!-- begin embedded WindowsMedia file... -->
      <table border='0' cellpadding='0' align="left">
      <tr><td>
      <OBJECT id='mediaPlayer' width="320" height="285"
      classid='CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95'
      codebase='http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701'
      standby='Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components...' type='application/x-oleobject'>
      <param name='fileName' value="http://servername/path/to/media.file">
      <param name='animationatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='transparentatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='autoStart' value="true">
      <param name='showControls' value="true">
      <param name='loop' value="true">
      <EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2'
        pluginspage='http://microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/'
        id='mediaPlayer' name='mediaPlayer' displaysize='4' autosize='-1'
        bgcolor='darkblue' showcontrols="true" showtracker='-1'
        showdisplay='0' showstatusbar='-1' videoborder3d='-1' width="320" height="285"
        src="http://servername/path/to/media.file" autostart="true" designtimesp='5311' loop="true">
      </EMBED>
      </OBJECT>
      </td></tr>
      <!-- ...end embedded WindowsMedia file -->
    <!-- begin link to launch external media player... -->
        <tr><td align='center'>
        <a href="http://servername/path/to/media.file" style='font-size: 85%;' target='_blank'>Launch in external player</a>
        <!-- ...end link to launch external media player... -->
        </td></tr>
      </table>

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just change the src etc to the url of your file...

try here:

http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

its probably easier

ok, now this is taking the mike, i STILL trying to figure out how to embed media but another problem has arose. Ive uploaded all of my webbie files and now ive got it online, i can get to the hompage via the internet and surf from page to page easily; but there is just one problem; ALL of the graphics arent showin, it just comes up with small 'x's in the corner, any ideas?????