This is crazy. My host (GoDaddy)does not recognize .fla files

[Motleyscrew]

I have Adobe Flash CS3 and have embedded a Flash file. It does not show up, and
GoDaddy tells me that .fla files are not automatically supported... .sfw files
are. And they won't do anything themselfs to fix it.

I don't even see a way to save my flash files as .swf (admiteddetly I am a
newbie)... but I am sure the flash file is functional.

Any suggestions on what I can do?

I have a school project due tonight which relies on my having a flash file
embedded. Am I screwed?

Thanks

[turniptree]

.fla files are the authoring files. You can create, edit, and change
everything about them. .swf files are the finished animation output, what the
user will load on their computer. They can't be edited, they're a finished
product. You need to publish your .fla file into a .swf. You can find the
publishing command and options under the file menu.

[The Feldkircher]

Hi

In short YES, if you want the whole world to download your .fla then leave it
on the server.

Flash comes with a handy but not very friendly way of publishiing your site,
ie Publish Settings
What this does is create an html wrapper for your .SWF, which by the way is
created whenever you run your movie inside the Flash IDE. Upload your .swf and
html renamed to index.html if this is your default homepage to your server.

Remove the .fla from the server - Problem Solved.

[David Stiller]

Motleyscrew,

> I have Adobe Flash CS3 and have embedded a Flash file. It does
> not show up, and GoDaddy tells me that .fla files are not
> automatically supported... .sfw files are.

That makes good sense, actually, because FLA files are your source
files -- they shouldn't be on the server. SWF files are the only thing you
need to upload and embed in your HTML documents.

> And they won't do anything themselfs to fix it.

An analogy might be useful here. Imagine you're using Photoshop to
create graphics for your website. You wouldn't upload the PSD files when
finished; instead, you'd save your PSD files as JPGs, or GIFs, or maybe
PNGs. Same idea for Flash.

> I don't even see a way to save my flash files as .swf (admiteddetly
> I am a newbie)... but I am sure the flash file is functional.

Control > Test Movie does it -- that's the approach I usually use -- but
you can also select File > Publish or File > Publish Preview > Flash.

> I have a school project due tonight which relies on my
> having a flash file embedded. Am I screwed?

Hardly. You just need to publish that SWF file. :)

David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."