Hi there,

I'm trying to embed my .swf file into iWeb but without the white background. I can get the player to work as an HTML snippet, but of course that will gives me a white background...

See: http://www.clintmurphyproductions.com/C ... raphy.html

I am trying to use iWebs "Alternative HTML" trick to play my .swf (i.e. creating a text box the same size as the .swf and using MassReplaceIt to replace the HTML). However I cannot seem to get it to work.

I have followed all the steps in iWebs "FAQ - Alternative HTML" and was able to create a site as explained, but when it comes to creating the same thing on my own website, I can't even get the same picture i.e <img src="http://iwebfaq.org/media/nasa.jpg" style="width:516;height:387px;"> to show on my site.

Maybe my problem is directing a swf file. In this case do I use <embed src="http://www.clintmurphyproductions.com/foldername/filename.swf" style="width:1100;height:500px;">

Maybe I;m barking up the wrong tree all together and there's an even simpler way to do all of this? Any help would be most welcome.

Hi,

the problem isn't using HTML Snippets, the problem is the background of the player. Unfortunately I don't think you can set the background of the player to be transparent.

What I would do is cut out a piece of the image you used as a background for the page. name it playerbackground.jpg load it into the IMAGES folder you find in your TAP_PLAYER folder.

Go to TAPE_PLAYER, XML, open playerData.xml in TextWrangler, where it says

bgImage=""

type in playerbackground.jpg for it to become

bgImage="playerbackground.jpg"

now the player will have the same background as your page does.

Regards,
Cédric