Switched to Linux server, Flash site not playing

choppervon · 09-08-2009, 10:53 AM

I switched to a Linux from a Windows server in order to install a shopping cart, and now the site won't show. What code do I need to change/add? Here's the existing, the site is doghouselords.com. Thanks in advance:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>DoghouseLords.com</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="apDiv1">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','770','height','650','src','Doghouse Lords website 1','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','Doghouse Lords website 1' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="770" height="650">
<param name="movie" value="Doghouse Lords website 1.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="Doghouse Lords website 1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="770" height="650"></embed>
</object>

</noscript></div>
</body>
</html>

jstephens84 · 09-08-2009, 11:35 AM

EDIT I am a not functioning correctly today. So I looked over the script again and I was wrong.
However can you post the location of your site is Like /var/www and where is the location of Doghouse Lords website 1.swf like /flash

Also just as a recommendation I would change the filename and remove the spaces or fill them in with _underscores.

i92guboj · 09-08-2009, 03:49 PM

The usual problems are about case sensitivity. In Linux (or any other unix-alike) the case matters. So, check all the paths and file names.

29t88 · 09-08-2009, 04:02 PM

Is it a swf or is it a flv /fla file?
(as in the flash one)
Because as far as i know shockwave files are not supported in Linux, Flash However Are If You Download This
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

jstephens84 · 09-08-2009, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 29t88

Is it a swf or is it a flv /fla file?
(as in the flash one)
Because as far as i know shockwave files are not supported in Linux, Flash However Are If You Download This
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

I don't think that matters as apache is just serving up the html file. Your client is what determines whether flash or shockwave will play. Both of those are client based players. The server only needs to know where the flash / shockwave files are and anyother task that it must preform such as cgi / php scripting.

i92guboj · 09-08-2009, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstephens84

I don't think that matters as apache is just serving up the html file. Your client is what determines whether flash or shockwave will play. Both of those are client based players. The server only needs to know where the flash / shockwave files are and anyother task that it must preform such as cgi / php scripting.

Right. The server side here is irrelevant. All the server does is to send the html file to your browser.

If flash was a server side technology, in first place, you wouldn't need to install a flash plugin on the client side.

29t88 · 09-08-2009, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstephens84

I don't think that matters as apache is just serving up the html file. Your client is what determines whether flash or shockwave will play. Both of those are client based players. The server only needs to know where the flash / shockwave files are and anyother task that it must preform such as cgi / php scripting.

True, but he said he tried to view it, that means he is using his computer as a client and server to it, so in order for him to view it, he needs flash or shockwave, but then again ive got flash and couldnt view it when i went to the site.

i92guboj · 09-08-2009, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 29t88

True, but he said he tried to view it, that means he is using his computer as a client and server to it

I don't see the part where he says that the client is Linux based (or that the client and the server are the same machine). That's either an assumption you made or something that my eyes didn't detect.

But if that's truly the case then that would explain the problem. There's no shockwave client for Linux as you say. Maybe it will work on IE under wine, no idea.

PS. I've just tried doghouselords.com on firefox here (Gentoo Linux) and I can see the page perfectly, or at least so it seems.

choppervon · 09-08-2009, 05:36 PM

Thanks for the replies, the site is one swf (made in Flash 8), in Dreamweaver cs3, I'm amazed i92guboj can see it and we can't. I double checked the paths, renamed the swf and underscored the spaces. The site was running until we switched, love to figure it out, don't think I want to be running a shopping cart in Windows hosting.

i92guboj · 09-08-2009, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choppervon

Thanks for the replies, the site is one swf (made in Flash 8), in Dreamweaver cs3, I'm amazed i92guboj can see it and we can't. I double checked the paths, renamed the swf and underscored the spaces. The site was running until we switched, love to figure it out, don't think I want to be running a shopping cart in Windows hosting.

This is what I see when using seamonkey 2, take a look and tell me if it's right or there's something missing.

http://jesgue.homelinux.org/screensh...elords.com.jpg

However, out of couriosity, I've done some checks, and the site doesn't show up when using firefox, konqueror or arora. Which leads me to believe that there's something broken in that site.

In fact, the w3m validators fails, so, before anything else, fix the code, then you can worry if it continue failing.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

Ps. This is one of the reasons why I don't like the Adobe suite, it always produces broken code.

choppervon · 09-08-2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i92guboj

This is what I see when using seamonkey 2, take a look and tell me if it's right or there's something missing.

http://jesgue.homelinux.org/screensh...elords.com.jpg

However, out of couriosity, I've done some checks, and the site doesn't show up when using firefox, konqueror or arora. Which leads me to believe that there's something broken in that site.

In fact, the w3m validators fails, so, before anything else, fix the code, then you can worry if it continue failing.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

Ps. This is one of the reasons why I don't like the Adobe suite, it always produces broken code.

Yes, the upper left of your screenshot is page one of the site, are you able to navagite thru it? Thanks for the mark up, I've changed the case, it's already in CSS, not sure what else to do.

i92guboj · 09-08-2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choppervon

Yes, the upper left of your screenshot is page one of the site, are you able to navagite thru it?

Yes. I can't be sure that everything is correct because I am not familiar with the site, but I can navigate it without any problem.

Quote:

Thanks for the mark up, I've changed the case, it's already in CSS, not sure what else to do.

Well, the DTD for your web site is "XHTML 1.0 Transitional", however, the code is not valid "XHTML 1.0 Transitional". That means that, if any browser (in my case only seamonkey2) parses it correctly it will be by pure coincidence, and you are lucky for that. No other language is as relaxed as html is, in C your program would just refuse to work if you put a comma in the wrong place.

Yet again, Adobe products writing incorrect code. Nothing new.

It's very important to validate all your code using the w3c validators. That ensures that any browser complying with the standards will display it without any problem. Your main concert now should be that: there are seven different errors in the code, if you look at the validation link I gave you, you will see that and ALL OF THEM are around the line that embeds the flash thing. I think that we all can deduct what that means, where the problem is, buggy code.

I don't think there's a problem in the server (otherwise, I couldn't have posted the screenshot).

You should try to fix some of these errors, and I doubt that Adobe can help you here. You will have to get your hands dirty. Note that the errors of the validator provide you with a link to a relevant FAQ, you should really start there and see what's what you are doing wrong.

choppervon · 09-08-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i92guboj

Yes. I can't be sure that everything is correct because I am not familiar with the site, but I can navigate it without any problem.

Well, the DTD for your web site is "XHTML 1.0 Transitional", however, the code is not valid "XHTML 1.0 Transitional". That means that, if any browser (in my case only seamonkey2) parses it correctly it will be by pure coincidence, and you are lucky for that. No other language is as relaxed as html is, in C your program would just refuse to work if you put a comma in the wrong place.

Yet again, Adobe products writing incorrect code. Nothing new.

It's very important to validate all your code using the w3c validators. That ensures that any browser complying with the standards will display it without any problem. Your main concert now should be that: there are seven different errors in the code, if you look at the validation link I gave you, you will see that and ALL OF THEM are around the line that embeds the flash thing. I think that we all can deduct what that means, where the problem is, buggy code.

I don't think there's a problem in the server (otherwise, I couldn't have posted the screenshot).

You should try to fix some of these errors, and I doubt that Adobe can help you here. You will have to get your hands dirty. Note that the errors of the validator provide you with a link to a relevant FAQ, you should really start there and see what's what you are doing wrong.

Thanks, I'll get on it, coulda been worse.

choppervon · 09-09-2009, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i92guboj

Yes. I can't be sure that everything is correct because I am not familiar with the site, but I can navigate it without any problem.

Well, the DTD for your web site is "XHTML 1.0 Transitional", however, the code is not valid "XHTML 1.0 Transitional". That means that, if any browser (in my case only seamonkey2) parses it correctly it will be by pure coincidence, and you are lucky for that. No other language is as relaxed as html is, in C your program would just refuse to work if you put a comma in the wrong place.

Yet again, Adobe products writing incorrect code. Nothing new.

It's very important to validate all your code using the w3c validators. That ensures that any browser complying with the standards will display it without any problem. Your main concert now should be that: there are seven different errors in the code, if you look at the validation link I gave you, you will see that and ALL OF THEM are around the line that embeds the flash thing. I think that we all can deduct what that means, where the problem is, buggy code.

I don't think there's a problem in the server (otherwise, I couldn't have posted the screenshot).

You should try to fix some of these errors, and I doubt that Adobe can help you here. You will have to get your hands dirty. Note that the errors of the validator provide you with a link to a relevant FAQ, you should really start there and see what's what you are doing wrong.

Got the code cleaned up and validated, the site still won't open, might be easy for someone to see what I'm missing now, thanks in advance:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>DoghouseLords.com</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<script src="file:///C|/Documents and Settings/chopper.CHOPPER1/Desktop/Doghouse Lords graphics/Website/Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="apDiv1">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','770','height','650','src','file:///C|/Documents and Settings/chopper.CHOPPER1/Desktop/Doghouse Lords graphics/Website/doghouse_lords_website_1','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','file:///C|/Documents and Settings/chopper.CHOPPER1/Desktop/Doghouse Lords graphics/Website/doghouse_lords_website_1' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="c.swf?path=movie.swf"
width="770" height="650">
<param name="movie"
value="doghouse_lords_website_1.swf" />

</object>

</noscript></div>
</body>
</html>

i92guboj · 09-10-2009, 06:39 AM

I just checked and the document is viewable using firefox, seamonkey and arora. I also see that it validates as xhtml 1.1 so congratulations. Is also working for you?