How to get your Flash file on your blog

Blogger accepts pictures and movies and hyperlinks, but for some reason it does not like Flash movies. Therefore, we need to use a different website to store our .swf and .html files (the 2 files generated when you Publish your movie) and then link to that site from our blog.

One option is to use your Mason webs-pace account. Simply ftp the 2 files to your public.html folder and then link to them in you blog post (follow the instructions in the lab). If your haven't set-up your account, follow the instructions at the ITU Support page or swing by the STAR lab in the Johnson Center

If you are not on friendly terms with your Mason web-space, you can try a third-party site. There are a few free sites online that will host files for you. The one I'm most comfortable suggesting is SwfUP since it does not require you to download anything to your computer. Another site is imageshack but it might ask you to download a toolbar (I did not want to so I have not fully tried it, but I had one student with good luck). Krystal suggested Pages by Google (but I'm still testing that).

In summary, your Mason account is optimal -- no registration, no toolbar, just your file safe and sound. But I'm not picky...I just need a link on your blog to your published Flash movie!

Note: If you are using Flash 9 (as the lab instructions are currently geared for), you will publish 2 files: .swf and .html
If you are using CS2 (in the classroom and the version of the free trials), you will be asked to publish an additional javascript .js file.