# Displaying flash content on the web correctly

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-flash-content-on-the-web-correctly/162747>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 15, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-flash-content-on-the-web-correctly/162747 "2005-09-15T22:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeadspikeZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@HeadspikeZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HeadspikeZ)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-flash-content-on-the-web-correctly/162747/1 "2005-09-15T22:12:06Z")

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Hey everyone,

I am wondering if there is something extra I need on the server side to display my flash content CORRECTLY? What I mean by that is that I have uploaded some .swf files to a site. I go to open them, but when I click them it commences to download them as if they were like a mp3 or zip file; it doesn’t display the preloaders. They aren’t cached either, I’ve tried it on other computers and still, doesn’t display correctly.

I’m using IE 6.0 to view this.

Do I publish this in html or embed it in html? .php? \<— don’t really know that. Shockwave? ahhhhh. Whats the last step here? Does the host need a plugin? Thanks.

-Ed