# Flash menu blues but the site is 90% dreamweaver **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335 "2008-05-14T15:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/1 "2008-05-14T15:02:22Z")
Hey room, I’m creating a website using 90% xhtml and the drop down menu in Flash. My website is divided into three parts, the header(the top and nav area), the content(body), and the footer(the bottom). Let’s focus on the header. Like I said I created the drop down menu in flash it works great when i test locally within the flash environment. But when I insert into dreamweaver it looks great but when I test locally the sub menus does not shows up when i hover the mouse. Please help. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/2 "2008-05-14T15:10:20Z")
Is it XML driven? I’ve had an issue where the .xml file has to be in the public\_html folder, in your AS if you call to the XML in the same directory, it won’t work when it’s live. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/3 "2008-05-14T15:11:34Z")
> [@Syous;2326104](#): > > Is it XML driven? I’ve had an issue where the .xml file has to be in the public\_html folder, in your AS if you call to the XML in the same directory, it won’t work when it’s live. Nope it’s just flash in action script 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/4 "2008-05-14T15:12:57Z")
Can we see the code that embeds the flash? ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/5 "2008-05-14T18:03:58Z")
here is the the entire file. I did the project using flash and dreamweaver cs3 but i formatted the flash file in flash 8 just in case. plus could you publish the flash file using your computer because the file exceeds the limit when i upload it. put the swf in the image folder so it shows up using a browser. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/6 "2008-05-14T19:44:52Z")
> [@atlnycdude24;2326211](#): > > here is the the entire file. I did the project using flash and dreamweaver cs3 but i formatted the flash file in flash 8 just in case. plus could you publish the flash file using your computer because the file exceeds the limit when i upload it. put the swf in the image folder so it shows up using a browser. Thanks. Please help? ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/7 "2008-05-14T20:04:40Z")
Try this. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/8 "2008-05-14T20:21:11Z")
OKay i see a get adobe flash player icon but i don’t see the menu? ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/9 "2008-05-14T20:42:10Z")
Then that most likely means you don’t have the .swf named correctly, or it wasn’t exported for flash player 8. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/10 "2008-05-14T21:35:57Z")
> [@Syous;2326308](#): > > Then that most likely means you don’t have the .swf named correctly, or it wasn’t exported for flash player 8. huh? I’m confused. The .swf is named correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/11 "2008-05-14T21:59:50Z")
When you exported the .fla and converted it to an .swf, are you SURE you did it for flashplayer 8? Have you tested it live in firefox or ie? ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/12 "2008-05-14T22:08:27Z")
[quote=Syous;2326344]When you exported the .fla and converted it to an .swf, are you SURE you did it for flashplayer 8? Have you tested it live in firefox or ie?[/quote] I did exported in flash 8 now (sorry) and test it on both browsers. However i’m still getting the same results as before. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/13 "2008-05-14T22:23:16Z")
Hmmm, not sure then man. Did you break the internet? ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/14 "2008-05-15T14:45:44Z")
> [@Syous;2326354](#): > > Hmmm, not sure then man. Did you break the internet? same problem but take a look [http://www.ksuwesley.org/test/](http://www.ksuwesley.org/test/) ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/15 "2008-05-15T14:52:13Z")
Works just fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/16 "2008-05-15T16:27:51Z")
so you actually see the entire submenus dropping down? ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/17 "2008-05-15T16:30:08Z")
They drop down, you can’t see them because your div isn’t big enough. ---
**Author:** ![atlnycdude24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@atlnycdude24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atlnycdude24)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/18 "2008-05-15T17:11:57Z")
> [@Syous;2326680](#): > > They drop down, you can’t see them because your div isn’t big enough. Oh okay but I would able to attach the content (the body) without making go down any further? ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-blues-but-the-site-is-90-dreamweaver/260335/19 "2008-05-15T17:15:06Z")
You’d have to use the code I gave you instead of the crappy default embed code that is published with dreamweaver, it will make life a lot easier for you.