# Publishing for Flash 7 or 8 player

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-for-flash-7-or-8-player/180680
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-for-flash-7-or-8-player/180680 "2006-03-02T16:32:14Z")
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### Author: ![finishedarticle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finishedarticle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/finishedarticle)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publishing-for-flash-7-or-8-player/180680/1 "2006-03-02T16:32:14Z")

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I’m a relative newbie to Flash; whilst I can understand that if I publish my site for flash 8 it will not display properly on browsers with flash 7 players installed I was not expecting the reverse - ie that it would also be faulty on browsers with Flash 8 player if I publish it for flash 7. Is this a common problem or does it suggest that that there is something wrong with my file? What is best practice in this case, to publish for 8 and include a detection and redirect script for those who do not have the latest player installed on their browsers? Any advice would be much appreciated as my client thinks I’m an idiot.