# Why is my preloader not loading?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-preloader-not-loading/309356>\
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**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-preloader-not-loading/309356 "2010-05-12T18:42:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![justso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@justso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justso)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-preloader-not-loading/309356/1 "2010-05-12T18:42:21Z")

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i have my preloader as my first scene in my website and when i preview it, it still loads the whole .swf file , and so all you see is a blank screen for 2 min - how do i get the preloader to load? ( i followed [http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/ss/flashlesson13.htm](http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/ss/flashlesson13.htm) for the preloader and only two images are on the first frame with the preloader…)