Adding Flash to Articles
The Rough Guide on How to embed a Flash (SWF) Presentation in Article NOOK
Pictures say a thousand words and Flash, although not for everyone can really bring an article to life. Lets say you want to talk about or show some really great teasing images of a travel destination, one image may not be enough. But a slide show would be great.
The System and Article Editor is about to be upgraded to make Media (Flash etc) embedding easier with just a button click, But until then, here's the "long way" to make sure it works properly.
Get the Flash Embed Code Here - Please edit the URL to locate your SWF file.
The Rules of Embedding SWF in ArticleNOOK Articles :
- Your SWF file must be hosted on your own site or on a file sharing resource.
- You need to be able to access the actual storage location of the file ie the URL for your Flash presentation. It must be "running" properly on your Host.
- Write your article as your normally would and make sure it adheres to our editorial guidelines
- Copy the Flash Code above to Notepad or similar.
- Edit the Flash URL, storage folder and SWF Filename to yours, edit the width & height to suite then copy the new code
- Go towards the middle or bottom of your article and place your cursor where you want to insert the Flash movie
- Click the HTML button on the Toolbar
- Paste in the updated Flash Code
- Note : Place the Flash towards the bottom of the article or it may be pushed down by our Google adverts (how we keep your article submissions free)
- Save the article as a Draft and then Preview your work.
- When ready, press Publish and we will review your work
Having a media presentation such as a slide show can dramatically improve the appeal of an article. Webmasters get a great article and a lively presentation. Even better, they dont have to worry about file uploads and such as the Flash is run from your site for ANY website that picks up your article.
Cool Heh?!
