Question

My page is showing regular component presentations very well.
I have a flash/video file in my local machine and i want to upload this file on my page.
How can I achieve this?

I have this code snippet for rendering components on my page:

<!-- TemplateBeginRepeat name="Components" -->
    <!-- TemplateBeginIf cond="ComponentTemplate == 'HomePageCT'" -->
        @@RenderComponentPresentation()@@
    <!-- TemplateEndIf -->   
<!-- TemplateEndRepeat --> 

Please provide all details related to flash files and video files.

Answer 1

Placing a Flash file on a page follows exactly the same process as placing any image in the output of your templates. The steps are outlined below:

1. Create a Multimedia Schema which allows the Flash multimedia type (e.g. Flash Video Schema)
2. Upload your Flash file using your new Schema
3. Create a Component Template to render the HTML you want to use to display the Flash file, and actually publish the binary itself. (e.g. Display Flash CT)
4. Create a page template (you seem to have done this part) which renders the Page, and renders the Components on the page using @@RenderComponentPresentation()@@
5. Create a Page, and place your Flash file on it using the Display Flash CT
6. Publish the Page

Without details of the output you want to produce, it is hard to provide the sample Dreamweaver Template Building Block code for the DisplayFlash CT, but it might look something like this:

<embed src="@@Component.Id@@" allowFullScreen="true" width="540" 
    height="438" bgcolor="#000000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"    
    pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
</embed>

Make sure you use the Default Finish Actions TBB after this in your Component Template so that the src link is processed and the binary is published.