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Adding movie & animation files
Web Designer MX Premium includes direct support for some types of file that you are likely to want to
add to your website. For these files you can simply drag and drop them from Windows Explorer onto
your page, or use "File" > "Import"
.
On import the file type is identified, an appropriate placeholder or link is added to your page, and the file
is copied into the support folder for your design. The support folder is a folder which lives alongside your
design file and is created automatically. If your design file is called „MySite.web", its support folder is
„MySite_web_files". The contents of this folder are included along with all the image files for your site,
whenever the site is exported and published.
MP4 & FLV movie files
Import an MP4 or FLV file and Web Designer MX Premium inspects the file to determine the aspect
ratio and other information about the movie. It then inserts the movie file, and some other files for a Flash
movie player, into the support folder of your website. A placeholder image resembling the movie player
appears on your page.
Position and resize the placeholder using the Selector Tool
, and then preview your page. Click on the movie player play button to start the movie (you need to have
Flash installed). That's it! The movie player includes basic controls for adjusting volume, starting &
stopping and for jumping to any point in the movie.
Other movie formats
Web Designer MX Premium doesn't support other movie formats directly, but visit this web page
on the MAGIX website for information on how to easily convert movies into a format that can be added
to your web page.
Flash files
To include a Flash animation on your website, import the Flash (.swf) file. The Flash file is copied into
the support folder of your design, so it will be exported and published with your website. And a
placeholder image is rendered and placed onto your page.
You can resize Flash animations, so simply use the Selector Tool
to resize the placeholder image to the required size, and position it by dragging it around.
Preview your page to see your working Flash animation on your web page. Obviously you must have
Flash installed in order for it to play successfully.
Animated GIFs
Add an animated GIF to your page just the same way as for Flash files. Import or drag and drop the
GIF file onto your page. It gets copied to your design's support folder and a static placeholder image is
generated for it. Resize and position the placeholder, then preview your page and you're done!
PDF Files
You can import PDF files into a web document in two different ways. Either import it so that the
contents of the file are copied onto your page (as when importing a photo). Or you can link to a copy of
the file in your website and have the file published with your site. When importing a PDF file a prompt is
shown to let you choose between these two options.
When adding a link, the PDF file is copied into the support folder of your design, so it's exported and
published with the rest of your site. And a link is added which looks like this on the page:
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