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How to use a downloaded flash template?

Ok, so I have been doing web design for 3 years now, but i really am not good at flash. So i downloaded a free template online (all you need to do is keep a link to their site) and I cant figure out how to use it. Do you have to insert it into dreamweaver using the add Flash option or what? I think I have tired everything, there must be some certain way to do it can anyone help!?

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1. You will need to embed it onto a html page. adobe flash cs3 program will create the webpage for you from the flash file (http://www.w3schools.com/flash/flash_inhtml.asp has an excellant tutorial) you will need to upload the swf file aswell as the html file to the server to get it to run.
2. The first thing you need to do is open the FLA file in Flash and modify the template with your text and images. Then publish the file File>Publish. Check your publish settings and make sure they include Flash and HTML. Double-click the HTML file that was generated and you will see your Flash website. If you want to modify the HTML page, you can do that in Dreamweaver, or you can create a new page in Dreamweaver and add the Flash SWF file using Insert>Media>Flash. If you want the SWF website centered in the HTML page, you can create a div to do that. <div align="center"> Flash embed code goes here </div> Both Flash and Dreamweaver will generate a Javascript file that IE 7 needs to display the SWF file in an HTML page. This file is - AC_RunActiveContent.js Dreamweaver will usually put it in a directory named Scripts. Flash just includes it with the SWF and HTML output. Either way, you will need to upload that file with your HTML and SWF files to your web server for everything to display properly in all browsers. If you change the relative location of your Javascript file to your Flash file, you need to change the path in your code as well.JR