SWF Tools allows you to easily embed flash content on your pages. We would like to thank Stuart Greenfield for this fantastic module. This tutorial demonstrates two methods of using SWF Tools.You first must have installed SWF Tools properly. Please refer to my previous tutorial on Installing SWF Tools to ensure that you have installed the module correctly. Input FormatsFor the desired roles that will be will be embedding flash content into your site you need to ensure that for the Input Format assign contains the SWF Tools Filter.1. Head to admin/settings/filters/list, select the configure next to the Input format.2. Enable SWF Tools Filter, then save configuration.Directly Embedding Flash into Content1. Please make note of where SWF Tools is looking to find your content. Head to admin/settings/swftools/handling. Note that SWF Tools is looking for your media files in the default/files directory on your server.2. Your swf file needs to be located in that directory. In my case I placed my file in default/files/flash.3. Now that you know where your file is located you can now insert the file into your content. Head to Create Content, I am creating a page.Note, that in my case, under Input Formats for Filtered HTML I may use the SWF tag to display SWF content inline.Enter you content and then the swf tag with the location of the file. In my case I have also included a class so that my flash content floats right. <swf file="flash/sample.swf" class="floatRgt">The final content should look something like the following:CCK & SWF ToolsYou can also use CCK to embed content into your website. In this example I will be creating a audio/music content type.1. Head to admin/content/types/add. Complete name, type and description.I changed the Submission for setting as below:I left the remaining settings alone. Then click on save content type.2. Download CCK & the FileField modules into sites/all/modules.3. Head to admin/build/modules/list. Enable content and filefield.2. Now lets add the audio/music field. Click on the manage fields link next to the Audio content type.3. Create a new field. I called mine audio. Select File as the type of data and File Upload as the form element. Click on save.4. We need to configure the data type. Since we are working with music or audio file we need to permit mp3 files to be uploaded under Audio settings. I also choose to include a file path/directory of audio under path settings so that all my audio files will be stored in the audio directory in my default/files directory.5. I have placed a maximum upload size per file of 5MB which should be enough. I made the field a required field and in this example I am only only one audio file to be uploaded. You may want to choose different settings. When done, click on save field settings. 6. Click on the display fields tab. 7. For the display choose SWF Tools - no download link for the teaser and full node. Then click save.8. Now lets add some content. Enter the title, navigate to the audio file and complete the description, then save.9. Your completed content should look something like the following image and if you click on the play button your music or audio file should play just fine.10. Let's modify the look of your player. Head to admin/settings/swftools/handling. For the default player for single MP3 choose 1 Pixel Out MP3 Player and save your configuration.11. Head to admin/settings/swftools/onepixelout to style your player. Then save your values.12. Head back to the content you created and the player should look similar to the following image.With the player expanded and playing it should look like this.This tutorial has presented two basic ways of incorporating swf content onto your site. There is extensive documentation on the SWF Tools Module at Drupal.org.Taxonomy upgrade extras: tutorialswf tools
