If you have the HTML option checked in Publish Settings, then it will
spit out a correctly-formatted HTML file with the EMBED tags to play the
dcr. Once it does that, you can edit the HTML file (it is just a text
file anyway). Add a <center> tag around the bits you need centered (or
if you are fluent in CSS, you can do it that way)

J S 23 wrote:

> Yes, unchecking removes the color from outside the stage, but I'm still
> confused about centering it in the browser. Is the HTML formatting done in
> Director or am I placing the .dcr within a web page which contains the HTML?

Director can output an HTML and you can choose from various templated through the
Html tab in the Publish settings Dialog box. The default is Shockwave Default.
There is one called Center Shockwave, which uses a table I think. I think all
templates will make the HTML background colour the colour of your stage. To get
full control of the HTML formatting, I'd suggest you open it in Dreamweaver.
People who know HTML code could just use a text editor to change the html file.
But, Dreamweaver is an easy to use editor that will allow you to set the
background colour, centre the DCR and do a range of formats to the page. I'd say
you would need to do some formatting to the page anyway as the template fiels
Director output are could use tweaking in otehr areas (like page title).

regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: d.utian@unsw.edu.au

[q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
J S 23 wrote:

> Yes, unchecking removes the color from outside the stage, but I'm still
> confused about centering it in the browser. Is the HTML formatting done in
> Director or am I placing the .dcr within a web page which contains the HTML?

Director can output an HTML and you can choose from various templated through
the
Html tab in the Publish settings Dialog box. The default is Shockwave Default.
There is one called Center Shockwave, which uses a table I think. I think all
templates will make the HTML background colour the colour of your stage. To get
full control of the HTML formatting, I'd suggest you open it in Dreamweaver.
People who know HTML code could just use a text editor to change the html file.
But, Dreamweaver is an easy to use editor that will allow you to set the
background colour, centre the DCR and do a range of formats to the page. I'd
say
you would need to do some formatting to the page anyway as the template fiels
Director output are could use tweaking in otehr areas (like page title).

regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: d.utian@unsw.edu.au

[/q]


Dean (and MIke),

I was able to go into the HTML and put a "center" tag. That worked. I am
experimenting with Dreamweaver as well and inserted the dcr there too.

Is inserting a dxr a safer (more protected) route, if possible?

many thanks!

J S 23 wrote:

> Is inserting a dxr a safer (more protected) route, if possible?

A DCR is just as safe (protected) as a DXR. The difference is that a DCR is
typically a compressed file. Images can have JPG or standard Shockwave compression,
sound can compressed to Shockwave Audio... It is best when delivering Director
content online to create a DCR.

regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: d.utian@unsw.edu.au

Having the screen filled and the stage surrounded by color is a desirable
condition. It keeps users from clicking on the desktop and getting off into
unknown territory. This is especially true when the users are new to computing
and get lost easily. For an 800 x 600 stage, make an 800 x 600 background in
something like PhotoShop that is not the stage color, import it, and put it in
the first channel so it's under everything else. Your projector will look good.

[q]Originally posted by: leds2455
Having the screen filled and the stage surrounded by color is a desirable
condition. It keeps users from clicking on the desktop and getting off into
unknown territory. This is especially true when the users are new to computing
and get lost easily. For an 800 x 600 stage, make an 800 x 600 background in
something like PhotoShop that is not the stage color, import it, and put it in
the first channel so it's under everything else. Your projector will look
good.[/q] leds2455,
The OP is creating a shockwave file for the web, not a projector.

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