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Trying to set up my blog to play an mp3 file in one blog entry using the EMFF flash player ...

File structure on server is:
FOLDER: public_html
SUB-FOLDER: uploads
FILE IN SUB-FOLDER: emff_standard.swf
FILE IN SUB-FOLDER: example.MP3

Created a custom entry field {mp3} in the weblog.
Uploaded file using EE Upload File button on weblog publish/edit page.
Inserted the following code into the template that references the weblog:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.fadingmargins.com/uploads/emff_standard.swf?src=http://www.fadingmargins.com/uploads/{mp3}" width="200" height="55">


</object>

But, it doesn’t work. I’ve overlooked something, but I don’t know what.

First thing I would do- build it with no tags.  Just hard code everything and make sure that works.  Then- reveal code on the working example- and compare it to a borking example built with the tags.  That way we can pinpoint what exactly is different.

Make sense?

Thanks, Robin.

Hard coding showed me that somehow the {mp3} wasn’t being read correctly.

In the midst of figuring that out I realized I could just put the code in the weblog entry itself, rather than the template, because including an mp3 file is a one-off thing and if/when I ever want to do it again, I can copy and paste from this first entry.

So, this problem is fixed! Thanks for your good suggestion about how to do it.

Yea- with tricky bits, I’ll often just do straight html/whatever first.  Then translate over and make sure EE matches it.  I’d lean toward putting the code bits in the template due to personal prefs- but it really is a matter of personal prefs (assuming ‘all html’ is allowed).