====== How to post a movie ======

===== The easy part =====

0. Read (God forbid!) the "[[http://www.dokuwiki.org/images|how to handle images]]" manual

1. Create the movie somehow. You'll need to create a flash video file (.flv) and a .png or .jpg image of the same size (e.g. 400 x 300 pixels).

2. Open up your blog in a browser. For me that is http://www.channelflow.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/gtspring2009:gibson:blog.

3. Click an "edit" button.

===== Upload the movie files =====

4a. Click the "add images" button, just above the edit window, and just left of the :-) button. 

4b. An upload dialog box will open, looking something like this:

{{gtspring2009:howto:uploadbox.png}}

4c. Now this is really important: In the **Media Files** portion of the upload box, select **movies**  
and then under that **yourname**. On the right-hand side of the box **movies:yourname** will appear. 

Note:
  * If **yourname** is not available as an option under **movies** in **Media Files**, you can create  it by prepending "yourname:" to the filename in "upload as" box on the right. 
  * dokuwiki converts all capitals to lowercase on uploaded filenames. Pay attention to this   when entering the movie file names in the flashplayer code below. 
  * **You //have// to upload your movie files to movies:yourname. It won't work if you upload them any place else.**


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4d. Select the movie files to upload and upload them.

===== Put the movie in the blog =====

5. Now add a line like the following to your blog, with appropriate substitutions.

   <flashplayer width="400" height="320">file=/movies/gibson/p76p82.flv&image=/movies/gibson/p76p82.png&repeat=none</flashplayer>

The %%<flashplayer ...%% tag should be flush with the left margin --no spaces before it. Note that the size is specified as 400 x 320
pixels, 20 pixels more in height than the 400 x 300 images size shown in the above dialog box. The 20 extra pixels are for the flashplayer
controls.

6. Click on ''Preview'' or ''Save'' and voilá! There is a flash video embedded in your blog!

<flashplayer width="400" height="320">file=/movies/gibson/p76p82.flv&image=/movies/gibson/p76p82.png&repeat=none</flashplayer>

7. Peace and happiness reign throughout the study group as we gaze inquisitively at each other's animations.

====== How to post a file ======

:-( if I want to put a thumbnail headshot next to my name where would I have to put the file in order to reference it?  //[[jshyatt@gatech.edu|John Hyatt]] 2009-03-12 11:30//


8-) Click on ''Add images and other files button''. The upload window comes up. Click on :gtspring2009: (or :chaosbook:) in its left ''Media files'' column. Browse for your file. Prefix its name appropriately, for example with :path_to_your_blog:. Upload. --- //[[predrag.cvitanovic@physics.gatech.edu|Predrag Cvitanovic]] 2009-03-09//

:-( How does one remove an uploaded image? --- //[[dustin.spieker@gatech.edu|Dustin Spieker]] 2009-03-29//

8-)  There isn't an easy way to remove uploaded files. Upload and overwrite an empty file of the same name, or ask JohnG to log in and remove manually. --- // John Gibson 2009-04-01 //