Adding Flash and MP3 Playlist codes to Bebo’s Code Snippet

Posted 11 months ago at 6:31 PM. 2 comments
Posted in AOL, Aim, Bebo, Code Snippet, Tutorials.

You need one of the following modules/applications

• About Me:
• Code Snippet
• Gigya’s My Stuff

Doesn’t code snippet already allow flash?

Well it does, but you may have noticed your Playlist.com code may not fully work within the code snippet. Sure the graphics pop up but the flash code itself is missing. Here’s an example of Code Snippet using the proper embed code.

As you can see in the picture above, the music player doesn’t show up even though the embed code is correct. The Code Snippet module allows flash but under a very specific code. What makes this code difficult, is that you will have to cut and paste the flash code into bebo’s special format. We’ll take you step by step on what you need to do to get Playlist.com and other flash examples working correctly.

Please pay attention to the steps carefully. Playlist.com code insertion is listed on the second page.

How does Bebo handle Flash?

Bebo uses flash through it’s own SNML protocol. SNML is pretty similar to HTML, but there are some slight differences. You may have noticed that both the About Me and Code Snippet modules say SNML. This is where you would paste Bebo’s SNML code.

Step 1: Find your src=

The first thing you must locate is your src= code. This src code begins immediately after the after the equal sign. Highlight the code your flash application  gave you. You must highlight from the first quotation mark up to the next quotation mark. After you highlight this code, right click and press copy. The example below shows a Vimeo video code.

<embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2072369&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=14c963&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225">
</embed>

The code that follows src= is highlighted in blue. This is the code you will paste into Bebo’s flash code in Step 2.  Use the scrollbars to see where the blue code begins and ends. Note there are only two quotation marks.

You should not have more than 2 quotation marks at this point. Later on we can add more quotation marks.

Step 2:  Bebo’s Flash Code

<sn:swf swfsrc="insert swf or flash src code here">

Take the blue code you copied in Step 1 and replace it over the purple text in Step 2.

Step 3: Paste your flash SRC code inside Bebo’s SWFSRC code

<sn:swf swfsrc="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2072369&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=14c963&fullscreen=1">

If you insert the code correctly you will have it show up like this. There should only be 2 quotation marks in your entire code up to this point.

Advanced abilities

Bebo’s flash code can also scale by width and height. You can do this by adding this to your code.

width="xxx" height="xxx"

Replace xxx with the number of pixels you want it to be. Your code could end up looking like this.

<sn:swf swfsrc="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2072369&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=14c963&fullscreen=1" width="199" height="160">

That about end it. If you need more help the next page will explain the exact same method with Playlist.com

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