Finding where an swf script is...

[LKnife]

I'm the owner of a website - that I did not build - and I need to edit my home page so that I can change a pair of out-dated images that appear in a flash player at the bottom of the home page. I know how to upload and delete images and other files.

I just want to find the location of the module, which is an swf with the rotating .jpgs that need to be changed. I can't find them in any of the Content, Components, Extensions, Modules or anything. I can locate the swf in the homepage in a browser (using"/?tp=1") and I can see the address of the Flash module - http://www.digmedia.org/swf/members.swf - that displays the images on the page, but I just can't locate the actual swf element (or the jpg files, themselves) anywhere in the Joomla layout.

I am grateful for any assistance.

[SharkyKZ]

It seems to be hardcoded in template.

[jcms]

yes, maybe as SharkyKZ sugesst...... you can find name of swf file in your index.php or some file of your template folder.

[LKnife]

So, it is a part of the template. OK.

I can see where it is, if I look at the code for the template, through Template Manager [select Template]|Edit|Edit HTML. It shows the following, for the rotating banner:

"</div>

</div>
<div id="r3">
<div id="members">
<img src="swf/members.jpg" alt="DiMA Members"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END HOME CONTENT BOXES -->

<!-- BEGIN FOOTER -->"

So the image source is encoded into the template as "swf/members.jpg." - I knew what it was and where it was on the page, and said as much n my original post.

What I am asking about is this: I can NOT find the "swf/Members.jpg" OR the "Members.jpg" OR "DiMA members" that this Flash script apparently alternates it with, ANYWHERE.

I know it is a Flash file, I know where it appears on the page.

I need to know where the flash file that is displaying on the page, resides, in the Joomla back-end.

I can not find anything in any of the media in Media Manger (there is even a folder in Media Manger title "Flash," which is empty), it is not in any of my Content, Components, Extension, Modules or Plugins, nor in any files or any other folder - I have looked in all of them.

Does anyone have an idea of where this Flash file could be? Or where the images it uses could be? Can it be sourced somewhere other than the Joomla files that I have for the website, on the back end (i.e. can the swf file be being held somewhere else and linked)? It doesn't seem so. It is driving me mad that I cannot find or change this one part of the home page.

Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.

[SharkyKZ]

It's in /swf folder:

http://www.digmedia.org/swf/members.jpg
http://www.digmedia.org/swf/members.swf

If you want to access it via Media Manager, you need to set media folder to be /swf or even root directory because now it is set to /images and does not allow navigating back to root folder. If you have FTP access, you can open it through FTP.

You can also try to use a file management extension http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... management

[LKnife]

Thanks for the quick reply!

You had said:

"If you want to access it via Media Manager, you need to set media folder to be /swf or even root directory because now it is set to /images and does not allow navigating back to root folder."

Apologies but, how do I "set the media folder to be swf"? There does not seem to be a way to edit any parameter of my Media Folder. I can not change the directory of the media folder. It is set to "/home/digme0/public_html/images" and greyed-out (i.e. that directory/location cannot be edited or changed). If I add the extension "/swf" to it, in the next box, I get sub-folder named "swf" - that is empty.

"You can also try to use a file management extension http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... management"

All of the extensions in the page linked seem to be for Joomla versions 2.5 or higher. Will they work with Ver. 1.5.24, wich is what I have?


Again, thanks!

[LKnife]

I think I got it.

eXTplorer installed and seems to be working. I can see where the .swf is now.

Thanks!