PUBLISHING A SPOT
Once you build a Spot you can publish it anywhere you currently publish a Web page. Options include free hosting services as well as your own server if you have one.

HOSTING YOUR SPOT > DON'T FORGET TO EMBED!
Currently, TRIPOD is the only free hosting service which supports the 3DML mime type. If you are using any other service, you will need to embed your 3DML spot in an HTML file. This is very simple! (see the next paragraph). If you are creating 3DML spots and want your own account on flatland, send an email to flatmstr@flatland.com - accounts are limited to 3DML authors actively creating spots.

EMBEDDING 3DML IN AN HTML PAGE
With this solution, you put an HTML page up on your site that includes a simple EMBED tag. The EMBED tag includes the 3DML MIME type and a link to your .3dml files.
Just copy the code below, and save it as an HTML file. Edit the TITLE to be your spot title and SRC to point to your 3DML file. If your 3DML file is called "flatrocks.3dml", then you will want to call this HTML page "flatrocks.html". If someone goes to this HTML file and does not have Rover, they will be given the option to go to the PLUGINSPAGE (our download page) to get their own copy.



<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Flatland Rocks!</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 SCROLL="no">

<EMBED TYPE="model/vnd.flatland.3dml"
SRC="flatrocks.3dml"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.flatland.com/download/"
HEIGHT="100%"
WIDTH="100%">
</BODY>
</HTML>

HOSTING TOOLS > FTP CLIENTS
Many of the providers have a way of "FTPing" your files to their server. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and means that your files are transferred directly to the server space you have been given. For information on downloading and using an FTP client see the help pages at http://geocities.yahoo.com/help/ftp/. For hosting 3DML Spots, the FTP client will usually be your best bet.

 




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