The problems with my page not validating were not related to the doctype, but were just minor errors which have been fixed and successfully run through the validator - with the doctype intact. I did try the strict doctype you recommended which did not fix the hang in IE6. The alternative content only loads when the embedSWF() method is commented out.
Thanks, Jason On Oct 19, 4:22 pm, "Aran Rhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That link loads just fine in IE7 / FF3 on PC for me. > > BTW - your page does not validate as it doesn't define a proper doctype. > This can cause rendering issues in some browsers. > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> > > Can you add that in and uncomment the embedSWF() in another test page? > > Cheers, > Aran > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of neridaj > Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2008 5:28 AM > To: SWFObject > Subject: Re: IE6 hangs on loading alternative content > > When I comment out the object/method the alternative content loads in > Mac FF and Safari. I am currently unable to check on a PC at the > moment, but I guess I will try to hardwire the alt content instead of > using an include and test when I have access to a PC. > > http://www.neridasign.com/ > > Thanks, > > Jason > > On Oct 16, 5:30 pm, "Aran Rhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So when you comment out the SWFObject embedSWF() method and you view the > > rendered source, is the alt content properly formatted / visible? > > > SWFObject only REPLACES the alt content with a Flash file. In terms of > > generating the alt content in the first place, that is a pure PHP thing in > > this instance. > > > Can you supply a link to your page so we can see what is actually being > > outputted to the browser? > > > Aran > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of neridaj > > Sent: Friday, 17 October 2008 8:05 AM > > To: SWFObject > > Subject: IE6 hangs on loading alternative content > > > Hello, > > > I've been trying to get the alternative content to load in IE but have > > not had any luck. If anyone knows of a fix please let me know. > > > // FLASH CONTENT (swfhead.php) > > <?php > > include("includes/fns.php"); > > > function do_html_header() > > { > > $title = check_page_title(); > > $heading = ucfirst($title); > > // print HTML header > > ?> > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > > <head> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > charset=ISO-8859-1" /> > > <meta name="keywords" content="web design firms,northwest web > > design,developer,Web Design,Contemporary Web Design,Web > > Services,designers,website design,Designers,contemporary web design > > and modern web development"> > > <meta name="description" content="neridasign provides web standards > > compliant solutions for an effective internet presence, PHP, MySQL, > > CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, XML"> > > <title>neridasign ~:: <?php echo $heading; ?></title> > > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/neridasign.css" /> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script> > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > swfobject.embedSWF("head.swf", "bghead", "740", "120", "9.0.0", > > "expressInstall.swf", {pt:<? echo '"'. $_GET['pt'] .'"'; ?>}, > > {bgcolor:"#CCC"}); > > > home_off = new Image; > > work_off = new Image; > > bio_off = new Image; > > info_off = new Image; > > home_on = new Image; > > work_on = new Image; > > bio_on = new Image; > > info_on = new Image; > > > if(document.images) { > > home_off.src = "images/home_off.png"; > > work_off.src = "images/work_off.png"; > > bio_off.src = "images/bio_off.png"; > > info_off.src = "images/info_off.png"; > > home_on.src = "images/home_on.png"; > > work_on.src = "images/work_on.png"; > > bio_on.src = "images/bio_on.png"; > > info_on.src = "images/info_on.png"; > > } > > > </script> > > </head> > > <body> > > <div id="container"> > > <div id="bghead"> > > <? include('altheader.php'); ?> > > </div> > > > // ALTERNATIVE CONTENT (altheader.php) > > > <a href="index.php"><img id="altlogo" src="images/logo.png" > > width="227" height="39" alt="Logo" /></a> > > <div id="altnavcontainer"> > > <a href="info.php?pt=info" > > onmouseover="document.info.src=info_on.src" > > onmouseout="document.info.src=info_off.src"><img name="info" > > class="floatright" src="images/info_off.png" alt="Info Off" /></a> > > <a href="bio.php?pt=bio" > > onmouseover="document.bio.src=bio_on.src" > > onmouseout="document.bio.src=bio_off.src"><img name="bio" > > class="floatright" src="images/bio_off.png" alt="Bio Off" /></a> > > <a href="work.php?pt=work" > > onmouseover="document.work.src=work_on.src" > > onmouseout="document.work.src=work_off.src"><img name="work" > > class="floatright" src="images/work_off.png" alt="Work Off" /></a> > > <a href="index.php" > > onmouseover="document.home.src=home_on.src" > > onmouseout="document.home.src=home_off.src"><img name="home" > > class="floatright" src="images/home_off.png" alt="Home Off" /></a> > > </div> > > > Thanks for any help, > > > Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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