I took out the extra tags that were left in...
</head>
<body>
All seems well now... thank you kindly for your help...
On Apr 27, 4:11 pm, jderosa3 <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK.. I finally got it all working - the only thing is that it seems to
> set the flash file down a bit on the page as if there is a paragraph
> return in the code at the top... and there is nothing... this code is
> placed in the post of the wordpress page.
>
> here is the new code:
>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.xxx.com/js/
> swfobject.js"></script>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> var flashvars = {};
> var params = {};
> params.quality = "high";
> params.scale = "noscale";
> params.wmode = "transparent";
> var attributes = {};
>
> swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.xxx.com/flash/contact-header.swf";,
> "myAlternativeContent", "642", "286", "9.0.0", false, flashvars,
> params, attributes);
> </script>
> </head>
> <body>
> <div id="myAlternativeContent">
> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";>
> <img
> src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/
> get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
> </a>
> </div>
>
> On Apr 27, 3:56 pm, Vincent Polite <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/generator/index.htmlisthe proper
> > link I believe?
>
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Vincent Polite <
>
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Well the tip I gave you re: the conditionals is just that. It allows you
> > > to selectively show/hide code.
>
> > > One question: Where are you registering your flash object with SWFObject?
> > > I tend to use the dynamic publishing method instead of the static
> > > publishing
> > > method, so I usually don't have this much embedded code in my HTML to
> > > present the Flash movie. All that said, I haven't seen any indication
> > > that
> > > you are using SWFObject to make your life easier in this whole Flash
> > > presentation process... can you post the code in it's entirety? Another
> > > tack is to use the code generator on the SWFObject2 site. Google will
> > > help
> > > you track that down if need be.
>
> > > Vincent
>
> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:39 PM, jderosa3
> > > <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > >> One step closer... now firefox displays the alternate content, but not
> > >> the flash. IE, Safari and iPhone work fine.
>
> > >> Why does firefox skip right to the alternate content? Thank you for
> > >> this tip though it at least got something on the page.
>
> > >> On Apr 27, 2:36 pm, Vincent Polite <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > If you're trying to do an IE conditional, the format is:
>
> > >> > <!--[if IE]> HTML <![endif]-->
> > >> > Your code seems to have an additional <!-- in front of the endif which
> > >> is
> > >> > probably confusing your parser. The idea is that if you're in a
> > >> > browser
> > >> > that recognizes conditionals, then it will actually render/parse the
> > >> stuff
> > >> > in between the if and endif. However, if you're in a browser that
> > >> doesn't
> > >> > recognize conditionals, then the <!-- and closing --> will treat
> > >> everything
> > >> > in between as if it were commented out.
>
> > >> > So in your case, you have extra --> after your if IE statement and
> > >> another
> > >> > extra <!-- in front of your <![endif]--> tags that are throwing things
> > >> off.
>
> > >> > Hope this helps.
>
> > >> > Vincent
>
> > >> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:55 AM, jderosa3 <[email protected]
> > >> >wrote:
>
> > >> > > FireFox 3 is displaying on the page "->" where the Flash should be...
> > >> > > It looked like a broken tag... but I don't think so - here is my
> > >> > > code:
>
> > >> > > <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> > >> > > width="641" height="281" id="myFlashContent">
> > >> > > <param name="movie" value="
> > >> > >http://www.xxx.com/wp-content/uploads/
> > >> > > about.swf" />
> > >> > > <param name="loop" value="false" />
> > >> > > <param name="quality" value="high" />
> > >> > > <param name="scale" value="noscale" />
> > >> > > <param name="wmode"
> > >> > > value="transparent"
> > >> />
> > >> > > <param name="allowfullscreen"
> > >> value="false"
> > >> > > />
> > >> > > <!--[if !IE]>-->
> > >> > > <object
> > >> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
> > >> > > data="http://
> > >> > >www.xxx.com/wp-content/uploads/about.swf" width="641" height="281">
> > >> > > <param name="loop"
> > >> value="false" />
> > >> > > <param name="quality"
> > >> value="high"
> > >> > > />
> > >> > > <param name="scale"
> > >> value="noscale"
> > >> > > />
> > >> > > <param name="wmode"
> > >> > > value="transparent" />
> > >> > > <param name="allowfullscreen"
> > >> > > value="false" />
> > >> > > <!--<![endif]-->
> > >> > > <img src="http://www.xxx.com/images/about-header.jpg"; alt="About Us"
> > >> /
>
> > >> > > <!--[if !IE]>-->
> > >> > > </object>
> > >> > > <!--<![endif]-->
> > >> > > </object>
>
> > >> > > This code works perfect in IE and also Safari, but not FireFox (3)...
> > >> > > any ideas?
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