Wait a minute, I forgot to remove your old 1.5 code - this is the correct code:
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/2/2009 at 9:10 AM Jimbo wrote: Sorry, I was away for a bit. 1. You are using swfobject.js version 2.1 - this is good 2. Your embed code is from swfobject 1.5 - this is not good - Your alternative div id must match the title (mymovie) in your embed code, and it does not - Your alternative content div is in your head - it must be in your body This is the code you want to use: -------------------------------- <!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=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var flashvars = {}; var params = {}; var attributes = {}; swfobject.embedSWF("movie_arts3.swf", "mymovie", "400", "200", "8.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); </script> </head> <body> <div id="mymovie"> This text is replaced by the Flash movie. </div> </body> </html> --------------------------------- *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/2/2009 at 6:00 AM whatobject wrote: makes no difference if alternative content div is placed in the body or not; same result On May 2, 12:47 pm, "Jimbo" <[email protected]> wrote: > First off, you are using the flash default embed, not swf object: > <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> > > You should be embedding the swfobject.js file instead of Adobe's RunActive Content, as the instructions suggest. > > If you are using the Dyanamic Embed method, so that only the alternative content div is placed in the body, you need the dynamic content script in the head of your document. Are you sure you followed the swfobject instructions? > > http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ > > If you use the generator, it will create all the code you need, you can just copy and paste it into your document. > hth, > jimbo > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 5/2/2009 at 4:40 AM whatobject wrote: > > :) The instructions were disturbingly simple > > heres the page: > > http://skiagrafa.com/artflash.html > > On May 2, 12:34 pm, "Jimbo" <[email protected]> wrote:> Probably here: "followed the instructions" - if you can post a link to > > the page that you are testing, we can probably spot your error(s) quickly. > > > > > jimbo > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > On 5/2/2009 at 4:30 AM whatobject wrote: > > > followed the instructions, all browsers just display text content of > > the div > > > Where am I going wrong? > > > n > > a e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
