So when trying to debug issues like these, I always try to reduce the number of variables in the problem.
My suggestion would be to make a simple test page which inserts your two swf files using swfobject 2 (and nothing else - no css or other scripts or content). If you can see issues at this stage, then you can attribute them to swfobject. Once you have the insertion happening the way you want, start bringing back your other content and build up the page until you find what is causing the problem(s). I would then add your sizing / positioning css and get that all working. Again, you *shouldn't *need gifs to position elements. Have a look at this example to see what I mean: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" " http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>DIV flow test</title> <style type="text/css"> #swfwrapper { background-color: #FFC; height: 250px; width: 300px; border-style: dotted; border-color: #FC0; } #afterswfcontent { background-color: #F9C; height: 100px; width: 300px; border-style: dashed; border-color: #F09; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="swfwrapper"> <div id="alt">something</div> </div> <div id="afterswfcontent">I will flow after the swf content</div> </body> </html> In regards to optimizing your page experience (after you have done your basic stand-alone insertion test), I would definitely load swfobject.js before any of the other js utils you have, as they are only required once the user actually does something on the page. Same goes for the ancillary css for shadownbox and epoch. Hope that helps, Aran On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:08 AM, RationalRabbit <[email protected]>wrote: > Time: We're talking a difference of 1 to 2 seconds > On the Home page, there are two scripts running. > One is directly included in the head section, the other is included > via an include file in the head section. > The include file holds all javascript, css, etc. > Other JavaScript running is a calendar script, shadowbox, and a > general script file. All these were running previously. > > Don't know what to say about the div. Setting the width at 100% and > the height at 250 had no effect. Without placing the clear.gif file to > hold the place, the lower content (which is just text in a light > graphic frame) appeared in the swf space prior to the swf appearing. > > On Jun 7, 3:43 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1. There shouldn't be a significant difference in timing between 1.x and > 2.x > > as long as all your swfobject code is in the <head> where it can execute > the > > required methods when the ondomready event fires. There are "more than a > > few" sites out there using 2.x, and there has not been a stream of > > complaints about execution time. Are we talking in the milliseconds or a > > noticeable time difference to humans? > > > > 2. There is a major difference between 1.x and 2.,x behaviour in that 1.x > > just modified the innerHTML of the target <div> where are 2.x actually > > REPLACES the target div with the <object> tag. Therefore to maintain your > > positioning / sizing etc, you will need a wrapper <div>. You shouldn't > need > > to implement a 1x in order to position anything.... > > > > All the replacement etc should be happening before page render time > unless > > you are replacing the target <div> upon user interaction... > > > > Aran > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, RationalRabbit > > <[email protected]>wrote:> > I recently changed the swfs on my a client's site from using the Adobe > > > Detection Kit to using swfobject2. On other sites I've developed, I am > > > using swfobject 1.5. I have not experienced these two problems with > > > either of the previous methods: > > > > > 1. Load time is longer - by 2 or 3 times. > > > > > 2. I've had to design placeholders (eg: placing a div around the swf > > > div and left-floating a 1 x whatever height clear gif in the parent > > > div to hold the place for the swf). 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