Flash file inside a product description?

[Guest fozz]

Hi,

I am looking into CubeCart and have been playing around with it for a couple hours and was wondering if there was a way to have a flash file inside a products description.

I am trying to have a Flash file playing that will show a short video of the product. When I add the code into the product description and preview it in my cart, it just shows a white box, no flash.

I did find someone who had a flash as product image, but I am wanting it in the description and a regular image too.

Also I have another question, about changing the look of the different boxes. In the location where it says "Shop by Category", I would like to instead replace that with an image topper to the category box, so there is no text just an image. I have tried changing the CSS and even adding a new CSS rule to display an image but it doesn't seem to be working. In the end I would like to have a graphic instead of text on top of all the main content boxes.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[roban]

There was a thread recently (within the past 5 days) about flash in product descriptions. Do a search.

[burgensteen]

Hi Josh,

Pics in the box headers.

Try looking in yourskin/styletemplates/boxes.

put an 'img src' in the relevant box and comment out the unwanted macro.

Just remember to also include the cart page for continuity (if relevant). :D

[Guest fozz]

Roban:

Thanks for the link, but that thread does not answer the question on how to get flash into the product description. I think I read somewhere that you need to disable the FCKeditor? Has anyone tried this?

burgensteen:

I tried just placing an <img src> tag in the categories.tpl but that does not work for me. I don't know why? So after some experimenting, I found that if I created a CSS rule like this:

.boxCategoriesTopper {

	height: 35px;

	background-image: url(../styleImages/toppers/categoriesTop.gif);

}

and then in the categories.tpl file I commented out this:

<div class="boxTitleLeft">{LANG_CATEGORY_TITLE}</div>

and replaced it with this:

<div class="boxCategoriesTopper"</div>

And now I have my nice litte graphic toppers!! I am slowly learning this thing

I hope to share what I learn, thanks for sharing.

PS: I still need help getting Flash into the product description.

[Guest sound]

If you're seeing a white space you might have the links wrong.

Yes i had nothing but problems trying to view flash code in product's discriptions,

If you add that modification to disable the fckeditor, your flash code won't be removed and your swf will work.

[Guest sound]

Forgot to add this:

http://cubecart.expandingbrain.com/cubecar...r-/prod_22.html

You shouldn't have to remove it but it fixed my problem, using an external html editor isin't a problem.

[Guest [email protected]]

If you upgrade your FCKEditor to version 2.3 it works. :rolly:

[Guest sound]

I'm stuck at version 3.0.8 for this site, loads a mods loads a patches

[Guest [email protected]]

version 2.3 of the FCKEditor not cubecart sound

[Guest sound]

lol ok

Personaly i think coffeecup or any html editor works fine for me.

I do any coding outside the editor.

[Guest fozz]

How do you upgrade to FCKEditor 2.3?

[Guest sound]

There's a free mod on cubecart.org

[Guest fozz]

There's a free mod on cubecart.org

I looks like that one is for 2.2, does it work for 2.3?

[Guest sound]

I haven't upgraded the editor, i removed it completely

But i found this: FCKeditor Version 2.3 Beta

[Guest fozz]

OK I think I found the reason I couldn't add flash or images.....

If I use relative URLs it does not work, but absolute URLs do work?

any ideas why?

[Guest sound]

The older version of the editor strips out your embed tags right?

It'll do the same to other code like hyperlinks and what have ya,

From what i've been told 20 years after windging about it,

The newest editor works properly6, but i just removed it.

Save yourelf the heasdaches and upgrade or delete the thing :)