Flash SWF file doesn't show in Firefox

September 1, 2006

check out my website www.chargeclothing.com in IE and you will notice there is a SWF flash movie that plays fine, however, do the same in Firefox and all i have where the flash movie should appear is a horrible blank white area! i don't suppose anybody could shed some light on why firefox doesn't show the flash movie the same as IE does? i have intalled the marcomedia flash player plugin for firefox and i know it works because i have tried going to other flash based sites like the mr men at http://www.mrmen.com/site/flash/ and it works fine on that site which isn't a good sign for my home page. aaarrrggghhh!!! any ideas anyone, please feel free to look at the source code if that might help as i'm bamboozled!! :-(

thank you,

PT

September 1, 2006

I use FF 1.506 and it works fine...

September 1, 2006

I am also using firefox 1.5.0.6 and all I get is a blank area.

I have had a look in the veiw page info and there are no swf files listed.

If peppy can see it ok then maybe it is a problem related to the version of the plugin and the version of the program that you used to create the swf file??

Not much in the way of a solution im afraid, but a possible place to look for the problem?

rowdyplace · September 1, 2006

From the "what it's worth Department..."

I also am running 1.5.0.6 and cannot see your flash. Site looks good in ie6.

I also am playing with flash. I have inserted flash in the language\en\home.inc.php and have no pblm with FF. I do have a similiar problem with a flash header (skins\killer\styleTemplate\global\index.tbl). It displays far to the right side of the header space. (I just gotta learn CSS.)

PM me if you desire to look at the urls.

Wish I was more help...

September 1, 2006

Well, here it just works...

September 1, 2006

See it fine here also ;)

September 1, 2006

thanks so much everybody for looking. i'm very confused that some of you are able to see the movie (and just to clarify i mean for the www.chargeclothing.com website and not the mr men site, sorry i realise you probably already knew this but just in case as i think the way i wrote my original post may have been a tad misleading) and some of you are not leaving me not really sure on what to do so that everybody would be able to see it. do you think it is a problem with the coding or a problem with firefox? i guess it must be a problem with the coding in the page somewhere as like i said i am able to view other flash pages using firefox such as the mr men site.

thanks again everybody for taking the time to have a look, it really is appreciated :-)

i should say, perhaps a free tshirt should be in order for the first person who can offer a solution! just a thought :-)

September 1, 2006

I know something... Javascript...

It may depend on javascript (disabled).

Ã“r the persons that did't saw it have not a Macromedia Flash Plugin installed.

And for that one i do have a solution

Just let a information bar come out if people do not got it installed.

Then let that link to the website you can download it from ^_^

September 1, 2006

I know something... Javascript...

It may depend on javascript (disabled).

Ã“r the persons that did't saw it have not a Macromedia Flash Plugin installed.
And for that one i do have a solution

Just let a information bar come out if people do not got it installed.
Then let that link to the website you can download it from

I've got javascript enabled in my firefox options though as well as having the macromedia flash plugin installed and i still can't see it in FFox, only in IE, although i can see flash movies on other sites that use Flash when i browse with firefox. thanks still peppy, you definitely seem to know a lot more about these things than i do! Cheers :-)

September 1, 2006

I have an old version of FF, v1.0.7 and the flash doesnt show.

OK listen up, here is the basics of using flash on the web, now pay attention...

The OLD way of showing flash was to use a combination of OBJECT, and EMBED tags.

OBJECT is for IE

EMBED is for FF (et al)

Your site has just OBJECT, so it is perfectly understandable that some FF browser wont see it.

To fix it to show on all browsers change

<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/></object></div>

to

<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/>

<embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" width="374" height="315"   quality="high" 

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

</embed></object></div>





However, this is the OLD way, and due to silly microsoft issues, this will still have that anooying grey outline and the messgae saying "click here to activate this control" type thing.



The OLD way to get round this was to create a file called 

ieupdate.js



which contains this code

theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object"); 

for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++)

 { 

theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML; 

}





and then add this line to the end of your flash

<script type="text/javascript" src="ieupdate.js"></script>





leaving you with this in total

<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/>

<embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" width="374" height="315"  quality="high" 

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

</embed>

</object></div>

<script type="text/javascript" src="ieupdate.js"></script>





This will work fine in all browsers.... However, it is still an OLD way of doing it, and I would recommend the BEST way to add ALL flash is to follow the next method.



1. put the following code into a file called "AC_RunActiveContent.js" (although you could call it anything you want)

//v1.0

//Copyright 2006 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

function AC_AddExtension(src, ext)

{

  if (src.indexOf('?') != -1)

	return src.replace(/\?/, ext+'?'); 

  else

	return src + ext;

}



function AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs) 

{ 

  var str = '<object ';

  for (var i in objAttrs)

	str += i + '="' + objAttrs[i] + '" ';

  str += '>';

  for (var i in params)

	str += '<param name="' + i + '" value="' + params[i] + '" /> ';

  str += '<embed ';

  for (var i in embedAttrs)

	str += i + '="' + embedAttrs[i] + '" ';

  str += ' ></embed></object>';



  document.write(str);

}



function AC_FL_RunContent(){

  var ret = 

	AC_GetArgs

	(  arguments, ".swf", "movie", "clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"

	 , "application/x-shockwave-flash"

	);

  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);

}



function AC_SW_RunContent(){

  var ret = 

	AC_GetArgs

	(  arguments, ".dcr", "src", "clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"

	 , null

	);

  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);

}



function AC_GetArgs(args, ext, srcParamName, classid, mimeType){

  var ret = new Object();

  ret.embedAttrs = new Object();

  ret.params = new Object();

  ret.objAttrs = new Object();

  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){

	var currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();	



	switch (currArg){	

	  case "classid":

		break;

	  case "pluginspage":

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "src":

	  case "movie":	

		args[i+1] = AC_AddExtension(args[i+1], ext);

		ret.embedAttrs["src"] = args[i+1];

		ret.params[srcParamName] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "onafterupdate":

	  case "onbeforeupdate":

	  case "onblur":

	  case "oncellchange":

	  case "onclick":

	  case "ondblClick":

	  case "ondrag":

	  case "ondragend":

	  case "ondragenter":

	  case "ondragleave":

	  case "ondragover":

	  case "ondrop":

	  case "onfinish":

	  case "onfocus":

	  case "onhelp":

	  case "onmousedown":

	  case "onmouseup":

	  case "onmouseover":

	  case "onmousemove":

	  case "onmouseout":

	  case "onkeypress":

	  case "onkeydown":

	  case "onkeyup":

	  case "onload":

	  case "onlosecapture":

	  case "onpropertychange":

	  case "onreadystatechange":

	  case "onrowsdelete":

	  case "onrowenter":

	  case "onrowexit":

	  case "onrowsinserted":

	  case "onstart":

	  case "onscroll":

	  case "onbeforeeditfocus":

	  case "onactivate":

	  case "onbeforedeactivate":

	  case "ondeactivate":

	  case "type":

	  case "codebase":

		ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "width":

	  case "height":

	  case "align":

	  case "vspace": 

	  case "hspace":

	  case "class":

	  case "title":

	  case "accesskey":

	  case "name":

	  case "id":

	  case "tabindex":

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  default:

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.params[args[i]] = args[i+1];

	}

  }

  ret.objAttrs["classid"] = classid;

  if (mimeType) ret.embedAttrs["type"] = mimeType;

  return ret;

}





2. Then add this file as a JS include to the header of any file with flash content.



eg, replace

</head>



with

<script type="text/javascript" src="AC_RunActiveContent.js"></script>

</head>





3. Then, when ever you add flash content you use the follwoing code:-(using your specific code as an example:-

  <script type="text/javascript" >

AC_FL_RunContent('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0',

'width','374','height','315',

'src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','name','homepage',

'allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',

'movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage');

</script>

(notice that you don't need to specify the .swf extension)

The beauty of this script is that is has tons of extra options you can access easily (see the values in the js file for clues).

Of course it requires javascript, but I've yet to come across a reason for bothering with those who don't use javascript (waiting for a good reason...)

Now, assign all this to your memory banks have you should have no more flash worries.....

September 2, 2006

wow, couldn't ask for a more comprehensive response than this, thank you so much, just got to see if i can get it to work now :-)

I have an old version of FF, v1.0.7 and the flash doesnt show.

OK listen up, here is the basics of using flash on the web, now pay attention...

The OLD way of showing flash was to use a combination of OBJECT, and EMBED tags.

OBJECT is for IE

EMBED is for FF (et al)

Your site has just OBJECT, so it is perfectly understandable that some FF browser wont see it.

To fix it to show on all browsers change

<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/></object></div>

to

]<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/>

<embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" width="374" height="315"   quality="high" 

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

</embed></object></div>





However, this is the OLD way, and due to silly microsoft issues, this will still have that anooying grey outline and the messgae saying "click here to activate this control" type thing.



The OLD way to get round this was to create a file called 

ieupdate.js



which contains this code

theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object"); 

for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++)

 { 

theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML; 

}





and then add this line to the end of your flash

<script type="text/javascript" src="ieupdate.js"></script>





leaving you with this in total

<div id="TopLeftPan">

<object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" 

height="315" width="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">

<param value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" name="movie"/>

<param value="high" name="quality"/>

<embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" width="374" height="315"  quality="high" 

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

</embed>

</object></div>

<script type="text/javascript" src="ieupdate.js"></script>





This will work fine in all browsers.... However, it is still an OLD way of doing it, and I would recommend the BEST way to add ALL flash is to follow the next method.



1. put the following code into a file called "AC_RunActiveContent.js" (although you could call it anything you want)

//v1.0

//Copyright 2006 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

function AC_AddExtension(src, ext)

{

  if (src.indexOf('?') != -1)

	return src.replace(/\?/, ext+'?'); 

  else

	return src + ext;

}



function AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs) 

{ 

  var str = '<object ';

  for (var i in objAttrs)

	str += i + '="' + objAttrs[i] + '" ';

  str += '>';

  for (var i in params)

	str += '<param name="' + i + '" value="' + params[i] + '" /> ';

  str += '<embed ';

  for (var i in embedAttrs)

	str += i + '="' + embedAttrs[i] + '" ';

  str += ' ></embed></object>';



  document.write(str);

}



function AC_FL_RunContent(){

  var ret = 

	AC_GetArgs

	(  arguments, ".swf", "movie", "clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"

	 , "application/x-shockwave-flash"

	);

  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);

}



function AC_SW_RunContent(){

  var ret = 

	AC_GetArgs

	(  arguments, ".dcr", "src", "clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000"

	 , null

	);

  AC_Generateobj(ret.objAttrs, ret.params, ret.embedAttrs);

}



function AC_GetArgs(args, ext, srcParamName, classid, mimeType){

  var ret = new Object();

  ret.embedAttrs = new Object();

  ret.params = new Object();

  ret.objAttrs = new Object();

  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){

	var currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();	



	switch (currArg){	

	  case "classid":

		break;

	  case "pluginspage":

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "src":

	  case "movie":	

		args[i+1] = AC_AddExtension(args[i+1], ext);

		ret.embedAttrs["src"] = args[i+1];

		ret.params[srcParamName] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "onafterupdate":

	  case "onbeforeupdate":

	  case "onblur":

	  case "oncellchange":

	  case "onclick":

	  case "ondblClick":

	  case "ondrag":

	  case "ondragend":

	  case "ondragenter":

	  case "ondragleave":

	  case "ondragover":

	  case "ondrop":

	  case "onfinish":

	  case "onfocus":

	  case "onhelp":

	  case "onmousedown":

	  case "onmouseup":

	  case "onmouseover":

	  case "onmousemove":

	  case "onmouseout":

	  case "onkeypress":

	  case "onkeydown":

	  case "onkeyup":

	  case "onload":

	  case "onlosecapture":

	  case "onpropertychange":

	  case "onreadystatechange":

	  case "onrowsdelete":

	  case "onrowenter":

	  case "onrowexit":

	  case "onrowsinserted":

	  case "onstart":

	  case "onscroll":

	  case "onbeforeeditfocus":

	  case "onactivate":

	  case "onbeforedeactivate":

	  case "ondeactivate":

	  case "type":

	  case "codebase":

		ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  case "width":

	  case "height":

	  case "align":

	  case "vspace": 

	  case "hspace":

	  case "class":

	  case "title":

	  case "accesskey":

	  case "name":

	  case "id":

	  case "tabindex":

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.objAttrs[args[i]] = args[i+1];

		break;

	  default:

		ret.embedAttrs[args[i]] = ret.params[args[i]] = args[i+1];

	}

  }

  ret.objAttrs["classid"] = classid;

  if (mimeType) ret.embedAttrs["type"] = mimeType;

  return ret;

}





2. Then add this file as a JS include to the header of any file with flash content.



eg, replace

</head>



with

<script type="text/javascript" src="AC_RunActiveContent.js"></script>

</head>





3. Then, when ever you add flash content you use the follwoing code:-(using your specific code as an example:-

  <script type="text/javascript" >

AC_FL_RunContent('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0',

'width','374','height','315',

'src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','name','homepage',

'allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',

'movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage');

</script>

(notice that you don't need to specify the .swf extension)

The beauty of this script is that is has tons of extra options you can access easily (see the values in the js file for clues).

Of course it requires javascript, but I've yet to come across a reason for bothering with those who don't use javascript (waiting for a good reason...)

Now, assign all this to your memory banks have you should have no more flash worries.....

September 2, 2006

wow, couldn't ask for a more comprehensive response than this, thank you so much, just got to see if i can get it to work now :-)

I hope it wasnt toooo much info. It's just an issue that keeps on coming up. It will probably need to be updated in the future, but currently this is the best advise I can give. The above method really helps a lot if you use a lot of flash. Plus, it gets rid of REALLY ANNOYING bug in IE that the old method causes.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

September 2, 2006

well bennyuk, i think that you won the t-shirt :)

November 19, 2006

Hello - i have just read this post, but am still unable get flash to load because I am unable to insert the last part of the code:

AC_FL_RunContent('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0',

'width','374','height','315',

'src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','name','homepage',

'allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',

'movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage');

</script>

If I add that using the admin console/edit homepage area, the editor does not accept the code, just ignores it.

If I manually add it via language/en/home file, it throws up errors, see below:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/default/pombero.co.uk/user/htdocs/language/en/home.inc.php on line 3

Has anyone got any advice for adding a Flash movie into the homepage? Im sure i have nearly cracked it, probably just making some silly error!!

I am using latest cubecart and Flash 8.

Cheers

Pete

November 20, 2006

Have you checked out the posting "How to add Flash in a Header" from http://www.cubecart.com/site/forums/index....showtopic=12497

November 20, 2006

Have you checked out the posting "How to add Flash in a Header" from http://www.cubecart.com/site/forums/index....showtopic=12497

Thank you for your reply.

I have seen before, but that post is for inserting into the header for the whole store; i want to be able to insert flash into the homepage area only.

cheers

Pete

November 26, 2006

Hi There,

I have some flash content running in my main homepage, as first it only showed up in IE, but not in FF. I am using FF 1.5.0.8

Whereas the header also has flash, that worked in both browsers.

I have just modified the code, and now my main flash content is showing up in both browsers. Its just a simple fading in of some pictures, and now seems to be running a little fast. But thats another issue, its only my first attempt at a cubecart store, and also my first flash content.

The code used to be:

And now it is:

This works for me with both browsers.

Hope that may help someone.

Regards,

Av

November 29, 2006

You don't want to add any of the code using the admin editor, you need to modify the store template files directly.

Like bennyuk said, use the last solution for displaying Flash that requires the AC_RunActiveContent.js file. Upload this file to your JS directory of your store.

Next, open the file, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/global/index.tpl and add the following inside the <HEAD> section:

<script src="js/AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>





Then, open the template file for your home page which is located in, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/content/index.tpl



According to Adobe(Macromedia), you should use both the new and old methods for displaying Flash content. The new method will eliminate the need to click the Flash movie to activate it in IE. The old method is placed in a <noscript> tag allowing the movie to continue to be viewed in the event someone has JavaScript turned off in their browser causing the new method to fail.



Add the following code to the template file making sure to specify the correct parameters for your SWF file:

<script type="text/javascript">

AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0,'width',374,'height',315,'id','homepage','align','middle','src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','bgcolor','#000000','wmode','transparent','name','charger','allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage' ); //end AC code

</script>

	<noscript>

	  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="374" height="315" id="homepage" align="middle">

	  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

	  <param name="movie" value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" />

	  <param name="quality" value="high" />

	  <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />

	  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

	  <embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" width="374" height="315" name="charger" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

	</object>

	  </noscript>

Place the code either above or below the {HOME_CONTENT} template tag depending on where you want it to be displayed.

Hopefully this will help.

November 29, 2006

You don't want to add any of the code using the admin editor, you need to modify the store template files directly.

Like bennyuk said, use the last solution for displaying Flash that requires the AC_RunActiveContent.js file. Upload this file to your JS directory of your store.

Next, open the file, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/global/index.tpl and add the following inside the <HEAD> section:

<script src="js/AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>





Then, open the template file for your home page which is located in, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/content/index.tpl



According to Adobe(Macromedia), you should use both the new and old methods for displaying Flash content. The new method will eliminate the need to click the Flash movie to activate it in IE. The old method is placed in a <noscript> tag allowing the movie to continue to be viewed in the event someone has JavaScript turned off in their browser causing the new method to fail.



Add the following code to the template file making sure to specify the correct parameters for your SWF file:

<script type="text/javascript">

AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0,'width',374,'height',315,'id','homepage','align','middle','src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','bgcolor','#000000','wmode','transparent','name','charger','allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage' ); //end AC code

</script>

	<noscript>

	  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="374" height="315" id="homepage" align="middle">

	  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

	  <param name="movie" value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" />

	  <param name="quality" value="high" />

	  <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />

	  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

	  <embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" width="374" height="315" name="charger" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

	</object>

	  </noscript>

Place the code either above or below the {HOME_CONTENT} template tag depending on where you want it to be displayed.

Hopefully this will help.

One thing I forgot to mention is to make sure that you do NOT include the .swf extention when specifying the location of your Flash movie file in the AC_FL_RunContent <script> code. In the <noscript> code, you must supply the .swf extension as normal. You will notice this in the code sample above.

November 30, 2006

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I will give it a go later today.

cheers

Pete

You don't want to add any of the code using the admin editor, you need to modify the store template files directly.

Like bennyuk said, use the last solution for displaying Flash that requires the AC_RunActiveContent.js file. Upload this file to your JS directory of your store.

Next, open the file, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/global/index.tpl and add the following inside the <HEAD> section:

<script src="js/AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>





Then, open the template file for your home page which is located in, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/content/index.tpl



According to Adobe(Macromedia), you should use both the new and old methods for displaying Flash content. The new method will eliminate the need to click the Flash movie to activate it in IE. The old method is placed in a <noscript> tag allowing the movie to continue to be viewed in the event someone has JavaScript turned off in their browser causing the new method to fail.



Add the following code to the template file making sure to specify the correct parameters for your SWF file:

<script type="text/javascript">

AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0,'width',374,'height',315,'id','homepage','align','middle','src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','bgcolor','#000000','wmode','transparent','name','charger','allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage' ); //end AC code

</script>

	<noscript>

	  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="374" height="315" id="homepage" align="middle">

	  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

	  <param name="movie" value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" />

	  <param name="quality" value="high" />

	  <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />

	  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

	  <embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" width="374" height="315" name="charger" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

	</object>

	  </noscript>

Place the code either above or below the {HOME_CONTENT} template tag depending on where you want it to be displayed.

Hopefully this will help.

One thing I forgot to mention is to make sure that you do NOT include the .swf extention when specifying the location of your Flash movie file in the AC_FL_RunContent <script> code. In the <noscript> code, you must supply the .swf extension as normal. You will notice this in the code sample above.

June 30, 2007

THIS friend,please see below:, that's a model for you !

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<title>A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash MenuNavigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu</title>

<LINK title=A4Desk

href="http://www.a4desk.com/rss/general.xml" type=application/rss+xml

rel=alternate>

<META

content="A4 Flash Menu Builder, flash menu, flash drop down menus, xml menu, flash header, flash builder, flash menu navigation, menu header, menu builder, software, design, graphics"

name=keywords>

<META

content="A4 Flash Menu Builder is an easy-to-use, Flash templates-based software. It helps you to create professional Flash menus with drop down sub-menus in minutes, without any Flash programming skills are required."

name=description>

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/global.js"></SCRIPT>

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/AC_RunActiveContent.js"></SCRIPT>

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/stat.js"></SCRIPT>

<LINK

href="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/style1.css"

type=text/css rel=stylesheet><LINK

href="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/style2.css"

type=text/css rel=stylesheet><LINK

href="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/help.css"

type=text/css rel=stylesheet>

<STYLE type=text/css>.style1 {

FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #ff0000

}

.buttonbg {

BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://www.bannerserver.com/images/button_bg.jpg); BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; WIDTH: 300px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd

}

</STYLE>

</HEAD>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD width=10><IMG height=150

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/fl.gif"

width=10></TD>

AC_FL_RunContent(

'codebase' , 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0',

'width' , '745',

'height' , '150',

'movie' , 'flashmenu',

'quality' , 'high',

'src' , 'flashmenu',

'scale' , 'exactfit',

'bgcolor' , '#FFFFFF',

'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'

);

</SCRIPT>

<OBJECT

codeBase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0

height=150 width=745 classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="flashmenu.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF"><PARAM NAME="scale" VALUE="exactfit">

<embed

src="flashmenu.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="745"

height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed>

</object></OBJECT></NOSCRIPT><IMG height=11 alt="flash menu builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/shadow.gif"

width=745> </TD>

<TD width=11><IMG height=150 alt="flash menu builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/fr.gif"

width=11></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD width=10

background="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/fl.gif"> </TD>

<TBODY>

<TD vAlign=top width=548 bgColor=#f5f5f5><IMG height=8

alt="flash menu builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/im02.gif"

width=548><BR>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD>

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"

align=center border=0>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD>

<P><A

href="http://www.flashmx-templates.com/a4mb_setup.exe"><IMG

height=210

alt="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- build Flash Menu with drop down sub-menus in minutes"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/a4menubuilder_box.jpg"

width=167 border=0></A><BR><BR></P></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<P><B>Free Trial Version Download</B></P>

<P align=center>File Size: <B>11.4MB<BR></B><A

class=my1

href="http://www.flashmx-templates.com/a4mb_setup.exe"><B>Server

1 : Click To Download</B></A><BR><A class=my1b

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/download/a4mb_setup.exe"><B>Server

2 : Click To Download</B></A></P>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.download.com/A4-Flash-Menu-Builder/3000-6676-10511561.html?part=dl-A4FlashMe&subj=dl&tag=button"

target=_blank><IMG height=59

alt="Get it from CNET Download.com!"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/dl-bta.gif"

width=148 align=center border=0></A></P>

<P>This free trial version comes with <B>66</B>

Flash Menu templates with <B>no</B> time

limitation. </P></TD></TR>

<TR>

<P><IMG height=30

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/seperator1.gif"

width="100%"></P></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<P><B>Register A4MenuBuilder</B></P>

<P>You can register the <B>Standard Pack</B> for

<B><FONT color=#ff0000>$19.95</FONT></B>, or

<B>Professional Pack</B> including <B>30

templates</B> at a discounted price of <SPAN

class=style1>$49.95</SPAN>. You can also purhcase

the <B>Design Studio Pack</B> with<B> 48

templates</B> for just <FONT

color=#ff0000><B>$69.95</B></FONT>.<BR><BR><A

class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/license/">Click

for Registration Details</A> </P></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD class=index_section><IMG height=30

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/seperator1.gif"

width="100%"></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<P><B>Feature Highlights</B></P>

<P><IMG height=160

alt="Use Sliding Bars for easy adjustment of flash drop down menus and image positions"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/1312.png"

width=160><BR>Use Sliding Bars for <BR>easy

adjustment of <BR>menu and image

positions</P></DIV></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<P><IMG height=90

alt="Use Icon links to add links on flash menu header"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/iconlink.gif"

width=160 vspace=5><BR>Use Icon links to add

direct links <BR>to special web

pages</P></DIV></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD class=index_section><IMG height=30

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/seperator1.gif"

width="100%"></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD class=index_section height=30><B>Useful

Links</B></TD></TR>

<TR>

<LI

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><A

class=my1 href="http://www.flashimap.com/"

target=_blank><B>Interactive Flash Map</B></A>

<LI

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><A

class=my1 href="http://www.bannerserver.com/"

target=_blank><B>Flash Banner Design</B></A>

<LI

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><A

class=my1

href="http://www.flash-mx-template.com/"

target=_blank><B>Flash MX Templates</B></A>

<LI

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><A

class=my1

href="http://www.multishapecdrom.com/cd_presentation.html"

target=_blank><B>CD Presentations</B></A>

</LI></UL></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle height=30><A

href="http://www.multishapecdrom.com/"

target=_blank><IMG height=104

alt="Put your flash presentation on CD business cards"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/mcd_blank_img.gif"

width=102 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD style="PADDING-TOP: 8px" align=middle

height=30><A

href="http://www.multishapecdrom.com/"

target=_blank><FONT

face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#001833

size=-2>Put your flash presentation<BR>on CD

business cards </FONT></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD>

<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px" vAlign=top width="65%"

bgColor=#f5f5f5><IMG

alt="flash menu builder, xml, drop down menus, no programming"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/teaser.gif">

<P style="MARGIN: 20px 0px"><IMG

alt="Flash Menu Builder -- a4menubuilder" hspace=5

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/icon.gif"

align=left><STRONG><FONT color=red>A4 Flash Menu

Builder</FONT></STRONG> is an all-in-one,

<B>easy-to-use</B>, <B>templates</B>-based <B>Flash Menu

Building</B> software. It helps you to create

<B>professional looking Flash menus</B> in minutes.

<B>No Flash programming, scripting, or design skills</B>

required. </P>

<P style="MARGIN: 20px 0px">Latest Version: <B>v2.12</B>

(released <B>14th Jun 2007</B>) <A

href="http://www.a4desk.com/rss/general.xml"><IMG

height=14

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/rss.gif"

width=36 border=0></A><BR>Support OS : <B>Windows

98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista </B></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 20px 0px"><B><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=9">Now

supports both horizontal and vertical

menus!</A></B></P><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/license/">

AC_FL_RunContent(

'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0',

'width','324',

'height','88',

'src','special_offer',

'quality','high',

'pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',

'movie','special_offer' ,

'wmode', 'transparent'

); //end AC code

</SCRIPT>

<OBJECT

codeBase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0

height=88 width=336

classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="special_offer.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent">

<embed

src="special_offer.swf" quality="high"

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="336"

height="88" wmode="transparent">

</embed>

</object></OBJECT></NOSCRIPT></A>

<P style="MARGIN: 20px 0px" align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/license/"><IMG

height=35 alt="Buy A4 Menu Builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/buynow.jpg"

width=120 border=0></A></P>

<FORM id=order name=order action=/custom_order.htm

method=get><INPUT class=buttonbg id=cmd type=submit value="Custom Flash Menu / Flash Banner Design Job Request" name=cmd>

</FORM></CENTER>

<P></P>

<DIV

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 5px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><FONT

size=2><B>Easy to use</B></FONT></DIV>

<LI><B>All-in-one</B> flash menu building software

<LI><B>No Flash knowledge, design skill required!</B>

<LI>Make <B>attractive</B> Flash menu headers (with

<B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=-2>drop down

menus</FONT></B> & <B><FONT color=#ff0000

size=-2>icon links</FONT></B>) in minutes, with

<B>your own logo</B>, text, and color settings

<LI><B>Fast and stable</B>, no potential script

compatibility problem to stop your content page from

loading.

<LI>Runs on almost all major browser with

<STRONG>Macromedia Flash Player plug-in</STRONG>

installed. (<B><FONT color=#ff0000>98%</FONT></B> of

web users already installed Flash Player, <A class=my1

href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html"

target=_blank>see details</A>)<BR>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD><IMG height=32

alt="Flash Menu supported in Internet Explorer"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/msie.jpg"

width=32><IMG height=33

alt="Flash Menu supported in Firefox"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/firefox.gif"

width=33><IMG height=32

alt="Flash Menu and drop down menus supported by Netscape"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/netscape6.jpg"

width=32><IMG height=32

alt="Flash Menu supported in Opera"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/opera.jpg"

width=32></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<LI><B>XML-driven</B> - Advance users can edit menu

structure using any XML editor, or even generate menu

XML file dynamically using script. </LI></UL>

<DIV

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 5px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><FONT

size=2><B>Many Features & Fully

customizable</B></FONT></DIV>

<LI>Add your own logo image, easily input your web

site title, base line, and email address

<LI>Easily adjust image and text position by using

sliding bars

<LI>Modify <B>font size, color, and the animated

effects</B> of each menu item easily

<LI>Add <B>background music</B> to menu header with

single mouse click

<LI>Support<STRONG> unlimited</STRONG> number of

<STRONG>1st-level main menus</STRONG> and

<STRONG>2nd-level sub-menus</STRONG>

<LI>Easily link menu and sub-menu to a local page, a

remote web site, or an email link

<LI>Special <B><FONT

color=#ff0000>ICON-LINKs</FONT></B> feature for

maximum flexibility, and make your site standout among

others.

<LI>Automatically generated HTML file with the Flash

Menu Embeded, with or without FRAMEs

<LI>Supports <A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/a4mb_english.jpg"

target=_blank>English</A> and <A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/a4mb_french.jpg"

target=_blank>French</A> interface </LI></UL>

<P>It requires absolutely <FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>NO

coding knowledge, NO Internet

connection</STRONG></FONT>, and <STRONG><FONT

color=#ff0000>NO purchase</FONT></STRONG> of a Flash

editing software suite. (Save

hundreds!)</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<P align=center><IMG alt="create flash drop down menus"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/im12.gif"><BR><BR><FONT

size=4><B>Create Flash menu headers swiftly!</B></FONT></P>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/screenshot-01.gif"

target=_blank><IMG alt="Select your flash menu template"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/screenshot01.gif"

border=0></A><BR><FONT size=2>1. Select your

template</FONT></P></TD>

<TD>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/screenshot-02.gif"

target=_blank><IMG alt="Edit your menu"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/screenshot02.gif"

border=0></A><BR><FONT size=2>2. Edit your

menu</FONT></P></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/screenshot-03.gif"

target=_blank><IMG

alt="Change texts and colors of flash menu header easily"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/screenshot03.gif"

border=0></A><BR><FONT size=2>3. Change texts and

colors</FONT></P></TD>

<TD>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/images/screenshot-04.gif"

target=_blank><IMG alt="Publish the Flash Menu - You're done!"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/screenshot04.gif"

border=0></A><BR><FONT size=2>4. Publish - You're

done!</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<DIV

style="MARGIN-TOP: 28px; PADDING-LEFT: 15px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">

<TABLE borderColor=#9fcdf2 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=8 align=center

bgColor=#f0f7fd border=1>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<P><IMG alt="A4 Flash Drop Down Menus Builder" hspace=5

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/icon-small.gif"

align=left><FONT size=-1><B>Get Your Trial

Software</B></FONT><BR>Build Flash menu headers with ease!</P>

<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 50px">Latest Version:

<B>v2.12</B><BR>File Size:<B> 11.4MB</B><BR>(released <B>14th

June 2007</B>) </P>

<P align=center><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/download/a4mb_setup.exe"><IMG

alt="Click here to download A4 Flash Menus Builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/dl_button.gif"

border=0></A></P></TD>

<FORM id=subscribe name=subscribe action=maillist_thankyou.php

method=post>

<P><IMG height=30 alt="A4 Flash Drop Down Menu Builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/signup_free_newsletter.jpg"

width=52 align=left> <FONT size=-1><B>Signup Free

Newsletter</B></FONT><BR><FONT size=-2>Get updates for new

templates releases</FONT> </P>

<P align=center><INPUT id=email size=30

value="enter email address" name=email> <BR><INPUT type=image

height=22 width=100

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/join_us.jpg"

border=0 name=imageField2> <BR>

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var cc_accountID = "35ec43d544a8";

var cc_marketID = "0";

var cc_protocol="http";

var cc_subdomain = "convctr";

if(location.protocol == "https:")

{

cc_protocol="https";

cc_subdomain="convctrs";

}

var cc_queryStr = "?" + "ver=" + cc_tagVersion + "&aID=" + cc_accountID + "&mkt=" + cc_marketID +"&ref=" + escape(document.referrer);

var cc_imageUrl = cc_protocol + "://" + cc_subdomain + ".overture.com/images/cc/cc.gif" + cc_queryStr;

var cc_imageObject = new Image();

cc_imageObject.src = cc_imageUrl;

// -->

</SCRIPT>

</P></FORM></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<P align=left>If you don't have the latest version of Flash Player,

you will also need to install the player (FREE):<BR><FONT

color=#003e9a><STRONG><A class=my1

href="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&Lang=English&P5_Language=English"

target=_blank>Install Macromedia Flash Player

9</A></STRONG></FONT></P></DIV><!--<div style="padding-left:15; margin-top:8; margin-bottom:10; margin-right:10">

</div>

<li>Create professional <b>Flash menus</b> in minutes! No coding

involved.</li>

<li>Provide a variety of <b>unique animated, ready-to-use templates</b>

for you to choose from, and to build your Flash menus quickly

and easily.</li>

<li>A what-you-see-is-what-you-get ( <b>WYSIWYG</b> ) editor allows

you to view your template editing in real time. </li>

<li>An intuitive interface places all the tools you need right

in front of you. ( <b>No more digging through codes or layers

of menus</b> ) </li>

<li><b>Save all your settings</b> for menu text, internal/external

links, color, music and sound effects. So you can add and update

the Flash menus easily at anytime.</li>

<li>Provide <b>Generate XML</b> function for you to generate XML

files of the Flash menu.</li>

<li>Allow you to <b>publish Flash menus</b>, frames and/or non-frames

pages, and autorun files for CDRom.</li>

</ul>

</div>-->

<TBODY>

<TD class=subPageTitle colSpan=3><FONT class=vhlink

size=2>Useful Links </FONT></TD></TR>

<P align=center><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4flash.com/lib/access/"

target=_blank><B><STRONG>Flash Photo Gallery

</STRONG></B></A></P>

<P align=center><A href="http://www.a4flash.com/lib/access/"

target=_blank><IMG height=100 alt="Flash Maps -- World Map"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/PA001.gif"

width=138 border=0></A></P></TD>

<P align=center><A class=my1 href="http://www.flashimap.com/"

target=_blank><B>Customizable Flash Maps</B></A><BR><BR></P>

<P align=center><A href="http://www.flashimap.com/"

target=_blank><IMG height=67 alt="Flash Maps -- World Map"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/world_s.gif"

width=120 border=0></A><BR></P></TD>

<P align=center><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4flash.com/lib/games/"

target=_blank><B>Flash Game Templates</B></A><BR><BR>

AC_FL_RunContent(

'codebase' , 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0',

'width' , '158',

'height' , '100',

'movie' , 'flash_game',

'quality' , 'high',

'src' , 'flash_game',

'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'

);

</SCRIPT>

</P><NOSCRIPT>

<OBJECT

codeBase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0

height=100 width=158

classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="flash_game.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high">

quality="high"

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="158" height="100">

</embed>

</object></OBJECT></NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TD vAlign=top width=197

background="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/im16.gif">

<P><IMG height=8 alt="A4 Flash Drop Down Menus Builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/im01.gif"

width=197><BR><!--<div style="margin-left:5; margin-right:5">

<font size="2">Sample Menu Headers</font></u></b>

<p><b><font color="#003E9A">Travelling Website:</font></b><br>

</p>

</center>

<br>

<b><font color="#003E9A">Marketing Website:</font></b><br>

<br>

</center><br>

<br>

</div>-->

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD

background="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/im27.gif">

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width="100%" align=center

border=0>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TH><FONT size=2>Flash Menu <BR>Headers

Samples</FONT></TH></TR>

<TR>

<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" align=middle

height=40><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=9"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Vertical </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>Menus

Available Now !</FONT></B></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=4"><FONT

color=#ff0000><B>Business Theme 2.0<BR>Available

Now!</B></FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=4"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MBIZ008"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mbiz008.gif"

width=154 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=7"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Romantic </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>Theme

1.0<BR>Availabe Now !</FONT></B></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=7"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MROM003"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mrom003.gif"

width=154 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=5"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Global Theme 1.0<BR>Availabe Now

!</FONT></B></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="java script:popup('samples/sample1/index.html',900,550);"></A><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=5"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MGBL002"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mgbl002.gif"

width=154 border=0></A> </TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=6"><FONT

color=#ff0000><B>Cyber Theme 1.0</B> (6

Templates)</FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="java script:popup('samples/sample1/index.html',900,550);"></A><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=6"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MCYB006"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mcyb006.gif"

width=154 border=0></A> </TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=8"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Holiday Theme 1.0</FONT></B><FONT

color=#ff0000> (6 Templates)</FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="java script:popup('samples/sample1/index.html',900,550);"></A>

AC_FL_RunContent(

'codebase' , 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0',

'width' , '154',

'height' , '79',

'movie' , '/lib/samples/a4mb_holiday_theme',

'quality' , 'high',

'src' , '/lib/samples/a4mb_holiday_theme',

'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'

);

</SCRIPT>

<OBJECT

codeBase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0

height=79 width=154

classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="/lib/samples/a4mb_romantic_theme.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high">

<embed

src="/lib/samples/a4mb_romantic_theme.swf" quality=high

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="154"

height="79"> </embed>

</object></OBJECT></NOSCRIPT></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=3"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Sport Theme 1.0 </FONT></B><FONT

color=#ff0000>(6 Templates)</FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="java script:popup('samples/sample1/index.html',900,550);"></A><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=3"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MSPT002"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mpst002.gif"

width=154 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=2"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>Business Theme 1.0 </FONT></B><FONT

color=#ff0000>(6 Templates)</FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=2"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MBIZ005"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mbiz003.gif"

width=154 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=1"><B><FONT

color=#ff0000>General Theme</FONT></B><FONT

color=#ff0000> </FONT></A><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=2"><FONT

color=#ff0000>(6 Templates)</FONT></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><A

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/index.php?package=1"><IMG

height=79

alt="View Flash Drop Down Menus Template -- A4MB005"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/index_a4mb005.gif"

width=154 border=0></A></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle height=40><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4desk.com/lib/"><FONT

size=2></FONT></A><FONT size=2><A class=my1

href="http://www.a4menubuilder.com/lib/">More Flash Menu

Templates</A></FONT></TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle><B><FONT size=2>Flash Site Samples

</FONT></B><BR><BR>

AC_FL_RunContent(

'codebase' , 'http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0',

'width' , '120',

'height' , '90',

'id' , '//www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate',

'align' , 'middle',

'allowScriptAccess' , 'sameDomain',

'movie' , 'http://www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate',

'quality' , 'best',

'bgcolor' , '#FFFFFF',

'src' , 'http://www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate',

'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'

);

</SCRIPT>

<OBJECT id=//www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate

codeBase=http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0

height=90 width=120 align=middle

classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000><PARAM NAME="allowScriptAccess" VALUE="sameDomain"><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="best"><PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF">

<embed

src="http://www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate.swf"

quality="best"

bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="120" height="90"

name="//www.a4desk.com/swf/latesttemplate"

align="middle"

allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"

type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

/> </embed>

</object></OBJECT></NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<DIV

style="MARGIN-TOP: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px">

<P><STRONG>Related Products</STRONG></P>

<P align=center><A href="http://www.a4desk.com/" target=_blank><IMG

alt="A4Desk Flash Site Builder"

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/a4desk-box.gif"

border=0></A></P>

<P><A class=my1 href="http://www.a4desk.com/" target=_blank>A4Desk

Flash Site Builder</A><BR>Build Flash Websites in Minutes,<BR>over

130 templates, no<BR>programming. </P>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<TD align=middle width="29%"><A class=my1

href="http://music.a4desk.com/" target=_blank><IMG height=48

alt="A4Desk Flash Music Player - Flash MP3 Player, plays MP3 music on your website."

hspace=5

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/music_player_icon.jpg"

width=48 align=left border=0></A></TD>

<TD width="71%"><A class=my1 href="http://music.a4desk.com/"

target=_blank><STRONG>A4Desk Flash Music

Player</STRONG></A><BR>Flash Music Player Builder</TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD colSpan=2>Add an interactive MP3 player to your

website/CDROM in minutes! No coding.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TBODY>

<TR>

<HR>

</TD></TR>

<TR>

<TD align=middle width="29%"><A class=my1

href="http://gallery.a4desk.com/" target=_blank><IMG height=53

alt="Flash Photo Gallery Software" hspace=5

src="A4 Flash Menu Builder -- Flash Menu, Flash Header, Flash Drop Down Menus, Flash Menu Navigation, Menu Header, Flash MX Menu.files/box_w.jpg"

width=50 align=left border=0></A></TD>

<TD width="71%"><A class=my1 href

June 30, 2007

Has anyone tried viewing on a mac - it doesn;t show, even with the latest brower. I had the same problem and had to embed the flash before it worked. You can only do this be editing the source code in an external editor and then pasting back to the homepage via the admin control panel.

If you make any adjustments through the admin control panel, the flash will disappear. You always need to copy the source back in and out to make it work

Does that make sense?

July 2, 2007

who can find the crack for soft "A4 Flash Menu Builder Ver 2.12"

because i am in china,to buy this software is difficulte!

http://www.a4menubuilder.com

April 3, 2008

You don't want to add any of the code using the admin editor, you need to modify the store template files directly.

Like bennyuk said, use the last solution for displaying Flash that requires the AC_RunActiveContent.js file. Upload this file to your JS directory of your store.

Next, open the file, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/global/index.tpl and add the following inside the <HEAD> section:

<script src="js/AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>





Then, open the template file for your home page which is located in, skins/<yourSkinDirHere>/styleTemplates/content/index.tpl



According to Adobe(Macromedia), you should use both the new and old methods for displaying Flash content. The new method will eliminate the need to click the Flash movie to activate it in IE. The old method is placed in a <noscript> tag allowing the movie to continue to be viewed in the event someone has JavaScript turned off in their browser causing the new method to fail.



Add the following code to the template file making sure to specify the correct parameters for your SWF file:

<script type="text/javascript">

AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0,'width',374,'height',315,'id','homepage','align','middle','src','/images/uploads/images/homepage','quality','high','bgcolor','#000000','wmode','transparent','name','charger','allowscriptaccess','sameDomain','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','/images/uploads/images/homepage' ); //end AC code

</script>

	<noscript>

	  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="374" height="315" id="homepage" align="middle">

	  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />

	  <param name="movie" value="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" />

	  <param name="quality" value="high" />

	  <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />

	  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

	  <embed src="/images/uploads/images/homepage.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" width="374" height="315" name="charger" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

	</object>

	  </noscript>

Place the code either above or below the {HOME_CONTENT} template tag depending on where you want it to be displayed.

Hopefully this will help.

I'm banging my head on the wall trying to get this one to work...all my parameters look good any insight?

April 3, 2008

Utilizing this method above, I'm able to display the flash in both FF and IE, but getting rid of the pesky "click here to use this control" in IE has left me searching for answers. I've tried everything!

Hi There,

I have some flash content running in my main homepage, as first it only showed up in IE, but not in FF. I am using FF 1.5.0.8
Whereas the header also has flash, that worked in both browsers.

I have just modified the code, and now my main flash content is showing up in both browsers. Its just a simple fading in of some pictures, and now seems to be running a little fast. But thats another issue, its only my first attempt at a cubecart store, and also my first flash content.

The code used to be:
<p><font color="#c0c0c0"></font></p>
<p align="center">Ã¯Â¿Â½<object width="400" height="300" align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="/Movie_fade_shop_2.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /></object></p>

And now it is:
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="/Movie_fade_shop_2.swf" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" scale="ShowAll" play="true" loop="true" menu="false" wmode="Window" quality="1"></embed></div>

This works for me with both browsers.

Hope that may help someone.

Regards,
Av

SOrry, this above is what I'm referring to ^

Flash SWF file doesn't show in Firefox

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