Flash only works in Firefox

fosfora · #1 Jun 26th, 2007, 02:05

I am a novice in Flash and would greatly appreciate your help. I am inserteda flash banner on my html page and it only works in Firefox. How can I get it to work on any other browser? Thanks!

MrMadison · #2 Jun 26th, 2007, 03:55

Well, what does it do in other browsers? Does it just not show up? or does something else happen?

JacobHaug · #3 Jun 26th, 2007, 04:05

Can we see a link?

JustinStudios · #4 Jun 26th, 2007, 05:38

Check your code. Internet Explorer is going to be looking at the Object tag (check link in there) and Firefox looks at the embed tag (check link in there) make sure they are the same for one. Then make sure you have the latest flash plugin installed in Internet Explorer. And if all that checks out then post it and lets see what ya got.

fosfora · #5 Jun 27th, 2007, 01:49

Please check it out at www.usavisasforlatinos.com
In other browser it just remains blank. Thank you all!

Sgaspar11 · #6 Jun 27th, 2007, 15:03

Are you using Flash 9 or Flash 8?

You file paths are completely different. Last I checked these should be the same. And I don't see any embed tags...where did you get this code from?

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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...rsion=6,0,40,0"
width="766" height="267">
<param name="movie" value="../sources/Flash/header 1.swf?button=0">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<!--[if !IE]> <-->
<object data="flash/header.swf?button=0"
width="766" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).
</object>

fosfora · #7 Jun 27th, 2007, 16:54

Thank you for taking a look. I am using Flash 8. I am using a template that I bought, and basically I just updated the labels in the menus. Any help you can give me is much appreciated as I am a complete novice with this. Thanks in advance.

fosfora · #8 Jun 27th, 2007, 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sgaspar11

Are you using Flash 9 or Flash 8?

You file paths are completely different. Last I checked these should be the same. And I don't see any embed tags...where did you get this code from?

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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...rsion=6,0,40,0"
width="766" height="267">
<param name="movie" value="../sources/Flash/header 1.swf?button=0">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<!--[if !IE]> <-->
<object data="flash/header.swf?button=0"
width="766" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).
</object>

How can I fix it? Thank you!!

Sgaspar11 · #9 Jun 27th, 2007, 17:00

It should look something like this:

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<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub...ersion=8,0,0,0" width="517" height="400" id="playerV8-512" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="test.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="test.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="517" height="400" name="test" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

The file path in the Param and Embed tags should be EXACTLY the same....replace test.swf with you file paths...

There you go.

fosfora · #10 Jun 27th, 2007, 18:56

Thank you! I will try it tonight and revert back to you guys!

griffonwing · #11 Jun 27th, 2007, 20:06

I am loading up the site in Opera, which is my preferred browser.. and it loads up quite well.

Sgaspar11 · #12 Jun 27th, 2007, 20:39

I have a feeling it's just an IE thing, since the paths were wrong, IE freaks out with that stuff sometimes.

What I sent him should work fine.

fosfora · #13 Jun 28th, 2007, 18:32

Sgaspar11 · #14 Jun 28th, 2007, 19:32

What does that mean? Did it work?

fosfora · #15 Jul 2nd, 2007, 03:27

That meant that I am a 'her' not a 'him'...see above.

I copied and pasted the code that was provided and changed the 'test.swf' with the path for my banner, nut it didn't work well. It looks real weird..small and on top of some other images.

Please help.

Sgaspar11 · #16 Jul 2nd, 2007, 14:14

Ah sorry,

Well with the script I gave you, you need to mannually change the width and height to whatever the size it fo your flash file....that is part of the problem.

Change that is whatever the flash size in intended to be and try again.

Also: See the sticky at the top of the forums called "Click to Activate" to fix that issue with your flash file as well.

fosfora · #17 Jul 3rd, 2007, 02:11

Thank you again...I figured that was part of the problem so I copied the same dimensions as it said on the original one but that didn't fix it. I wish I knew more about this...

Sgaspar11 · #18 Jul 3rd, 2007, 03:01

Ok can you post your files then for us to look at? must be something within the files...is there a reason you have a query string after it? the ?button=0? try taking that out, of both.

fosfora · #19 Jul 3rd, 2007, 21:38

Did I mention how I am a complete novice at this...I had no idea there was a query string. I will just have to play with it and get back to you guys. THANK YOU!

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