Flash not displaying in IE
 

Hello, Of course my site looks great in firefox, but not in IE. I know I'm probably missing a tag. Can someone take a look. I have added flash in the welcome.tpl. My site is not done yet. Thank you.
http://www.highseasalts.com

{*
$Id: welcome.tpl,v 1.33 2008/10/30 17:57:31 max Exp $
vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et:
*}
{if $display_greet_visitor_name}
<h1>{$lng.lbl_welcome_back|substitute:"name":$disp lay_greet_visitor_name} </h1>
{elseif $lng.lbl_site_title}
<h1>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$lng .lbl_site_title}</h1>
{else}
<h1>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$con fig.Company.company_name}</h1>
{/if}
{$lng.txt_welcome}
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="100%" height="100%">
<param name="movie" value="skin1/banner3/slide3.swf?xml_path=skin1/banner3/slides.xml" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="_flashcreator" value="http://www.photo-flash-maker.com" />
<param name="_flashhost" value="http://www.go2album.com" />
<embed src="skin1/banner3/slide3.swf?xml_path=skin1/banner3/slides.xml" width="100%" height="100%" quality="high" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed>
</object>
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers && $config.Bestsellers.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}<br />
{/if}
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

Does it work in IE if you take the <object>code</object> out? BTW if you point the mouse to any of the flash images in any browser the image turns into black area so your flash actually doesn't work.

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

Thank you. I have not tried that yet. I was also trying to figure out why it was turning black when hover over. Would it be in the flash program itself where the problem is? It is one of those programs you just add your pics to and upload and insert the code.

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

Looking at your page in IE7 with IE developer tool bar - where you set object "height = 100%" appears to be causing the problem. Maybe set the width & height with fixed pixels?

Perhaps the flash script you are using has a way for you to define the mouse over images? Maybe look at the documentation associated with the flash for more information, or name the application and someone on the forum may be familiar with it & offer assistance.

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

I'm using Photo Flash Maker Pro. What would the code look like if I was to make it fixed? I have checked the settings on the program and there is no option for hover color so I've sent them an email for assistance on this. Thank you for your help. I'm almost done with my site and this has me a little frustrated.

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

Do you know the height & width of your slideshow? Something like:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="770px" height="220px">

or some height and width that fits in your layout

I'm not familiar with your flash application, so I don't know if there is a reason for the 100% size settings. If you need them - you might try putting the entire object></object> in a div of fixed size:

<div style="height:220px; width:770px">
<object ...
</object>
</div>

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

I can't thank you enough for your help!! Your first suggestion of using width and height worked beautifully. I just had to add the <center> tags to get it to center in IE even though is looked correct in FF. Thanks again.

Re: Flash not displaying in IE
 

Glad it worked. Hopefully the support at Photo Flash Maker Pro will give you an easy solution for the other issue.