<![CDATA[ Support/Comments for swfFix - My Forums]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=49035 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286858 Also, an image tag is a lot easier to build than all that nested object embed stuff which I never really liked. Calling an image a certain name, and giving it an alt tag can certainly improve search engine rankings (as dev_cw said).

All the best,
Taff]]> Taff Apr 24, 2008, 09:41 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286858 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286857 Don’t you feel that most people nowadays have JavaScript enabled and flash installed though?I think that most modern browsers come with the flash plug-in pre-installed. However there may still be some users who chose not to use it or occasional users with old browsers. Also it does not work with screen readers so you can have an image with a nice description in the alt tag to help in these cases (which may also help with SEO as well).]]> dev_cw Apr 24, 2008, 06:13 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286857 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286856 WHOA, awesome taff! Thanks alot for the response, I really like the idea of replacing the flash with an image. Don’t you feel that most people nowadays have JavaScript enabled and flash installed though?]]> miamisurf Apr 24, 2008, 01:20 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286856 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286855 I built this snippet an awfully long time ago, and had to read the documentation myself. Once you have downloaded it, you should find everything you need to install it in swfFix.snippet.txt.
This snippet basically just creates the JS you need to use swfFix according to: http://code.google.com/p/swffix/wiki/SWFFix_documentation

if you have a normal object call along the lines of:
<head>
[[swfFix?&embedType=`standard`&id=`myId`&height=`200`&width=`800`&swfUrl=`assets/flash/myFlashFile` &version=`9.0.0`&expressInstall=`true`]]
</head>
 <body>
 <div>
<object id="myId" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="780" height="420">
	<param name="movie" value="myContent.swf" />
	<!--[if !IE]>-->
	<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="myContent.swf" width="780" height="420">
	<!--<![endif]-->
		<p>Alternative content</p>
	<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
</div>
</body>


I normally replace the flash with an image nowadays, so if they don’t have javascript enabled they arent getting the flash either. 
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/js/swffix.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
		SWFFix.embedSWF("assets/flash/landscape.swf", "banner", "995", "112", "9.0.0", "assets/flash/expressInstall.swf");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="banner"><img src="assets/templates/images/banner.jpg" width="995" height="112" alt="Welcome to my site">
</body>




Hope that clears it up. Feel free to post any other questions you may have, I’ll answer them if I can.

Taff



]]> Taff Apr 22, 2008, 09:46 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286855 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286854 miamisurf Apr 22, 2008, 01:39 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286854 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286853 ]]> miamisurf Apr 22, 2008, 01:37 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286853 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286852 Dimmy Sep 21, 2007, 03:40 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286852 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286851
To sum up, IE uses the outer object, all the proper browsers use the inner object. To that end you need to replace

<param name="movie" value="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" />


with 

<param name="movie" value="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>


...if I remember rightly.

Cheers,
Taff]]> Taff Sep 20, 2007, 10:54 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286851 <![CDATA[Re: Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286850 
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!-- 
var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
if(hasRightVersion) {  // if we've detected an acceptable version
    var oeTags = '<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"'
    + 'width="639" height="250"'
    + 'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">'
    + '<param name="movie" value="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" /><param name="loop" value="false" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />'
    + '<embed src="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" '
    + 'width="639" height="250" name="Opzet" align="middle"'
    + 'play="true"'
    + 'loop="false"'
    + 'quality="high"'
    + 'allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"'
    + 'type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'
    + 'pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">'
    + '<\/embed>'
    + '<\/object>';
    document.write(oeTags);   // embed the flash movie
  } else {  // De geinstalleerde flash-plugin is te oud of niet detecteerbaar
    var alternateContent = 'Alternate HTML content should be placed here.'
  	+ 'Deze illustratie vereist een flash-plugin.'
   	+ '<a href=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/>download de Flash-plugin</a>';
    document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
  }
// -->
</script>


now i used the standart version like this:

snippetcall:
[[swfFix?&embedType=`standard`&id=`myId`&version=`9.0.0`&expressInstall=`true`]]


the code in the template:
<object id="myId" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="639" height="250" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000">
<param name="movie" value="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="gfx/basic/textscroller.swf" width="639" height="250" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" >
<!--<![endif]-->
<p>Alternative content</p>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>


in ff it works fine nice transparency but in ie not.

do I mis something?]]> Dimmy Sep 20, 2007, 04:38 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286850 <![CDATA[Support/Comments for swfFix]]> https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286849 swfFix.

Use this forum to post any comments about this addition or any questions you have regarding its use.

Brief Description:
This snippet uses SWFfix to embed flash (swf) content into a webpage.

SWFfix is a joint effort from the authors of SWFobject and UFO. THE choices for embedding Adobe Flash.

It still requires some testing and hopefully the bugs can be ironed out.
]]> Taff Sep 19, 2007, 03:40 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/49035/support-comments-for-swffix#dis-post-286849