- Confused by swfobject IE fix... -- flash (macromedia)

Reese
5/16/2006 10:42:03 PM

I was recommended the following flash object IE fix :
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

However, I'm having a hard time wrapping my newb brain around it. More
specifically, the following part :

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<div id="flashcontent">[...]</div>
Prepare an HTML element that will hold our Flash movie. The content placed
in the 'holder' element will be replaced by the Flash content, so users with
the Flash plug-in installed will never see the content inside this element.
This feature has the added bonus of letting search engines index your
alternate content.
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Is it me, or is that explanation not all that clear? What exactly am I
supposed to put in this div, and why is it needed at all? Feel free to tell
me like I'm a 5 year old.

Thanks.

ImagicDigital
5/16/2006 11:14:33 PM

You can put *anything* at all in there. Any regular HTML markup, like a
web page without Flash. Such as:

<div id = "flashcontent">
<p>Flash Player 8 Required to view this movie.<br>
<a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/"
target="_blank">Click here to download the newest Flash
Player.</a></p> </div>

Or even something as simple as:

<div id = "flashcontent"> This content requires Flash Player <div>

Or an image file that is like a static version of your flash movie:

<div id = "flashcontent"><img src = "../images/header_static.jpg"
alt="This is the alt text for my image" width="700" height="130" /></div>

[quoted text, click to view]

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