Css to layer a div over a swf

I'm trying to convinve my boss that this is not a good idea,
but I'm having
trouble making the argument ... anyone have a good way for me
to approach
this argument?
Alex

Not by the method you mention in your subject line -
All Active content on a page will always rise to the top, so
to speak,
including Flash, certain form elements, Java applets, and
Active X controls.
This means that each of these will poke through layers. There
is not a good
cross-browser/platform reliable way to solve this issue, but
if you can be
confident in your visitors using IE 5+ or NN6+, then you can
use the Flash
wmode parameter (however, Safari does not support this
properly!).
Adobe articles:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15523
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14201
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"Alexander Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to convinve my boss that this is not a good
idea, but I'm
> having trouble making the argument ... anyone have a
good way for me to
> approach this argument?
>
> Alex

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"Joniba" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> Yeah, sorry I'm just learning all this, so now I know
how to (I didn't
> when I
> posted the message). So I guess I could just center the
background image
> with
> no-repeat, and if it's 100% it anyway shouldn't repeat
(?). Is that what
> you
> meant?
>

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Okay, actually I have two problems: 1) I have managed to
create a navigation bar, but I can't find out how to save it other
than saving the html page it was created on. The help literature
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used on other pages, but I'll be damned if I can find where there
are any details of this process.
*BTW, my navbar has multiple elements or buttons, so I can't
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Is this a good plan? Is there a better way to make the Nav bar
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billuminatti wrote:
> Thank you very much for the help. As someone who has
done virtually ZERO
> coding, even something as simple as copying and pasting
code per
> instructions...well, let's just say, it's not my forte.
Needless to say, my
> attempts to do just that, copy and paste per "persistent
layer" instructions,
> have not succeeded yet. There could be several reasons
for this, that I have
> noted, anyway. One is, I have an animated timeline, so
when I replace my body
> tag:
> <body onload="MM_timelinePlay('Timeline1')">
> with the new one (per instructions), my timeline
animation goes bye bye.
> Plus, the "persistence" desired is still not achieved,
which leaves me to my
> next observation: I can't see how the code refers to the
layer that I want to
> persist. IOW, how does it "know" which layer to persist?
> I took the comon-sense measure of having that layer
selected when I pasted my
> code, but I'm not fool enough to think that this would
make any difference.
> I didn't even look into the Server Side Include yet, as
i am just aiming at
> making a layer, any layer, "persist". My comment at this
point is that it seems
> very hard for me to believe that a layer behavior
(persistence, or floating) so
> web-common wouldn't have a "design-view only" solution,
in a package as
> sophisticated as Dreamweaver. This is not a slander on
your answer, BTW, which
> I am sure is a fine one. Thanks again.
>
>
No offense, but I think your approach may be a bit off base
here (of
course I have not seen a link to a a page showing what you
are trying to
achieve, so I could be completely wrong). The first part of
your
question already makes me nervous, because it makes me think
you have
used Fireworks or another image program to create your
navbars.
Depending on which version of Fireworks you are using, that
could be
disastrous or only unwieldly. The navigation bars created by
Fireworks
are definitely not the best solution,and you can go through
years of
posts, particularly by Murray, advising against their use.
If you are interested in an easier way to create your
navigation, post back.
Second, wanting your navigation to stay put while the rest of
the page
scrolls is something I see here a lot, but it's not
necessarily how the
web works. People plunge into frame hell in order to
accomplish it,
but it is like trying to kill a mosquito with a jackhammer.
There is a good extension that will do this for you if you
insist, but
given the problems you are having now, I would first create a
properly
coded page that behaves as a normal web page should, and ONLY
THEN
worry about server-side includes
revisit the issue of fixed and scrolling page elements.
An excellent tutorial for creating a cross-browser friendly,
modern
(e.g.not relying on tables for layout) page can be found at
www.projectseven.com (search for "quickdraw" without the
quotation
marks), where you can also find an excellent tutorial for
creating
horizontal or vertical navigation menus that are simple and
can be used
in templates or server-side includes (search for "uberlink"
without the
quotation marks).
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Oh, and don't apologize for not understanding code: learn to
understand
and write good, solid html and css. Elizabeth Castro's book
HTML for
the World Wide Web is excellent. For beginning css you might
want to
start here:
http://www.mako4css.com/
Bonnie in California
kroko at
sbcglobal dot net
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"Pasay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> OK!,
> will look into that, as I said I'm all new to this,
grateful for all tips.
> I've posted a new Topic : CSS Template in Dreamweaver,
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> //Bosse
>

Insert flash in layer via mouse over

Hi
Using the mouse over option with behaviours I can change the
text of a layer
no problem. However if I paste flash code into the new HTML
code box the
flash doesn't work.
Should it? or can I only use text? I considered using
separate layers and
the make layer visible sequence but wasn't sure if it would
make the code a
bit messy
thanks
Ian

That should work, provided that you have the link to the
javascript file
that contains the function definition -
AC_FL_RunContent
in the head of the page.
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"Ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray
>
> the code I'm pasting is as below, I could usae just
plain text but I
> wanted a typewriter effect.
>
> cheers
>
> Ian
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> AC_FL_RunContent(
> 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0','wid th','516','height','44','title','tickermain','src','graphics/tickermain','quality','high', 'pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','wmode','transparent','movie', 'graphics/tickermain'
> ); //end AC code
> </script><noscript><object
> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"
> width="516" height="44" title="tickermain">
> <param name="movie" value="graphics/tickermain.swf"
/>
> <param name="quality" value="high" />
> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
> <embed src="graphics/tickermain.swf" width="516"
height="44"
> quality="high" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
wmode="transparent"></embed>
> </object>
> </noscript>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
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>> What code are you pasting into the behavior?
>>
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>> "Ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Using the mouse over option with behaviours I
can change the text of a
>>> layer no problem. However if I paste flash code
into the new HTML code
>>> box the flash doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Should it? or can I only use text? I considered
using separate layers
>>> and the make layer visible sequence but wasn't
sure if it would make the
>>> code a bit messy
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Hello All!
I am working on developing a new website, and I have come upon a roadblock...
Is it possible to layer a flash object over another flash object? -- The website I am creating has a flash menu and a flash sllideshow. I want the flash menu (submenu) to be able to appear IN FRONT OF the flash slideshow. Here is the link with my progress:
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