Flash banners and PHP...

Hey Flash ppl... LOL, I have a nice flash banner I did for my
gaming clans website. The issue is that it reload everytime anyone
goes to a new topic, post something or does anything that reloads
the page. Is there a script out there that I can place to get
around that? I know PHP is different then HTML... so I don't know
if there's a work around? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
http://www.shadowops.org/Forums/index.php

Hi James,
That is one awesome looking banner! Good job!. I think you
hit the key about multiple platforms making one single page. You
noticed that when the page reloaded the flash reloads. This is
normal. One trick to get around that is by using a PHP equivalent
of an <IFRAME></IFRAME> in your php code. You develop a
way to reload the Iframe rather than the whole page. Or you could
go back to the older days and use the <FRAME> tag and only
reload the frame element.
Another way would be to develop an entire site in flash and
you only play the elements that need data to change. I am sure
there are other ways but this is a quick way out.
Again, great job on the banner!
Doug

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