Flash content 'on top'

I have a site with a css generated drop down menu, this drop
down menu goes 'over' any content below it. When I insert a Flash
file though the drop down menu appears behind it. Anyone got any
ideas how to make the menu on top please? See URL:
http://external2.yorkcollege.ac.uk/index2.html

yorkcollege,
> I have a site with a css generated drop down menu, this
> drop down menu goes 'over' any content below it.
Except for Active Content. ;) This is due to the way Flash
and other
Active Content works. Such content is not actually *in* the
page, but the
browser collaborates with the Flash Player (or the Java
Virtual Machine, or
Windows Media Player, etc.) to make it seem that it is.
Here's a brief article on how to get around it.
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/how-to-position-flash-beneath-other-content
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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