Flash movies in html

I am having difficulty impanting a flash movie into my
homepage. You can see my problems at the link below:
VIEW SITE HERE
problems:
1. The drop down menus from my navigation bar fall behind the
flash movie. I've tried working with layers, but I can't figure out
how to get the flash movie to fall behind.
2. The flash movie contains interactive content, but you have
to click once on the movie itself before you can scroll over and
see the interactive parts.
How can I fix these problems? Any help is much appreciated.

> 1. The drop down menus from my navigation bar fall
behind the flash
> movie.
> I've tried working with layers, but I can't figure out
how to get the
> flash
> movie to fall behind.
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
> 2. The flash movie contains interactive content, but you
have to click
> once
> on the movie itself before you can scroll over and see
the interactive
> parts.
It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
several
years ago to their browser, regarding how Active Content
(Flash, Quicktime
etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2/CS3, the fix is already
built into DW's
interface.
If not, try
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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>I am having difficulty impanting a flash movie into my
homepage. You can
>see
> my problems at the link below:
>
>
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>
> problems:
>
> 1. The drop down menus from my navigation bar fall
behind the flash
> movie.
> I've tried working with layers, but I can't figure out
how to get the
> flash
> movie to fall behind.
>
> 2. The flash movie contains interactive content, but you
have to click
> once
> on the movie itself before you can scroll over and see
the interactive
> parts.
>
> How can I fix these problems? Any help is much
appreciated.
>
>
>

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>
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>> P.S. Someone mentioned the "SWFObject method" but I
was curious if there
>> was
another way to do this. Remember the main concern here is
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