FlashVars/Javascript Integration -- Neither Working

Question

A client asked to have a short intro swf on his homepage, at
the end of which is the main navigation for the site. He also wants
to be able to jump back to the homepage and SKIP the whole intro,
just go straight to the navigation in the swf. I tried this first
using flashvars and then using javascript/flash integration, and
both are giving me problems. Nothing so far has worked on firefox
mac, only sometimes on ff pc, never in IE and usually in Safari.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong??
here's the flashvars
version
here's the javascript
version
in the first frame of the swf, i have the following
code:

Answer 1

Yes, beer hurts. Obviously my, 'dont write too much because
people don't like to read' policy was wrong.
What I want to do is have an intro in the swf that plays when
you load the page normally, but can also be
automatically skipped, if say coming from one of the pages
deeper in the site. I'm sure there's a simpler way to do this, and
im all ears, but what i tried to do is have a variable inside the
swf that is basically a boolean for whether or not to skip the
intro, that is what the
if(loc == 'nav'){
gotoAndStop('links');
is for. In other words, if the variable loc has the value
'nav' then skip the intro and go right to the navigation menu.
Now, in order to set the variable i tried two methods, the
first was to use flashvars/url query (as in
src="intro.swf?loc=nav"). that can be seen here:
flashvars/query
the second attempt was using js/flash integration, which can
be seen here:
js/flash integration
the thing is neither of them are consistently working. hence
the 'nothing so far has worked' business....does that
clarify?