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13 Mar 2010, 4:09 AM
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48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

My site

I managed to embed flash logo but are unable embed flash in center of page. I used this method :
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Using_Flash
but when I view the source I get this-

<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section <div id="" class="content">Define your main Index page copy here.</div> --> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="includes/templates/pure_orange/images/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="283"> <param name="movie" value="includes/templates/pure_orange/images/slideshow.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high"><param name="BGCOLOR" value="#ffffff"> <param name="menu" value="false"> </object></div>

I will check every half hour as my client needs this by Monday

Thanks in anticipation,
Troy

13 Mar 2010, 6:36 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

I currently tried this

<div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="includes/templates/pure_orange/slideshow/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="283"> <param name="movie" value="includes/templates/pure_orange/slideshow/slideshow.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high"><param name="BGCOLOR" value="#ffffff"> <param name="menu" value="false"> </object></div>
13 Mar 2010, 8:35 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

trying to add flash, tutorials say put in one place but root directory saying deprecated...

im new to zencart so any help would be appreciated

here is my site:
https://www.ebazaar.com.au/zencart,

Thanks in advance

Troy

13 Mar 2010, 10:22 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

The "deprecated" has nothing to do with your flash stuff. The "deprecated" comment is related to other text which you have no need to use.

Your flash objects themselves are loading on your page just fine.

The one in the middle of the page is looking for content to display, but isn't finding it. So, that means however you've written your flash app, you've got it looking for images or content or videos etc that are in a folder that it can't find or access. Usually such things need to be in either the same folder as your swf file, or else they need to be in the root of your site; or you could just hard-code the full URL path to them directly in the app.

I don't see this being a Zen Cart issue specifically.

Unfortunately for you, this forum isn't focused on how to correctly write flash applications. If you're stuck, you might look for help with that in another website/forum dedicated to such a topic.
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BTW, your multiple posts on the same topic have been merged. Please don't start duplicate discussions of the same thing in multiple places.*

13 Mar 2010, 11:21 PM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

@DrByte - I thank you for your valuable time and help but I wish to add that I only ask for help because I am new to this area of expertise, hence needing ANYONE'S help to put flash into
ZENCART. Specifically ZENCART- maybe not - ZENCART help in my admin. led me to this forum, not me.
As for multiple posts - I looked in the Customizing catergory I could not find my post. I think a person who uses this forum should have easier access to their own posts or an easier way to access this knowledge regardless of how often we use it.
I know a reply will come and explain if I had read this or that.
I needed a quick fix (48 hour deadline) and rushed to get this posted.

14 Mar 2010, 1:52 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

doydot:

I think a person who uses this forum should have easier access to their own posts
It's actually very simple: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119845

14 Mar 2010, 4:56 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

DrByte:

It's actually very simple: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119845

even easier would be to have MY POSTS under my name that links to my posts instead of the 3 links you suggest.

14 Mar 2010, 11:14 AM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

Or just click on your own name in your post above mine here, then click "Find all posts". Pretty quick. I use it all the time.

22 Mar 2010, 10:57 PM
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Re: 48 hour deadline- trouble embedding flash

yeah thats 2 clicks ,thats getting closer to 1 click