Flash Banners Not Displaying

I have installed a .swf flash banner in my wide-banners are but all I can see is the whitespace where the banner should be and no .swf animated flash.

I follwed the tutorial here:

zenflavor.com/how-to-display-flash-in-zen-cart-banner-locations.html

I have tested the html ebmed code and it does work in browers, but placing the same code in the banner box 'banner manager' HTML Text: area does not work for me.

Where am I going wrong here?

Strange, it's showing in IE, but not FF

limelites:

Strange, it's showing in IE, but not FF

If the address in your sig is it, don't see it with IE6 or FF3.5.3

Did you turn on the space in admin-config.. Layout Settings?
Are you using a clickTAG?

I'm currently running a swf banner using the banner manager. Its working with swfObject and clickTAG...

Can't believe I didn't post the address. It's:

https://www.superfancy.co.uk

....but I switched off the bottom banner for now. Is there a standard code I need to install in the header or something to make Flash work in Mozilla browsers?

limelites:

Is there a standard code I need to install in the header or something to make Flash work in Mozilla browsers?

The only code I run in the header is swfobject.... no code is required other then the normal object and embed tags in the body. I do use the full url for the source when I use the banner manager.

If you run a clickTag, you need to code with ActionScript 3 or IE and FF will refuse to run it.

https://www.superfancy.co.uk

Can't figure out why it shows in IE but not in FF. Here is the html I've added to the banner manager, which obviously works as it shows in IE, so why not FF?

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="480" height="125">
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.superfancy.co.uk/shop/images/banners/limelites.co.uk%20flash-banner.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
     <embed src="flash-banner.swf"
      quality="high"
      type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
      WMODE="transparent"
      width="480"
      height="125"
      pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
      allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>

any ideas?

Do you have spaces or special characters in the filename?

I am seeing:

Try removing the space in the banner name ...

NOTE: I believe you want this for the secure pages, if you run this banner on secure pages, to go to the secure site:
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

I am not sure if this is the one that needs changing or not but be sure to test ...

I don't use banners on secure pages, thanks for the pointer though in case I change that in the future.

Also, I've removed the space in the URL and it's still not showing the banner in FF.

I've made the banner active in case you'd care to inspect?

You changed the banner filename as well?

yes :smile:

I see what's eben wrong, a silly oversight. I'd forgotten to add the full url to the embed code!

Here's the new html (which works):

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="670" height="70">
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.superfancy.co.uk/shop/images/banners/limelites.co.uk-flash-banner.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
     <embed src="http://www.superfancy.co.uk/shop/images/banners/limelites.co.uk-flash-banner.swf"
      quality="high"
      type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
      WMODE="transparent"
      width="670"
      height="70"
      pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
      allowScriptAccess="always" />
</object>

You might try using a relative address:
/shop/images/banners/limelites.co.uk-flash-banner.swf

rather than the full domain in there ...

It's working now though :)