Frequently Asked Questions:
I can make my own fancier flash header movie, or I know a guy. How do I embed it?
Q: I can make my own fancier flash header movie, or I know a guy. How do I embed it?
A: First, you need to grab this file and upload it into your prophoto folder. (You may need to right-click it and choose “save file as…” or something like that.) This file will help you embed the movie in such a way that doesn’t produce ugly borders when you hover over it in Internet Explorer. (Why are you still using Internet Explorer? Slap yourself and then get Firefox.)
Next, you’ll need a .swf file with the dimensions of 980px x 250px. Save it as exactly: “flashmovie.swf” and upload it into your prophoto folder. Then open your “header.php” (may be called just “Header”) file from the Design (’Presentation’ in WP 2.3 and earlier) –> Theme Editor. Right BEFORE where it says:
</head>
add a new line and paste in this:
<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory') ?>/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Then, look further down in the “header.php” (aka: Header) file for these two lines (there’s a bunch of code in between):
<div id="header-masthead">
(…a bunch of code in here…)
</div><!--end div header-masthead-->
DELETE everything between those two lines of code and then INSIDE those two remaining tags, copy and paste the following code:
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0','width','980',
'height','250','title','','src','<?php bloginfo('template_directory') ?>/flashmovie','quality',
'high','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','bgcolor','#FFF','wmode','transparent','movie',
'<?php bloginfo('template_directory') ?>/flashmovie' ); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"
width="980" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="<?php bloginfo('template_directory') ?>/flashmovie.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory') ?>/flashmovie.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="980" height="250"></embed>
</object></noscript>
Save the changes and check your work.
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