[Solved] Flash as billboard

Thursday 27 August 2009 9:30:37 am

Hi,
I'm trying to put a swf file in the top page billboard, but it doesn't show on the frontend. Looking at the code, the file seems embedded right,

<div class="attribute-billboard">
        <script type="text/javascript">
insertMedia( '<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/.../index.swf" width="798" height="280">', '<param name="movie" value="/.../index.swf" />', '<param name="loop" value="true" />', '<param name="play" value="true" />', '<param name="quality" value="high" />', '<p>No <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Flash player<\/a> avaliable!<\/p>', '<\/object>' );
</script>
    <noscript>
    <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/.../index.swf" width="798" height="280">
        <param name="movie" value="/.../index.swf" />
        <param name="loop" value="true" />
        <param name="play" value="true" />
        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <p>Aucun <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">FlashPlayer</a> disponible !</p>
    </object>
    </noscript>
        </div>

but nothing appears on the page. If I insert swf file in the center column position, for exemple, everything is OK. I tried to put the file in Media > Multimedia and in Media > Banners, nothing changes.
Any idea ?

Monday 31 August 2009 3:04:00 am

Hi André,
I'm using version 4.1.3.
I can see the flash when I'm embedding it in an article, but I can't see it when it's embedded as a billboard.
One thing I can't explain is that the code of the flash in billboard appears when I'm looking for page source but not in the page itself. I tried with several browsers to prevent a "adblock like" problem. Same every time.

Monday 31 August 2009 4:40:33 am

Thank you for the suggestion, but ... it doesn't works. Still can't see the Flash as the code is there.

Monday 31 August 2009 5:00:51 am

Hi Catherine,

If I were you I would :

- Check the anonymous policy for content / read
- Check if I could display the "/.../index.swf" url in the browser
- Try to force the "value" and the "movie" params of the embeded object with an absolute url like "http://localhost/ezp/index.swf"
- Check if the flash is really working. Does it have access to necessary data to run (if any) ? You can check that with a soft like firebug
- Try to use swfobject to embed the flash (who knows...)

Hope this helps