Flash (.swf) in wordpress theme

[trigatch4]

Hey I'm trying to put Flash as the banner in my wordpress theme (blix).

I changed this line:
background-image:url(images/spring_flavour/header_bg.jpg);

To this:
background-image:url(images/spring_flavour/header_bg.swf);

And the appropriate .swf file was created in the appropriate folder to replace this.... AND it was the appropriate size. But, it will not show up. However, when I replace with any other .jpg image it works.

Little bit of help?

 

[agua]

I'm pretty sure you can't use swf as a background image - you'll need to embed it.

 

[randomlande]

There doesn't seem to be a simple solution to your problem. You can't do it using CSS and there are some workarounds that only work in IE. You sure it wouldn't just be easier to use a gif?

swf file as background - Google Search

 

[trigatch4]

well i tried publishing as an animated gif in flash but it doesn't seem to do anything.... it keeps a static first frame.

 

[barman]

Pretty sure with flash you have to embed it.

Delete the background image portion and edit your header.php to include the flash.

 

[Moon54]

Yeah, you can't use it as a background.

Try embedding;

<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="180" height="150" title="Flash File">
  <param name="movie" value="FlashFile.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <embed src="FlashFile.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="150"></embed>
</object>

or something like that. If you are still having trouble, use the full URL to the file.

 

[trigatch4]

well i tried using flash to export it as an animated gif... but for some reason, it doesn't animate! I did get the object/embed working but it totally effs up the template.

If I can't get this animation working I'll just scrap the idea and go with a static banner but... lemme know if you've got any ideas

 

[darkpedro]

Another thing to try is changing the visual editor to the html editor. That will probably work for you. I've never been able to embed flash without it.

 

[marketfucker]

well i tried using flash to export it as an animated gif... but for some reason, it doesn't animate! I did get the object/embed working but it totally effs up the template.

If I can't get this animation working I'll just scrap the idea and go with a static banner but... lemme know if you've got any ideas

Embed the flash movie in a DIV positioned as the background. Look up position: absolute and z-index CSS parameters. That should do it.

 

[Brandon]

Do you even need it to be a backgroung? Is there going to be anything on top of it?

 

[Scheme]

Wait do you want the new flash header where the old one was? You can always find the div in the wordpress code and add it in the header.php