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Hi everyone. I was wondering if it is possible to have a .swf file on my home page.
I am using the odessey theme and have replaced the logo.gif with my own pic.
Is it possible, if I add music to the pic and save as a .swf file, it will play music on the site?
Or can I insert a flash file into a block? either in the centre or side? I have tried but nothing seems to happen!
I'm really a newbie and dont understand much at all about programming and stuff.
I can edit a block and insert an image, thats about the level of my knowledge. It would just be nice to use a flash file.

Sorry! Im bad, i just seen the flash section !!! sry, i shall post it there!

Actually this is the correct forum for your post.

Yes, you can add Flash into your header. If you just want to replace your logo, then all you need to do is replace the <img> tag with your Flash code.

the header file in themes that contain the logo.gif is as follows.

<br>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<img height="17" alt="" hspace="0" src="themes/Odyssey/images/corner-top-left.gif" width="17" align="left">
</td>
<td align="center">
<a href="index.html"><img src="themes/Odyssey/images/logo.gif" alt=""._WELCOMETO." $sitename" border="0"></a>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<img height="17" alt="" hspace="0" src="themes/Odyssey/images/corner-top-right.gif" width="17" align="right">
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td align="right" width="50%">
<form action="search.html" method="post">
<b>Search</b> <input type="text" size="15" name="query"></td><td align="left" width="50%">
  <font class="content"><b>on</b>  $topics_list</select>
</font></form>
</td></tr></table>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="#ffffff">$public_msg<img src="themes/Odyssey/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="20" border="0" alt=""></td>
</tr></table>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="#ffffff"><img src="themes/Odyssey/images/pixel.gif" width="10" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td>
<td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="140" valign="top">

You'll need to replace this:

First of all thank you very much for your help. This is fantastic! I really appreciate it.
However, i must still be doing something wrong.

My .swf file is called test1.swf. I have ftp this to the same directory that the header.php file is in within the theme dir.this is were i put the logo.gif!

I tried the code were you said and altho the header still loads there is no pic. I have music embedded within the flash file.
This is what i have now.....

<br>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<img height="17" alt="" hspace="0" src="themes/Odyssey/images/corner-top-left.gif" width="17" align="left">
</td>
<td align="center">
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
ID=mlp WIDTH=XXX HEIGHT=YYY>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="test1.swf">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000>
<EMBED src="test1.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

</td>
<td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<img height="17" alt="" hspace="0" src="themes/Odyssey/images/corner-top-right.gif" width="17" align="right">
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td align="right" width="50%">
<form action="modules.php?name=Search" method="post">
<b>Search</b> <input type="text" size="15" name="query"></td><td align="left" width="50%">
  <font class="content"><b>on</b>  $topics_list</select>
</font></form>
</td></tr></table>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="#ffffff">$public_msg<img src="themes/Odyssey/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="20" border="0" alt=""></td>
</tr></table>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="#ffffff"><img src="themes/Odyssey/images/pixel.gif" width="10" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td>
<td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="140" valign="top">

You need to put in the full path to your Flash movie. So, if you uploaded the movie to themes/Odyssey/images, you would need to put that before the filename of your Flash movie.

You also need to change the height and width values (in two places) to match the dimensions of your movie.

Ahh, ok, thanx, will let u know!!

Well. Wow your the best. thank you its wicked!

Ive been waiting so long to get this to work! I really appreciate it.

Have a look, [ Register or login to view links on this board. ]

its a big file, 3.5 meg, so it takes a few seconds to load, but I think its worth it.
Sadly it keeps restarting everytime you click away, must be the way php works i guess?
However, thanks again, it works great.

Glad you got it working!

The reason it's reloading is because the header is included in the pages of your site. Everytime you go to a different page, the header gets called into the page, thus reloading the Flash movie.

Any way around this? or would I be better including the music in a block on the homepage so it only plays when your at the homepage?and not flicking thru the forums. mabe on that Anakin pic!

If so, can I insert the same script directly into the block were i have the <img>?