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Hi, I just came across this post. I am currently trying to make a flash banner ad.
So far I have made the animation.
Can you help me with the coding you're discussing here?
Thanks so much!!!!

Thanks for this mod Petern. It's fantastic! One thing though...Have you tried if the submenus are still viewable -and not hidden behind the Flash banner- using FireFox in Linux? I believe that;s the only situation where your fix doesn't work....

Happy to help - what exactly is it you need to do?

Basically the code I added, (plus the x.gif file) are modifications to the existing banner module in Joomla. You will need to be comfortable editing PHP files to add the modifications, but its not difficult for the basic PHP coder. If you have no programming experience, PM me..

HI - Thanks alot for your response.
I tried to PM you, but unfortunately the forum won't let me since I don't have 5 posts.
Can you PM me?

I have no php experience

Really

edit:

nvrmind - the snippet works fab. Again, thanks for the solution to this mind-boggling problem for us not-php-experienced

I must just say THANK YOU for that modification.

No Probs - glad its useful - tried to get it added to the Joomla 1.6 core, but they rejected it saying its a fix for Joomla 1.5.. (its actually an enhancement)

D'oh..

Hello all,

Sorry for this naive question but..

how do you place a flash banner using joomla 1.5.14?

It works fine with pictures but with flash, nothing is displayed:

This is the file: http://xxxx.com/images/banners/gcbanner_728x90.swf

And this is the code : <a href="http://customer-abc.com/" target="_blank" title="GC"><img src="http://xxx.com/banners/gcbanner_728x90.swf" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="GC" /></a>

Any help would be largely appreciated as I'm getting crazy with this!

Thanks!

Great job petern and thanks a tonn for the code! Works great for us on Version 1.5.14

Also thank you djrojo for the additional comment and code for loop ... because of you I found this topic right away..!

I updated the code a little so the target selections work (open in a new / parent / pop-up window). I also replaced your gif with a blank.png file (attached) so it now works nicely with my IE png fixes. having said that I fully agree this code should be used as standard joomla patch so its easy for everyone to use swf files in the banner.

tigger -- I hope this helps: Upload your swf file to /images/banners then in your banner settings select the file with Banner Image Selector and dont use Custom Banner Code. If the swf is still not showing my first guess is that you dont have the banner published under modules, or your template isn't loading the banner, verify all your settings:
Check your banner
Check your category
Check modules "Banner"
Check your template file (/templates/ja_purity/index.php) for this code:

Hi Tigger, as RobertIT said, you should use the Joomla Banner system to add the banner and select it from the list, not use the Custom Code area. If the selected banner is flash, Joomla will automatically insert an OBJECT and EMBED command that will allow the swf to display on the page - the code you have shown us is not valid code to show flash, it is for images only...

Hope that helps!
Pete

Hi,

Thanks,
Actually, it works with custom code, but only when the file is served by my client..

Thanks anyway!