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  • #24722
    seedorf
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    Hey there guys,
    I am currently in the construction phase of my website. I decided to use Facebox for one of the links on my site. Once clicked, the facebox windows pops up and reveals a flash game that I embedded from a Wallace and Gromit site. This works fine in Safari and Firefox, however, I am having problems getting it to work on IE and Opera. I was wondering if there was something I had excluded to prevent it from opening up or if these browsers just aren’t compatible with flash embedded within Facebox.

    The website is located here http://pikatzu.com/demo/links.html .

    Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

    #56903
    AshtonSanders
    Participant

    It looks like the problem is with your embed code… This code should work perfectly with Firefox, but not IE.

    Code:

    Try this (old code, but should still work):

    Code:

    Let me know how that works
    Ashton Sanders

    #56904
    apostrophe
    Participant

    Better still, use swfobject http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/, and it validates too!

    #56911
    AshtonSanders
    Participant

    Nice! Thanks for the link.

    #56913
    seedorf
    Member

    hey guys..
    ive tried all the above and it still doesnt seem to be working.
    It looks like IE and Opera might not support embedded flash within Facebox :cry:

    Thanks a lot for the help though though.

    #56929
    apostrophe
    Participant

    Very strange. :?

    Just out of curiosity, have you tried embedding the Flash without Facebox? ie.Does it work if it’s placed inside a normal div? At least then we will know for sure if the problem is Facebox or something else.

    #56948
    seedorf
    Member

    I tried it without the Facebox and it works perfectly. Would it make sense to say that its because the flash content is version 10.0.22. Its a bit odd isn’t it?

    #56950
    AshtonSanders
    Participant

    honestly it sounds like a human error bug… I just put it into a webpage and it did work fine…

    Next idea: Try putting a div inside the #crackinggame div that forces the width and height:

    Code:
    ….

    I don’t think that will totally solve the problem but may help with collapsing…
    It is very strange…

    #56952
    apostrophe
    Participant

    It is odd, I’ve never known swfobject not to work.

    I did a quick search and found this (unresolved sadly) thread on Google groups http://groups.google.com/group/facebox/browse_thread/thread/17c2932480f91165. So you’re not the only one experiencing this problem, unless that was you posting under a different name! lol.

    Another quick search turned up this possible alternative, which is free for none commercial use http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/shadowbox_a_slick_lightbox_that

    #56961
    seedorf
    Member
    "apostrophe" wrote:
    It is odd, I’ve never known swfobject not to work.

    I did a quick search and found this (unresolved sadly) thread on Google groups http://groups.google.com/group/facebox/browse_thread/thread/17c2932480f91165. So you’re not the only one experiencing this problem, unless that was you posting under a different name! lol.

    Another quick search turned up this possible alternative, which is free for none commercial use http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/shadowbox_a_slick_lightbox_that

    Thanks apostrophe,

    I decided to implement shadowbox.js. I had a look at shadowbox.js at some point in time, but didnt know if it would work with swf files.. but it does. It looks a lot better, supports a flash embed and it also works extremely well with Opera.

    I use a mac with Crossover installed so i can run internet explorer, but this doesn’t allow me install flashplayer on the browser. So at the moment I dont know if it runs in IE, but the shadowbox open up, which is good.

    Might implement a png fix at some point in time when im bothered.

    Thanks for the advice Ashton

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