[SWFObject] Extra space added in table cell

[Geoff Stearns]

a preloader in your swf is your best bet... just throw in some sort  
of notice that there is content loading there.


On Dec 8, 2006, at 4:45 PM, David Roudebush wrote:

> Thanks, Geoff,
>
> It was a problem in my table code, completely unrelated to  
> SWFObject. Sorry
> to have taken your time on it.
>
> Now everything loads and displays just fine-- except that people  
> hitting the
> site now get a blank screen while the Flash loads.
>
> Before using SWFObject the rest of the page would load, then the  
> swf would
> come in. Now it looks as if I need one of those "loading" preloader
> things....
>
> You can compare the two & see the difference, even if you've cached  
> the
> images
>
> http://www.conlanpress.com <== new version, SWFObject-enhanced.
>
> http://www.conlanpress.com/index_bak.html <== original version,  
> Macromedia
> imbed
>
> On my machine, it's a 1 second vs. 10 seconds sort of thing.
>
> Any thoughts as to how I can get around the delayed load time?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> David
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Geoff  
> Stearns
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 1:10 PM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Extra space added in table cell
>
> First of all you should put some alternate content in there for people
> without flash... maybe a little upgrade message, because if someone  
> doesn't
> have the right Flash Player version, they will just see a big empty  
> box if
> you leave it how it is..
>
> as for the space, i'm not sure... it might be a bug in the way IE is
> displaying the td, maybe one of the script tags (or event he 2  
> spaces you
> have inside your div) are adding that space there... maybe one of the
> elements is set to display: inline and setting it to display:
> block would fix it... i'm not sure.
>
> you'd have to play around with it a bit.
>
> you should also move the script tag that embeds the swfobject.js  
> script up
> into the head of your document.
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 8, 2006, at 3:58 PM, David Roudebush wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm running a flash movie that fits exactly into a table cell.
>>
>> I've just installed SWFObject to test it out, and it keeps adding 40
>> pixels or so at the bottom of the cell, distorting the table.
>>
>> I'm sure this is just an idiot-newcomer pilot-error thing, but if you
>> could point out the issue, I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> http://www.conlanpress.com  <== current, macromedia-style embed
>>
>> http://www.conlanpress.com/index_swf2.html <== my first attempt at
>> SWFObject.
>>
>>
>> ==============================
>> Secondary questions:
>>
>> 1) Can I place the scripts somewhere else (such as the header) as
>> opposed to the actual table cell?
>>
>> 2) Is the sequence important?
>>
>> Thanks very much! SWFObject does exactly what I was hoping to do, and
>> it's all, well, DONE. Thank you.
>>
>> -David
>>
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