[SWFObject] css drop down menus

[Geoff Stearns]

as an aside here: you could easily do the menu in flash, and build an  
alternate version with html that gets replaced by swfobject if they  
have flash.

that way google will index all the links, but people with flash  
player will see the flash menu.




On Jun 21, 2006, at 8:08 AM, Michael Ypes wrote:

> Well there can be many reasons, mine was because I wanted it to be  
> able to be search engine friendly, don’t google it though as it  
> doesn’t come up J
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> Also if the user wants content under the menu which isn’t flash  
> then there will probably be a whole bag of issues with that as  
> well. Never tried it personally as I have tried to steer clear of  
> it. If the content was all flash then they could, as you said, do a  
> drop down menu driven by an external xml file. I did one when I  
> built the animal site ( http://www.animal.co.uk – does not use the  
> swfobject ).
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> From a personal point of view I always prefer building navigation  
> systems in flash as they are more appealing and you have full  
> control in how they behave and interact with the user.
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> By the way I wouldn’t say your dumb, just intellectual challenged J  
> he he
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> Cheers
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> M
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> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com [mailto:swfobject- 
> bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Jim Berkey
> Sent: 21 June 2006 12:40
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Vol 3, Issue 26
>
>
>
> What am I missing? After following this thread for a while, I see a  
> flash author trying to jigger a css dropdown menu to work cross- 
> browser on top of a flash file. Am I dumb(rhetorical- please don't  
> answer)?  - why don't you just create the menu - much more  
> elegantly (imho), within the flash file? Is there a design  
> restraint that I'm not seeing? The menu can even be xml driven if  
> it will change often.
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> On 6/21/2006 at 12:00 PM Gordon Newell wrote:
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> Brion,
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> <div style="z-index: 2" id="header">  (I added the style="Z-index: 2")
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> and
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> <div style="z-index: 1" id="flash1">  (I added the style="Z-index: 1")
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> It works ;)
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> Gordon.
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> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com [mailto:swfobject- 
> bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Brion Keith Mills
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 9:53 AM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWFObject Digest, Vol 3, Issue 26
>
> Thanks Jason,
>
> However, when I changed to: so.addParam("wmode", "opaque"); I got  
> the same results.
>
> I'm beginning to think this is hopeless. Here's the link to the  
> Flash in question: http://65.115.104.39/1105Media/index_v3.html
>
> On 6/20/06, Jason Grunstra <jgrunstra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> wmode = "opaque" typically gives better frame rate performance, and
> will also allow you to display layers overtop of Flash
>
> > Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus
> > did you try wmode = "transparent" ?
> >
> > On 6/20/06, Brion Mills <bmills at 101com.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Geoff,
> > >
> > > Let me first start off by both thanking and congradulating you  
> on your
> > success with swfObject.
> > >
> > > I am contacting you regarding an issue that was brought up in  
> your "Why
> > don't you use FlashObject?" post.
> > >
> > > In the comments section, a user addressed the problems with Flash
> > transparency. I implemented your suggestion to place the fo.write  
> after all
> > of the parameters. I did that and it worked partially.
> > >
> > > I am using a CSS drop menu, with a touch of javascript. FF of  
> course
> > doesn't cause any issues. However, IE6 doesn't agree with this at  
> all. Upon
> > rolling over the menu, the flash movie still forces the menu  
> items behind
> > it. I have tried a number of z-index solutions with no success.
> > >
> > > If you have the time, could you please show me a contextual  
> example of how
> > this should work?
> > >
> > > Thanks again for all of your hard work!
> > >
> > > Brion
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