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Plugin Detection Question???

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TigerGirl7

TigerGirl7

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Apr 8, 2003
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Hi,

I created a video that I want to play on my homepage. I created two versions: one for Flash 6, and one for Flash 8. I love how the Flash 8 video looks, but I want to have a fall back for users who only have Flash 6 installed.

Using Deconcept's SWFObject - - it looks like I can detect whether the user has the Flash 8 plugin, and if not redirect the user to an alternate page where they can see the Version 6 video.

Is this the best way to do this? I was hoping there's be a way to display an alternate swf file depending on the user's version of Flash.

I'm also very concerned about any SEO implications with this method (if any).

Cheers!
 
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SWF Object is currently (arguably) the best choice for embedding SWF in HTML.

I don't think there are any differences between SWF Object and other methods in terms of SEO - I don't think SE care about code.

Kenneth Kawamoto
 
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I'm trying to setup my page so that users who don't have the Flash 8+ plugin are redirected to Google (this is just for testing purposes).

I'm using the following code but it doesn't seem to work:

<html xmlns=" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>home_f6</title>
<!-- SWFObject embed by Geoff Stearns geoff@deconcept.com -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("home_f8.swf", "mymovie", "259", "236", "8", " "#336699", );
so.write("flashcontent");

</script>

</head>
 
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First of all you can't create a Flash object inside of the HTML <head> tag. Put it in <body>.

Secondly, SWF Object Javascript writes <object>/<embed> tags in the specified element. In your HTML there aren't any. If you want to use [tt]so.write("flashcontent");[/tt] then you have to have <div id="flashcontent"></div>.

Anyway you must read the instruction:

Kenneth Kawamoto
 
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