Flash Banner

[james233]

I intend adding flash banner slides to my site at www.gprsmodems.co.uk using PHP. Ideally I would like it on the home page only, replacing the header text. Is there any way of using the header space for the banner only on the index page and all other pages to display the header details as they show now? I realise I could embed into the content part of the index page, however I feel the banner would be too far down the page.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Regards

John A.

[NormanRouxel]

Put your code within a BlockIf containing the variable IsFrontPage. And use ! IsFrontPage for the usual stuff. E.g:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
	Flash code here
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
	Normal code here
</actinic:block>

[james233]

Put your code within a BlockIf containing the variable IsFrontPage. And use ! IsFrontPage for the usual stuff. E.g:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
	Flash code here
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
	Normal code here
</actinic:block>

Norman

Many thanks for the fast response. Would this work putting the code within the "Layout Code - Header Text" section?

John

[NormanRouxel]

Try it and see. E.g., replace layout Header Text's contents with:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   Flash code here
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   <p>
      <actinic:variable name="HeaderText" />
   </p>
</actinic:block>

[Mike Hughes]

Personally, I wouldn't use flash anywhere on a website these days.

An ever expanding number of people own an apple mobile device and with flash you might as well just put up a sign saying "Apple users not welcome".

Mike

[james233]

Try it and see. E.g., replace layout Header Text's contents with:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   Flash code here
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   <p>
      <actinic:variable name="HeaderText" />
   </p>
</actinic:block>

Norman

Many thanks for your help I will try the code later.

[james233]

Try it and see. E.g., replace layout Header Text's contents with:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   Flash code here
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsFrontPage%22%20%2f%3e" >
   <p>
      <actinic:variable name="HeaderText" />
   </p>
</actinic:block>

Norman

I am entering PHP code, do I need to use <actinic:block php="true"> somewhere before the "block if" statement?

[NormanRouxel]

Probably not. The <actinic:block php="true">...</actinic:block> is used for running PHP on your desktop machine when building the pages.

I presume that you have some PHP that you intend to run from your server and in that case just use the usual <?php ... ?> syntax and, of course, make sure that the page filename ends in .php or whatever other file types your server is set up to parse as PHP.

[james233]

Probably not. The <actinic:block php="true">...</actinic:block> is used for running PHP on your desktop machine when building the pages.

I presume that you have some PHP that you intend to run from your server and in that case just use the usual <?php ... ?> syntax and, of course, make sure that the page filename ends in .php or whatever other file types your server is set up to parse as PHP.

Thanks Norman I will try it out. Regards John