flash not working on homepage

[etchin_uk]

hello guys,

i think its obvious i am making some changes to my website by the amount of threads i have started in the last few weeks.

My next problem (well one of many) is for some reason my flash menu does not seem to be working on the homepage. i use the same template on other areas of website like for instance the FAQ page and the flahs menu works absolutely fine.

so confused on with this one... anyone heard of this happening before or have any ideas how i can get my flash menu to work?

[Duncan Rounding]

I wound suggest you make all the references as full URLs instead of relative ones and see if that helps.

[etchin_uk]

i referenced the swf file using absolute as in swf location "C:/...." and that did not work.

this the code i have used to insert the .swf into my layout templates:

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="479" height="78">
<param name="movie" value="flashvortex2.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="flashvortex2.swf" align="top" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
</object>

i really dont understand this at all because the other pages that use the same layout template all load the .swf file fine, its just the homepage that for some reason the .swf isnt showing.

any ideas anyone?

[leehack]

Absolute as in reading from the web on your server, people visiting your site aren't going to be connected to your C drive i'd hope. Make sure you upload it to your server, most use design > additional files to do this. Your home page sits at a different folder level to every other page, hence the issue with this page.

[etchin_uk]

ahhh ok so i think im starting to get this!

i have already uploaded the swf via additional files and the swf works on all other site pages so atleadt i have done that correctly.

so since this swf file is embedded into the layout template of my website i will need to create a unique template for the front page refering to this homepage folder webserver location.

where can i find the path of this different folder level for my homepage so i can get this problem solved?

[NormanRouxel]

It would be much better to do first try what's suggested in the intial response to your post at #2 above.

Don't use C:\... but instead a proper URL like

<embed src="http://www.mysite.com/acatalog/flashvortex2.swf" ...

[etchin_uk]

thank you very much again Norman.

just to clarify to anyone who may find this thread through search:
the method described above alows flash to work on homepage and other pages.

my only other problem i have come accross regarding the flash menu is that since i have the flash embedded in my templates when i get to my ssl checkout pages i receive an unsecure items warning.

i subsequently got rid of the warning by creating a new checkout template that referenced an identical flash menu stored in a secure location.

the only side effect is that the links from the flash menu dont work when on checkout pages? not to sure how to get around this one because if i remove the full http links used in the flash menu wont BASE HREF force links to begin HTTPS therefore creating a link to a HTTPS store page that i dont not wont as store pages are not HTTPS??