Archive for the ‘Flash’ Category

How to make your Flash the BEST!

Thursday, June 15th, 2006 by Steven Pignataro

Recently, a client wanted to have a flash object on his site that was originally designed for a different site. The problem occurred when it was re-sized – it looked totally distorted. I hunted for solutions and finally came across a nice way of making the distortion disappear.

By not defining a height for the object (flash object) and giving the quality of the object “best,” flash did not distort and it wasn’t destroyed.

I created an example code that you can use that will make your flash FLASHIER and more crisp, even if it isn’t designed for your size site or the location on your site.

Making Flash appear below Javascript Pop-ups

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Steven Pignataro

While working on a site I started using a javascript function called Thickbox to create attractive popup boxes. Along with the attractive popup boxes, flash was used throughout the the site. One thing Flash is well known for is being on top of everything (literally). When any Ajax or DHTML popups appeared, Flash appeared directly on top of it. The quickest and simplest solution is to give Flash a transparent background!



<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="/file.swf" wmode="transparent" />

This makes the two play nicely together. You get what you’ve always wanted – Flash in the background over code!