My site's HTML does not validate due to the code below -

<noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="620" height="145">
            <param name="movie" value="indexflashone.swf" />
            <param name="quality" value="high" />
            <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
            <embed src="indexflashone.swf" width="620" height="145" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>
          </object>
</noscript>

related site - note:almost finished

This is the code needed inorder to use flash in my site. But this bit of code generates 9 fails while using the strict doc type.

As there is no alternative ( As far as i know), do you think it's ok to add a validate image to my site?

Of course there are other methods - several in fact. There are 2 stickies at the top of this forum that address this exact issue.

Or if you're lazy, you can just steal the code here:

http://www.sustainabilityincubator.com/

I know it validates...I wrote it. You're welcome.

thanks for that, and sorry for not looking up one inch and seeing

"How to Add Flash, Video, and Audio to Web Pages"

adam. before i saw your post i used the link above and got the result -

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="c.swf?path=indexflashone.swf" width="620" height="145">
           <param name="movie" value="c.swf?path=indexflashone.swf" />
		   <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
       </object>

But the write up said I had to use a holder with some action script in, i named it just c.swf-

onLoad = function() {
   loadMovie("indexflashone.swf" ,0);
}

which is the same as yours expect for the holder.
Just incase you were wondering what the heck the holder is for (but you prob knew it anyway). The website (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay) quotes -

"The only problem with the code I had is that IE/Windows doesn’t stream the movie. It waits for the whole movie to download and then plays it. This is fine for very small movies, as the wait isn’t that noticeable. So, how about creating a very small container movie, which in the first frame loads in the real movie we want to play?"

I'm not really sure if it would make anydifference anyway, plus it's a bit of a hack.

This is one of the reasons I tend to avoid a lot of the ALA articles. The "hack" is completely unnecessary, since this has been an issue that has gone on since...well...pretty much since Flash was invented.

A preloader would have worked here just as nicely, and you can do a lot more that way than you can with this hack.

I just know that this way works and works well. I've used it for a couple of years with no issue.

The problem now is that for some reason when this new flash code is loading into IE6. A popup comes up that says " Press OK to continue loading the content page" every time it's loaded. (it does it on your site aswell adam)
That is annoying. It's one problem after then next, with ie 6! (and microsoft for that matter because my xbox 360 just broke down after 2 weeks)


Also my new flash code failed an Accessibility test due to -

"Rule: 1.1.3 - All OBJECT elements are required to contain element content.
* Failure - OBJECT Element at Line: 24, Column: 5"

Does anyone know what that means or if there is something i can add to fix the issue?

thanks

What exact specific error are you having to always click ok on? I think I know the answer, but I don't want to confuse you in case I'm thinking of something different.

it's just a default pop-up that appears in the middle of the screen in IE6.
I'm just thinking that not only would that be annoying for visiters, but some people new to the web may think that this pop-up to be security warning and quickly press the back button.
the pop-up is reacting to the new flash code. maybe adding the <no script> tag might help .........

Weird, dude. It doesn't do it on IE6 here or any other machine I've ever tested it on (including the client's, and that site's been shown to a bunch of people who would use IE6 and therefore see it.)

I'm thinking you've got a configuration issue happening.