astupidname - 10:01 am on Nov 18, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hi Scott and welcome to webmasterworld!

wmode parameter of transparent is what you are really looking for, Scott. It allows the flash object to have no apparent background, so the parent element's background color (or inherited bacground color) will come through. Alternatively, you could define param elements for bgcolor instead if you want the objects to have different background color (then don't use the wmode params of "transparent" value), such as: <param name="bgcolor" value="#008000">

So, this will work for what you are doing (note the www.example.com urls all need changing of course):

<object id="Internet_Explorer_Recognizes_Outer_Object" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="450" height="450">
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.bezzmedia.com/swfspot/resources/45-picturecube.swf?im0=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/captmidnight1cubed.jpg&amp;im1=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/foxylady1cubed.jpg&amp;im2=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/foxyshamrockcubed.jpg&amp;im3=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/lucy1cubed.jpg&amp;im4=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/pard1cubed.jpg&amp;im5=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/shamrockcubed.jpg&amp;cubesize=250">
  <!--[if !IE]>-->
    <object id="Other_Browsers_Recognize_This_Inner_Object" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.bezzmedia.com/swfspot/resources/45-picturecube.swf?im0=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/captmidnight1cubed.jpg&amp;im1=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/foxylady1cubed.jpg&amp;im2=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/foxyshamrockcubed.jpg&amp;im3=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/lucy1cubed.jpg&amp;im4=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/pard1cubed.jpg&amp;im5=http:/[smilestopper]/www.example.com/cubedpics/shamrockcubed.jpg&amp;cubesize=250" width="450" height="450">
    <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
  <!--<![endif]-->
  <!-- Alternate content here will be exposed in all browsers if flash not available -->
  <p style="color:red; font-size:1.1em;">We're sorry, it appears you do not have flash player and are unable to view the content intended to be here. You may click the image below to go and get flash player, then do please come on back!</p>
  <p><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_adobe_flash_player.png" alt="get flash player"></a></p>
  <!--[if !IE]>-->
    </object>
  <!--<![endif]-->
</object>


Replace your "problem area" with the above after correcting the url's. Also note the lengthy descriptive id's I gave the objects, cut the id's out if you want, just placed for you to view. Enjoy!