Validate transparent flash using Satay method

validates in xhtml, but is not transparent.

[Aberdeen]

Hi,

I posted this in the xml section, but did not get a reply, so hope I get more luck here.

I am trying to xhtml vaildate a transparent flash movie, using the satay method. I tried:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/presentation.swf" width="300" height="85"><param name="vmode" value="transparent" /><img src="images/presentation.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" /></object>

It validates, but the movie does not have a transparent background.

Also I have always wanted to know:

If I have this code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/presentation.swf" width="300" height="85"><param name="vmode" value="transparent" /><a href="widgets"><img src="images/presentation.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" /></a></object>

Would google be able to follow the widgets anchor?
And can the links in the flash movie be relative or should they be absolute in order to be spidered?

Cheers

[sidyadav]

> It validates, but the movie does not have a transparent background.

Try the following:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash/presentation.swf" width="300" height="85"><param name="vmode" value="transparent" /><img src="images/presentation.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" />

<EMBED src="flash/presentation.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="85"
NAME="Presentation" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent"></object>

Would google be able to follow the widgets anchor?

Google follows all HREF links. So in this case, yes.

And can the links in the flash movie be relative or should they be absolute in order to be spidered?

Both will work -- this the same with normal text links.

Sid

[Mobull]

"Embedding" will not be validated. The standard output in Flash is not W3.org compliant. Another problem you might find out that Firefox 0.93 is not fully supporting the wmode=transparent option. I think it willl be solved with later versions, since it worked for me in 0.92.