Page loads w/ white boxes before images appear

(page has a black background)

[eelhandroll]

Good morning,

We created a site with a black background. The HTML pages include text and a few Flash files.

As a page loads, white boxes appear in the exact positions occupied by the Flash files. Once the entire page loads up and the Flash files load, the viewer gets a true, complete black background.

Is there a way to set the areas behind these Flash movies to black instead of white?

Thanks!

[charlienichols]

I think that's browser-dependent isn't it? IE will show different than firefox, safari etc?

[iamlost]

Three possibilities worth trying:

One: set the flash background to "transparent" so the body background will show through:
[macromedia.com ]

Two: if utilising <object> to embed Flash use CSS: <object style="background-color: #000">

Three: set the flash background to the same as the body background by adding to your HTML: <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000">. Note that bgcolor is deprecated.

[eelhandroll]

charlienichols: Yes, this does occur with Firefox.

iamlost: Thanks very much, it worked!

Cheers