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Make your html Flash code validate as xhtml.
In addition, people who don't have the flash plugin in their browser won't see a thing.
There's a solution to both of these problems.
So, the code that Dreamweaver will leave you with will look like:
Code:
<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="580" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="400"></embed>
</object>
<param name="movie" value="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="400"></embed>
</object>
The way to make this code valid and also display an alternative image in case the user doesn't have the flash plugin, is the following:
Code:
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" width="580" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" />
<img src="path_to_your/alternative_image.jpg" width="580" height="400" alt="alternative image" />
</object>
<param name="movie" value="path_to_your/flash_movie.swf" />
<img src="path_to_your/alternative_image.jpg" width="580" height="400" alt="alternative image" />
</object>
Shorter, cleaner and works
