WordPress Expert » Flash http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:58:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Make WordPress and Firefox Adblock Play Nice http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress/firefox-adblock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=firefox-adblock http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress/firefox-adblock/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:20:30 +0000 John Lamansky http://wordpress.jdwebdev.com/blog/troubleshooting/firefox-adblock/ This potential problem is applicable to those using the following, which is probably quite a few people:

As part of its functionality, Adblock inserts a Block tab next to Flash objects, etc. to make blocking that object as easy as a couple clicks.

The problem is, Adblock will insert the HTML code for this tab into the visual editor for a WordPress post that includes Flash.

And who wants code like this in their posts?

<a href="http://www.example.com/flash.swf" style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-0032072711718704405 visible ontop"></a>

Thankfully, the solution is simple:

  • For Adblock, right-click on the Adblock link in the status bar and select “Whitelist this whole site.”

  • For Adblock Plus, right-click on the ABP icon in the status bar and select “Disable on (your domain name).”

This will stop Adblock from adding the “Block” tab (and its associated code) into your posts.

]]> http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress/firefox-adblock/feed/ 0 How to Embed XHTML-Compliant Flash http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress/embed-xhtml-compliant-flash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embed-xhtml-compliant-flash http://johnlamansky.com/wordpress/embed-xhtml-compliant-flash/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:15:52 +0000 John Lamansky http://wordpress.jdwebdev.com/blog/tips/embed-xhtml-compliant-flash/ According to Macromedia, the typical method of embedding Flash on a website is using the following HTML, replacing “myFlashMovie.swf” with the filename:

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"
WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" id="myMovieName"><PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="myFlashMovie.swf"><PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF><EMBED src="myFlashMovie.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400"
NAME="myMovieName" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED></OBJECT>

Not only is this messy-looking, it’s invalid XHTML, since the <embed> element isn’t part of the XHTML specification.

Often this wouldn’t be a problem, but since WordPress uses the stricter XHTML standard instead of the loosey-goosey HTML specification, using such code in your posts, pages, or template will likely cause your blog to not validate.

Thankfully, the same Flash video can be included in the following manner:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="myFlashMovie.swf" height="250" width="800"><param name="movie" value="myFlashMovie.swf" /></object>

Not only is this much cleaner and shorter, it also avoids the <embed> element, ensuring XHTML compliance.

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