I have battling for weeks over how to put a flash file on my frontpage. I want to know where to put the flass file.
below is the script for the index.php of my page
<?php
/**
- @copyright Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
- @license GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
- Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
- to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
- is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
- other free or open source software licenses.
- See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
*/
// no direct access
defined( ‘JEXEC’ ) or die( ‘Restricted access’ );
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" >
<head>
<jdoc:include type=“head” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/system/css/system.css" type=“text/css” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/system/css/general.css" type=“text/css” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template.css" type=“text/css” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/<?php echo $this->params->get(‘colorVariation’); ?>.css" type=“text/css” />
<link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/<?php echo $this->params->get(‘backgroundVariation’); ?>bg.css" type=“text/css” />
<!–[if lte IE 6]>
<link href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/css/ieonly.css" rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” />
<![endif]–>
<?php if($this->direction == ‘rtl’) : ?>
<link href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template_rtl.css" rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” />
<?php endif; ?>
</head>
<body id=“page_bg” class="color<?php echo $this->params->get(‘colorVariation’); ?> bg<?php echo $this->params->get(‘backgroundVariation’); ?> width_<?php echo $this->params->get(‘widthStyle’); ?>">
<a name=“up” id=“up”></a>
<div class=“center” align=“center”>
<div id=“wrapper”>
<div id=“wrapper_r”>
<div id=“header”>
<div id=“header_l”>
<div id=“header_r”>
<div id=“logo”></div>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“top” />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“tabarea”>
<div id=“tabarea_l”>
<div id=“tabarea_r”>
<div id=“tabmenu”>
<table cellpadding=“0” cellspacing=“0” class=“pill”>
<tr>
<td class=“pill_l”> </td>
<td class=“pill_m”>
<div id=“pillmenu”>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user3” />
</div>
</td>
<td class=“pill_r”> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“search”>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user4” />
</div>
<div id=“pathway”>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“breadcrumb” />
</div>
<div class=“clr”></div>
<div id=“whitebox”>
<div id=“whitebox_t”>
<div id=“whitebox_tl”>
<div id=“whitebox_tr”></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“whitebox_m”>
<div id=“area”>
<jdoc:include type=“message” />
<div id=“leftcolumn”>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘left’)) : ?>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“left” style=“rounded” />
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘left’)) : ?>
<div id=“maincolumn”>
<?php else: ?>
<div id=“maincolumn_full”>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘user1 or user2’)) : ?>
<table class=“nopad user1user2”>
<tr valign=“top”>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘user1’)) : ?>
<td>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user1” style=“xhtml” />
</td>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘user1 and user2’)) : ?>
<td class=“greyline”> </td>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘user2’)) : ?>
<td>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user2” style=“xhtml” />
</td>
<?php endif; ?>
</tr>
</table>
<div id=“maindivider”></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<table class=“nopad”>
<tr valign=“top”>
<td>
<jdoc:include type=“component” />
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“footer” style=“xhtml”/>
</td>
<?php if($this->countModules(‘right’) and JRequest::getCmd(‘layout’) != ‘form’) : ?>
<td class=“greyline”> </td>
<td width=“170”>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“right” style=“xhtml”/>
</td>
<?php endif; ?>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class=“clr”></div>
</div>
<div class=“clr”></div>
</div>
<div id=“whitebox_b”>
<div id=“whitebox_bl”>
<div id=“whitebox_br”></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“footerspacer”></div>
</div>
<div id=“footer”>
<div id=“footer_l”>
<div id=“footer_r”>
<p id=“syndicate”>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“syndicate” />
</p>
<p id=“power_by”>
<?php echo JText::(‘Powered by’) ?> <a href=“http://www.hillspictures.org”>Niyi!</a>
<?php echo JText::(’’) ?> <a href=“http://validator.w3.org/check/referer”></a> <?php echo JText::_(’’) ?> <a href=“http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer”>Copyright 2009</a>.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“debug” />
</body>
</html>
and here is the flash script i want to include.
<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=“en” lang=“en”>
<head>
<title>video_lara.swf</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<object classid=“clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000” codebase=“http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0” width=“100%” height=“100%” id=“video_lara.swf” align=“middle”>
<param name=“allowScriptAccess” value=“sameDomain” />
<param name=“movie” value=“video_lara.swf” />
<param name=“quality” value=“high” />
<param name=“bgcolor” value="#ffffff" />
<embed src=“video_lara.swf” quality=“high” bgcolor="#ffffff" width=“100%” height=“100%” name=“video_lara.swf” align=“middle” allowScriptAccess=“sameDomain” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=“http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer” />
</object>
</body>
</html>
i am a novice in programming, please can u help locate it where it is suppose to be?
Please anybody with solution?