Long time no see. I've been working recently on a minor refresh of my school's business department website, and I'm having a bit of trouble implementing a flash header. The school has a set template which includes a horizontal drop-down menu that i do not have access to change. My flash banner thingie is right below that on the page. The trouble comes when the movie is played -- whenever the movie transitions from one layer (in the movie) to another layer (in the movie) the drop down menu falls "behind" the flash movie. I've messed with the z-index of the flash container to no success.
I faced this problem once a long while ago. If I recall correctly there is a value called wmode that has to be set to transparent in your flash movie. Once this is set, I believe that z-index will work correctly for you.
Luke, I know you can do this with Javascript as well. I have used a script that did the same effect. I don't know the language but I know it's possible.
@Paul: that did it! Thanks so very much! @Joe: I don't have access to change the drop downs... they're part of the entire school's template and outside of my control. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Hey All,
Long time no see. I've been working recently on a minor refresh of my school's business department website, and I'm having a bit of trouble implementing a flash header. The school has a set template which includes a horizontal drop-down menu that i do not have access to change. My flash banner thingie is right below that on the page. The trouble comes when the movie is played -- whenever the movie transitions from one layer (in the movie) to another layer (in the movie) the drop down menu falls "behind" the flash movie. I've messed with the z-index of the flash container to no success.
A demo can be seen here
Thanks for any suggestions!!
-iLuke
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iLuke