RE: An emergency - my life depends on it!

[Henry Moreno]

I looked at it not a problem...you must of figured out what you did wrong.



Good Luck


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From: ownershocker [dot] com [ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of Jonathan

> Baldwin

> Sent: Monday, April 20, 1998 10:44 AM

> To: Flash

> Subject: An emergency - my life depends on it!

>

>

> Hello all - I've got 66 digests to catch up on. Argh.

>

> Here's the problem. I was called in to a meeting today and virtually

> ordered to remove Flash from our company's web site because the IT boys

> think it doesn't work, and will put people off looking at the site. I

> used all the arguments about the download time being an investment etc

> etc. Deaf ears, I'm afraid. Using Flash, I've managed to keep the site to

> just 89k - as traditional GIFs and JPEGs I reckon it would've been over 1

> megabyte.

>

> It turns out the problem lies in the fact that the first-version site

> went up today for testing (very basic, hardly an award winner!) but

> everyone leapt at the chance of seeing it and was greeted with a message

> saying they didn't have the required plug-in.

>

> At the moment, the home page checks for the presence of the Flash

> plug-in, using Dreamweaver's built-in behaviour. If it's not present, you

> get a (currently very plain) 'you need Flash' message.

>

> Even after the plug-in has been downloaded, the message still comes up.

>

> I suggested the reason was that the script checks for Flash 2, whereas

> the plug-in downloaded is now version 3. However, even with the version 2

> plug-in installed, I still seem to get the message. What's going on?

>

> Please take a look at http://www.hrpc.co.uk and see what happens.

>

> What I need is to know what code I should include on the home page to

> check for any version of Flash (at least version 2). If the plug-in is

> present, the page should download as normal, if not it should go to a

> page called 'getflash.html'

>

> Please email me privately (as well as responding to the list if this

> problem sounds like it might be useful to others) at:

>

jonathan [dot] baldwinukonline [dot] co [dot] uk

>

> Unfortunately I can't access the code I used on the homepage without

> going back to the office, but I really need a solution before then - I'm

> hoping the time difference will mean some of you Americans will be able

> to save my career! (it really is that serious...)

>

> I'm annoyed of course that the problem was broadcast all over the place

> instead of first being discussed with me so it could be sorted out.

> Surely that's the point of testing a web site before going public?

>

> Anyway, hope someone can help.

>

> Cheers

>

> Jonathan

>

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