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I'm writing a new page for our cub, it has a top page frame and 3 below. In IE it appears fine but in firefox only the top frame appears.

I am no expert programmer and the main thing is we would like the fash bit to work. It is only one page at the moment. The aim is the new pages will replace the fash frame (I can do that bit)

The test page is here at the moment but only for a few days.

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A short, practical follow-up that builds on 's original report and the suggestions from and .

Historically, Internet Explorer used an ActiveX-based embedding path while Firefox relied on the NPAPI plugin, so incorrect or IE-only embed markup often produced a white box in non-IE browsers. Useful checks beyond fixing the doctype: ensure cross-browser object/embed markup is used, confirm the server serves .swf with the correct MIME type, test the SWF directly outside any frames to isolate frame-related rendering, and avoid wmode settings that can break rendering in some browser/plugin combinations. For robust embedding, use a small script-based shim such as SWFObject that handles differences and feature-detects the Flash plugin rather than relying on IE-only markup (SWFObject on GitHub). Browser and HTML reference for the object element is here: MDN — object element. MIME type reference: .

A minimal, cross-browser pattern that typically worked (illustrative):

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="movie.swf" width="600" height="400">
  <param name="movie" value="movie.swf" />
  <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
  <embed src="movie.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="400" wmode="opaque"></embed>
</object>

Important context for readers who find this thread much later: Flash Player reached end-of-life and major browsers block or disable SWF content by default. Newer options are to convert animations to HTML5/JS/CSS, or to use an emulator such as Ruffle for legacy content (Ruffle); see Adobe's Flash Player EOL notice for official guidance (Adobe Flash Player EOL).

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check your doctype... Firefox is stricter than IE in terms of markup.

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I now have all the frames appearing but the flash (.swf) file only runs in IE. In firefox it is just a white box.
The pages are up with the code as it is in but I have to say I can't see why it is not working unless it is something I don't reay understand how to do.

Thanks to reply above I've got the frame bit ok though.

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I'm writing a new page for our cub, it has a top page frame and 3 below. In IE it appears fine but in firefox only the top frame appears.

I am no expert programmer and the main thing is we would like the fash bit to work. It is only one page at the moment. The aim is the new pages will replace the fash frame (I can do that bit)

The test page is here at the moment but only for a few days.

Many Thanks

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