Welcome!

[Kaypearl]

Would

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<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf">
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400">
</embed>
</object>

be OK?

[Ryan Williams]

Most people use JavaScript to implement Flash nowadays, including big players like YouTube. This is additionally the only XHTML-valid way to do it.

Basically you have a regular <div> full of whatever content you please (ideally an SEO-friendly version of whatever's in the Flash), and then the JavaScript replaces that <div> with the Flash. Thus, search engines and those without JavaScript/Flash see the <div>; those with them enabled see the Flash.

The industry standard for this is SWFObject, which is used by the aforementioned big players such as YouTube. There's also a jQuery-specific plugin which uses some of jQuery's built-in functionality to condense the concept into less code.

[Kaypearl]

Yea, I found that out through viewing the source for some Flash websites so I googled "swfobject.js".

Great plug-in! Thanks for the reply!

[josedaniel]

Yea, I found that out through viewing the source for some Flash websites so I googled "swfobject.js".

Great plug-in! Thanks for the reply!

I always use swfobject very powerful plugin.

[Kaypearl]

Yep, that's what I use now, .