website wont show in IE

[surferguy]

Hey guys,

I am just launching a new website and it wont work in IE. It works in both google chrome and firefox. It is hosted by godaddy. I am defeated and don't know what to do. Anybody ever had this problem?

see if it works for you on your computer.

www.comodesigns.com

[Azure]

Thats interesting.

Works for me in Firefox, but doesn't work in IE8.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by Azure

Thats interesting.

Works for me in Firefox, but doesn't work in IE8.

Same here.

It's probably how you're embedding the Flash. I don't use the stuff in my designs if I can help it.

Could I make one design suggestion? I didn't notice the arrows in your carpentry and artwork portfolios until the 3rd time I looked at the pages. You might want to make them more visible.

[surferguy]

cheers for the feedback, I had a friend design the page for free and she uses flash. I don't know much about it and will make that suggestion for a quick change to the arrows. She is talking to her people about the issue but I figured I'd check out with CP for suggestions

[Sliver]

Yep, not working in IE8 here either. (I realize that's already been established but since I clicked I figured I should reply, too )

[ah123]

Not working in IE6 either (I know, IE6 is ancient, but that's our corporate standard, so that's what I use when I am at work)

[Azure]

Off topic, but your carpentry page is seriously cool.

A few years ago I worked in a millwork and we did a lot of flashy cabinet work and other complex design stuff. Its awesome to see how it turns out.

Good stuff.

[photon]

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="800" height="600" id="como" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="como.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="index.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="800" height="600" name="como" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

That's the HTML code, I've bolded the part that might be wrong, the actual file is index.swf, and if I point IE at index.swf it works, so maybe the movie param tag is used by IE and it's looking for como.swf which doesn't exist?

Just my first guess without researching how to actually embed flash (I never use it either).

ETA: Meaning try changing the page so it says

<param name="movie" value="index.swf" />

[surferguy]

cheers photon, I will pass that along to my developer when she gets back to me.

[OBCT]

Originally Posted by photon

That's the HTML code, I've bolded the part that might be wrong, the actual file is index.swf, and if I point IE at index.swf it works, so maybe the movie param tag is used by IE and it's looking for como.swf which doesn't exist?

Just my first guess without researching how to actually embed flash (I never use it either).

ETA: Meaning try changing the page so it says

<param name="movie" value="index.swf" />

Interesting. Would make sense.

But why would it work in FF and Chrome if that was the case? Do those browsers default to "index.swf" if the specified parameter is not found? Do they auto-debug on the fly in some sense?

Neat website btw, surferguy.

[photon]

Or they use the embed tag. Or in IE the movie param tag overrides the embed tag but not in other browsers.

Frack, stupid browsers are black magic, I hate that stuff

[Barnes]

photon is probably right.

And please don't support IE 6. It is 9 years old and held back the Internet for far too long.

Google, MS, Digg, YouTube and Facebook have all moved on and so should the rest of us.

[Azure]

Even Microsoft has moved on from IE6.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Barnes

photon is probably right.

And please don't support IE 6. It is 9 years old and held back the Internet for far too long.

Google, MS, Digg, YouTube and Facebook have all moved on and so should the rest of us.

This. A million times, this.

[surferguy]

Looks like photon wins this thread, all is fixed and now Como Designs is live! Thanks for the help and feedback guys!

[Azure]

Its cause he's a mod.