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Insert flash into header – Theme Vantage

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Melina Matussik
11 years ago · Last reply by Andrew Misplon 11 years ago

Hi,

I want to insert a flash logo into the header. That’s what I did:

In widgets >> Header I wrote this text:

<embed src="https://sites.google.com/site/cookinghive/Logo.swf"
quality="high" scale="exactfit" menu="false"
width="1000" height="350" swLiveConnect="false"

I also tried Kimili flash plugin.

The problem is, that I can’t see the animated swf logo, which should look like this:

https://sites.google.com/site/cookinghive/Logo.swf

What should I do?

Thanks for your help!

URL: http://cookinghive.de/melis_blogprojekt_ch/

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  1. Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Melina

    This seems to work ok in a Text widget once the file is hosted in your media library. To make this happen you’ll need to first install the following child theme from Appearance > Themes > Add New: Upload Theme:

    https://siteorigin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vantage-child-allow-flash-uploads.zip

    Once activated you can then go to Media > Add New and upload your flash file. Once uploaded view the file in the library and grab it’s url from the right column url field.

    Once that’s done use your embed code in a Text widget but with your own local url for the file:

    <embed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" height="200" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://localhost/so/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Logo.swf" width="900">

    You’d replace my url that starts with localhost, with your own location for the file.

    Keep in mind that activating a child theme causes Appearance > Customizer and Appearance > Menu settings to reset. Test this all out before re-doing all those settings.

  2. Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 3 months ago

    (Credit for code snippet in child theme functions.php is: http://pixert.com/blog/allow-wordpress-upload-flash-swf-files/)

  3. Melina Matussik 11 years, 3 months ago

    It worked. Thank you so much :)

  4. Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 3 months ago

    Super, glad you were able to work through all that. Nicely done!

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