Hi...I am using this module on my site. I am considering purchasing some flash templates at least a flash intro template for anons but when I go to the admin and select full under the box it only says html the template i am considering says Sources Available:
.FLA;
.SWF

Before I through money out the window can you please tell me if I would be able to use these flash template and how...or at least point me to the page that explains how. i read the node that you mentioned in the readme file but I didn't see anything on flash specificly. Thank you.

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Phillip Mc commented
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you can use anything in your front page. the module allows you to have a FULL HTML front page...which means anything goes.

Let's say your flash intro template comes with two files - a HTML file and a SWF file.

  1. Create a folder called something like /animation/ and upload your .swf file to there.
  2. Copy and paste the complete HTML file into your front_page.module settings page and edit the path to our .swf file within that HTML so it's pointing to http://www.example.com/animation/yourintro.swf
  3. It's worth editing the bits inside the HEAD of your HTML so the correct site title and tags are there for google etc.
  4. select FULL on the front_page module settings page and save your settings.

You don't have to paste in the entire HTML...you could just paste the html that loads your flash animation and select THEMED.

Of course, you can have a different intro animation for users who are logged in etc.

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Designer Dude commented

u forgot to mention that every time someone adds flash to the front page of a site, an angel dies.

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lfhubcom commented

Thank you for your reply philk but it doesn't have html because it's a flash intro...well that's what the online help said.

ok weirdness...after i wrote the above the online dude said there's no html but there is a html file...what did he think I meant in the first place.

now he comes back and says there's no html in the zen cart and recommends that I try one of their free templates first to see how it works. so i will do that...thanks for your help.

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lfhubcom commented

Designer dude, What you have against flash n the front page?

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lfhubcom commented

ok i now see that which file is the the .swf amd which is the .html now i can do what you said up there...wish me luck.

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lfhubcom commented

"Create a folder called something like /animation/ and upload your .swf file to there. "
I created the folder in the pulic.html in file manager and it didn't work. Is that wrong? should it be on my computer...i read something about a web folder but i'm not sure what that is. back to googling I go...I can't believe I spent all day on this stupid intro

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Phillip Mc commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

closing this and redirecting discussion to here: http://drupal.org/node/261623