Well those days are gone when people hesitated to use flash in their websites. Flash headers are getting very popular these days, due to its reduced size and animation features. Flash headers can be used in the theme to give it a cool look. Well inserting a flash header in thesis theme is very easy. In this post I will show you how to exactly do it.Inserting the flash into thesis header is very easy. I am assuming that you have the flash file you want to use in the header. Now place the flash swf file in the root folder directory or wherever you want to place it. Now in your thesis options open custom file editor. Copy and paste the code below to add your header function. This will create a header function as flash_header. Edit the path of the URL to the path of the desired swf.
function flash_header() {
?>
<center><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://URL.com/filename.swf?v=4.6%3A24710" FlashVars="backgroundColor=0xFFFF99&textColor=0x003333&config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nablopomo.com%2Fmain%2Fbadge%2FshowPlayerConfig%3F%26size%3Dsmall" width="800" height="166" menu=false quality="high" bgColor="#adce01" scale="noscale" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></center>
<?php
}
add_action('thesis_hook_header','flash_header');
Now copy the CSS to remove the text header. The CSS will remove the text in the header.
.custom #header #logo { text-indent: -9999px; height:3px;}
.custom #header #tagline { text-indent: -9999px; }
That’s it! You’re Done.
Feel free to comment on the Flash headers and queries related to flash on it.
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Hehe… flash = cool effects = cool site!
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Wow amazing, gonna give it a try on my dummy wp blog
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hey, Thanks ..Well switching to the Thesis…Well thanks for the tutorial btw..
Thanks. It is a useful post. I will try this soon on my site (first I have to make a cool flash header)
Hei Bro,
Could you tell me, how to add flash file on wordpress thesis theme page? Please help me.
We can install the Tube plugins in wordpress. I think that’s best way to post video
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