pulling hair out now!

[Sandra Robbins]

OK, I am viewing in IE7 and seeing the "click to activate" on my home page slideshow when I hover over it with my mouse. I have been told it is a IE bug and have seaeched the threads and read till my eyes are sore but cannot find an answer to how to fix it. I have found many times where the question has been asked but not one has gotten a reply to this specific question. Can anyone who knows the answer, please enlighten a newbie?

Thanks in advance!

Sandra
www.photosbysr.com (http://www.photosbysr.com)

[denisegoldberg]

OK, I am viewing in IE7 and seeing the "click to activate" on my home page slideshow when I hover over it with my mouse. I have been told it is a IE bug and have seaeched the threads and read till my eyes are sore but cannot find an answer to how to fix it. I have found many times where the question has been asked but not one has gotten a reply to this specific question. Can anyone who knows the answer, please enlighten a newbie?

Thanks in advance!

Sandra
www.photosbysr.com (http://www.photosbysr.com)
There are quite a few "fixes" for this ie bug posted - but I haven't tried any of them, so I can't point you in the right direction. You can find the fixes by doing a search of the web - not dgrin - using your favorite search tool (Google, or...). Search for
ie click to activate flash
I did find a notice on the Adobe site that indicated that Microsoft plans to remove this message in April 2008. But - should we really believe what one software vendor says about another one? Info on the Adobe site at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/faq.html.

If you decide to try one of the fixes, please post here to let us know which you used.

--- Denise

[Sandra Robbins]

There are quite a few "fixes" for this ie bug posted - but I haven't tried any of them, so I can't point you in the right direction. You can find the fixes by doing a search of the web - not dgrin - using your favorite search tool (Google, or...). Search forie click to activate flash

I did find a notice on the Adobe site that indicated that Microsoft plans to remove this message in April 2008. But - should we really believe what one software vendor says about another one? Info on the Adobe site at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/faq.html.

If you decide to try one of the fixes, please post here to let us know which you used.

--- Denise

Thank you Sooo much for all of that information. I was searching on Dgrin - no wonder I could not find it! I will try them later tonight and post back the results. You are fantastic!:clap

Sandra

[Julia]

I was going to bump this for you tonight Sandra, because Denise actually pointed out to me the other day that my slideshow is doing the same thing... and I didn't know it. So I've been trying to find info on it and am coming up empty. :D

I'm going to spend some time searching tonight and if I come up with anything good, I'll update.

Julia

[denisegoldberg]

I was going to bump this for you tonight Sandra, because Denise actually pointed out to me the other day that my slideshow is doing the same thing... and I didn't know it. So I've been trying to find info on it and am coming up empty. :D

I'm going to spend some time searching tonight and if I come up with anything good, I'll update.

Julia
It happens on my page too, it just hasn't gotten under my skin enough to get me to start experimenting. I suspect it's more critical on your site because it gets in the way of your drop-down nav bar.

--- Denise

[Sandra Robbins]

Here is the website I see the fix for this on.

http://www.mix-fx.com/flash-prompt.htm

I just need to know where to put the script in my code. If anyone can look at this and tell me where it goes, I would be happy to be the test dummy and try it out.

Thanks!

Sandra

[Julia]

So, like Sandra, I googled around and all last night and this morning have been trying all the various suggestions in the many hits that I got.

The first one that Sandra posted above... can someone tell us exactly where to put what? I've tried every combination imaginable - putting the JS in the JS section, putting the script in my bio box, in my header, in my footer... you name it. I'm obviously missing the exact right locations. :roflNo matter what combo I try, it doesn't work.

<*script type="text/javascript" src="fixit.js"></*script*>

(Obviously without the asterisks.)

theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++) {
theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
}

Thoughts? Help? :D

Julia

[ivar]

<*script type="text/javascript" src="fixit.js"></*script*> This will, unfortunately, never work.

This bit of code is saying "pssst, open file fixit.js". However, it is telling the browser to look in the root directory of the site, where the file is not located. You will need to set the direct path to the file. Does that make sense? :ear

[Sandra Robbins]

So, like Sandra, I googled around and all last night and this morning have been trying all the various suggestions in the many hits that I got.

The first one that Sandra posted above... can someone tell us exactly where to put what? I've tried every combination imaginable - putting the JS in the JS section, putting the script in my bio box, in my header, in my footer... you name it. I'm obviously missing the exact right locations. :roflNo matter what combo I try, it doesn't work.

<*script type="text/javascript" src="fixit.js"></*script*>

(Obviously without the asterisks.)

theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++) {
theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
}

Thoughts? Help? :D

Julia

Thank you Julia! I hope someone can help us! I know somebody knows because it doesn't happen on all of the sites like ours but does on quite a few. We will figure this out one way or another!:scratch

[Julia]

This will, unfortunately, never work.

This bit of code is saying "pssst, open file fixit.js". However, it is telling the browser to look in the root directory of the site, where the file is not located. You will need to set the direct path to the file. Does that make sense?

Right. Yes. Of course it does. :doh

So what can we do within SmugMug's structure? :D

[ivar]

Right. Yes. Of course it does. :doh

So what can we do within SmugMug's structure? :DDo you have the file somewhere? Store it somewhere online, anywhere, and you can link to it. I don't know where the original file is, but assuming it is somewhere online, you can link to that as well. Does that help?

[Julia]

OK, now I'm losing it. :rofl I hosted it at Ripway (where I have my favicon per SM's suggestion) and I thought I changed the code correctly. I put the JS in the JS, and I put that script (with the correct location to the file) in my bio box in html tags. It's obviously not right. :dunno

ETA: Wait. I don't need to put the JS in the JS section, do I? Since it's referring to the file elsewhere with the same thing? I'm losing it!

[ivar]

OK, now I'm losing it. :rofl I hosted it at Ripway (where I have my favicon per SM's suggestion) and I thought I changed the code correctly. I put the JS in the JS, and I put that script (with the correct location to the file) in my bio box in html tags. It's obviously not right. :dunnoOkay, no problem :D

What is the direct link to the file? :ear

[Julia]

http://h1.ripway.com/SaltyGrapes/fixit.js

[ivar]

http://h1.ripway.com/SaltyGrapes/fixit.jsOkay, cool.

So, this should be the code to load that file:
<*script type="text/javascript" src="http://h1.ripway.com/SaltyGrapes/fixit.js"></*script*> without the asterisks of course. Put that in the head tag field :thumb

[Julia]

Well, it doesn't want to work for me. :scratch Exactly what you put above, minus asterisks, is in my head tag. And it's still offering "click to activate" in IE7.

But, I'll try some of the other solutions with the files hosted elsewhere and see if I can make any headway.

Thanks Ivar! If you have any other ideas, I'm all ears. :D

[ivar]

Well, it doesn't want to work for me. :scratch Exactly what you put above, minus asterisks, is in my head tag. And it's still offering "click to activate" in IE7.

But, I'll try some of the other solutions with the files hosted elsewhere and see if I can make any headway.

Thanks Ivar! If you have any other ideas, I'm all ears. :DYou have a link to the page where you got this information from, originally? :ear

[Julia]

Ivar-

Yep. I was using the info from this one that Sandra posted when I was going back and forth with you.

Here is the website I see the fix for this on.

http://www.mix-fx.com/flash-prompt.htm

I've tried a couple other locations I Googled as well (for instance this one: http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm (http://http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm) ) and met with the same non-results.

Help is appreciated!!! :D

Julia

[Sandra Robbins]

Ivar-

Yep. I was using the info from this one that Sandra posted when I was going back and forth with you.



I've tried a couple other locations I Googled as well (for instance this one: http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm (http://http://www.amarasoftware.com/flash-problem.htm) ) and met with the same non-results.

Help is appreciated!!! :D

Julia

I have tried other fixes too with no results! Julia, I think we must be the only ones who care about this issue.:D Thanks for all of your work and let's hope we find the answer.

Sandra Robbins

[Sandra Robbins]

shameless bump out of frustration. Did anyone get this to work ? I know it's an IE thing and not a smugmug thing but, I do know that there are some smugmug sites that it does not happen on and I know they must have figured out how to fix it somewhere. Thanks for your time.

Sandra

[denisegoldberg]

shameless bump out of frustration. Did anyone get this to work ? I know it's an IE thing and not a smugmug thing but, I do know that there are some smugmug sites that it does not happen on and I know they must have figured out how to fix it somewhere. Thanks for your time.

Sandra
I suspect that the sites that do not show this problem are still using the old slideshow and not the new flash slideshow. All of the sites I've looked at that are using the new flash show have this message popping up in IE.

--- Denise

[Sandra Robbins]

I suspect that the sites that do not show this problem are still using the old slideshow and not the new flash slideshow. All of the sites I've looked at that are using the new flash show have this message popping up in IE.

--- Denise

Hey, you might be right there! I did not think of that. Thanks for the reply!

Sandra

[muserato]

shameless bump out of frustration. Did anyone get this to work ? I know it's an IE thing and not a smugmug thing but, I do know that there are some smugmug sites that it does not happen on and I know they must have figured out how to fix it somewhere. Thanks for your time.

Sandra

Ok, so it took me a very long time to figure out, and I got it, but it's not pretty. This was bothering me since I started customizing my site. I used the fix from Adobe and, for the not prety part, I am hosting the javascript files externally. Look at my gallery (muserato.smugmug.com) It's probably easier to look at the code than for me to spell it out here.

Let me know if I can answer any questions.

WOO HOO!!! I'm so happy :barb