Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

[shinywen]

I did some looking to find the most appropriate comm in which to ask about this, but apologies if I guessed wrong based on the userinfo here-- feel free to redirect me to a better place to ask. I suspect it's possible that asking about embedding flash on DW may be the silliest question you've seen yet. I'm pretty bold about admitting ignorance, and pride goeth before the dreams of cheesy page elements =)

I'm a dork and love the flash animation code that puts transparent swimming fish over your text. I kinda wanted to do it for just this first sticky entry. My initial research indicates that you simply can't integrate embedded flash with CSS. Now to say I'm a hack (and not the cool kind) regarding coding is being generous. But I messed with the code and got it to KIND of work... I think possibly the parameters just need tweaking.

<site-embed id="17"> <font color="white">I have made this journal largely public so that people with similar experiences or interests may find it. Sharing the human experience, or just the grad school experience even, is one of my favorite aspects of the internet. Most entries are not friend-locked and commenting will always be available. ETA: Ok well, I HAVE started locking some entries now, remembering lessons from long ago about my family finding my blogs. If you want to be added so you can read everything, just ask. Visiting LJ friends, I think you can create an openID and be added that way. ***Only one rule: Honesty and/or constructive criticism are welcome. Judgment and/or narrow-mindedness are not.*** <center>Let's go down the rabbit hole.</center> <embed src="http://www.orkutscrap4u.com/app/webroot/funarea/fish.swf" quality="high" wmode="Transparent" width="700" height="700" style="LEFT: 90px; POSITION: absolute; top: 300px"></embed> <div style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:45px;width:120px;height:46px;"></div></site-embed>

If anybody wants to mess with this and see if you can clean it up, I'd be a HAPPY dork who will send you cookies or a mix CD or just lots of virtual love.