Link working in firefox but not explorer

[heartlayla]

ello
I just launched a website for a new project only to learn that the button on the splash page that takes you into the rest of the site does NOT work on explorer (but does in firefox, safari, and chrome). The web designer is on a yoga retreat in the bahamas and won't be back in the real world for two weeks! The site is in wordpress and I copied the html for the page here. I know almost zero about code, so if someone could help me fix it, I would be so very grateful!

Below is the code

<table id="Table_01" style="height: 682px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1023">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img src="http://bytes.com/images/BAADsplash_01.png" alt="" width="1023" height="106" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2"><img src="http://bytes.com/images/BAADsplash_02.png" alt="" width="73" height="576" /></td>
<td><a href="http://baadkinetics.com/posts">[swfobj src="http://baadkinetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/baadintro4.swf" allowfullscreen="false"]</a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><img src="http://bytes.com/images/BAADsplash_04.png" alt="" width="657" height="576" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="http://bytes.com/images/BAADsplash_05.png" alt="" width="293" height="530" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[Atli]

Hey.

It looks like your link is wrapped around a Flash object, which the modern browsers seem fine with, but Internet Explorer fails to execute properly.

First off, assuming anything when it comes to Flash objects is extremely dangerous, especially when it comes to critical functionality. Everything from the users ability to actually display them (Flash is a 3rd party plugin) to the way the various browsers and even the various platforms display and interact with them (Adobe only properly supports Flash on Windows) is highly questionable, and taking anything for granted in that respect will likely cause problems.

I recommend you simply replace the Flash object with an image. At least temporarily, until the person responsible for this is able to properly fix it. Simply replacing this line in the code you posted:

<td><a href="http://baadkinetics.com/posts">[swfobj src="http://baadkinetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/baadintro4.swf" allowfullscreen="false"]</a></td>

With something like this:

<td><a href="http://baadkinetics.com/posts"><img src="/images/splash_image.gif" alt="Enter site" style="border: none;"></a></td>

should replace the Flash object with an image. The image you want replacing it would of course need to be correctly placed where the "src" attribute of the <img> tag points.

If you want to retain the animation, reproducing that simple Flash animation with JavaScript is not difficult.

[heartlayla]

Yes. perfect. thank you.

www.baadkinetics.com now works on all browsers ;-)