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Recently came accross this problem a client was having. SWF Banners weren’t clicking through neither were impressions been tracked from the Joomla: Banner Manager module, If your have having this problem do the following..

Go to and edit:

/modules/mod_banners/helper.php

Replace:

         $html =   "<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" border=\"0\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\">
                  <param name=\"movie\" value=\"$imageurl\"><embed src=\"$imageurl\" loop=\"false\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/get/flashplayer\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\"></embed>
               </object>";

With:

         /*  Old Flash Code
         $html =   "<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" border=\"0\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\">
                  <param name=\"movie\" value=\"$imageurl\"><embed src=\"$imageurl\" loop=\"false\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/get/flashplayer\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\"></embed>
               </object>";
         */   

//HW: BOF New Flash Code that works with Clickthroughs, AND does not hide menus etc (WMODE)
         $clickurl = $item->clickurl;
         $html_flash =   "<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" border=\"0\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\">
                  <param name=\"movie\" value=\"$imageurl\">
                  <param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\">
               <embed src=\"$imageurl\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/get/flashplayer\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"$width\" height=\"$height\" wmode=\"opaque\"></embed>
               </object>";
         if ($clickurl != '') {  //Add a GIF based clickthrough IF there is a link supplied in the 'Click url' for this banner in the banner manager.
            $html = '<div style="position:relative;z-index:1;" style="background:#fff;">';  //Add the banner clickthrough
            $html .= $html_flash;
            $html .= '<a href="'.$link.'" target="_blank" style="display:block;position:absolute;width:'.$width.'px;height:'.$height.'px;z-index:9999;top:0px;left:0px;border:none;background:none;"><img src="images/spacer.gif" style="width:'.$width.'px;height:'.$height.'px;" alt="Banner Campaign" /></a>   '; //replace this with the path to your spacer.gif (needs to be a transparent PNG/GIF).
            $html .= '</div>';
         } else {  //Otherwise use the orignal code, so that the flash banner still goes to the right place... (instead of a blank page!)
            $html .= $html_flash;
         }
         //HW: EOF New Flash Code that works with Clickthroughs, AND does not hide menus etc (WMODE)

Now upload a transparent Spacer GIF/PNG to the following location, or point the above code to the desired location of choice:

images/spacer.gif

That’s it your good to go!

Tags: 1.5, Banner Manager, Banners, click throughs, impressions, Joomla, SWF

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