How to embed a flash object on my website?

Question

Well, I must say this is embarrassing to ask, but to my defense I'll say that throughout my years of web development I've never encountered a case where embedding flash was absolutely necessary.

The Question

• Simple, how do I embed a flash object of any kind (*.swf or if there any other options, them too) to my website?

Some Points

• I don't need the code, I already have that, I just don't really understand it.
• I'm looking for a good explanation on how to use the <embed> or <object> elements.
• I've been searching around but couldn't find a clear explanation, even in the specs.

I'd award any good answer with an upvote, a cookie, and an accepted answer to the best :)

Answer 1

Definitions:

http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/embed

http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/object

Explanation on how to embed a flash object from Adobe:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/415/tn_4150.html

"The HTML OBJECT tag directs the browser to load Adobe Flash Player and then use it to play your SWF file."

Answer 2

Change "YOURFILENAMEHERE.swf" with your .swf file name.

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" id="Yourfilename" ALIGN="">
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="YOURFILENAMEHERE.swf">
<PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
<PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#333399>
<EMBED src="Yourfilename.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#333399 WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" NAME="Yourfilename" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED></OBJECT>