Option 1: Fire your client for having such an idea.

Option 2: add the swf to an index.html page. Usually, this will take preference over the index.php and be served first.

Jon

Thank you for your speedy response jbx.

I had no idea that index.html super seeds index.php.

That sure is a fast and easy way of doing it. I will have a go now.

Thanks again!!

its set by the server the order it looks at,

Yeah I just saw this when I Googled it.

Has to be something like:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

How does this affect Googles Spiders though? Will it index the entire website or stop at the flash intro as the page redirect is programmed into the AS

If you just have a splash page with Flash on it, then Google is gonna stop there. You would need an html link on the page too. this is why we don't have splash pages. Also, without Flash, the user is gonna strugle to get into the site. I know there are ways around this issue, but it's still horrible. Just my 2pence...

Jon

Yeah I appreciate that this is not an ideal solution or situation. I have tried every way possible to stick to the HTML site that was originally signed off but since seeing competitors websites they wanted flash.

I negotiated them down to just a intro page instead of the whole website (reason: the MD got an iPad for his birthday).

Anyway I am stuck with this and I have to find a way round it.

Using SWFObject will bypass the user if they do not have Flash, correct? Will this also bypass ipad and iphone? I am yet to look into this.