I am pretty much a newbie when it comes to flash, and I have been trying to figure out how to add alternate content to a flash slideshow. I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing has worked so far. When I disable flash in safari, all I see is a huge white rectangle in the middle of the page where I want my alternate photo to be. I would be forever grateful if someone could tell me how to do this correctly!

Also, I was wondering how to go about making the slideshow into a link to another page on my site?

Put text or a <img /> element INSIDE the <object></object> tags, the object itself is always topmost, so if it doesn't show the text or image will.

Thanks! I have tried doing that, but it still doesn't work....all I want is for it to show an image in place of the slideshow if someone doesn't have flash. In safari, it just shows a blank white empty space where the alternate content is supposed to be, and in firefox it shows a link to download the flash plugin. Here is the code that I am using.

<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','505','height','367','title','slideshow','src','slideshow','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','slideshow' ); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="505" height="367" title="slideshow" >
<img src="alternateimage.jpg" />
<param name="movie" value="slideshow.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
</object>
</noscript>

Sunflower symphony is very beautiful.

what it is?

The code you have there will only show the image if javascript and flash is disabled, because it is inside a <noscript> element

Thanks a lot Chris! I think that I understand what's going on now. Am I right in thinking that most people who have flash disabled would also have javascript disabled? I plan on uploading it sometimes this week.

Witnesstheday, you have excellent artistic tastes! Sunflower Symphony is one of my favorite paintings.

Not necessarily.
javascript is enabled by default on the majority of browsers, the flash plugin has to be installed as a deliberate action by the user agreeing to the install.