Have you ever wanted to include a flash banner into your Joomla Template then why not try the following.

1) First you need to create a SWF flash format file using Macromedia flash or maybe Swish Max

2) Once you have created your SWF file you will need to upload the file to your template directory.

3) Now open the template index.php file using notepad or an editor of your choice and include the following code where you would like the flash banner to appear.

Flash code Header code

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="100" height="50">
    <param name="movie" value="your flash header file name goes here.swf">
    <param name="quality" value="high">
    <embed src="your flash header file name goes here.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100" height="50"></embed>
  </object>

4) So now you have included the flash code in your Joomla template index.php file upload the index.php file to your template directory and the flash banner should appear.

5) You can alter the width, height of the banner by changing the width="100" height="50" You can also change the quality of the flash header by changing  <param name="quality" value="high"> using low, medium and high.