CSSplay dropdown menu hidden behind flash-ad

[TheCrazyLexx]

Hi there folks,

I'm using a CSS dropdown menu from CSSplay on my site:

Example Page

Right below this navigation menu, I'd like to display an dynamicly inserted ad-banner. This works like a charm, as long as the ad isn't a flash one. In that case, the dropdown menu is covered up by the flash banner. What is strange out this however, is the fact that this doesn't happen with ALL flash banners and I've yet to find some kind of pattern.

I've already (unsuccessfully) tried to fix the problem, by toying around with various z-index values:

<div style="position:static;z-index:2;">
Code for menu
<div style="position:relative;z-index:1;">
Code für ads
</div>
</div>

The dropdown menu itself contains some additional z-index values in the css file, which determine the look and placement of the submenus. But since those z-index values are all above the value of 5, this can't be the reason for this strange behaviour.

Any ideas?

TOM

[TheCrazyLexx]

Some one from another forum has pointed me a missing wmode setting, which might be missing from some of the flash ad-banners.

As a possible solution to this, I should use a javascript library called jQuery and this piece of code:

$(window).load(function () {
    $('param').attr('wmode', 'transparent');
    $('object').attr('wmode', 'transparent');
});

But how can I implement this into my site? What happens, if the displayed ad is NOT a flash one?

[TheCrazyLexx]

Still wasn't able to fix this problem. I've talked to someone from the advertising firm that provides the flash banner ads and she claims to have to controll over the flash banners they receive from their partners.

HOWEVER the problem isn't the flash banners themselfs but just a missing line of code (wmode not set to transparent) which is used to call up the flash applet. Is there ANY way, to somehow insert that piece of code, whenever the server tries to push a flash banner to our site?

[TheJoshMan]

can we see a link to the site YOU'RE using it on with the flash ads?