It is done with some very detailed CSS and an embedded url that points to a base base64 string. There is some scripting going on around it as well. Cool? Not sure about that. It is very distracting, and I know my users would complain about it.
Here is the CSS for what appears to be the applicable code:
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Hi there lmorales,
it is not very difficult to achieve,
Here is a working example...
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<base href="http://www.rachelcomey.com/skin/frontend/default/comey/swf/homepage/">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title>test page</title>
<style type="text/css">
html,body {
height:100%;
margin:0;
overflow:hidden;
}
#background {
height:100%;
position:relative;
}
#background object {
display:block;
width:100%;
height:780px;
}
#page {
position:absolute;
z-index:1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
top:0;
}
#content {
width:950px;
height:460px;
padding:20px 25px;
border:1px solid #000;
margin: 40px auto;
color:#fff;
background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
overflow:auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="background">
<object data="WT01_SimplestPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="movie" value="WT01_SimplestPlayer.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>
<div id="page">
<div id="content">
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec
ultricies sollicitudin nisi, ut molestie felis adipiscing sit
amet. Sed auctor vehicula commodo. Nam a nibh neque, vitae
faucibus felis. Vivamus at metus eget eros consequat fringilla.
Quisque magna magna, laoreet eu tempus sit amet, fringilla at
tellus. Praesent felis tortor, scelerisque vitae fringilla
non, porttitor et lacus. Ut ut sapien nec quam tincidunt
consectetur in nec lacus.
</p><p>
Phasellus porta, dui a elementum egestas, odio sapien rhoncus
lorem, vitae bibendum erat sem eget sapien. Maecenas ut metus
ac quam pellentesque lacinia quis sit amet augue. Fusce eu
euismod urna. Nunc volutpat scelerisque tempus. Donec eget arcu
et mauris scelerisque tristique. Donec fringilla mauris dolor,
sit amet vulputate lacus. Nulla feugiat mattis nulla non
tincidunt. Nam sit amet dolor eros, a viverra lacus. Nunc quis
nisi eget neque tempus facilisis eu quis sapien.
</p><p>
Ut et metus a massa rhoncus cursus. Integer luctus luctus enim,
tristique rhoncus enim feugiat eu. Etiam porttitor volutpat
massa sed congue. Sed eros nisl, volutpat ac dapibus quis,
ultricies id diam. Mauris at elit eget quam ullamcorper sagittis
ac vel lorem. Ut nec justo libero. Phasellus eget pharetra elit.
Proin viverra, neque non eleifend vehicula, nulla augue gravida
felis, non fermentum lorem odio ac nunc. Aliquam pretium
scelerisque consectetur. Proin ultrices urna non magna interdum
a sodales turpis suscipit. Mauris sollicitudin nisl ac arcu
sodales cursus. Maecenas bibendum neque vitae orci mollis ac
vulputate ante auctor. Sed sodales odio id ante sagittis
faucibus.
</p><p>
Curabitur gravida, neque id volutpat tincidunt, justo eros
interdum dui, nec mattis eros nunc a ipsum. Aenean in orci id
turpis luctus interdum nec ut est. Nunc lacinia sagittis nibh
vitae bibendum. Cras malesuada, felis vitae egestas aliquet,
mauris diam vehicula quam, eget scelerisque felis nulla id
tellus. Curabitur non laoreet dolor. Vestibulum sodales
hendrerit elit vitae eleifend. Praesent faucibus mauris sed erat
accumsan ac cursus lacus molestie. Donec a nisi a risus malesuada
molestie nec at odio. Maecenas eleifend tincidunt lacus nec
vulputate. Vestibulum eleifend pulvinar sem, sit amet auctor eros
pellentesque quis. Sed et nulla non eros auctor malesuada.
Vestibulum erat arcu, hendrerit vel cursus nec, sagittis vitae
sapien. Nulla facilisi. Sed nec molestie mauris. Donec non dui
urna.
</p>
</div><!-- end #content" -->
</div><!-- end #page" -->
</div><!-- end #background" -->
</body>
</html>
Cool? Not sure about that. It is very distracting, and I know my users would complain about it.
I think if it were done the right way, it could be a pretty cool idea. If you were, for instance, a resort with a live feed of the beachfront, it could be downright idyllic.
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