Flash Banner in Vbulletin Header Question/Options

[dcpaq2xx]

Group,

I just added a flash animated banner to my boards header area. I have my banner working fine right now but what I am running into for problems is that with every link I click on the page refreshes and so does the banner and after awhile this is going to get really old considering there is animation and sound.

Does anyone know of a way that I can either place a cookie on my members computer that will stop the banner from repeating itself after so many views and then give them a text link to click on that will let them play the animated version of the banner? (I have a static and an animated version)

Or how about having the static version of the banner as the default view and then giving them a text link that says "Play Intro" or something like that?

Or maybe a combination of the first idea along with the option for the member to choose broadband or dialup connection and dialup is static, and broadband is animated by default?

Is there anyone here who can give me some good ideas on what is available that I can do with flash? Im freely open to suggestions, ideas, and code if anyone has anything.

Thanks much

Doug

[LICryptkeeper]

I put a flash animated one on the main page, and the rest of the pages had a picture.

I used an

IF CONDITION script=index
enter flash
else
enter pic
/if

[dcpaq2xx]

anyone else have anything to add? Id like to figure out how i could make the banner only play once and then quit.