And good on you for putting up this thread, I really want to but haven't got the guts!! (So if any geniuses want to pm me what I need to do then that would be awesome, but I appreciate if my lack of guts means you guys just concentrate on will)
I'll be in touch about your site, got a few recomendations and such after a quick glance.
To properly embed flash, i find this works well
<!--[if !IE]> -->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="flashfile.swf" width="400" height="300">
<!-- <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE]>
<object classid="clsid: D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie" value="flashfile.swf" />
<!--><!---->
<param name="loop" value="true" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
</object>
<!-- <![endif]-->
you have to remove the space here - classid="clsid: D27
as it adds a smilie face
