No media in single post page

Check that first link with the validator:
https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Friabacon.com%2F2006%2F03%2F27%2Fjoggin-in-de-sand-in-a-babylon-land%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&verbose=1

Lines 104 through 109, need tending, I think.

The validator is your friend ;’)

That doesn’t explain why the media function correctly on the multiple-post pages. If it works there, why doesn’t it work on the single-post pages? That is the question.

If it ain’t broke, don’t validate it. ??

Rule #1 in troubleshooting: Isolate it.

But if it ain’t broke, cool…

Isolate it … yes … good.

OK. I now see that it’s only a problem for Flash objects in single-post pages – mpegs, mp3s and jpegs appear correctly in all types of pages.

Looking at my WP single.php file I don’t see how it could bork my embedded Flash objects.

BTW, the Flash code is generated by SwishMax — I just edit line breaks, which WP otherwise seems to reject.

Still flummoxed by this one.

I thought that the column width might be the source of the problem because in the single-post page, everything is slightly squashed (why does that happen?). The column width is 480px and the Flash movie is 420px. I reduced the movie to 315px but the problem remained: movie plays OK in multi-post pages but not in single-post page.

(See riabacon.com for examples.)

Any other ideas? Something with the archive(s).php file(s)?

Resolved.

The problem was that I used bad source code (src=”../wp-movies/examplemovie.swf”). Deleting the two leading points solved the problem.

Still, it’s curious that the movies played fine on multi-post pages.