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plugin required by website and linked to Mozilla. Option to allow does not appear

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Authorware_Web_Player_Plugin.exe plugin is required by my website (eduthink.us) to run the course content (e.g., Addition).

I linked the Web Player to Mozilla. The option "to allow" does not appear on the web page.
Authorware_Web_Player_Plugin.exe plugin is required by my website (eduthink.us) to run the course content (e.g., Addition). I linked the Web Player to Mozilla. The option "to allow" does not appear on the web page.

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Hi Suzanne, are you really using Firefox 23?

Unfortunately Firefox isn't being very helpful to users who do not have the Shockwave (for Director, not Flash) plugin. The old method of providing a pluginspage address doesn't seem to work any more (I'm testing in Firefox 40) and when I search in the source code it doesn't seem to be implemented any more.

Can you add a script to the end of that page? If so, here's what I suggest adding:

<script type="text/javascript">
function checkForShockwave(){
 var mt = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-authorware-map'];
 if (mt === undefined){ // plugin not available, give user a link
  var div = document.createElement("div");
  div.setAttribute("style", "color:#fff;background:#00f;font-weight:bold;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;padding:8px 16px 12px");
  div.innerHTML = 'This page requires the Shockwave for Director plugin, which you can download from Adobe here:<br><a href="https://get.adobe.com/shockwave/" style="color:#fff;background:#00f" target="_blank">https://get.adobe.com/shockwave/</a>';
  document.body.appendChild(div);
 }
}
// For Firefox and compatible browsers, check for the Shockwave plugin
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Gecko") > -1) checkForShockwave();
</script>
 
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