thanks for answering...
OK heres the thing
1. if i try to put a flash banner into a center block, nothing happens, the block stays empty and says,,, no content provided... maybe i am doing something wrong

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2. I attempted to build a new block using the PhPnuke tools and help file and succeded in making the flash block but the block shows up with just a white space where the banner should be...
So both attempts failed...
now i'm at a loss, i have no idea what i'm doing wrong... maybe i am putting the .swf file in the wrong place... i put the .swf file in the images dir
your help is greatly appreciated
thank you