I think you might have to upload the FCW so that we can have a play and see what is happening with these here magical vanishing floors :)

If you would rather not share the FCW you can PM me or Remy (Monsen) with it ;)

@DaltonSpence - I'm wondering if what you really mean is a three+ part symbol rather than a connecting symbol?

I've modified the ribbon symbol shown above to be in 3 parts because it is well over 6000 px long and far too huge to be thrown around as a symbol - especially if there is more than one of them in a single map. Here it is with all 3 parts neatly aligned, and with the middle section dropped away so you can see how it works. You would have to use snap to align them and then group the 3 parts together so you could move and scale it. There will be different length middle sections to make the ribbon longer or shorter.

The end pieces have to have a fade on them so that any mismatches between the texture of the ends and the texture of the middle section will be softened, but you will have to make sure that the overlap is complete for the effect to work.

The question is - will this be too fiddly to use?

I added a glow and shadow false bevel effect instead, to make the text appear to be embossed into the parchment as if it was stamped there.

I'm there :)

I can't afford any more time myself, but I will be around cheering everyone else on ;)

Trying out the first nearly finished test banner:

There's a Spatial Matrix effect on the banner text that makes it appear embossed. I think the effect may depend on how large the exported map is, since it is nowhere near as visible here as it is in the FCW.