macromedia flash sitedesign: hi, im new to flash mx 2004 and it all seems a little overwhelming at the
minute, i have a simple logo and i just want to have 4 hotspots on it... each
one linking to a different section of the site... and when you rollover the
image it animates and tells you which part of the site it will link to.

if anyone can help me with any of this it would be much appriciated, cheers!

ok. let's start.
For the hotspots, you have to create 4 button, with the "HIT" frame filled
with a shape (so the button itself is invisible), and the "OVER", with a
textbox to display the purpose or destination of the button. Leave the "UP"
frame blank, so there's no actual shape to the button.
on each instance of the buttons, write some code to link to the pages:

on(press){
getURL("page1.html");
}
.....
on(press){
getURL("page2.html");
}

Regarding the animation, you can either insert it in the "OVER " frame, or you
can create a movieclip that is button controlled.
Hope this helped.

i appriciate your reply but dont really understand it, i really am a beginner
with flash, never used it before and dont really understand it so if you could
break it down into simpler steps for me that would be great.

cheers

Now would probably be a good time to do the tutorials and read the manual
then eh?

yeah probably but each section is about 100 pages long, and i cant find
anything immediatley relevant to this simple task i want to do. i just thought
if someone could talk me through it, it would save me a hell of a lot of time.

I think what he is trying to say is.. go to Insert, New Symbol, choose button
and give it a name, press ok the button now appears oin the library pannel (you
will need to create 4 buttons for what you want to do) You are now in editing
mode on the stage there are four options on the time line (up, over, down, hit
).Now do as Effort_is_all said(with the "HIT" frame filled with a shape (so the
button itself is invisible), and the "OVER", with a textbox to display the
purpose or destination of the button. Leave the "UP" frame blank, so there's no
actual shape to the button.).Now you need to link pages and the buttons click
on one of the buttons on the stage and open up the actions
panel(Window->Development Panels->Actions and enter the code given to you by
Effort_is_all where "page1.html" is the name of your page. Any problems post
another message.

derkiely

Any problems

ok i really am gonna hav to read through some of these tutorials/help files,
any suggestions on which parts to read so i can learn it really quickly?? dont
want to be reading pages and pages of irrelavant material.

oh come on! try looking for 'buttons' in the index.

Hey Arias,

I'm new to Flash too. But the others are right - if you don't jump in you
won't get wet. You can't learn Flash by staring at the interface.

Books, tutorials, and my personal favourite - wading in, screwing it up,
tweaking it, and eventually getting there - these tried and tested methods of
learning are the only way.