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external text without ?
Posted by Bionicegg at 2/28/2005 5:38:17 PM
wassup genius', Is there a way to import text into flash without using "&" symbols? The links I need to connect to have "&" in them, and the flash file leaves stuff blank once it sees a & in a txt file. I can send the txt file and give a link to the site if anyone is able to offer advice....more >>


Submit Site To Search Engines?
Posted by Rob_jones732000 at 2/28/2005 2:22:56 PM
I submitted my site to Google and Yahoo but obviously there's search engines im missing, is there a way to submit to all search engines without having to pay?...more >>

Little pop up problem
Posted by KimberlyGL at 2/28/2005 1:31:22 PM
Hi all I have used every code available to make my button pop up, i don't think i am doing anything wrong but maybe some one can help. When i preview or when i have published, i have tried clicking on the button the pop up seems to appear then my pc makes a sound (like an error sound) then ...more >>

ebook
Posted by andtokyo at 2/28/2005 1:53:44 AM
Is there a template to creating a flash ebook similar in functionality to the richfx.com catalog product?...more >>

drop down menu
Posted by Bionicegg at 2/26/2005 8:35:11 PM
How do you make the drop down menu goto a specific frame on mouse roll out? The submenu has buttons, so the parent does not work the way i want it to. I want to put a hit point to the parent button that does not overlap the submenu... ....anybody get what im talking about? much thanks in...more >>

php in dreamweaver - error
Posted by Meatoaf0123 at 2/26/2005 6:48:29 PM
hey, i need to create a form in dreamweaver to be sent to my email address. i got some help from kirupa.com and got this code (mailer)(the 5 lines under <?PHP are not as i am showing them here, they contain email address, site names etc): <?PHP $to = "undisclosed"; $subject = "undi...more >>

Link from scroll pane
Posted by crossrocker at 2/25/2005 8:00:55 PM
can some one tell me how to jump to a diffrent frame from a symbol inside a scroll pane. i want to be able to click on one of the thumbnails in the symbol and have it jump to the frame that hold the full image. ...more >>

FLASH MASTERS NEEDED! - Loading Dynamic Images into Flash
Posted by Quasimotolioli at 2/25/2005 7:23:16 PM
THE PLAN: I am using Flash MX 2004 and I want to build something that loads a series of .jpg images dynamically. I want the images to either load randomly or sequentially, doesn't matter, from a images dir on my server. THE PROBLEM: I have searched endlessly on the web in tutorials, forums,...more >>



FLASH MASTERS NEEDED! - Loading Dynamic Images into Flash
Posted by Quasimotolioli at 2/25/2005 7:22:37 PM
THE PLAN: I am using Flash MX 2004 and I want to build something that loads a series of .jpg images dynamically. I want the images to either load randomly or sequentially, doesn't matter, from a images dir on my server. THE PROBLEM: I have searched endlessly on the web in tutorials, forums,...more >>

loading swf's at different times?
Posted by DJ_eyeball at 2/25/2005 12:40:59 PM
hi all, i have a problem. i have a "blank" swf file object tagged onto a html page. now into this swf i am loading various other swf files to make up my website. my problem is that on frame 1 i load in 2 swf files and then after thay have loaded i wish to load in another. however when i try th...more >>

"loading" percentage
Posted by donkey kong is my friend at 2/25/2005 2:08:49 AM
how do you created a "loading" screen that shows you a percentage of how much of you movie has loaded?...more >>

Flash Player transparency?
Posted by Fall Time at 2/25/2005 1:15:44 AM
I am having trouble accomplishing, using css to make the flash player transparent on the actual HTML page. here is the URL (excuse the sloppy background images) http://www.triotalentagency.com/intheworks/ That is supposed to look more like the following (use IE for most compatible) ...more >>

Problems with Movie Clip Hierarchy!!!
Posted by Horpelkrufkin at 2/25/2005 1:13:13 AM
Not really sure what terminology to use here as I am new to Flash. I am creating many movies inside one frame. Inside those frames there are many movies in single frames. Problem is, if I color the movie clip at the top of the chain "white" then every item/object/movie clip anywhere ins...more >>

How to do this?
Posted by snooons at 2/24/2005 11:17:41 PM
http://banan2.net/flash.png Im pretty new to flash, I have only made a few movies and some realy bad games.. But I am wondering how I can do something like in the picture above.. When I click one of the arrows (on pic) then it should change the hairstyle.. If I click another arrow, it will ch...more >>

THUMBNAIL BUTTONS
Posted by SuperOxygen at 2/24/2005 10:54:09 PM
:beer; I'm in the process of designing a site for a photographer. Part of his naviation system is showing thumbnails as buttons to load images. After the image has been viewed he wants the button to reflect that. How do i create a button to reflect that it has been hit/used/viewed? PLEAS...more >>

Quizzes in Flash
Posted by Nessa at 2/24/2005 9:11:30 PM
Can I create quizzes in Flash and have the answers be recorded into a database as well as let the user know how many they got right or wrong?...more >>

Free SWF Decompiler
Posted by Royal Oaks Media at 2/24/2005 8:55:47 PM
Hello Does anybody know where an SWF Decompiler can be obtained for free? I have looked around quite a bit & the best one I found was Sothink SWF Decompiler but it costs $79. I am on a tight budget & need to get a website updated, so I can't buy it right now. I would really appreciate the ...more >>

search engine optimization
Posted by stumpjumper at 2/24/2005 7:13:47 PM
Does the text reader accessibility feature in MX 2004 also help in indexing for search engines? I'm trying to find out all I can about optimizing flash movies for search engine indexing/crawlers and information is really sparce. ...more >>

Building a site in Flash only
Posted by True Blue 32 at 2/24/2005 3:50:05 PM
Hi, I'm fairly new to Flash, and are about to start my first site with just Flash only content. However i have heard that sites made completely with Flash are hard to book mark and use search engines for. Is this true? And if so what is the way round it? My second question evolves arou...more >>

Blurry Flash Webpage
Posted by IcklePickle at 2/24/2005 11:03:38 AM
I wonder if anyone can help me. im learning flash and i know basics of how to create a flash file never really published one as a webpage. i have just done this and whenever i view it through my browser it turns out all blurry, the text is not clean and smooth anymore. what happened? do i need...more >>

Need Fade In Script
Posted by NikCastronova at 2/23/2005 3:32:29 PM
Can't use Motion Tween, Can't find my script file I grab from. If anyone has some script they can send me, that would be awesome. Thanks....more >>

Images rollover
Posted by Maurizio A. at 2/23/2005 12:32:37 PM
Hi, I would like to create animation for a web site in Flash, but I don't know if it's possible.... I hope is the right newsgroup. I would like some images to "rollover" the images are in a subfolder of the web-server and they change everyday, I would like my simple Flas-animation to read...more >>

newest version of flash player %
Posted by doghairstudios at 2/23/2005 2:20:51 AM
I am currently working on a flash nav bar and I designed in in Flash MX 2004 using action script 2.0. For some reason if I publish the file in flash player 6 with action script 2.0, the nav bar wont work. I guess my question is does anyone know the % of people that have the newest versi...more >>

Flash not showing up on windows platform
Posted by calimon1 at 2/23/2005 2:08:29 AM
I need help!! I designed this website that was designed in flash mx 2004 pro and dreamweaver mx 2004. My problem is that the flash part does not show up in internet explorer on the windows platform. What am I doing wrong. ...more >>

Flash Site lagging - Help!
Posted by Addicted_to_Colour at 2/22/2005 11:27:22 PM
Hey! I have built a full flash website but I am having a problem with speed. It all runs smoothly at first, but after you visit a few different sections the site starts to lag a little and eventually slows right down. My site loads fully at the start (I know people will argue against this, but...more >>

Updating an .SWF File
Posted by Royal Oaks Media at 2/22/2005 10:04:34 PM
I am currently working on a website for a company that was designed in Flash by a previous web designer. In their contract is states that the .fla files will not be given to the client & therefore, I can not make many changes to the layout of the website. I figured out how to do layers in Drea...more >>

Creating dynamic menu
Posted by kien64 at 2/22/2005 6:06:30 PM
Can anyone help me figure out how this website created the navigation menu on the left hand column? (www.nyse.com) I would really appreciate a step-by-step walk-though or a link to a tutorial. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me. I am just getting into Flash and so far it's been a v...more >>

Flash Site
Posted by The_Guru? at 2/22/2005 5:35:21 AM
Hi, I paid for a flash template of this website few months ago. I am finally done editing it to my liking,but thats where the problem comes in. When I click on a link(Products) when the site first loads it shows the product page correctly. Later if I click on another link(FAQ) it show t...more >>

Change speed of animations
Posted by zorba at 2/21/2005 8:03:36 PM
Hi, N e 1 can tell me how to change the speed of an animation? Thanks a lot...more >>

Scenes vs. loadMovieNum
Posted by betturtle at 2/21/2005 6:30:58 PM
Hello Flash-wizards, I am new to Flash and I have a question regarding Scenes versus loadMovieNum. I have tried the Actionscrip command but I seem to have some trobble making my site work. So redid my site working with scenes and everything seems to work fine. Is there any major difference b...more >>

Picture on scrolling text area
Posted by dr laatsch at 2/20/2005 9:09:37 PM
New at this and have a lot of questions. Is it possible to put a picture on a scrolling text area? If so, how do I do that? Also, I need to know how to put an email link on my contact page - I have a button already made, just not sure how to link it. Thanks for any help you can give. ...more >>

Sound Control within the Site Problem
Posted by VR6CH at 2/20/2005 3:44:40 PM
Hi, I have read the sound objects help but didn't find the answer to my problem. I have created a button which corresponds to the event (in the behaviours) "play" and it works, but the other button which supposed to be the event "stop" doesn't do anything. can anyone please help? Thanks ...more >>

Web site help (need games and movie files prefrebly in flash)
Posted by ~eXe~ at 2/20/2005 2:28:53 AM
(see second paragraph for details if your to lazy to read the first one) Hi, My name is Eric Beaudoin and i'm creating a website with - Graphic designing - Computer animating - Web hosting - Domain hosting - Web desgining - Clip art databases - music databases - pers...more >>

This is goofy...
Posted by ib-design at 2/19/2005 11:02:16 PM
I can't get the apostrophe character to display correctly. Check this out. Look at the word "Design's". http://stg.iso.com/ivan/insource/ I'm using Flash MX 2004, Mac G4. Fonts are Adobe. Got any clues? ...more >>

Just say NO to Bin Ladin!!!!
Posted by angelonmyshoulder61 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 2/19/2005 7:28:33 PM
Hi all I am helping a friend promote a web site. You see a childhood friend of hers lost her husband at the World Trade Center on Sept. 1, 2001. She has run into some hard times and my freind wants to help her. So she came up with the idea to market Just say NO to Bin Ladin dartboards and punchi...more >>

Fading in and out Rollover buttons
Posted by NivadsWorld at 2/19/2005 12:59:51 AM
I have just recently taken to redesigning my site and I want Flash menus. I am a beginner at flass but not at programming, so I have figured out a few things. My problem, though, is this. I have created a rollover button in Adobe Imageready. I know Imageready exports to Flash but I can't get t...more >>

if solution.
Posted by vodax at 2/18/2005 3:28:56 AM
hello, i have a problem which i won't babble about - the basic point is that i need to make a piece of action script show in a button only on a certain frame. i don't know how to do this - could anyone please help? thanks in advance for your time, mdk. :) ...more >>

Link to word file
Posted by George Dickie at 2/17/2005 8:26:31 PM
Can I link to a word file (that my client can edit) in flash or dreamweaver MX? Obviously realted to a block of text on a web page. ...more >>

Search Engines and Flash
Posted by SKEM-ONE at 2/17/2005 10:54:39 AM
Search Engines and Flash Hi there, I hope somebody can enlighten me on the subject of search engines and flash... I read some stuff that google can now search text in your .swf... how about linked swfs? Is there any smart way to make a flash site available for search engines to find? Or do ...more >>

If you help me all your wildest dreams will come true! Vote for pedro!
Posted by volcomie at 2/16/2005 10:51:17 PM
Does anyone know a good software to help me build a secire online store/shopping cart?...more >>

Flash site scales to size of browser window
Posted by bernwa at 2/16/2005 8:48:42 PM
I would like to know how to make a Flash Site re-size width wise like in this site at: www.burnkit.com Is it done in Flash or on Dreamweaver or both? Thanks for taking a look. Bernie C...more >>

Sound Control within the Site
Posted by VR6CH at 2/16/2005 8:31:11 PM
Hi, many times we see a site that plays music using Flash and there is always (mostly) a button which allows us to shut the sound off or on, how do I do it?. + how to make the music play only once instead of a loop?? thanks for your time Danny ...more >>

mouse out of flash player's window
Posted by myselfandi at 2/16/2005 7:25:55 PM
hello. is there any way to know when the mouse is no longer over the flash player window? (if the flash player window is not at full size) thanks....more >>

Problem with script
Posted by IdaSofija at 2/16/2005 7:07:05 PM
I have made a form with flash and php, everything as the guide says but! theres a problem. form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST"); When I add this function for the button, it says something is wrong, what have i done wrong? Please help.. Some part is missing and I have no idea of wha...more >>

problems with get(URL) command
Posted by k0line at 2/16/2005 5:15:12 PM
I am creating a navigation bar for a website and have run into a problem with using the get(URL) command. It seems to be not cooperating with other commands on the same symbol (such as: onRollover). If you are willing to help, please respond and I will be glad to send the script. Thanks ...more >>

Importing .swf from a site
Posted by mynameiseric at 2/16/2005 6:14:22 AM
Okay, first off: I am a student and I am just out here to learn and not to steal others hard work. So there is this really interesting animation thing that is all interactive and cool and I would really be interested to see how it was done. http://www.diesel.com/underwear/2004fw/ S...more >>

distorted output (flash newbie - help)
Posted by miranda05 at 2/16/2005 2:12:05 AM
hi - i'm fairly new to flash -- what's happening is i'm importing graphics, ..bmp, png, gifs from Photoshop Elements and they look fine on the stage but when i export the movie or upload it, it looks terrible, all distorted. Is there some way to fix this? ...more >>

Pictures In A Scroll Bar
Posted by NGMutch at 2/16/2005 12:55:34 AM
Hi, I am using Flash MX Pro 7.2, and I am trying to create a scroll bar on a webpage that will contain pictures in thumbnails. Then when you scroll over top of one of the pictures, it will show up as a larger image above the scroll bar somewhere. I would also like to make the scroll b...more >>

how to achieve an effect like this
Posted by Anonman at 2/15/2005 8:08:45 PM
hi I wanted to know what an effect used at www.agencynet.com called or where I can read up on it I am talking about the "zooming effect" when you click on each room and the "blur effect" I couldn't find any tutorials on them by 'google'ing the question please provide name of books ...more >>

PNGs and Buttons
Posted by mike66 at 2/15/2005 8:04:49 PM
Has anyone used PNGs successfully in their buttons? I can't seem to get buttons using PNGs to work. They won't respond to any mouse events. Any help would be appreciated. Worst case scenario, I will have to go back to masked buttons :( ...more >>


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