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all groups > macromedia flash sitedesign > january 2006

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How to make Links
Posted by jbal_21 at 1/31/2006 9:04:35 PM
I recently bought a template off the internet, and I am now trying to link it to my website. I've tried making it a button and inserting the link there, but that didnt work. Then I tried making an action by: on (release) { getURL("http://www.etekhnos.com/sega/home3.htm"); } But this do...more >>


3D in flash
Posted by Altermind at 1/31/2006 8:53:31 PM
How I put a 3D figure in flash and make the moviment in 3D. In the case is a arroba with the "A" bigger in 3D with the turning moviment....more >>

How to put a flash intro on ymysite.
Posted by aaront15 at 1/30/2006 10:57:01 PM
Ok i made my flash intro with a button that sais enter at the end of my animation and i was wandering how the heck do i put it on my site as a flash intro???? I have geocities and when i try to uplad it it just plays the flash file when i put it in the file box. I have no clue how to put i...more >>

Need help with fonts
Posted by Christoph Varjas at 1/30/2006 3:54:29 AM
I've installed multiple new fonts onto my mac yet they do not appear on the font list in flash. If anyone knows how to make new fonts usable i would appreciate it....more >>

shrink on 100% width
Posted by zenaibar at 1/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Someone once told me that if I want my page to have the width as big as the user's I have to edit the html file to :....width="100%".... I do that. Does not work ok. I even insert a table with 100% width. The problem is that when I change the resolution, or when I make the browser's ...more >>

Flash site links
Posted by makate at 1/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
i'm creatin a flash site with 3 set of links: the top links, bottom links and the side links. i want the links to detect if another link has already loaded, and if so remove the movie clip and put its own in its place. i'm writing too much code and want a simpler way. ...more >>

Basic flash website
Posted by t1a0s at 1/29/2006 10:03:10 PM
I'm trying to make a flash movie to go on one of the pages on my website. There's this one action (example can be found on http://www.johnnypanic.com/theband.htm) where when you click on one of the band member's top 5, another screen pops up with their top 5 things in it. How would i go abou...more >>

flash and depth/traveling through space
Posted by Tali-who at 1/29/2006 9:25:46 PM
I have a question about these two sites: http://www.mailorderchickens.org/ http://www.billyharveymusic.com/ Could someone tell me how this depth/traveling through space effect is achieved? And if there is some kind of tutorial or .fla out there to tell how it?s done? Thanx! ...more >>



the entire webpage seems to be a flash page
Posted by Tali-who at 1/29/2006 9:25:19 PM
have another question that everyone seems to know how this is done but me. I feel silly. On these sites: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/innovation/yourpotential/main.html http://www.jeffsmolinski.com/ http://www.mindflood.com/ the entire webpage seems to be a flash page. Mea...more >>

Check this flash website please
Posted by 3141592653589 at 1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
it's a site for a department within my school, well i'm feeling insecure about it atm, i don't like it that much, but i got good feedback from a couple of people, i need YOUR honest opignion, and please make suggestions of how i can improve it. i've just started it, i'm planning on addin...more >>

Clean/Professional or Grungy/Creative??
Posted by KeithRT at 1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hey, I'm trying to deside upon a background design for my site. The first link is simple, clean and proffessional, but the site is a portfolio and i'm trying to show off my creativity. So, the second link is a little bit grungier and artistic, but still fairly minimilistic. Tell me w...more >>

Creating clickable images in slideshow
Posted by Markv00 at 1/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
I'm learning how to create a slideshow, but having trouble finding anything on how to make the image clickable(hyperlinked). Any suggestions? Thanks...more >>

PDF to JPEG Conversion HELP!
Posted by SuperGrendel at 1/28/2006 11:49:17 PM
For some strange reason when I try to convert my PDF files into JPEG images in Photoshop then put them in Dreamweaver, they keep getting broken or are not viewable. However if I take just random JPEGs from the internet and implement them they work just fine. Am I just being a total newb and no...more >>

can u create pixel advertising in flash 8?
Posted by ck1mark at 1/28/2006 5:42:51 PM
i have flash 8 basic and learning actionscript 2.0 for flash 8, and im wondering before i start would it be possible to sucessfully create the pixel advertising web site in flash 8? and any suggestions how to would be superb =] thanks ...more >>

HELP!!! I'd like to Know...
Posted by Mutatedpro at 1/28/2006 3:06:11 PM
http://www.myflashxml.us/xmlswf/cats/index.html I really want to know how to go about creating this type of site. I know that it uses XML to gather the information but what would be the first steps to begin such a site? Please contact me knarf057@frankitodesign.com knarf057@frankitodesign....more >>

PNG's in Flash loose color information
Posted by Spen at 1/28/2006 3:38:19 AM
Is anyone experiencing this problem. It's quite subtle but once you see it it's very obvious. Try this: Create a PNG-24 with transparency using Photoshop. Then import the PNG into Flash. View both of the images side by side and or check the color values and you will notice a subtle but sig...more >>

Need help making a building grow with Flash
Posted by lesrenee at 1/27/2006 10:41:17 PM
I am trying to make a building look as if it were coming up out of the ground slowly. I tried a mask but it just makes it look like the building is being shown a little at a time. Here is a jpg of the building. http://www.clothingtruck.com/les/bldg.jpg Any help would be appreciated! Than...more >>

Flash in firefox
Posted by Stanjay at 1/27/2006 4:17:08 PM
Hey, im using a combination of flash 8, and sharepoint designer to create a web page. In the header of the poage i made a link bar in flash, nothing really complicated. the links use the onrelease geturl_parent behaviour to navigate around the site. the links work fine in IE, but when i t...more >>

cant see video after publish to website
Posted by robertnzana at 1/27/2006 3:36:50 PM
I have a simple FLV promo video that is supposed to play here: http://1320stompers.com/CallOut.aspx (The flash movie simply consists of a FLVPlayback, defined with contentPath 1320stomperspromo.flv and ClearExternalAll.swf skin.) On my development machine it works perfect. After I upload...more >>

Flash mp3 player problems.....
Posted by Ralph_Höglund at 1/27/2006 3:34:30 PM
The story is this. I have succeeded to find a nice stream player: MyMP3Stream. The problem I have is that it only accept XML-playlists. I am going to use a free site where I can store my songs for streaming. This site produces playlists in m3u-format for wich I can download. I have some c...more >>

_global.currentPage....
Posted by jonnie1988 at 1/27/2006 2:17:06 PM
Hey again.. I'm back with yet another problem! My website has a "news" page, a "profile" page, an "audio" page, a "visual" page, and a "contact" page. My "profile" page has 3 sub-pages, being "history", "albums", and "band members". When I click to open the profile page from the news...more >>

recruiting
Posted by father_of_chicks at 1/26/2006 9:07:38 PM
I have just seen some sick site, made by a Nick The works were just too good After seeing it, i decided to work a il bit more harder! i am creating my new site *4th or maybe 5th I need members to work with, right now i currently have 2 people working with me, but it isn't helping Wi...more >>

URL's for Jpegs in Flash
Posted by 10ns at 1/26/2006 7:45:25 PM
:confused; I am trying to display some jpeg images in a flash document using the [movieclip] [loadGraphic] command from the behaviours panel. Evrything runs smooth until I try to test it, geting a script error saying it (flash) cannot recognize my URL I have given in the load graphic dial...more >>

Movie(intro)
Posted by deltsig at 1/26/2006 5:24:12 PM
:confused; Who do i put an intro to my website. I have the intro made i just don't know who to put it before the page opens....more >>

New site up for comments?
Posted by Simplepop at 1/26/2006 2:57:36 PM
This sites mostly finished now, theres not really much else i need to do. im going to make then new loading page a bit better and build anohter section for my profile. but apart from that its all done.. Let me know on your opions and ways to improve? cheers guy! ...more >>

Opinions regarding this site
Posted by SSF at 1/26/2006 11:05:01 AM
Get I get some opinions regarding this site. Personally I think it is very cluttered. www.raphaelsaadiq.com/ SSF ...more >>

Page Transitions
Posted by jonnie1988 at 1/25/2006 11:02:51 PM
Hey, I've started making my first ever flash website and I've encountered a problem. Say I'm on the "home" page of the site, and I click something like "about us" to get to that page. I want the "about us" page to animate over the top of the "home" page, but then when I click the "home" pa...more >>

My site won't play online!
Posted by dylanj at 1/25/2006 10:51:30 PM
:frown; I created an entire website in flash but I can't get it to play once it's uploaded to the server. At first I thought it was too big and was just loading too slowly but I scaled it down to a small size as an experiment and it still didn't work. My site right now is only 236 kb whi...more >>

Loading SWF's For Web vs. Local Inconsisten
Posted by seesharp at 1/25/2006 6:16:00 PM
:confused; I am beating my head against the wall.. and it seems that with Flash 8 the problem arose. I am loading an external movie into an empty movie clip. For those instances that I do this with a single frame movie that doesn't go to a specific frame in the root movie, everything works...more >>

Links behind transparent boxes
Posted by owengot at 1/25/2006 2:48:42 PM
Hi guys, I have pretty specific question here so I hope I can find a simple solution: I have a menu that "floats" on top of the flash page, the background of the menu is semi transparent so you can still see behind the box. However, the links behind the transparent menu (on the main page)...more >>

google indexing
Posted by zenaibar at 1/25/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi everyone, My question is how can I make my site googgle visible (and/or yahoo, etc)? Can I do it from Flash? Thanks...more >>

Help with glitches on nav rollovers
Posted by artisiandesigns at 1/24/2006 11:07:02 PM
Hi, We're updating a site, and are running into a problem with the nav buttons at the top. The original version of this site has one row of links at the top with an arrow rollover animation - the arrow comes in when you roll over the links, and it stays on the page you are currently on. We...more >>

site critique / search engine question
Posted by BanComicSans at 1/24/2006 7:09:35 PM
http://www.enventys.com/ Secondly, my boss and I are trying to figure out what to tell clients about sites done entirely in flash and their search engine capabilities. Our site here is done entirely in flash BUT, all images and text are called externally from xml files. Our theory is that ...more >>

Moving Pictures
Posted by meme83 at 1/24/2006 2:51:00 AM
Does anyone have an idea of how the 'About Me' section of this site was created? when you click on the buttons located on the lamp , the panels motion tween to the central location. how can that be done? http://www.ahssan.com/ thanks. ...more >>

Total nuub needs help
Posted by spiritonline at 1/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello, I'm all new tot the flash world, and need some help on it. I dit however createt sites before. Html sites but mostly with html editors. What my question is is this: i have a template in "fla" format with's i would like to edit. For example change the text etc. Now my question is...more >>

Help with my site / How'd they do that?
Posted by jikoki at 1/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I need some help with this...I sawhttp://www.vokal.com ...and i wanted to find out how they did they triangle transition from one pix to another can anyone help?...more >>

Mailing list
Posted by mynameissam.co.uk at 1/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hey, I'm creating a site at the moment and the client wants there to be a small field on the menu bar where the user can enter their email and click a button. The address is then sent to an email address predfined. Is there anyway to do this without cgi e.t.c if not please tell me how! You can...more >>

Tageted Clips Boundary ?
Posted by multimediamind at 1/23/2006 11:53:34 PM
Why is it that when I load a targeted clip _root.theClip_mc.loadMovie("sub.swf"); that it goes over the dimensions of the boundary box. For example I have a sub.fla set to 600 by 600. Within that fla there are some pictures fading in from left to right, some are outside of the stage an...more >>

Help
Posted by Deep C at 1/23/2006 1:22:04 PM
ok so im making my site but for some reason its incompatible with Internet explorer 6. The site opens fine and everything but when i scroll down the page teh site blurs up. has anyone got an idea as to why this is happening? ...more >>

Music Out Of Sync
Posted by Ross111 at 1/22/2006 6:00:03 PM
Hello... I just made an intro, which has music in it, for my site... when i was making the intro i kept previewing it to see if everything was in sync, which it was, but then when i finished it, it apeared to be out of sync... i kept previewing it and sometimes it was perfect but other ti...more >>

meta tag
Posted by choc-bloc at 1/22/2006 5:22:26 PM
Hi im updating a pre-made site for a company and have basic knowledge of flash, they have asked me to add meta tags to the site so they are 'searchable' but im wondering where i insert such tags within flash? below are the types of tags im hoping to place within the site in order to achieve th...more >>

Mail with Flash
Posted by Pulsar762002 at 1/22/2006 10:37:28 AM
Hi, I'd like to write a flash script to send e-mails in which will compare the following informations: Mail From Mail To Mail Cc Mail Ccn Object Message Thanks a lot, Andrea...more >>

14 year old launches website.
Posted by mark1991 at 1/22/2006 1:58:43 AM
:) Finally done, sort of, this is the third revision of my website and I am proud the work. I am also proud of the code I made for the website as well. The whole website works from an external actionscript file that gets the info for the navigation and even the files that it will use in the we...more >>

Please Help... hidden form fields question.
Posted by Tobias Kevorkazito at 1/21/2006 7:21:26 PM
I am trying to get a form working within flash. This actionscript applied to a button that I made doesn't seem to do: on (release) { getURL("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr", "", "POST"); cmd = "_xclick"; business = "naomi@joesilvamusic.com"; undefined_quantity = "1"; ...more >>

getUrl & IE security
Posted by philzzz at 1/20/2006 6:42:35 AM
Hi, I have a website with my portfolio. My portfolio consists of thumbnails with ''getUrl(''javascript:....'' code to open a new URL window. Problem is, there seems to be securitiy issues with such coding. There is always a warning and the windows won`t open. Most people don`t know that they h...more >>

Know flash well? I need help finishing my site.
Posted by cj911 at 1/20/2006 1:21:37 AM
Please take a look and let me know if you might be interested in finishing my flash site. I have hit the wall with what I know putting it together. I need someone who can implement the shopping cart for the online store (take a look it is much more simple than it sounds) and make the contact p...more >>

Colors and Browsers
Posted by Softcode at 1/19/2006 12:41:08 PM
Hi folks, I have been adding some flash to one of the sites im working on. All went well untill I tested the movie in Internet Explorer. In Firefox the background colour of the movie matches the one of the webpage perfectly, but in IE, the background colours are off. Is there any way around th...more >>

Text not displaying in IE using Flash 8
Posted by Michael at 1/18/2006 5:17:17 AM
I created a simple Flash movie with moving text and movie clips using Flash 8. When I tested it in Firefox and IE on my computer after uploading the file to my web server, it worked fine. A friend said that the text did not show in IE. I checked it out on another computer in the next room and t...more >>

Wave effect from the side
Posted by Qbakozak at 1/18/2006 4:02:28 AM
Can anybody help me prepare an amination which looks like a waves seen from the side (i.e. water in the glass). I tried to prepare one but the effect is not very realistic. The idea how to do this would be good or a link to tutorial. Thx ...more >>

Univers fonts
Posted by Word4Jazz at 1/18/2006 1:06:17 AM
1. downloaded univers to windows/fonts on Win XP 2. shut down and reboot 3. opening a team member's authoring fla file that uses only univers in Flash MX 2004, received the Missing Font Error message What I am asking for is a review and direction on how to display this font in a movie a...more >>


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