macromedia flash sitedesign: Hi all - I have been using flash for some time now and just now really getting
into the nuts and bolts of things...Does anyone know why or how this site loads
so quickly ? Is there some sort of technique? I looks as if the page is broken
up into individual sections and loading at different times. I want to do this;
any tips and or suggestions would be great.

http://v4.2a-archive.com/

yes there is a technique ....2advanced studios are probably in the industries
top 3 best flash site designers & are masters of working the timeline & loading
in content

dzed & cb ....if reading this ...are probably saying now ....uh uh here we go
again
Xibit is on his site construction trip again !!! ....anywayssss !

the site when it is first starting ...is not very big ...i would say its about
200 kb's .....then they are taking into consideration ...that Flash starts
loading from frame 1 & keeps on working on through until it is finished....it
never stops ..until done

so when you first enter the site ......by the time your sitting there saying
to yourself ..holy smokes what a site !!! ....most of the site is still loading
in the background

in general .....all the small content is being placed on the first frames of
the movieclip timeline's & they are leaving all the large stuff for last

so there site isn't like 5000 frames long .....they are building short movie
clips & putting movie clips inside movieclips ....& using the MovieClipLoader
class

to load them in sync with where the user is ...its Magic ! ....a magician has
you looking in 1 direction ..while he is doing the real trick in the other
direction

& they are doing some fancy XML menu loading ;o) ...they are masters !

peace John

Thanks for the reply, I kinda figured that was the case...I guess I need to
start practicing my own smoke and mirrors and develop a large production
comprised of small elements...MovieClipLoader...sounds good.

Thanks for your time!
Keep on Truckin

hey, i found this tutorial very helpful:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/moviecliploader.htm

Check it out, if you want (well what i did) in the action script layer, when
you go to the bottom of it it shows

[b]//buttons
button1.onPress = function() {

my_mc.loadClip("picture1.jpg", "container");

};
button2.onPress = function() {

my_mc.loadClip("picture2.jpg", "container");

};
button3.onPress = function() {

my_mc.loadClip("picture3.jpg", "container");

};[/b]

so instead of having an image, change that to a SWF file that is in the same
root folder as the FLA file. So then it would be:

[b]button1.onPress = function() {

my_mc.loadClip("whateverthefileis.swf", "container");

};[/b]
Then make another layer in the time line, and just make a new movie clip with
nothing in it, and then drag it to the stage and give it an instance name of,
"container" so that you can position your movie wherever you want it. thats
what i did and it worked perfect for me. let me know if you want more
directions or help. Glad to help newbies!!!!!!!