new to flash - trying to make a flash site

2007-03-18

I'm new to flash (I took a 5 day training course back in January). I'm trying to build myself a website using flash (new to websites also, I'm a designer who mainly does print work). I have the intro page and made a few hot spot buttons. But, I can't figure out how to add the next page. Like, when you hit the photography button, how do I get it to go to the photography page? And, how do I set that page up?

Thanks to anyone in advance who can help me.

vectoron · 2007-03-18 #2

A 5 day course eh? If it was for flash 8, and there wasn't screaming by the teacher after every mention of actionscript, I might question the validity ;p

Giving an explanation on how to build a page in flash isn't something that would likely be short, because there is alot of different methods. The most common one people end up using is a system of loading SWFs, or for smaller websites, having a movieclip with frames.

My advice would be to search around the internet, and there might also be some tutorials here on ultrashock. Some websites I liked/used:

www.kirupa.com
www.flashkit.com (have to be careful on this though, alot of crap)

Also, Adobe has alot of tutorials as well. My main advice would be whatever you do, don't use scenes. It might seem like a good idea, trust me, it's not.

Good Luck.

orbit6 · 2007-03-18 #3

Is the whole page going to refresh or you'd like the navigation to stay while loading different content?

If you're going with more simple approach and going to load the whole page when clicking on a link you can just publish .html and .swf pages for each section.

On each page you have to assign (it's an old school method) to each button the corresponding link.

Example:

}
on (release) {
getURL("photography.html");
}

As I said it's a conservative approach but it's a start.

Keep in mind to have all the published pages in the same folder.

I'll advise you to take a look at some tuts for buttons and use rollovers etc.

matthkd · 2007-03-23 #4

Thanks guys! I also just bought the flash bible and will probably get the action script bible since i am completly new to code.

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	vectoron	2007-03-18 #2
	A 5 day course eh? If it was for flash 8, and there wasn't screaming by the teacher after every mention of actionscript, I might question the validity ;p Giving an explanation on how to build a page in flash isn't something that would likely be short, because there is alot of different methods. The most common one people end up using is a system of loading SWFs, or for smaller websites, having a movieclip with frames. My advice would be to search around the internet, and there might also be some tutorials here on ultrashock. Some websites I liked/used: www.kirupa.com www.flashkit.com (have to be careful on this though, alot of crap) Also, Adobe has alot of tutorials as well. My main advice would be whatever you do, don't use scenes. It might seem like a good idea, trust me, it's not. Good Luck.

	orbit6	2007-03-18 #3
	Is the whole page going to refresh or you'd like the navigation to stay while loading different content? If you're going with more simple approach and going to load the whole page when clicking on a link you can just publish .html and .swf pages for each section. On each page you have to assign (it's an old school method) to each button the corresponding link. Example: } on (release) { getURL("photography.html"); } As I said it's a conservative approach but it's a start. Keep in mind to have all the published pages in the same folder. I'll advise you to take a look at some tuts for buttons and use rollovers etc.

	matthkd	2007-03-23 #4
	Thanks guys! I also just bought the flash bible and will probably get the action script bible since i am completly new to code.