Flash Site Design - buttons not working right

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buttons not working right

epitomegirl3

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

hi guys - has anyone ever experienced this problem? (i'm using Flash MX)

i have 3 buttons on the left (they are text converted into buttons):
bracelets, earrings and necklaces.

I have different states for them in the up, over, down and hit states - they
change colors, change from non-bold to bold etc.

and in the "enable simple buttons" mode when i'm editing the site they work
great, but when i publish and even publish preview they don't work anymore.

the file is here: http://www.romerojewels.com/shondraleigh/index.html

Any idea why this may be happening? Thanks in advance for any help you can
offer :)

Carrie
epitomegirl.com

dan mode ->Adobe Community Expert

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

It looks to me like the only portion of the actual button is just a few
letters in the words. The "l" in "bracelets" and the "kl" in "necklaces".

It is a good practice not to convert straight text to a button but rather to
put a rectangular box behind the text within the button with the alpha set
to 0% in the Color Mixer. This way when a user hovers or clicks in any
space where the rectangle is, the button works. If you only use text, the
user must click precisely on the fill of the letter.

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"epitomegirl3" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:efeqhq$5m9$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hi guys - has anyone ever experienced this problem? (i'm using Flash MX)
>
> i have 3 buttons on the left (they are text converted into buttons):
> bracelets, earrings and necklaces.
>
> I have different states for them in the up, over, down and hit states -
> they
> change colors, change from non-bold to bold etc.
>
> and in the "enable simple buttons" mode when i'm editing the site they
> work
> great, but when i publish and even publish preview they don't work
> anymore.
>
> the file is here: http://www.romerojewels.com/shondraleigh/index.html
>
> Any idea why this may be happening? Thanks in advance for any help you can
> offer :)
>
> Carrie
> epitomegirl.com
>

epitomegirl99

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

Thank you so much - that did the trick! :) (I actually just created buttons as graphics) I really appreciate it!

Carrie

epitomegirl99

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

Hi there - thank you so much for the help with my buttons in Flash - I was
wondering if you knew anything about this or could refer me somewhere that
might have some helpful information?

I had created a website for a client with a shopping cart. It was an HTML
site. and I am revamping her site and doing it in Flash this time.

I had a shopping cart set up for her with the following code under the
"Purchase" buttons for each product:

<form action=http://ww9.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm method=post>
<input type=hidden name=userid value=B019933>
<input type=hidden name=pcode value=YNpk-rq>
<input type=submit value="Purchase">
</form>

Do you know how I should go about making this work under a graphic that I
converted into a button in Flash MX?

Thanks for any help you can offer :)

Carrie

epitomegirl.com

dan mode ->Adobe Community Expert

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

A great place to ask this question is on the Dreamweaver forum. I would
suggest searching the forum for your answer prior to posting.

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--> Adobe Community Expert
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"epitomegirl99" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:efjc50$sot$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi there - thank you so much for the help with my buttons in Flash - I was
> wondering if you knew anything about this or could refer me somewhere that
> might have some helpful information?
>
> I had created a website for a client with a shopping cart. It was an HTML
> site. and I am revamping her site and doing it in Flash this time.
>
> I had a shopping cart set up for her with the following code under the
> "Purchase" buttons for each product:
>
> <form action=http://ww9.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm method=post>
> <input type=hidden name=userid value=B019933>
> <input type=hidden name=pcode value=YNpk-rq>
> <input type=submit value="Purchase">
> </form>
>
> Do you know how I should go about making this work under a graphic that I
> converted into a button in Flash MX?
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer :)
>
> Carrie
>
> epitomegirl.com
>