Flash Site Design - Doing a website..should I use Flash?

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Doing a website..should I use Flash?

psypent81

2006-04-09, 3:29 am

Hey everyone..

I am designing a site for a friend of mine, and I was wondering if y'all could
help me out. This site is basically for his video reel, but Im trying to make
it as simple as possible.I wanted to use animated Flash Buttons, and have that
trigger something in the main scene. But I wanted to ask if I should even be
using a flash timeline to show a 3 minute reel...
Another question. Can I make the buttons, and then use them to target an HTML
page (Using Dreamweaver) so that only the buttons are the ones taht use flash,
while everything else I make in Dreamweaver? Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks

_Psypent

Paul Andrews

2006-04-09, 3:29 am

"psypent81" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e19v4f$o4d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hey everyone..
>
> I am designing a site for a friend of mine, and I was wondering if y'all
could
> help me out. This site is basically for his video reel, but Im trying to
make
> it as simple as possible.I wanted to use animated Flash Buttons, and have
that
> trigger something in the main scene. But I wanted to ask if I should even
be
> using a flash timeline to show a 3 minute reel...
> Another question. Can I make the buttons, and then use them to target an
HTML
> page (Using Dreamweaver) so that only the buttons are the ones taht use
flash,
> while everything else I make in Dreamweaver? Any help would be
appreciated...

Yes, I think you are probably better off just using HTML/Dreamweaver. To
show off a video reel you don't need much and you can still present it well
in HTML. If you need to ask about very basic Flash issues, then I doubt that
you're going to produce a better result using Flash than HTML in the short
term.

Paul
>
> Thanks
>
> _Psypent
>

saprogenous

2006-04-09, 4:42 am

That's right. If it is simple one, Dreamweaver/HTML is good.

But flash can change the look of the site. But editing will be a little difficult since you always need the fla file.

quote:
Originally posted by Paul Andrews
"psypent81" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e19v4f$o4d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hey everyone..
>
> I am designing a site for a friend of mine, and I was wondering if y'all
could
> help me out. This site is basically for his video reel, but Im trying to
make
> it as simple as possible.I wanted to use animated Flash Buttons, and have
that
> trigger something in the main scene. But I wanted to ask if I should even
be
> using a flash timeline to show a 3 minute reel...
> Another question. Can I make the buttons, and then use them to target an
HTML
> page (Using Dreamweaver) so that only the buttons are the ones taht use
flash,
> while everything else I make in Dreamweaver? Any help would be
appreciated...

Yes, I think you are probably better off just using HTML/Dreamweaver. To
show off a video reel you don't need much and you can still present it well
in HTML. If you need to ask about very basic Flash issues, then I doubt that
you're going to produce a better result using Flash than HTML in the short
term.

Paul
>
> Thanks
>
> _Psypent
>

Stan Vassilev

2006-04-09, 6:33 pm

Yes, look up the getURL command in the Flash help:

getURL("html url here", "target");

for example:

getURL("page.html", "_blank");

--
;) good luck

Regards, Stan Vassilev
www.flashbeyond.com -->

"psypent81" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e19v4f$o4d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hey everyone..
>
> I am designing a site for a friend of mine, and I was wondering if y'all
> could
> help me out. This site is basically for his video reel, but Im trying to
> make
> it as simple as possible.I wanted to use animated Flash Buttons, and have
> that
> trigger something in the main scene. But I wanted to ask if I should even
> be
> using a flash timeline to show a 3 minute reel...
> Another question. Can I make the buttons, and then use them to target an
> HTML
> page (Using Dreamweaver) so that only the buttons are the ones taht use
> flash,
> while everything else I make in Dreamweaver? Any help would be
> appreciated...
>
> Thanks
>
> _Psypent
>