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Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Site Design / March 2007Simple navigation question.
OK, so I am at a complete loss at how to accomplish a simple flash navigation system. I am a graphic designer so flash is not coming as easily as photoshop and static html pages do. Basically, I am wondering how to make it so that I have four buttons, that when pressed, the one that is selected moves up while the others stay at the same level, and also how to trigger content using the buttons. to explain what i want to accomplish visually i have uploaded two screenshots of the desired effect. http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m128/xthatssotribalx/help.jpg to this after being clicked: http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m128/xthatssotribalx/help-1.jpg This would be so much easier to code in CSS but for the content it will serve, flash is better suited to this project. Please help! Thanks!! Hi At first glance what your asking for seems easy enough, however when you start to think about it - it quickly becomes a coding nightmare. You have to know the button state of every button in every possible combination of up and down in any user selected order. How is the button reset to its original positon? When the button is clicked it should Trigger content - internal or external content? Basically theres a lot to think about, I suggest you read the Flash Help files for Buttons and Tweening. As for loading content whether it be moving around the timeline or loading swf's or even opening other html pages this type of navigation is the most asked about in this forum and the most difficult to answer. This would be a cinch using CSS...is there any way I can use CSS in conjunction with the flash file? Sorry I am very, very new to this. Hi CSS with Flash - No Problem. Theres plenty of tutorials out there to help you Google - Using CSS with Flash - I got 165,000,000 hits Hope it helps alright...i guess if i am going to try to do this i want to learn, no matter how hard it is. i am trying to emulate this template http://www.templatehelp.com/preset/pr_preview.php?i=13916&pr_code=3Q2P7g93F4eju9 3em4J52LUq1hYM59 only with my own designs, but the same style nav bar....and the way it displays the photos is something i'd want to learn how to do as well. any links or directions on where to look to learn would be appreciated. thanks for the help so far. Hi Now I've seen a working example, its similiar to one of my photo galleries in the way it presents the pictures. This is done entirely in Actionscript, it could be done on the Timeline but why give yourself a headache. The navigation is relatively simple to organise now I've seen it in practice, your first post was a little confusing in the description of the button operation. Now I know what the template does - I now understand a lot more. When you say you want to trigger content - is this within Flash ie: new galleries and other areas of the website. I'll work on a sample to get ya start and then you can go from there. I strongly suggest you learn actionscript as fast as possible this type of dev really really needs it. I let ya know when its ready Yes, I would like to trigger the content within flash. So trying to do it using the timeline is the hard way? I'll get on learning action script...and if you could provide that example(s) I would appreciate it a lot. I know when I first learned css it was from the veterans giving me actual code and me deciphering it to see how it all worked. Thanks for the help so far. Hi I've got the code written for the buttons, send me an email address and I can send it to ya. I have explained each line with comments in side the fla. You'll notice that the stage is blank - and the first frame of the time as a little 'a' inside it - thats because this is all done in AS I am still working on the Gallery animation part but getting closer. my email is christopherjphoto@yahoo.com i really appreciate you helping me out so far. The Feldkircher, would you mind posting a link where I could see the fla. too. I am curious how you did it. Hi I have posted it http://members.inode.at/554689/flashgallery.fla Enjoy For some reason the file will not open. Flash MX crashes with the error report that Flash 6.0 r25 has encountered a problem and needs to close. Any suggestions on troubleshooting this so that I can open it? Ok! I assumed you had Flash 8 Pro, I will re-send as Flash 6 Hmm, sorry again, but now with the flash 6 file it says "Unexpected File Format". Gosh, frustrating. I'm really sorry. ok finally got it loaded up...now for a question...i am wondering now how i import my photographs into the script, and i don't think i am sure how i am supposed to code to load from an xml file....sorry if I sound ignorant...the only programming experience i have under my belt is some simple basic and very basic knowledge of c. Ok Now I know your using Flash 6, so I will make the gallery loader in that format XML in Flash can be acheived in many ways - but I will concentrate on the programming in Actionscript. Programming for XML is relatively simple in Flash, once you see how its done then you can use it any time you need to load external content. Looking at the template you posted, it seems the photos in each gallery always move to the same position on the Stage. This makes it easier to program the x,y coords into the XML file. I will try and have an example up and running some time over the weekend. I'll let ya know when its ready. Caio for Now Alright. Thanks a lot for doing this. I'm sure I'll pick up a few tricks from viewing the code when its complete. I can't wait!! Email me once you get it up and running. OK Its ready. This was a real Bitch to do in Flash 6 - You need to get up to F8 Pro - It's so much easier. What it is - It's a strip down version of the template sample due to Flash 6. It will give you an insight into Loading XML and Nested Movieclips and how to manipulate them. What it's not - A Full blooded rip-off of the template - I will leave that up to you. A complete answer - this will get you started, I don't have the energy to do anymore. You will need to save the .fla and the two .xml files to your hd, then create a folder named 'images' in the same location. Save/Copy the .jpg's into the 'images' folder - now your ready to run. - Enjoy. Hey Feldkircher, Could you post a link to the final file? Would be just great see how you made it! Thanks Hi Send me an email address and I will send you the files Hi, wagner.matos@orange.net vagner.matos123@gmail.com wagner.matos@wmgraphicdesign.co.uk Many thanks! Wagner Hi wagner.matos@orange.net vagner.matos123@gmail.com Many many thanks! Hi Wagner The files are on their way Enjoy hey, can you send me the flash 8 pro files you mentioned? email: austin@kustedg.com thanks! Hi Abell06 There are only Flash 6 files due to thatssotribal not having F8 Pro, I will send what I have. Because this was written for an older version obviously many of the features now in F8 could not be used Such as the Moviecliploader class, which would be a far better way of doing this. Cheers Hi Feldkircher, Would you mind sending me the Flash 6 files too? I'm using Flash MX so they would work for me. I have been beating my head against a similar problem and I'm hoping your files have the answer. jessica.eichman@earthlink.net Thanks! Hi On their way, enjoy The Feldkircher |
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