Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Site Design / April 2007

Is the banner in flash? Create an invisible button over the whole banner with

on(press){
getURL("http://www.yourwebsite.com")
}

when a user clicks on the banner, the button, or movie clip with code attached
will link to your site. if you want a new window to open use:

getURL("http://www.yourwebsite.com", "_blank");

You need to create a button to use mouse events, not just a drawn object or a
normal symbol. You need to start by creating a new symbol. When you do this,
you can select either Movie clip, Button, or Graphic. Select Button. Then,
double click on the new button in your library to enter the edit screen for the
button. There you can draw the actual button. After you've made the button, go
back to your main timeline. Once there, drag an instance of the button to the
stage. Select the button on the stage and then add the actionscript. Also, make
sure that your button uses a fill (you don't need a border), or it won't work
correctly. To hide the button, once it's on the main stage, adjust the alpha to
0.