Actionscript for designers!!!

Hello there,
I am an experienced graphic designer who also has some
educations in Web and Flash design. I know Actionscript a bit but
having problems creating the Web sites that I design. I see so many
nice Web sites out there that I get inspired, however I also get so
frustrated since I am not capable of creating anything like them.
I'd like to learn advanced AS, so I can develop whatever I design
for a Flash site. Does anyone know what I can do in order to be
able to create complicated websites in Flash?
Again, I am not a programmer and not really concerned about
developing applications in Flash...
Is there any good courses in Toronto or any online
sources....
Thanks so much for all your information.
Cheers,
Mojan

>>Does anyone know what I can do in order to be able to
create complicated websites in Flash?
Again, I am not a programmer and not really concerned about
developing
applications in Flash...
<<
Unfortunately you're somewhat contradicting yourself here. A
complex website
can be quite the same as an 'application'. If you're more
interested in
doing complex tweens and timed animations, I'd suggest you
look into the
Fuse Kit from www.mosessupposes.com If, on the other hand,
you're wanting to
develop websites that interact with a database or use other
dynamic content
you're going to need to learn some programming - in both
ActionScript & PHP
or even ASP - but I suggest PHP because you could use AMFPHP
and Flash
Remoting to communicate with your server. I'm not sure what
book to suggest,
but there's plenty of tutorials online.
Dave -
Head Developer
www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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