Caught between DW and Flash

I'm trying to make links to show and then play a few
slideshows. I have multiple layers in DW that show or hide
depending on which selection is made on the menu bar. The problem
is that I wanted the text on each "page" (layer) to slide in
horizontally, and I wanted the non-standard font to be embedded, so
I used Flash which I put in the layers instead of plain text. What
I need to be able to do is somehow make the text that is in the
Flash activate the layer that holds the slideshow. I tried making
the text a hyperlink while in Flash, but it only opens a new
browser instance with the slideshow in it. I know that's because of
the _blank option as target, but I tried typing in the name on the
layer as the target and it didn't work. I feel like I'm stuck
between two programs. I know that if I was really good I could make
an entire site out of Flash, but I've got a long way to go before I
can do that and I need to get this site at least functioning in a
week. Please help! The site, as I have it so far, is at
www.brickley.org. If you go there you can see what I'm referring to
by clicking on the "gallery" link on the menu bar.
Thanks,
David

David,
Sounds like you are over complicating your layout. I
understand you really would love to have a Flashy site. But, from
my limited experience integrating Flash into Dreamweaver, you are
using it in a way that will not work. I have designed a site in
Flash, for the purpose of animated text fields and all of the
bell's and whistles. Learning Flash like everything else, is a
learning curve. But, your layout is very simple, and with a good
tutorial you could design your site in Flash very easily. But there
are so many negatives to making your site a "Flash site", that I
personally wouldn't recommend it. Have you read up on Fireworks? I
really only use the program to optimize graphics. From my limited
experience with the program on a deeper level, I do believe it does
animate text. But, I don't know if it will let you do the show /
hide layers behavior in dreamweaver.
Here is my two cents. Get your site up styling with CSS, and
then worry about the heavier programing when you can sit with some
tutorials and sort it out. I really don't think the animated text
fields will make or break the design of your site.

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