Dreamweaver/Flash literature

I am switching from GoLive to Dreamweaver and Flash. I am
using the Classroom in a Book tutorials to familiarize myself with
those applications, but can already tell they're only scratching
the surface. Therefore I'd like to know what literature is
recommended to get more proficient with those programs.
Thanks for your time.

> I can't believe nobody is able to answer this simple
question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Jane
narrow the question down to some specific problem
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
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"LeichterLernen" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

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in message
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> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

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Dreamweaver Flash Embedding Problem...

Hello all,
Just stumbled across a slight issue which im hoping some of
you may be able to help me with...
Firstly I will give a slight bit of background...
As part of a University assignment, a small Dreamweaver based
website is to be created. In this case I am doing a small website
for a local architecture firm (it is a live brief).
As a total beginner with dreamweaver, ive come across a
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it is pretty much finished!
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The background to the site is one simple jpeg, with the bulk
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covering each element.
However, I also want to integrate flash movies onto the
page...
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into their relevant places.
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with the browser window itself, as apposed to the page as a whole
(which is centred).
Here is a URL to the test upload (there is a spelling mistake
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> When published, the flash elements seem to align
themselves with the
> browser
> window itself, as apposed to the page as a whole (which
is centred).
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location of the
closest positioned ancestor contaner. When there is none, the
position is
relative to the <body> tag. That's what you are
describing.
To change that, create a 'closest positioned ancestor
container' that just
happens to be one that will center along with the rest of the
page.
Change this -
</head>
to this -
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
change this -
<body ...>
to this -
<body ...>
<div id="wrapper">
and this -
</body>
to this -
</div>
</body>
and see if that helps.
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"Jimbopne" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello all,
>
> Just stumbled across a slight issue which im hoping some
of you may be
> able
> to help me with...
>
> Firstly I will give a slight bit of background...
>
> As part of a University assignment, a small Dreamweaver
based website is
> to be
> created. In this case I am doing a small website for a
local architecture
> firm
> (it is a live brief).
>
> As a total beginner with dreamweaver, ive come across a
problem which is
> the
> final piece of the jigsaw, once this is sorted it is
pretty much finished!
>
> Anyways, onto the problem...
>
> The background to the site is one simple jpeg, with the
bulk text and the
> links as part of the jpeg, with basic hot-spots covering
each element.
>
> However, I also want to integrate flash movies onto the
page...
>
> To do this I created a new layer and placed the flash
movies into their
> relevant places.
>
> When published, the flash elements seem to align
themselves with the
> browser
> window itself, as apposed to the page as a whole (which
is centred).
>
> Here is a URL to the test upload (there is a spelling
mistake and a few
> other
> things that I have now sorted ready for a final upload
once sorted)
>
>
http://www.pnefans.net/LMP/home.html
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thankyou in advance....
>
> James Lawson
>

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element on it.
When testing the page I've been surprised to see that IIS
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Flash elements
inside ASP pages.
Any solutions for this issue?
Regards,
Angel

Thanks for the clarification. Sorry you are having the
problem....
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"Angel Massa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Murray,
>
> This happens when the IIS processes the ASP page. In the
local test
> server.
>
> I've found the problem and it's even documented in DW
CS4 help at
>
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSc78c5058ca073340dcda9110b1f693f21-7ca 6a.html
>
> Thes a note that says:
>
> Note: Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) does
not process nested
> object tags. For ASP pages, Dreamweaver uses nested
object/embed code
> instead of nested object code when inserting SWF or FLV
files.
>
> The problem is that I first created a template that uses
a Flash heather.
> Then when creating a page from this template and convert
it to ASP the
> nested object tags are on the template and causes the
error in IIS.
>
> Now I've copied the old object/embed code used in
previous versions of DW
> to use in the template and solved the problem.
>
> I'm surprised that Adobe used a code for inserting Flash
that causes this
> problem.
>
> Regards,
> Angel
>
>> Angel: You are seeing this in local preview? Can you
show us the page?
>>
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type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#333333"
></embed>
</object>
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What will happen to those who do not have Flash installed?
What will search
engines (which don't read Flash links) do to spider your
site? What will
screen assistive devices (which don't read Flash links) do to
navigate your
site? What will you do when you move or rename a linked page
(DW cannot
manage the links)?
Most experienced people don't use Flash navigation for these
reasons.
> Double click
It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
last
year to their browser, regarding how Active Content (Flash,
Quicktime etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2, the fix is already built
into DW's
interface.
If not, try
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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"tricky_utd" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> hi i am createing a website using dream weaver and my
navigation bar has
> flash
> buttons as the links to other pages i have created, i
have the buttons
> working
> fine but the users have to Double click on the button
for the next page to
> be
> displayed. Is there away that the users will only have
to click the flash
> button once for the new page to load up?
>
> i am using Dreamweaver 8, and the code for one of my
buttons is like this
>
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=5,0,0,0" width="100" height="23"
align="absmiddle">
> <param name="movie" value="HomeButton.swf" />
> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param
name="BGCOLOR"
> value="#333333" />
> <embed src="HomeButton.swf" width="100" height="23"
> align="absmiddle" quality="high"
> pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Vers
> ion=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
bgcolor="#333333"
>></embed>
> </object>
>
> can any one help me with this please
>

Dreamweaver/Flash issues on network homes

In our environment, students use network homes running off OS
X Server. Applications are installed and run from local hard
drives, but desktops, documents, preferences etc. are stored on the
network. The system works fine in general, but we find that 15
students launching Dreamweaver simultaneously (again, all from
local hard drives) can bring the system to a crawl. Each student
gets a spinning beachball of death that can last up to three
minutes as Dreamweaver launches. This is baffling to me, because
the only thing being accessed over the network at that point is the
user's DW preferences file (right?)
We don't know whether this is a problem with OX X Server, or
with Dreamweaver (actually, we have the same problem with Flash).
However, the problem does not occur when students launch other apps
simultaneously, so I suspect something about Macromedia/Adobe apps
for the Mac, running off network homes, is involved.
Also, we find that when users use the Preview function in DW
while running from network homes, previews work in Firefox, but not
in Safari. Safari previews work fine when users are logged into
local accounts, but not when logged into network homes. This one is
*definitely* a DW bug.
I'm looking for people with similar experiences with whom we
can compare notes, and get a bug report to Adobe. This has been
going on forever.

Hi Russell
Perhaps there are two computer groups? One for older (white) and one for Newer (alu) iMacs? Managed Preferences for Media Access on the older iMacs is defined to allow USB Memory Stick access and is not allowed on the newer iMacs?
Tony

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