Flash Button question.

Any help on this matter is greatly appriciated. This is
probably a stupid question but it is driving me nuts.
I was updating my site in dreamweaver and I added a bunch of
flash buttons.(slider type) When I upload the site to my server ,
you have to click each button one time before the flash starts
working. If I remember correctly, when I first started adding
buttons, the properties at the bottom had 2 check boxes on the left
hand side to continouisly play the flash. I do not have those check
boxes now. I opened the buttons in flash and everything works fine
in flash. If I hit the play button(in properties) the flash will
work correctly until you preview in browser.
I'm an amatuer at best with this stuff so any help at all
would be extremly appreciated. You can see what I mean on my web
site. It is www.brtguitarsllc.com
I didn't know what place was the correct place to post, so I
posted in 2 fourms.

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"BRT Guitars" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:f1ptf1$h6b$[email protected]..
> Any help on this matter is greatly appriciated. This is
probably a stupid
> question but it is driving me nuts.
>
> I was updating my site in dreamweaver and I added a
bunch of flash
> buttons.(slider type) When I upload the site to my
server , you have to
> click
> each button one time before the flash starts working. If
I remember
> correctly,
> when I first started adding buttons, the properties at
the bottom had 2
> check
> boxes on the left hand side to continouisly play the
flash. I do not have
> those
> check boxes now. I opened the buttons in flash and
everything works fine
> in
> flash. If I hit the play button(in properties) the flash
will work
> correctly
> until you preview in browser.
>
> I'm an amatuer at best with this stuff so any help at
all would be
> extremly
> appreciated. You can see what I mean on my web site. It
is
> www.brtguitarsllc.com
>
> I didn't know what place was the correct place to post,
so I posted in 2
> fourms.
>

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>
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>
>

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"neergbak" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi, I'm a novice to Dreamweaver/webdeveloping.
> I have a simple site with a 3 frame frameset. I have
flash buttons in the
> leftframe openining the links in the mainframe. Well But
when I test it in
> a
> browser (Safari) The button opens the link in a new
window, not the
> mainframe.
> If I use hyperlinks they work, they open the link in the
mainframe. Any
> ideas
> why this is.
> Another quick question, Has anyone had problems running
under rosetta or
> at
> all. When I'm in the "Insert Flash Button" screen when
clicking on the
> target
> drop down menu, the program gets stuck and won't let me
leave the "Insert
> Flash
> Button" screen. this has happened twice only.
>

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Thanks,
Mario Ostojic
Web design | Internet portal developer
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supposedly taken--even when I just ran my finger across the
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> If that's the case why does Adobe promote using flash
buttons and flash
> text on
> the Dreamweaver tutorial: Migrating from GoLive to
DreamWeaver?
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but they are
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CSS. Garrick
Chow should be ashamed of himself.
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from time to
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of using Flash Text or Flash Buttons, I can't really help
you. But were you
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wouldn't have to
crack this nut. Why are you using them?
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"s;lsu[rtpoeiou [" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
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> If that's the case why does Adobe promote using flash
buttons and flash
> text on
> the Dreamweaver tutorial: Migrating from GoLive to
DreamWeaver?
> (
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dreamweaver/articles/drwcs3_golivemigration.h
> tml) In fact there are 2 separate chapters--one for
Flash buttons and one
> for
> Flash text and the narrator, Garrick Chow,
enthusiastically promotes
> Dreamweaver's Flash button/text features and says "The
good news is that
> most
> people have the Flash plug-in installed on their
computer these days."
> Whom am
> I supposed to believe? Maybe Garrick Chow should add
something at the end
> of
> the tutorial like, "Oh BTW we're dropping these features
in the next
> version."
> Anyhow that is not my issue--the problem is the "invalid
name" dialog that
> I
> get when creating a Flash button/text only in one site.
I can create the
> Flash
> button/text with no problem in 2 other sites. In fact I
can import them
> and
> install them in the problematic site. At any rate thanks
for your input.
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
>
> 1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they
do? At the
> least,
> you will have to provide redundant, HTML-based
navigation.
> 2. Search engines may not parse Flash links - your site
will not be
> spidered by them
> 3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links -
what will those
> users
> do?
> 4. DW cannot maintain links within a Flash movie, so if
you move or
> rename
> a linked file, your navigation will break - what will
you do? You will
> have
> to remake those buttons.
>
> It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons - and for
these reasons,
> Adobe has removed Flash buttons and Flash text from the
next version of
> Dreamweaver.
>
> I strongly encourage you to select another method.
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
>
>

Browser "Back" arrows do not work with Flash buttons.

Just can't seem to get around this problem...
I've made several flash buttons for use in my navigation bars. They work great but the "back" arrows on the browser are always grayed out. It doesn't seem to matter what kind of browser I use.
The site was made in Dreamweaver and the Flash buttons are imbedded within the pages. I posted the same question on the Dreamweaver forum and got some vague answers.
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If you have an answer please be specific as I'm not an expert.
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-Toastieo

Spry or regular hyperlinks in a list or nav configuration. Either is better than Flash buttons.
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Flash buttons and slideshow don't show [was: Please help]

hello all and thanks in advance
ive made my site using dw cs3 and all works perfectly on my hdd when i preveiw in i.e or firefox ,however when i upload the site to my server (justhost)
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hi again and thanks so much
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Using own flash button - no link option

Hey,
This is probably a really dumb question, but I cannot figure
out how to link my own imported flash button to a page on my site.
If I select a button within DW, and click the edit option I'm
presented with the option of linking the button. If I use my own
button, clicking edit just puts me into Flash.
I don't want to use the "getURL" within flash because it
insists on too many security checks which would really ruin a
visitor's experience to my site.
Even in code view there is no hint as to a link referenced,
so I can't even fudge around with the code!
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
PS.--Adobe: maybe offer a "suggested username" when
registering for your forums - not really my preferred choice of
nick, but got fed up after 20 attempts to choose one.

You cannot apply an HTML link to a Flash element. That link
must be part of
the Actionscript.
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"Biscuit666" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hey,
> This is probably a really dumb question, but I cannot
figure out how to
> link
> my own imported flash button to a page on my site.
>
> If I select a button within DW, and click the edit
option I'm presented
> with
> the option of linking the button. If I use my own
button, clicking edit
> just
> puts me into Flash.
>
> I don't want to use the "getURL" within flash because it
insists on too
> many
> security checks which would really ruin a visitor's
experience to my site.
>
> Even in code view there is no hint as to a link
referenced, so I can't
> even
> fudge around with the code!
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS.--Adobe: maybe offer a "suggested username" when
registering for your
> forums - not really my preferred choice of nick, but got
fed up after 20
> attempts to choose one.
>
>

Links on Flash buttons ( CS3 )

Hi pros and newbies ,
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Hello i have a problem with DW cs3 with flash buttons.when im trying to add a new flash button then i got always that message"button1.swf" is an invalid file name.please enter a different name.im trying a new name but it's same..plz can i have some help to solve that problem.
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Hello all,
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O.K., Hello again everyone got yet another rookie question so
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inspected the code and saw no reference to the page it is to link
to, so attched is the code for y'all to see. Pleez HELP!
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> O.K., Hello again everyone got yet another rookie
question so hopefuly
> y'all
> have the answer... I am using Dreamweaver MX and using
the preset Flash
> Buttons
> that come with it the "slider" button in particular now
I have edited this
> button and specified a link (photoshop.htm) coming from
(index.htm) but
> when I
> upload the files to the server and try to test it, my
index.htm comes up
> and is
> perefect but the button will not link when clicked, it
does everything it
> is
> supposed to except take me to another page. I inspected
the code and saw
> no
> reference to the page it is to link to, so attched is
the code for y'all
> to
> see. Pleez HELP!
>
> -P.S.- also with these buttons I must click to activate
them is there a
> way
> around having to click on them before they will animate?
> .
>
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
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Phone keeps ringing on the caller's end - Is This a Call Waiting and Flash Button Problem?

I had FIos phone service installed 2 weeks ago. I am having a sporadic but regularly occurring issue with incoming calls that I think might be related to the Call Waiting and flash button so I am looking for some input. Before describing the issue here are a couple of things to know:
- I have my Verizon voice mail service turned off on my account.
- I have the call waiting function set to off.
- On my phone handset the Talk and Flash operation is the same button.
Now here is my issue. Often but not 100% of the time people are telling me that the phone just rings and rings on their end. After receiving many complaints since my Fios install that the phone rings and my phone answering machine does not pick up the call I have been calling my home phone number with my cell phone and I have determined the following:
1. My home answering machine will pick up the call, however on my cell phone which is the calling end the phone is still just ringing.
2. Sometimes I will press the talk button but there will be dead air but on my cell phone which is the calling end it will still be ringing.. But if I press the Talk/Flash button a couple of times the call completes.
Since my Talk and Flash button are the same I started to wonder if that is a factor so I repeated scenarios above and found that after pressing the Talk button a couple of times then the call is answered and the phone stops ringing on the caller's end.
I know that with Call Waiting the caller's end will just keep ringing unless the called end switches over with the Flash button. So my question is even though I have the Call Waiting function turned off could the combination Talk/Flash button be the reason why the call just rings on the caller's end even though I have Call Waiting turned off? And f this is the cause then why is it happening and does it mean that I have to buy a new phone that has separate Talk and Flash buttons?
I hope the above description of my problem makes sense and can be answered. Thank you

Without buying a new phone you can test this. Unplug the phone that has the combination button. If its a cordless phone base station with multiple handsets, make sure you unplug those as well. Then use a regular phone plugged in to do test calls (if you dont have one you could maybe borrow one for a couple minutes from a friend, family, or neighbor).
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