Flash buttons with mouseout state
Hi there,
I'm trying to build a navigation sysytem like this:
http://www.bisazza.it/eng/index.html
(the one running along the bottom of the page).
The best I can do is here, though its not working properly:
http://www.giraffeads.com/clients/nz/button_test_3.htm
The flash file is here:
http://www.giraffeads.com/clients/nz/working/navigation_280406.fla
I'm using the following action script:
on (rollOver) {
this.gotoAndPlay("mouseover");
on (rollOut) {
this.gotoAndPlay("mouseout");
on (release) {
getURL("
http://www.odysseyphotography.net");
..applied to an instance of the movie on the stage.
There are a couple of issues:
1) When you mouseover the button, the text moves downwards
but doesn't remain in that position (like:
http://www.bisazza.it/eng/index.html)
2) If you move the mouse away then back again the movie
restarts before finishing (resulting in jerky up and down movement)
3) You have to get the mouse exactly over the text for it to
work.. It'll be difficult to make it link to another page...
Any assistance or links to a tutorial would be much
appreciated!
Thanks
OP
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Hi there,
I'm trying to build a navigation sysytem like this:
http://www.bisazza.it/eng/index.html
(the one running along the bottom of the page).
The best I can do is here, though its not working properly:
http://www.giraffeads.com/clients/nz/button_test_3.htm
The flash file is here:
http://www.giraffeads.com/clients/nz/working/navigation_280406.fla
I'm using the following action script:
on (rollOver) {
this.gotoAndPlay("mouseover");
on (rollOut) {
this.gotoAndPlay("mouseout");
on (release) {
getURL("
http://www.odysseyphotography.net");
..applied to an instance of the movie on the stage.
There are a couple of issues:
1) When you mouseover the button, the text moves downwards
but doesn't remain in that position (like:
http://www.bisazza.it/eng/index.html)
2) If you move the mouse away then back again the movie
restarts before finishing (resulting in jerky up and down movement)
3) You have to get the mouse exactly over the text for it to
work.. It'll be difficult to make it link to another page...
Any assistance or links to a tutorial would be much
appreciated!
Thanks
OPadd this to you movi clip
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(this.hitTest(_root._xmouse,_root._ymouse))
this.nextFrame();
else this.prevFrame();
on (release) {
getURL("
http://www.hotmail.com");
AND remove the "mousout" all frames in the movie clip,
Add a invisible rectangle behind the text for area you want
to sence with mouse
you can do it by draw rectangle > color mixer > alpha
to 0%
Then it's work finly, still if u dont understnd send me ur
email and ill send the fla
sorry, my bad english :-)
Ayubowan!
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"Bops_S" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi folks. I built a website on my MAC using Dreamweaver
MX-2004 and used
> some
> of the standard flash buttons for the menus. The site
works great on my
> MAC
> using Safari and FireFox browsers but when I go to try
the site from a
> Windows
> PC using IE 6/7, I have to double click the buttons for
them to work. It
> looks
> like the first click selects the button and the second
click will depress
> the
> button and take you to the relevant page. Here is the
url if you want to
> check
> out what I'm talking about
http://www.sequinda.com This has
been driving
> me
> mad and I would really appreciate some help in sorting
this out.
>
> thanks
> Bops
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different colors I have a dynamic text field identified as
sound_txt.
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stop();
mutebtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,muteDo);
function muteDo(event:MouseEvent) {
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mutebtn.sound_txt.text = "Sound On";
} else {
mutebtn.sound_txt.text = "Sound Off";
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TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no
properties.
at buttontst_fla::MainTimeline/muteDo()
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no
properties.
at buttontst_fla::MainTimeline/muteDo()
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which im assuming are MovieClip instances
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I've upgraded from GoLive and have installed flash
buttons/text on 2 sites. I started working on a 3rd site and now
every time I create a flash button/text I get the message :
"invalid name". Usually the name is xxx.swf. Just when I was
starting to like DreamWeaver.....arrrgh BTW I tried to post in the
General Discussion but every variation of my "nickname" was
supposedly taken--even when I just ran my finger across the
keyboards as I did with this nickname. Thanks for any help.
As a followup--I opened the index page from one of the other
sites and created and saved a new flash button with no
problem.> If that's the case why does Adobe promote using flash
buttons and flash
> text on
> the Dreamweaver tutorial: Migrating from GoLive to
DreamWeaver?
It's a good question. Adobe is offbase with this promotion,
but they are
desparate to convince people that the migration is easy. It's
not.
Especially not if you don't have good facility with HTML and
CSS. Garrick
Chow should be ashamed of himself.
I have seen that invalid name error alert mentioned by others
from time to
time, but I'm not sure what is triggering it. Being as how I
wouldn't dream
of using Flash Text or Flash Buttons, I can't really help
you. But were you
not using them at all, it goes without saying that you
wouldn't have to
crack this nut. Why are you using them?
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"s;lsu[rtpoeiou [" <[email protected]> wrote
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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
>
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Flash Buttons use in a templates
The last 6 hours have been very frustrating! I have created a
.dwt file and I have used the Flash buttons provided on CS3 as
links. Prior to saving as a template, the page worked fine when I
was testing it in the browser, afer I saved as a template the flash
links are no longer being displayed when I test it in the browser.
Please some one tell me that you can help with this very dumb
problem.
Thanks in advance!If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
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?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons...
Combining Flash buttons with Templates *IS* going to be a
very frustrating
experience for you. The best thing you can do is to make sure
when you
insert the button you use a ROOT RELATIVE link to it. That
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will work from any page in the site without management.
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> The last 6 hours have been very frustrating! I have
created a .dwt file
> and I
> have used the Flash buttons provided on CS3 as links.
Prior to saving as a
> template, the page worked fine when I was testing it in
the browser, afer
> I
> saved as a template the flash links are no longer being
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I'm making a basic HTML site with flash buttons that direct to hyperlinks.
I've made a simple flash button with the code on the button actions as:
on (release) {
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The button works great when I export it in Flash.
When i embed into the HTML using dreamweaver and preview/upload the site.... the button is there but when clicked it doesn't direct to the hyperlink.
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together in IE 7, but there is a gap between the buttons in Safari
and Firefox. Any simple explanation? Is it just how different
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1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
Especially
consider those people who are browsing from a corporate
internet where Flash
is not allowed by the IT staff.
2. Search engines may not parse Flash links - your site will
not be
spidered unless you have redundant HTML links
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
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"btr57" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I just used some simple, built-in Flash buttons (with no
spaces) for my nav
>bar
> in DW CS3. They look great and close together in IE 7,
but there is a gap
> between the buttons in Safari and Firefox. Any simple
explanation? Is it
> just
> how different browsers render flash/html?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
> -
Hi,
I made a flash button with a simple rollover animation
(&sound) and I pasted a swf. in both flash buttons and flash
buttons preview in Flash Objects in the Dreamweaver application.
But I can't see it when I go insert- flash button in DW. Now, my
swf file says SWF file whereas the others say SWF movie, is this
the problem? I'm exporting as movie, how else would I go about?
Would be so grateful for help.
Thank you.
*Jenny*If you want to use Flash for navigation, consider this -
1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
2. Search engines don't parse Flash links - your site will
not be spidered
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?
It's usually a very bad idea for these reasons, just so
you'll know....
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> Hi,
> I made a flash button with a simple rollover animation
(&sound) and I
> pasted a
> swf. in both flash buttons and flash buttons preview in
Flash Objects in
> the
> Dreamweaver application. But I can't see it when I go
insert- flash button
> in
> DW. Now, my swf file says SWF file whereas the others
say SWF movie, is
> this
> the problem? I'm exporting as movie, how else would I go
about?
> Would be so grateful for help.
> Thank you.
> *Jenny*
> -
Can someone help me upload my flash button correctly. I can
not find the scripts folder. Thanks very much.
MikeFlash buttons are not a good idea - those who don't have
Flash installed, or
those who need to use screen assistive devices, or those
searchengine
spiders that you want to see your links, will not be able to.
> I have built this site outside of
> the usual DW file structure because it just confused me,
and I didn't have
> time
> to go thrugh the whole tutorial process. (Asking for
trouble. Right.)
Definitely. We can't help you unless you are willing to take
the time to
learn how to do things properly.
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> Thank you. Well, first of all, I'm learning DW on the
fly (Which, of
> course,
> means, I am asking for trouble.) so, there is a distinct
possibility that
> I
> HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING!
>
> Ahem. So, I have this page, and clicked on the drop down
menu bar,
> Insert/Media/Flash Button. The rest was pretty easy. I
thougth I chose all
> the
> right options, tested it in the browser preview, and
uploaded. Except,
> that it
> didn't upload to the web site. I didn't even think about
a scripts folder
> until
> I saw it noted here in someone else's similar dilemma. I
can't find that
> either. Pat of the problem, perhaps, is that I have
built this site
> outside of
> the usual DW file structure because it just confused me,
and I didn't have
> time
> to go thrugh the whole tutorial process. (Asking for
trouble. Right.)
>
> Anyway, if I need DW8 and/or Flash, I have those. I just
installed trhem
> yet,
> 'cause I was afriad to get myself into even more trouble
before
> dealingwith
> this. I didn't know I needed them. Otherwise, why woudl
I have had the
> option
> to add the Flash button with DWMX. Shouldn't it have
been grayed out on
> the
> menu option?
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help here. I'm in over my
head with this
> project.
>
>
>
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