Flash Site Navigation Headache!!!!!

I am building my first Flash web site. I have the home page
built to my satisfaction. It's complete with an animated icon,
movie and drop down menus. I got the menus to work using an "On
Press" get URL script but that was before my client wanted to see
the drop down menus throughout the site. Since the drop downs
overlay a portion of the body where image and text content will be,
I decided to do the whole thing in Flash.
My first instinct was to use frame labels on every 10th frame
and place movie clips for the various sections on the coresponding
frames. But when I try to use either of the following script
options, it doesn't work.
1. placing an "On Press/Release" goto Frame# or Label (I even
selected Scene1 from the drop down menu)
2. using a "goto and stop at frame or label" behavior
The drop down menus are individual Movie Clips, so the
buttons are nested inside of them. It seems like the problem may
lie here.
PLEASE HELP!!!! I can try to send you the flash file to look
at if it would help.
Thanks in advance.

Seems like you have a target issue, check out this topic:
How to link from a movie clip to main timeline?
Wallpe70 wrote:
> I am building my first Flash web site. I have the home
page built to my
> satisfaction. It's complete with an animated icon, movie
and drop down menus. I
> got the menus to work using an "On Press" get URL script
but that was before my
> client wanted to see the drop down menus throughout the
site. Since the drop
> downs overlay a portion of the body where image and text
content will be, I
> decided to do the whole thing in Flash.
>
> My first instinct was to use frame labels on every 10th
frame and place movie
> clips for the various sections on the coresponding
frames. But when I try to
> use either of the following script options, it doesn't
work.
>
> 1. placing an "On Press/Release" goto Frame# or Label (I
even selected Scene1
> from the drop down menu)
> 2. using a "goto and stop at frame or label" behavior
>
> The drop down menus are individual Movie Clips, so the
buttons are nested
> inside of them. It seems like the problem may lie here.
>
> PLEASE HELP!!!! I can try to send you the flash file to
look at if it would
> help.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

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liamfahy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was hoping you could help me?
>
> I am an absolute beginner to Flash 8 and web design in
general. I need a kind
> of "idiots guide" on how to publish my Flash site. At
the moment I have about
> 30 SWF files, one of which being the home page and all
of which link together
> with navigation buttons to make up my site.
>
> So, from this point I need to know how to reach the
stage where someone goes
> online, types in my website address (which will
hopefully be something like
> www.thebrightsidedesign.com) and can view and use my
site.
>
> If you can send me help I'd be so thankful but please
bear in mind that I have
> no clue on how to do this! I need a step by step guide
on everything!
>
> Thankyou,
>
> Liam
>
>

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> I have a flash site that measures 700 (Width) x 770
(Height).
>
> I have published this and uploaded it within a HTML Doc.
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> need to scroll down to see the rest of the site.
>
> How can I ensure that when viewed on a PC that the
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> to fit? Its giving me a serious headache as I spent ages
designing it!!
>
> Thanks
>
> lawrenceging
>

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