Flash web design

Are there any useful sites that teach you how to use, design,
and make flash web sites

Hi Brian, there are tons. Have you searched the internet for
"Flash Tutorials"?
Here are a few that I have found most helpful:
http://www.lynda.com
http://www.flash-creations.com
http://www.kirupa.com
http://www.gotoandlearn.com

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Looking for tutorials or guides on flash-web design

Hi,
I am a (software not web) programmer, not too experienced with flash.
However I am planning to do some web design with a friend who is a flash artist. I have worked with him before and found that he embedded way too much in flash, and it made it difficult for me to display a lot of the dynamic elements. This was probably 90% my own inexperience.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any books that cover issues to do with designing websites using flash as the graphical elements, but html etc. for the bulk of the elements i am going to be loading from a database etc. (Or if its possible to do everything through flash, perhaps just some guides on that ).

When you create a Flash swf file by publishing the source fla, you have the option to have it also publishan html file. The embedding code in that html file can be copied and pasted into any web page, so that you can paste Flash content in just like you would an image or a section of text. The embedding code just tends to take up alot of room. But still, you can embed as many swf files as you like in the same html page.
I am uncertain what you mean by loading content from a database. Normally, text content might be loaded from a DB, though XML is often better because it relaxes the need to for the maintenance crew to have to learn how to edit a database, or to create some interface that makes the easy for them. Images or Flash content would normally be placed on the server in some folder rather than be stored in DB (which I have been told is possible).
I don't personally know of any tutorials that deal with specific approaches to designing a web site involving Flash, though anytime I need to find something I find Google to be a very helpful resource. I just don't know what you're really after that I could suggest some good search terms.

Flash Web Design and Greeting Card Design

Hi,
I am quite new to flash, and i dont have any body to help me
over here, all i need is reference or book or online help in
helping me to create a website in flash and also creating greeting
cards using flash. Please solve my problem
Thanking you
Sai Pothuri

well are you looking for something like this...
www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Creating-a-Full-Flash-Page-Step-by-Step-Tutorial/24001
its more comprehensive... hope it would help you better
Cheap
Celine Dion Concert Tickets

Flash and SEO for Ecommerce Web Design

Hi
I am working with a web design company in the UK and was wondering if there are any indications of when Flash could be recognised by Google?
This is a major issue as the design features are fantastic but SEO is a nightmare.
I would love to introduce it within our ecommerce web design solutions, but only when the issue is resolved.
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In SEO terms, content is king. Basically, if you have no HTML headings and text on your web pages, there's nothing much for search engines to grab onto. No content = no traffic.
Flash is invisible to SEs, translators, screen readers, iPhones/iPads, and many other web devices. To support the widest possible audience, you might want to re-think your need for Flash and switch to HTML. Almost anything you can do with Flash can be done reasonably well with jQuery (JavaScript) http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/
Your other option is SWF Object Replacement along with HTML equivalents for SEs and devices that don't support Flash.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Google's SEO Starter Guide (PDF)
http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.p df.
Good luck with your project,
Nancy O.
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Delivering Flash movie to web designer

I just sent our web designer a flash video to place on a website. I included in one folder the .swf, the .flv and the player skin. Plus I also added the .fla file, just in case they needed it.
They tell me yes, they can play the movie, but they can't place it on a web page.
Have I missed some element they need? I've attached the .swf file which is the only one allowed to upload.
thx...jw

IF they (or you) publish an html file using the fla (via the Publish Settings options), they can utilize the code from that file to plant the swf in the web page. There may also be a need to include a js file, which Flash will also generate when you publish the html.

Problem Installing Adobe CS 5.5 Web Design Premium, Error Code 6

I just purchased Adobe CS 5.5 Web Design Premium. I've attempted installing it about a half dozen times now, maybe more. I am getting variations of "Error Code 6".
I have been through steps 1-3 of this page: http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/errors-exit-code-6-exit.html but it hasn't helped (the error log is slightly different, but that's about it).
I have attempted to look at the descriptions, but many of the errors in my log summary were not on the list of errors here: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/installation-launch-log-errors-creative.html - however of the ones that were, I found this entry:
DF012 Installation source path does not exist: <path>
The installation files are corrupted.
Reextract or copy the contents of the installer.
Which is discouraging and confusing to me, as I have tried installation both from my new, just opened CDs and by downloading the installation files from here: http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs5-5-direct-download-links.html.
I'm not sure what my next step should be to try.
Here's the log information (I deleted a lot of the space between lines (paragraph marks), if that is somehow important, I can paste it here without conserving space):
Exit Code: 6
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 4 error(s), 8 warning(s)
----------- Payload: {CFA46C39-C539-4BE9-9364-495003C714AD} Adobe SwitchBoard 2.0 2.0.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF029: ARKServiceControl::StartService: Service not started/stopped SwitchBoard. Current State: 0 Exit Code: 0 Service Specific Exit Code: 0(Seq 1)
----------- Payload: {2EE4F060-CEE6-4002-AA8B-91B791541767} Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF035: CreateAlias:Icon file does not exist at C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Utilities - CS5.5\Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6\windows\pb_app.icofile:\\\C:\PIXELB~1\source\winwood\Staging 0X1.AE9C02P-1022rea\windows\pb_app.ico42178f80493091e8e552c84a2897e9da68fce32_32_f8049309 1e8e552c84a2897e9da68fce for icon C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Web Premium CS5.5\Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6.lnk with target C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Utilities - CS5.5\Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6\Pixel Bender Toolkit.exe(Seq 89)
----------- Payload: {7202D4A7-F7E6-4e7a-B77D-7B1C4E8B5CA6} Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
ERROR: Install MSI payload failed with error: 1603 - Fatal error during installation.
MSI Error message: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
----------- Payload: {47CE893F-A0FF-4094-AA16-5209AEA7C7E0} Firefox Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-FFPlugin\OEM(Seq 32)
----------- Payload: {208DE3D5-541C-41B0-8595-7A608A6E4306} IE Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-IEPlugin\OEM(Seq 26)
----------- Payload: {4A4F91EA-5951-4C5C-B911-027D802817EB} Office Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-OfficePlugin\OEM(Seq 34)
----------- Payload: {DD309051-FACF-4A5E-87F1-C57154BB3DE8} Adobe Contribute CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-mul\OEM(Seq 8283)
----------- Payload: {8DADF070-FE60-4899-8EF0-4242E7702F7D} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0All\OEM(Seq 1215)
----------- Payload: {1C9D6B02-8B92-4E40-8B22-37D8C95430F0} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1_AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack\OEM(Seq 74)
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
ERROR: DW050: - Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX: Install failed
Note: references to Drive E are reference to my CD/DVD Drive. I am installing to my C drive and also have a 2nd hard disk D, which shouldn't be involved in the installation.
Also, this is a student edition, but as I've verified myself with Adobe and received my licence key, that shouldn't cause problems as far as I can tell.
My computer is running Windows 7 64-bit. Not sure if there's any other information that is useful in solving this issue.
Thanks for your help!

_Forge_ there a couple different technical documents relevant to the errors you are currently experiencing. I would recommend reviewing Error "1721 [or 1722]: There is a problem with this...package" when installing | CS4 | Windows - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1721-or-1722-problem.html and Error 1603 | Install | CS5 products - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1603-install-cs5-products.html.

Flash Web Gallery HELP

I decided to create a website to showcase some of my graphic
design work and I have been stumped for over three weeks of how to
insert a flash web gallery. I bought this gallery from Entheosweb
awhile ago and have been trying to correspond with their customer
service but to no avail. I created a basic layout in photoshop with
a simple header and footer and a body thats at least 840 x 490
(dimensions of the gallery). I've been using dreamweaver to upload
the files to my web host and when I exhange the code of the gallery
for the image (body) code it is uploaded but cannot be seen on
http://www.al-burke.com. You
can actually right click the gallery and press play and it will
appear. Will this happen for all visitors to the site? Also, I am
not sure where to put the images and the important files of the
gallery in my root folder. Thanks for your help.

I tried access the URL provide, however, it appears you've
emptied your root directory.

Auto fill subject with an Email link in CS4 Bridge flash web gallery

Is there a way to autofill the subject line of the email link in the CS4 Bridge flab web galleries? I can do it if I use the html gallery, but I prefer the look of the flash galleries.
If I open the "group.xml" file I see code for me email link, exp.: <contactEmail>maillto:[email protected]</contactEmail>
I tried adding the "?subject=My Subject" like I would on an html file but that didn't work. I was hoping for some suggestions.
Thanks!

I want it to work on the click of a mouse: when I run or test the page the email comes up immediately. Here is what I have so far:
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("mailto:mailto:[email protected]?subject=yoursubject&body=your message"));
/* Mouse Click Event
Clicking on the specified symbol instance executes a function in which you can add your own custom code.
Instructions:
1. Add your custom code on a new line after the line that says "// Start your custom code" below.
The code will execute when the symbol instance is clicked.
button_3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_MouseClickHandler_6);
function fl_MouseClickHandler_6(event:MouseEvent):void
     // Start your custom code
     // This example code displays the words "Mouse clicked" in the Output panel.
     trace("Mouse clicked");
     // End your custom code
So how do I get the email to open ONLY when the mouse clicks on the link??
Sue
Susan Blair Cheatham
Su-Jobi Web Design
mailto:[email protected]
Cell: 706 949-6035
Thank you for choosing Su-Jobi Web Design
We appreciate your trust!

Is Web Design Part of a Government Experiment?

Is Web Design part of a government experiment to see what it takes to drive a person crazy? I did a simple Flash portfolio for my business website that has some simple go-to-frame interactivity via code snippets. Everything was fine until I looked at it in Firefox. Firefox indicated an ActionScript error, rendering some buttons inoperative. Flash didn't indicate any errors. I tore apart the FLA for a few hours and determined that the error would occur only when buttons would go to a blank keyframe where the instance no longer existed. I determined that no more time should be spent troubleshooting this, so I removed some of the offending interactivity and moved the obnoxious FLA files to another folder. I uploaded the new swf with the reduced interactivity for my site and the next day just for kicks, I re-opened the original offending FLA and publish-previewed it. This time in Firefox there were no errors!!!. So... I reworked this file, gave it some refined interactivity that is better than the original one that gave the ActionScript errors. Now everything is uploaded and dandy, but I'm still scratching my head wondering what happened.

Hi
When you click on New -> web intelligence document -> It should display list of all the available universes -> Select any one among them.
You can choose efashion universe which is a sample universe that comes with BusinessObjects Enterprise installation.
If you are not getting anything in the list of universes, then probably the samples were not installed properly.
You can check if you have any sample universe on the machine or not. Open the drive where you have installed and you get the installed list of sample universes in the below path:
BusinessObjects\Program Files\BusinessObjects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11\Samples\en\Universes
Hope this helps!!
Regards
Sourashree

Help: Controlling transitions in flash web galleries from CS4/Bridge

Hi all,
Is there a way to control the transitions from one image to the next when generating a flash web gallery? I'm using CS4/Bridge on WinXP.
The fade out/in from one image to the next is very chunky, no matter what the file size. And that's on my local copy before I've uploaded it to the web.
I also haven't found a way to generate web galleries from within CS4 itself (looked at file/automate, as well as window/output, but nothing obvious in either location).
Many thanks for your help!
j

Your procedures are correct. The pertinent features have been moved from PS to Bridge. You can use the old method by finding the respective scripts on your install DVD's Extras section (or downloading them). Regarding transition performance and speed I don't think you can do anything. that is solely determined by the Flash template used for that and if you have no way of creating your own ones, there doesn't seem much point in even worrying about things you may not be able to change. Use it or loose it, if you allow me to put it that way. You can however certainly find enough other gallery tools on the web, they may just require you to change your approach and learn some basic web design stuff...
Mylenium

Books? AS3 & Web Design...

Im new to everything programming wise, the epitome of a newbie. But I really want to learn. I can work the timeline, make animations etc, but I cant
get tutorials to teach me actionscript because they either expect you to have background knowledge or are using AS2.
I have the latest copy of Flash, and am obviously using AS3.
So from what I understand the way to go is to buy a book (feel free to correct me if im wrong) so can anyone point me in the direction of a book that
accepts the fact that I know nothing about AS to start with.
Also the reason I want to learn flash I to design websites. Is this the best way to learn to create websites? And Is there any subsequent web design packages that go with it that I need to learn?

Well it would make things a little easier if you already had a background in working with Actionscript, but I think reading through a book is a good way to go about it. I typically will spend some time at Barnes & Noble reading through Flash books and taking notes.Here is a book that I think is really good at getting you started in AS3: 'Learning Actionscript 3.0,' http://www.learningactionscript3.com.
Another thing I think that helps a lot is watching video tutorials, so you can the actual steps that are being made. I think Lynda.com is a great place to get good video tutorials, but it's a paid service; I'm not sure if they have a trial but it would be worth a look.
Well good luck with your adventure.

Web Design Market

Hi, I recently started going back to my web design which I left a few years ago when I started my master. At that time I was a web designer working with Freehand, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop etc, My focus was interface design for computer applications, graphic design and mainly web design (only interface design and client side programming such as actionscripting for Flash), I tried to learn server side programming like .net C++, C # VB, ASP etc but found them so hard to catch up, as far as I never had enough time for both Graphic side (interface design) and programming, at the end I chose to stick to my interface design and leave server side programming to experts.
Considering all these, that now I'm going back to my old habit, interface design for websites, want to know how market is for this right now?
I know if you go for server-side and .net even though many are outsourced to India still there are opportunity but interface design which I mean the combination of Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks,Photoshop is unclear for me.
Please tell me how do you see the market in this field (interface design). My worries are recently I felt a lot of people want a person to do everything together (database, graphic design, server side programming plus interface design!) and if this is true I wont go anywhere by focusing only on Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks,Photoshop at the same time there is absolutely no way for me to try ASP.net and similar applications , I never have time to focus both on programming and interface design. Would like you to share your experience with me.
In other words will I go anywhere in this market if I just focus on Web Design (interface design) with Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks,Photoshop?
(I don't use these applications for print media)
Thank you.

Dear Web Designer,
Why don't you post your Web Design question in the Web Design forum?
http://forums.adobe.com/community/design_development/webdesign
This one here is for comments about the forums as such. Such as they are!

Web design with Keynote?

Hello. I just purchased Keynote '08 with hopes of using it to supplement my basic web design in iWeb '06. I have been able to put together a slide show with multiple slides and hyper links linking them that resembles how I'd like my website to appear. I export it to Flash which creates both an .swf and .html file of my project. When I open the .html in either browser is looks good and the links work. I know this is sort of a work around to real web design but is it possible to publish the Keynote export as my website, full screen and with all its interactive links and motions? I haven't been able to get iWebmore to work correctly. Or is there another way to publish an .swf file as a full fledged site? Thanks in advance.

If you upgrade to iWeb '08 you may not need to +"get iWebmore to work correctly."+ ...You can use iWeb '08's +HTML Snippet+ window as mentioned in this +"Flash in iWeb"+ tutorial:
http://web.mac.com/catucker/InsideOutside/Flash.html

Three Musketeers in Web Design

maybe it is a well-known fact that dreamweaver, flash and fireworks are the three musketeers in Adobe web design. the combination of these three musketeers in web design is a necessary tool in the development of the website. if there is someone else can replace Fireworkers, then Photoshop and CorelDRAW can. Frontpage is only helpful to beginners. some more complicated website cannot be designed. Dreamweaver is better in eeeeeeeeweb design, but in picture processing, Photoshop has more disadvantages. however, Fireworkers has more merits in web design. after the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, Macromedia has many softwares stop producing. however, these three musketeers can survive and devolop continously, and they keep churning out brand new products.

Did you copy & paste this from a 1990's article on web design? It sure looks it.
Nancy O.

What kind of job can I get being a Web Designer/Graphic Designer?

I run BlackReefDesigns.com, and am doing quite a bit of
business consider I don't really advertise too much. I've learned
how to do eCommerce, Flash, etc and things are progressing nicely.
I feel confident in my skills, and I realize that anything I
don't know how to do, I can learn rather quickly. The problem is I
feel I need to become more of a 'business man' if I want my company
to really move forward. I'm only 23 years old so I was thinking of
going and working for a Web/Graphic design firm so I can learn more
about the business aspect of running my own company. Im also
working towards a B.A. in Graphic Design at a larger University in
Southern California...
Just curious, with my skillset, how much money could I, or
should I be making if I went and worked for someone else? Do you
guys know anybody in Southern California that I could work for?
thanks in advance

eh, teachers don't always know what they're talking about. in
fact, i
think a lot of the posts made here are a direct result of
poor teaching.
i know that's how i got a lot of my bad habits (not from a
teacher,
per se, but my first boss who taught me some basics) a lot of
people
think they know the dos and don'ts but really don't (plus,
they tend to
change). i thought i knew a lot of stuff until i started
coming here and
learned that a lot of what i thought was the right way to do
things
actually wasn't.
come here often. and listen to what these people say because
they know
their stuff (you'll quickly figure out who the ones are that
know what
they're talking about). i can't tell you how much i've
learned in the
relatively short time i've been a part of this forum. and i'm
still
learning!
teach yourself html. you don't have to be able to write an
entire site
by hand, but at least be able to look at the code and
understand what it
means. like others said, you seem to have a good grasp of
graphic
design, but websites have to be more than graphics.
to answer your money question, it really kind of depends on
the market
where you live. you might just want to look in the want ads
and see what
kind of salaries are being offered for this type of work in
your town.
there's also resources on the web where you can see average
salaries for
various jobs in different places. yahoo has one
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/salary)
but there are lots of others if you
search for something like "compare my salary."
good luck! you seem willing to learn, which is great!
JSloanSDRE wrote:
> JoeyD -
>
> I really appreciate your input. I wish more people would
be critical of my
> work. I can't ever progress when people say 'good job,
looks great'.
>
> I've learned everything myself when it comes to web
design, and it sucks
> because I wish I could have had a teacher to teach me
the do's and don'ts as I
> think I would have progressed much farther over the last
couple of years.
>
> I have been busy working on client work and haven't
updated my personal
> website in awhile (which I realize is a big no-no if I
want future business)
> but there is really no excuse for the padding issue. I
actually just fixed it
> right now.
>
> Again, thanks for the input, and I realize I have a
loooong way to go in Web
> Design, and that is why I want to get a job somewhere so
I can learn and work
> at the same time. I think however I am proficient in
Graphic Design and am
> curious as to how much income I would have working for a
firm as oppose to
> freelancing (just in Graphic Designs)
>
> thanks again JoeyD, and any future advice would be great
>

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