How to make a flash/xml site?

I'm no stranger to html, actionscript, dreamweaver, or flash, but I seem to be in a bit of a rut, here.
Note: I'm not asking anyone do do the work for me. it would just be really helpful to have access to source fla's, templates, tutorials, etc.
Basically, I want to make an animated, dynamic-width flash site to show off my projects, portfolio, and company information, but I'm absolutely overwhelmed. D:
Here's the concept I've come up with:
As you can see, the idea is a simple monochrome layout with a top and bottom bar, and a "moving" sidebar. Regardless of window-size, I want to make the bars stretch all the way across the screen, except for the bottom one, which will only go 100-200 pixels away from the right edge.
So my question(s) is(are) basically, where do I begin?
Should I use xml or just flash?
Should it be broken up into small swf files or be one big one
One swf file per page, or one for the whole site?
How do I go about making a dynamic width layout in flash?
What's the best method to make animation "transitions" between pages?
Do I need a preloader, and how do I make one?
Is there anything else I should know (tips, advice) before I start?
I'm not sure if I missed anything or not... ^_^;
I know I'm asking a LOT, but answers to any (or all) of these questions would be greatly appreciated, and I'd be forevereverever in your eternal debt.
thanks for everyone's time!
Sincerely,
Eric

If you are going to want to update your content on a regular basis, say weekly or monthly, then you may want to use XML. If you site will remain pretty constant, then there's no need for that extra layer of complexity. A good design methodology is to create one base movie and then create a series of additional movies that hold the content. I always try to design so that the user has no or very little wait time when they move from one section to another. This means that each content movie needs to be pretty small in file size.
You probably want to go through the tutorials that come with Flash to get you started in how Flash works. You might want to pick up a book or two and visit some of the Flash sites that contain tutorials. Good books: Flash CS3 Flash Bible, Actionscript 3 Cookbook, Flash CS3 for Designers, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book. Good sites: http://www.gotoandlearn.com, http://schoolofflash.com/, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/, http://www.flashandmath.com/.

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