Instantiation attempted of a non-constructor???

Question

I'm getting the following error:
TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.
at Website()[/Design/The Silver Collective/_classes/Website.as:42]
This is line 42:
var top = new top();
package {
     import flash.display.*;
     import FluidLayout.*;
     import flash.display.Sprite;
     import flash.display.StageAlign;
     import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
     import flash.events.Event;
     import gs.*;
     import gs.easing.*;
     import fl.motion.easing.*;
     import com.greensock.*;
     import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
     import flash.text.TextField;
     import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
     //import flash.text.TextFormat;
     //import greensock.*;
     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.FullScreenEvent;
     import flash.display.*;
     import flash.events.*;
     import flash.net.URLRequest;
     public class Website extends MovieClip {
          public function Website() {
               /* Set the Scale Mode of the Stage */
               stage.scaleMode=StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
               stage.align=StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
               /* Add the symbols to stage 
                           var bg = new Background(); 
                           addChild(bg); 
               var top = new top();
               addChild(top);
               var toprightoption = new toprightoption();
               addChild(toprightoption);
               //var middle = new Middle(); 
               //addChild(middle); 
               var btmrightfooter = new btmrightfooter();
               addChild(btmrightfooter);
               /* Apply the alignment to the background  
                             var bgParam = { 
                                 x:0, 
                                 y:0, 
                                offsetX: 0, 
                                  offsetY: 0 
                             new FluidObject(bg,bgParam); 
               /* Apply the alignment to the top */
               var topParam = { 
                                  x:0, 
                                 y:0, 
                                  offsetX:0, 
                                offsetY:0 
               new FluidObject(top,topParam);
               /* Apply the alignment to the toprightoption */
               var toprightoptionParam = { 
                               x:1, 
                               y:0, 
                                 offsetX: -toprightoption.width - 20, 
                                offsetY: 20 
               new FluidObject(toprightoption,toprightoptionParam);
               /* Apply the alignment to the content
                            var middleParam = { 
                                x:0.5, 
                               y:0.5, 
                                offsetX: -middle.width/2, 
                                offsetY: -middle.height/2 
                            new FluidObject(middle,middleParam); 
               /* Apply the alignment to the btmrightfooter */
               var btmrightfooterParam = { 
                                x:1, 
                                y:1, 
                                offsetX: -btmrightfooter.width - 10, 
                                offsetY: -btmrightfooter.height -10 
               new FluidObject(btmrightfooter,btmrightfooterParam);
     private var currentlyShowing:MovieClip=null;
          public function showModalContent(clip:MovieClip):void {
               if (currentlyShowing!=null) {
                    removeChild(currentlyShowing);
               currentlyShowing=clip;
               addChild(currentlyShowing);
          public function removeModalContent():void {
               if (currentlyShowing!=null) {
                    removeChild(currentlyShowing);
                    currentlyShowing=null;

Answer 1

You need to used different names for the variable and class.
Like var tp = new top();