Issue adding Flash Buttons

I'm trying to put flash nav button in a template that I built
for a web site. Within 'Inset Flash Button' under Link: I browse
for the .html page that I want to link the button to. When I'm
finished and click 'OK' I get a error message; this is a site
related Link. Please use either an absolute or document-relative
link.
All the .swf (flash buttons) files are in my Template folder
that also houses my main_elements.dwt file.
What an I doing wrong?
Thanks

Must you use Flash buttons? You can avoid this problem
altogether by using
ordinary graphic buttons or even CSS styled text. Besides,
there are many
disadvantages to the use of Flash navigation -
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...
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"Mike4177" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm trying to put flash nav button in a template that I
built for a web
> site.
> Within 'Inset Flash Button' under Link: I browse for the
.html page that I
> want
> to link the button to. When I'm finished and click 'OK'
I get a error
> message;
> this is a site related Link. Please use either an
absolute or
> document-relative
> link.
>
> All the .swf (flash buttons) files are in my Template
folder that also
> houses
> my main_elements.dwt file.
>
> What an I doing wrong?
> Thanks
>

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Save it to your Desktop. 
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Hey everyone I am haveing problems with Flash Button

Hello everyone I am new here so I am haveing problems with
Flash Button because of the html address it wont go to the address
that i put into it it keep going to
http://www.faithdesigner.net/www.faithdesigner.net/pricing.html/www.faithdesigner.net
why does it do that? this is a link problem issue with flash
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someone please help me?
Jeremy

>
http://www.faithdesigner.net/www.faithdesigner.net/pricing.html/www.faithdesig
> ne
> r.net
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the full
absolute path if an external page. Including the
http:// part.
http://www.example.com/page.html
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http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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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
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> MAC
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> Windows
> PC using IE 6/7, I have to double click the buttons for
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> looks
> like the first click selects the button and the second
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> 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
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>
> thanks
> Bops
>

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>Hi,
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>

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I am a novice site designer. My first challenge is to design a navigation bar once and used by all web pages. I built it using Flash buttons. The concept works fine in a flat file, but when I'm viewing a web page that sits in a different directory than the flash navigation buttons, the buttons point to a file in the current directory which doesn't exist. I want the buttons to still point to the flash files in the parent directory.
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1. Some people don't have Flash installed - what do they do?
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"LeichterLernen" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
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> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

Dreamweaver Flash Buttons / Frame Navigation in VISTA

Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver to
navigate. I have two frames in this web. The buttons are in frame
"A" and refer to a target in frame "B". This worked perfectly fine,
even with IE 7 in Windows XP it still works. But in Windows VISTA
every button opens a new browser windows.
Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on my HD
Thanks in advance.
Sky

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...
Adding in frames makes it even worse - you are in the deep
stuff here. Why
are you using frames?
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"LeichterLernen" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:er5fua$3am$[email protected]..
> Hey, I use some standard flash buttons from Dreamweaver
to navigate. I
> have two
> frames in this web. The buttons are in frame "A" and
refer to a target in
> frame
> "B". This worked perfectly fine, even with IE 7 in
Windows XP it still
> works.
> But in Windows VISTA every button opens a new browser
windows.
>
> Windows VISTA, IE 7, Dreamweaver 8, running the web on
my HD
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sky
>

No more Flash Buttons in Dreamweaver CS4?

The removal of Flash button extensions are pretty pathetic. How much development money and time does it take to include and already existing feature?
Also, if no one uses them (Ya I was told in a previous post I seen) The why is Microsoft Expression Web including something sort of like them in their software!
The removal of these, after I have bought the already overpriced CS4 from CS3, has prompted me to look at other software development tools.
I been using Dreamweaver since the 1.0 version but now I'm starting to use Expression Studio for my development needs. I think it sucks that simple navigation buttons and includes are removed when they are included in even $20 pieces of Web Development software.
Some idiot actually posted that if someone needs to use navigation extensions, then they should use the CS3 for adding them! Why upgrade then?
For all the money your charging for your software it should make coffee for me too!

I have locked this thread. It's not really a discussion - just a rant. and it's a duplicate of a previous post.

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