Linking flash buttons to website using div sections

Ok, I am a total Newbie at Flash and Dreamweaver and I am
having serious issues linking flash the flash buttons from my
navigation bar to the main frame on my webpage. I have the buttons
working, and they do link to a page, just they do not link to the
frame, instead they load the page as a full page itself.
I am using Dreamweaver and a website template I found online.
I believe the problem to why it is not working is because this
template doesn't seem to be using frames, and I can not find the
name of the frame to reference in the flash button actions. This
template is using a lot of <div> tags to separate the
sections in the index file.
Does anyone out there know how to link flash button actions
to open a page in a specific div section? Also, how can I make sure
that it is these div tags that are creating the frames, and how to
find out what each section is called? (I'm new to dreamweaver as
well)
This is my first post and last resort, forums don't fail me
now! Thanks to anyone out there who helps me.
Darian

use a javascript function to change the div content and the
flash externalinterface class to call the javascript
function.

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makarios58 wrote:
> I have a problem when using Flash on explorer for a
particular website. When I
> access my website using explorer, I have to click once
to enter the flash area
> then I can access the flash sequence. I cannot just
click on the flash and go.
> Is this a setting problem in dreamweaver or what? Why
can I not just point
> and click? Why must I point click and then click again
before the I am able to
> access the flashed button in Ms Explorer? I must add
that this is only in
> Explorer on Windows XP. This does not happen using
Firefox or Netscape.
>

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getting warning messages. please can some one help

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when you make them
in Flash.
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>i cant get my flash buttons to link to any pages. i keep
getting warning
>messages. please can some one help

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"Biscuit666" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hey,
> This is probably a really dumb question, but I cannot
figure out how to
> link
> my own imported flash button to a page on my site.
>
> If I select a button within DW, and click the edit
option I'm presented
> with
> the option of linking the button. If I use my own
button, clicking edit
> just
> puts me into Flash.
>
> I don't want to use the "getURL" within flash because it
insists on too
> many
> security checks which would really ruin a visitor's
experience to my site.
>
> Even in code view there is no hint as to a link
referenced, so I can't
> even
> fudge around with the code!
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS.--Adobe: maybe offer a "suggested username" when
registering for your
> forums - not really my preferred choice of nick, but got
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> attempts to choose one.
>
>

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Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to build
my first website, and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table)
for page navigation work fine in testing all 5 web pages with
mozilla firefox, and they look the same on the index page when
testing with IE-7. However when I begin navigating to other pages
in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5 cols in the table
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like they are on the index page. In my files area on the right, I
notice 3 out of the five buttons I created have about 15 to 20
"generations" shown there, with numbers 1 through 15 or even more
to qualify them tacked on to the end of the names. Where do these
come from, and why are 2 out of the five only have 1 "generation"
each? I never expected this, and I think it has something to do
with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you can!

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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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page. In
general, this is not a good thing to do, since root relative
links will not
work as expected when you do that (locally).
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"dreamnovice" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Can anyone help me with flash buttons? I am trying to
build my first
> website,
> and my five flash buttons (inside a 5 col. table) for
page navigation work
> fine
> in testing all 5 web pages with mozilla firefox, and
they look the same on
> the
> index page when testing with IE-7. However when I begin
navigating to
> other
> pages in IE-7, the flash buttons disappear, and the 5
cols in the table
> where
> each flash button was placed now are not equal sizes
anymore like they are
> on
> the index page. In my files area on the right, I notice
3 out of the five
> buttons I created have about 15 to 20 "generations"
shown there, with
> numbers 1
> through 15 or even more to qualify them tacked on to the
end of the names.
> Where do these come from, and why are 2 out of the five
only have 1
> "generation" each? I never expected this, and I think it
has something to
> do
> with the problem, but maybe not. Please help me if you
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>

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"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In DW if I hit the "Play" button in Properties and then
click the Flash
> button, the link works but will not work in IE6!!!???
>
>
> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:e50rde$fde$[email protected]..
>> Thanks for your reply, Alan.
>>
>> That is what I did put in the link box but for some
reason the link will
>> not work.
>> I put
http://www.netspace.net.au in
the link box, then saved my work and
>> viewed it in IE6, but it will not connect me to the
site when I click on
>> the button. If I create a hyperlink using a word, eg
Netspace, it works
>> OK.
>> I'm using Dreamweaver 8.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> "Alan" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>>
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>>> In the Flash Button dialog box, in the url or
link box, type the full
>>> url
>>> address including the
http://
>>>
>>>
http://www.example.com
>>> instead of
>>> www.example.com
>>>
>>> You have to do this for all external links,
whether using flash buttons
>>> or
>>> regular links.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Linking a button in flash to a dreamweaver site

I am having some trouble linking a button in my flash movie to a separate dreamweaver site. The flash movie will be placed in
the homepage of a website and i want to be able to click a button in it to go to a separate page. the code i am trying is :
RF1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://Bleachers_Top.html"));
where RF1 is my button and my target page is"Bleachers_Top.html"
I am pretty sure the last part is wrong but I cant seem to find any help on how to do it.
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Andrew Whited

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Konqueror browser for Linux has an useful CPU limitation feature for websites using Flash content. Can you add such a feature in Firefox?

I have recently found that Konqueror browser for Linux can help user to limit cpu usage while visiting a website using flash technology by changing settings in the Flash section and adjusting the slider from VERY HIGH settings to HIGH and MEDIUM and so on. It actually works, and it does not have a direct impact on the general performance for flash player but it may generate some conflicts if other extensions such as add-blocker or click-to-flash are enabled also.
Maybe you can add a similar setting in Firefox in the browser option section or just as an useful addon or extension.

Sorry for being late with my reply. I've just tested that addon that you mentioned in your post ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire.../system-monitor/ ) , it looks like a system monitor and nothing more than that.
As for the memory tip ( about:memory ) I agree that it can be extremely useful for users that have less than 1 gb memory installed on their system. I know very little about computers but I can tell your tip for optimizing memory usage in firefox has merits.
Me, I have another problem with cpu overload in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and most of the browsers with flash support enabled. Each and every time time I visit a page that features all sort of adds and gadgets based on flash technology, and each time I try to watch a video online my cpu goes all the way up to 100% and stays there until i finally decide to close the browser.
I am running winxp and also linux on a Dell Optiplex GX260 machine with 2000 MHz cpu, 1024 Mib ram and 128 Mib video card, it is not the best computer in the world but still 2000 MHz should be enough for a limited and uneventful web experience.
It is not as much an issue with the web browser, any browser, the whole problem is caused by funny people claiming to be deeply involved with web development, and promoting flash technology for ages instead of choosing other alternatives, more user friendly. All I am saying is that flash ruined the entire web experience making people to believe that they actually need dual-core cpu and coreduo and deepfreeze cpu and so on which is only partially true.
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Flash menu in DW, how do I link the buttons?

Hi there!
I have a problem, i'm creating a site in dreamweaver with a
lot of flash objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem! I'm importing the flash file to the left frame in
dreamweaver and i'm trying to link the buttons (on the menu) to ex.
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the buttons linking to the pages??
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Flash links are made in Flash, not DW.
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"Sabyonei" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi there!
> I have a problem, i'm creating a site in dreamweaver
with a lot of flash
> objects. For examlpe I'm making a flash menu, wich is
the hole problem!
> I'm
> importing the flash file to the left frame in
dreamweaver and i'm trying
> to
> link the buttons (on the menu) to ex. "home" or "about
me", though it
> doesn't
> work! I can't link the buttons because they're in this
flash object. I
> know i'm
> doing it wrong with trying to link the buttons on the
flash object but I
> don't
> know what else to do. And the thing is that i don't
wanna use the buttons
> already existing in DW, i've made my own ones. The
buttons are moving so
> there
> is one more problem, they're coming in from the right
side (in the left
> frame)
> and bounces once, and then they stop. And that's when I
wan't them
> clickable.
> So how do I make the buttons linking to the pages??
> Would really appreciate an awnser!
>
> Thanks !
>

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