Multiple Flash banner ads

I've already created one banner ad in Flash and have it displaying on one of my web pages. I'm creating a second ad and would like to have it display in the same area as the first one with each ad playing once and then switching to the next. I will eventually have three ads rotating, one after the other. I'm working with Flash CS4 and am pretty new at this.
What's the best method with a Windows server? Do I use Actionscript...Java Script? Do I simply combine the ads into a larger Flash file and, if os, might this cause overly long download times for the browser?

you will need to find a player system that will rotate out the ads. I dont recall the name(s) of them currently but there are plugins for your code that will allow you to do so.
try searching for flash ad banner rotaters.

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How to make agency-level HTML banner ads

I've done a ton of Flash banner ads at agency-level over the years, but I'm trying to figure out how to create html banners now, in addition.
Here are the HTML Ad Spec requirements:
- HTML code cannot exceed 3k
- 2 images maximum, total file size of images cannot exceed 20k
In Flash, I've used these extensions to publish and am finding it's difficult to meet the required specs by the ad hosts:
1. CreateJS (creates a small html file (3k or less), but requires to be linked to js files which are double what my swf would be)
2. Swiffy (puts out just one nice simple html file, but it's almost triple the size of my swf, coming in at 86kb)
I've also used:
Edge Animate (creates a html file, but also links to js files that are over double what my swf would be).
Either my animations have to become way less complex or I'm missing something in this new world of html animated ads. It seems there's little findable information on how to make html banners at the agency-level.
Can anyone educate me or point me in the right direction?

The easy answer is those libraries are full of functionality "you might use". Those libraries are not built like libs such as Modernizr where you can select the exact functionality you need to reduce the library size.
You're left with two options from there, neither are really ideal.
1) You can hand code the JavaScript you require. Libraries help by providing extensive functionality beyond your absolute needs as well as cross-platform tweaks so your results are expectedly similar in all browsers. By writing your own code (plus required tweaks) you can drastically reduce the JavaScript size (amongst minification and gzip). That puts all the hard work on you which may not even be possible or feasible in your projects timeline.
2) You can rely on newer HTML5 elements like Canvas, CSS3 and code from option #1. There are many effects in your example (directional blur, rotation, etc) that aren't easy to pull off but with the help of something like Canvas you can at least reduce the amount of JavaScript required. Think of it like a BitmapData object you can update at high speed that's mobile friendly. That aside, not all desktops users are guaranteed to support it and here comes the fallback bloated code.
Your ads compatibility requirements will guide you on either path. I'd probably opt to look forward with basic fallback (to a static image) and go route #2 with Canvas. If so, here's one of many tutorials/blogs that can get you started:
http://creativejs.com/2011/08/31-days-of-canvas-tutorials/

Help with creating a flash banner

Hi,
I need some help with a creating/replicating a flash banner I
saw online. I cant find it anymore but I will do my best to
describe it.
The banner had multiple images layered on top of each other
horizontally. Each image covered the image to the left of it. When
you moused over an image the image expanded to full size while the
other remained contracted.
How can I create something with the above description? Are
there any good tutorials for something like this or maybe someone
can provide me with a few tips/tricks for doing this?
I am proficient in PShop and a beginner with Flash so the
design portion is not the hard part, just the programming/setup in
flash is what has me stumped.
Thanks in advance for any assitance.
Regards,
Mike
Hookah Life

Update:
The banner on this template has an exact example of what I am
shooting for.
http://www.algozone.com/zencart-templates-zc03c00287-p-1191.html

Is there a simpler solution/directory/file structure for banner ads?

I also have to wonder what a pain this has to be for a large website with many rotating banner ads - having all of these same files copied over and over in separate subdirectories. Flash had 2 files - a html file and swf file stored in the same directory. Am I missing something?
the banner name - with config.xml - created by Dreamweaver
Assets - 4 or 5 files, not counting json or sound files
edge_includes - and its 2 files
images - at least they are unique
And I, maybe wrongly, create a html file in Dreamweaver with the oam file inserted in it.
Bob

From the Edge Animate JavaScript 2.0 API Docs:
CDN Hosting
Using the Adobe Content Distribution Network (CDN) is a great way to speed up Animate composition delivery. Compositions using the Adobe CDN all share a single URL for jQuery and the Edge Runtime. The browser caches the runtime, so the user only downloads the library once no matter how may Animate compositions they view, even if compositions are on different sites and produced by different authors.
Don't use the CDN if your composition needs to run without an Internet connection or if you want to use your own hosting exclusively.
The Edge Runtime CDN uses the following URL:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/edge/animate/2.0.0/edge.2.0.0.min.js"></script>
So now I know what that CDN option is about.
Bob

Flash banner specs...question

hello,
i am working on a flash banner campaign where the specs say:
- Animation permitted – up to 3 loops
- Maximum animation length: 15 seconds
i got the ads approved. now i am making them loop 3 times, is
it customary for the 3 loops to happen within 15 seconds, or can
the approx 12 second animation loop 3 times, approx 36 seconds?
any previous experience with this situation is greatly
appreciate.
thank you!

This is generally true so long as you embed the font.
However, if you have a large display font used as a headline,
it is always best to break it up. This is the only way you can
guarantee that the exact appearance--size, kerning, etc.-- will be
preserved.

Replacing flash banner in dreamweaver 9

Hi everyone here ! I hope you are all well and ready for weekend !
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Open your Template.dwt file.
replace all this:
<object id="FlashID" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="857" height="209">
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      <param name="swfversion" value="8.0.35.0" />
      
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        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
        <param name="swfversion" value="8.0.35.0" />
        <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
        
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          <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
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<img src="logo.jpg"><img src="new-banner,jpg">
Save Template. Update child pages. Upload child pages and new images to server.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
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Self served banner ads in air app

I dont want to serve ads for ad companies but i want to serve ads for myself to my app. So i am trying to setup a way to add banner ads to my app and have them just served from my web server. I keep running into road blocks in doing so.
i am using is flash builder 4
the closest i have gotten is i had an old as2 xml banner rotator and tried to just embed them locally and have the xml file and images remotely loading. The flash files loaded up right but it seems the xml file from inside the flash rotator wont load from my site once in the air app. they work flawlessly when not in the air app.
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RTMP should work on AIR for TV. This is a known issue and we are working with Samsung to fix this. They should be releasing an update to there products which fixes this issue. (Sorry I can't give a timeline, you will need to talk with Samsung about when they will update there TVs and Blu-ray devices).
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has come across banner ads such as
these? Please click on the example below.
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I'm so lost on how to do this. Does this involve action
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This would only require one flash file. It is an SWF that
sits on the upper right edge of the website, in an absolutely
positioned <div> that overlays that part of the site (flash
movies can be made to be transparent by using the
wmode="transparent" parameter). So, you'll need to get familiar
with both Flash and CSS, in addition to html.
All of the effects can be animation... the dropshadow is
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halfway transparent). If you use Wmode=transparent in your
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transparency in any area you wish.
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over it, and then to animate "closed" when the user clicks the
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any tutorials that show exactly how to do THIS particular effect,
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examples of "page turn" effects that aren't exactly the same, but
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not only waists memory its stuff i really prefer not to be on my
computer in any shape or form. it seems you find a way to block the
silly things then they find some way around it and you cant block
them anymore. i think their needs to be a feature in brousers that
gives the opperator the right to veiw or not to view banner ads.
something i call useless internet clutter.

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I have multiple flash banners for specific product pages and
would like to combine them to play in order for the main product
page. What is the easiest way to do this?

you could put them in a MC on the timeline and call to a
frame label of the banner that cooresponds with the current page.
Or you could go more dynamic, list the banners Linkage ids in an
array and use attachMovie, or use the MovieClipLoader class and
load them as external swfs.
easiest? if your new to scripting and if you don't mind the
extra space in the file, go timeline.

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      <param name="movie" value="images/IMSbanner.swf" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
      <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
      
      <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
      
      
      <object data="images/IMSbanner.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="963" height="113" vspace="0">
        
        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
        <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
        <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
        
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          <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
          <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
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Hello, I'm new to flash and I recently just made a flash banner where you can click buttons to change frames. I also want to add the ability for it to automatically change frames after 7 seconds. I've put all of the pictures on the same frame and gave them frame labels. What would be the actionscript code I should use to make this work, along with making the buttons still functional? Also, how can I put buttons to go to the last frame from the first, and first to the last, while still making them stop at every frame? I keep trying and nothing's working.
If you'd like a more in-depth look, I've provided the .FLA file here:
http://uppit.com/v/ZJOKIQ59
The easiest way to explain it would be to re-upload an .FLA file with all of the above completed bug-free, and show me how you did it. I hope I'm not asking too much with that, but I would be able then to take a look at it and compare it to my code to learn it myself.
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Well I done some more work this time. As i had some problems uploading files I'v made these screanshots.
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var secTimer:Timer=new Timer(1000,7);
startTimer();
- The actual code is on the second frame:
//secTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, tik);
secTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, skipFrameT);
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playNextFrame);
function playNextFrame(e:MouseEvent):void {
if(currentFrame < 50){
resetTimer();
play();
else{
resetTimer();
gotoAndPlay(2);
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, previousFrame);
function previousFrame(e:MouseEvent):void {
if(currentFrame <= 11){
gotoAndPlay(42);
else{
gotoAndPlay((currentFrame-10));
resetTimer();
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trace("frame ",currentFrame,", tick", secTimer.currentCount);
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secTimer.start();
//trace ("timer Started");
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I am creating a site that has many pages and I made an includes file for the header of the page that contains my navigation bar, i then made a template of the page to use for all my pages.
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    <p> </p>
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I also tried doing exactly the same, adding the flash to the header of my template and saving it. However this did not update all of the pages that use the template, the flash ad would play in the browser if I load the template in the browser. (in this instance the actual swf file was in my templates folder with the template page).
The final thing i tried was just to add the flash to one of my pages just to see if it would work when i loaded the page into a browers, it didn´t and i don´t understand why as it worked on the includes page and template page. (the swf file in this case was in the file along with all the pages of my site).
It doesn´t seem that i have a problem with the actual flash banner, i just cannot seem to put it in the pages that i want to.
Any help or input in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

I don't know if this will be of any help but I have a flash rotator that I use on a few pages setup in a seperate file as well, here is the code from my include file
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="884" height="402" id="myFlashContent">
    <param name="movie" value="/Image-Rotator-V2.swf" />
    
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     <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
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</object>
I also added the following to the head section of the page the flash is used on.
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Regards
Richard

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Looking for some compression feedback, as I cannot get the results dialed in thru Adobe Media Encoder CS4.
Creating a flash banner ad, 11 seconds total, with 5 seconds of video from final cut. The size of the exported .mov is 784 KB, and I still have to hit a target of less than 60KB (yikes) on the final FLV export for the ad specs. Anyone had any luck here in these type of productions? When I convert to FLV (heavily compressed) and import into timeline of flash as embedded file, keeps increasing in size, hovering just below the 1MB mark. Without the video, the flash ad is at 20KB, so I really only have 40KB to work with.
When I open the FCP .MOV in Quicktime Pro and "export for web," I see a small file size of 4KB, could it really be that compressed?
But when I bring that 4KB file into Media Encoder, it goes over the 60KB limit.
Also, should note that final ad needs to be Flash 7 friendly...
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Predicated on info in the other THREAD, I will now ammend my previous post:
2.) Assets - that's why I asked
3.) Project - could still be a possibility
Looks like the Bug is still in the running and gaining fast.
Have you filed a Bug Report/Feature Request with the data that you've furnished in your two thread?
Good luck,
Hunt

Flash banner in a Dreamweaver Template

Hi all,
I am using one of the provided Dreamweaver Templates (CSS).
All is fine, except that for some reason it does not like Flash
imports. I can alter the template as much as I like and it will
always successfully change across the site, BUT if I try to insert
a Flash movie/banner into the template - then it does not appear of
ANY of the site files. The only way I can see the flash banner, is
if I open the template.php file in a browser - then you can see
that it is in fact there and working - but for some reason the
other pages refuse to acknolwegde it. Images / Tables / Text - all
work fine - just not flash banners. I even tried saving the banner
as a JPG file in Flash, then sticking the JPG file in the template
where the banner should - and it worked perfectly, but as a .swf
extension it fails.
Am I missing something?
Nathan

> BUT if I try to insert a Flash movie/banner into the
template - then it
> does not appear of ANY of the site files.
Because of the active content .js fix, when you insert a .swf
file into a
template, you must use a Site Root relative path for it.
Open the .dwt template file.
Double-click on the .swf in design view- the "browse to file"
dialog box
should come up showing the currently selected file.
look in the bottom of that dialog box for the pulldown to
change from
document relative path to site root relative path. Change it
to site root.
click okay and save the file, and let changes propagate.
does it show in the child files now?
[note- It may still not show during local preview because
site root relative
paths in javascript will not make any sense during local
preview- they
should work fine on the remote host if the site has it's own
domain name
though]
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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