Putting Flash Intros on my site?

I have Dreamweaver CS4 and I want to put a Flash intro on my
site that plays before getting to the home page, but I can't seem
to find any tutorials on it. Can somebody point me in the right
direction? I know how to embed a Flash video onto my pages, but I
don't know how to get one to be a separate piece. Thanks all!
Aza

>>The splash screen becomes the index
Yup!
And just for the record, when a prospective client demands a
splash page or
autoplay music I refuse to build the site. Not saying you or
anyone else
should do that.
There's an old joke about a man asking a woman if she would
sleep with him
for $1M. She says, "Absolutely; Yes!" He then asks, "Will you
sleep with me
for $10?". She replies vehemently, "Hell No! What do you
think I am?" To
which he replies, "We have already established that. Now we
are merely
negotiating the price."
To me, if I tell a client or prospect that auto play music or
a splash page
will be significantly counterproductive and they should not
even consider
either and then I go ahead and add either to the site, I'm
nothing more than
what that woman was.
You see I don't think my primary goal is to please my client;
that's my
secondary goal. My primary goal is to please my client's
prospective
clients/customers. Not surprisingly, when I am unencumbered
in pursuing my
primary goal I routinely accomplish that secondary goal.
That's just me. Not saying you should take that rigid
position, but you
might want to at least think about it. ;-)
Walt
"RuesterProd" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:gppdtu$euh$[email protected]..
> This is something my client wants, but will probably
just make it a Flash
> Banner. But, just in case they are dead set on it....
>
> Basically it's a real small, fast animation of his
signature.
>
> If I understood you correctly, Nancy, you are saying
that a splash screen
> takes the place of your homepage? The splash screen
becomes the index and
> the
> page it transitions to is a 2nd page altogether?
>

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[email protected]

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Hi everybody.
I have an HTML site that I would like to add a Flash Intro
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Before reading all this, make sure you download my example
files at
http://www.shan-dysigns.com/flash/flashIntro.zip
That link is further down in my reply, but you may miss it.
Since you want people to see your flash intro before your
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I am new(ish) to Flash and I have MX 2004
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Message was edited by: Nicole Dee

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