Replacing Flash Buttons/ Preview Issues

I have old Flash Navigation Buttons on my website from years ago. I have been trying to replace them. What would be some good and simple ways to do this? It appears that the programs (DW5, DW6, and DWCC) won't let me do this. For example, I deleted the flash button that says "About" and then typed in new word "About" instead and linked it in a simply way to the "About" page.
However, when I preview this in browsers, my flash button/s are still appearing in the preview window browser, even though already deleted many times in my Design View. The preview page has also showed all sorts of disorganization and chaos for these deletions of old navigation buttons which are not consistent with what is displaying on my working Design copy window. Any suggestions? (Mac Os X 10.8.4)

Thank you all for your suggestions! I have emptied my cache, cookies, and refreshed my browser window. It looks like one button "Resources" in the left navigation panel managed to disappear from all pages on the website-- yet I only made changes to a select few pages. However, many of the changes I made are not showing up yet on the test page.
I am not that familiar with code view so I use Design view mostly. Yet, I did split the view and see the selected area in the code responsible for a flash button. I tried to delete that in code view, as well.
Here is my test page. In design view, I left most of the old navigation buttons intact, except for the bottom three.
I tried to eliminate the bottom three flash buttons and replaced with linked words "About", "Resources", and "Home" (see below). Yet, on the web page, only the "Resources" button has disappeared, and the words I typed in to replace are not displaying yet.
Resources

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I'm using Dreamweaver CS2 to create my flash buttons. I'm using PHP include statements to include my flash navigation bar. When I create the php file in another directory, click on flash button, all heck breaks loose. I look at the URL and the link appends the PHP file that the flash button should be pointing to whatever directory my current web page is in.
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Do I not know how to create flash buttons using the absolute paths?

Movie1 and Movie2 should have a name in (Properties -
Instance name).
Assuming that button on Movie1 is on the movie, not inside
the movie, that both movies are on the same timeline, and that you
want to go to Movie2 frame 5, for example.
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My Flash Button

Hi,
I made a flash button with a simple rollover animation
(&sound) and I pasted a swf. in both flash buttons and flash
buttons preview in Flash Objects in the Dreamweaver application.
But I can't see it when I go insert- flash button in DW. Now, my
swf file says SWF file whereas the others say SWF movie, is this
the problem? I'm exporting as movie, how else would I go about?
Would be so grateful for help.
Thank you.
*Jenny*

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, just so
you'll know....
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"flyingpiggy" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi,
> I made a flash button with a simple rollover animation
(&sound) and I
> pasted a
> swf. in both flash buttons and flash buttons preview in
Flash Objects in
> the
> Dreamweaver application. But I can't see it when I go
insert- flash button
> in
> DW. Now, my swf file says SWF file whereas the others
say SWF movie, is
> this
> the problem? I'm exporting as movie, how else would I go
about?
> Would be so grateful for help.
> Thank you.
> *Jenny*
>

Previewing Flash Button in Dreamweaver

When I insert the Flash Button/Movie into the Dreamweaver doc
and preview in browser, I only see a placeholder.
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functioning as a button layered over the animation.
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the Dreamweaver document it looks fine but when I try to preview it
in the browser from the Dreamweaver document all I see is a Flash
placeholder. Is this something that will change when the page is
published or is there something else I should try?

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Especially
consider those people who are browsing from a corporate
internet where Flash
is not allowed by the IT staff.
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not be
spidered unless you have redundant HTML links
3. Screen assistive devices don't parse Flash links - what
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do?
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"webnauta" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> After inserting a flash button in dreamweaver CS3 , I
select add behavior
> and
> then Go to URL onFocus (i tried onClick to), when i
upload the website
> works
> fine in IE but in firefox the buttons doesnt works, how
can i fix it?.
>
> Thanks.
>

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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you need to double click on the buttons to navigate to the next
page. Is there a fix for this problem, or do I need to change all
of the buttons on this and some other sites?
Bob Tuttle
707-322-4959
[email protected]

update dreamweaver 8 to 8.02, or get dreamweaver cs3.

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design button -> cover symbol to flex component -> use it in flex
How can I fix this ?
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
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Thanks Natasha! It works well now!
在2009-07-13，_Natasha_ <[email protected]> 写道：
>Hi,
>?
>to be able to write
>MovieClip(event.target).gotoAndPlay(MovieClip(event.target).currentLabel);
>your button should be a subclass of MovieClip.
>If not MovieClip(event.target) will be null and will not work.
>?
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>or
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>2. See methods of intergratedQueryButton and if it have method gotoAndPlay use it.
>intergratedQueryButton(event.target).gotoAndPlay(intergratedQueryButton(event.ta rget).currentLabel);
>You can't set two superclasses, so intergratedQueryButton can be a only a Button or a MovieClip, not both.
>

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on (release) {
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When i embed into the HTML using dreamweaver and preview/upload the site.... the button is there but when clicked it doesn't direct to the hyperlink.
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Use Flash to generate an html page and test that on the server. If that works, then replace whatever Dreamweaver did with the Flash-made embedding code. Beyond that, a link to the file on the server could shed some light.

Flash buttons won't work in Dreamweaver

Hello,
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-New user

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Use text-based CSS formatted buttons instead.
Easier to maintain and update and search engines love them.
Google CSS Buttons and you'll find plenty of tutorials.

Flash buttons don't appear in browser

I insert a Flash button. It is visible when I preview the
page in a browser that I access from Dreamweaver. But it does not
appear visibly when viewed in a browser independently of
Dreamweaver. A sample of this problem is here:
http://www.newtoncornerneighborhood.org/test.html
I seem, more generally, unable to get any .swf files to
appear visibly using Macintosh Dreamweaver CD3. I did not have this
problem using Dreamweaver MX. Can you help me understand what's
wrong? how to fix this?
Thanks.

> But it does not appear visibly when viewed in a
> browser independently of Dreamweaver
You mean when you browse to the file LOCALLY and open it with
the browser?
This is what you SHOULD get if you are using root relative
links, since the
browser has no idea where the root of your site is. In this
case, you would
only see that SWF when you browse to it in DW *AND* you have
enabled preview
with temp files.
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"ProfessorBob" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I insert a Flash button. It is visible when I preview the
page in a browser
> that I access from Dreamweaver. But it does not appear
visibly when viewed
> in a
> browser independently of Dreamweaver. A sample of this
problem is here:
>
http://www.newtoncornerneighborhood.org/test.html
>
> I seem, more generally, unable to get any .swf files to
appear visibly
> using
> Macintosh Dreamweaver CD3. I did not have this problem
using Dreamweaver
> MX.
> Can you help me understand what's wrong? how to fix
this?
> Thanks.
>

Need help using flash buttons

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 can!

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...
Your problem is caused by navigating away from the previewed
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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news:[email protected]...
> 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
can!
>

Flash buttons not working in IE7 and Chrome

Here's my website where the problem is occuring www.bakercreative.co.uk
As you can see the Flash buttons animate, but when clicked they should go to a new html page.
I've tested it in IE8 and Firefox without any problems but it's not working in IE7 and Chrome.
Does anyone know what the problem is? Could it be the html code or the flash file itself?
Thanks

Hi, Glad you were able to solve that issue with the buttons and Chrome. Any small thing can cause big problems!! LOL
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eidnolb

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Anyone help point me to a solution?
Previously worked fine - but now a problem. When wanting to
either add or edit existing flash buttons, all I get is "Error
unknown" - no ref ID to help me.
In the html editor window - I can no longer see the flash
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flash functionality has just disappeared for some reason?
I run mac os x - and have the current MX 2004 upgraded
version 7.01
I've reloaded MX 2004 - but no good.
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frustrated!

Alan
Thanks for the pointer I will scan all of the code in the
morning for non-standard characters.
I do not see any with firs scan but I did change the path to
all of the files whan I moved the data to a new disc.
I went through DW and reset the paths in the site menus and
had it recreate the file map and the cache.
I did not get any errors for that process but that does not
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I will post the results later EITHER positive or negative.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> I am running DW8 on an imac (intel CPU)
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Alan
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Flash button link will not work in CS4

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Steve.

Hi,
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I have an issue where I am unable to edit Flash buttons or
Flash text that have been created in DW CS3.
I am using CS4 Web Standard SE. A colleague of mine is using
the same software and also unable to edit these.
Until now I thought it was maybe a trial issue but have today
activated the software. But the issue remains.
Regards
Dave

> Until now I thought it was maybe a trial issue but have
today activated
> the
> software. But the issue remains.
It's not a Trial issue. It's a conscious design decision by
Adobe announced
in Aug 07.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402489
Flash buttons and Flash text have always been ill conceived
features for
webpages.
Adobe recognised this by dropping them from DW CS4.
If you still want to keep them and edit them, use DW CS3.
However, consider using CSS styled buttons instead.
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John Waller

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