Silly Button

I am using Flash 8 to redesign my web site however, I have
hit a brick wall.
I have been reading a book on actionscript, but the codes
that it are given me are not working.
Here are my problems:
I want the "enter" button on my index page to continuously
fade in and out. The problem is that I can not figure out how to
separate my button animation from the rest of the time line. If I
attempt to loop the button, the entire time line animation will
also loop. I was given advise to create a hidden button, which I
did. But essentially it accomplished nothing. The other problem I
am having is that I can not activate my button. I have what should
be the correct actionscript on it, however when I click on it, the
button does nothing
www.marcellariley.com/index2.html
The final problem I am having is that I would like to have
submenus or sub-buttons. My book does not have any information
regarding submenus. At www.marcellariley.com/main2.html Hover over
the "photography" button to see an example of what I am attempting
to perform.
FYI.... I am totally new to web designing and this is my
first web site
THANKS

Okay..... I got the button to fade in and out continuously,
but now I am having trouble with making it active. The is the code
I used
on(press) {
getURL("
http://www.marcellariley.com/main2.html",
this, Method);
I keep getting an error message about the method. It tells me
the name my method GET or POST. Which I did, however I still got
the same message. What method do I use?
thanks

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