Flash HELP

[Ultimate Dj]

Hey,
I'm building a website and am going to start using Adobe Flash and well I'm frikin clueless. Yeah theres like million tutorials out there but I just didn't know if any of you guys are familiar with it and would be willing to give a couple tips or lend a hand...or anything .
Thanks for anything!


DJ

[mikkimc2010]

Hi ultimat dj

Try this website for free tutorials for flash and dreamweaver.

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/demo_index.html

Justin, who teaches all the video lessons is 1st class, and has a no nonsense approach that will have you flying around flash in no time. I have used the free lesson downloads and was so impressed, that I bought the full lessons for flash/dreamweaver and several other titles.

Subscribe to his newsletter and you get a very handy discount on everything you buy.

Check him out and let us know what you think.

Regards

Mike

[Sharp]

My 2 cents, if your a PC user try SwishMax3 for writing FLASH instead of Adobe Flash.

http://www.swishzone.com

I started with Adobe FLASH myself and after learning that I tried SwishMax. Now I'd never go back to using Adobe. SwishMax3 is more intuitive to operate.

Regards
Sharp.

[Ultimate Dj]

My 2 cents, if your a PC user try SwishMax3 for writing FLASH instead of Adobe Flash.

http://www.swishzone.com

I started with Adobe FLASH myself and after learning that I tried SwishMax. Now I'd never go back to using Adobe. SwishMax3 is more intuitive to operate.

Regards
Sharp.

Thanks Sharp..but regretfully my brother already purchased Adobe so thats what we're gonna go with for this website.

Hi ultimat dj

Try this website for free tutorials for flash and dreamweaver.

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/demo_index.html

Justin, who teaches all the video lessons is 1st class, and has a no nonsense approach that will have you flying around flash in no time. I have used the free lesson downloads and was so impressed, that I bought the full lessons for flash/dreamweaver and several other titles.

Subscribe to his newsletter and you get a very handy discount on everything you buy.

Check him out and let us know what you think.

Regards

Mike

thanks mate! I will...i'm surprised that the demos are so long. thats great!

cheers!


siempre fiel
DJ

[mikkimc2010]

Hi Ultimate Dj

How's it going with the web site? made any headway yet.

Let us know how you are getting along with it, and if you need any help/advice etc

Regards

Mike

[Ultimate Dj]

Hi Ultimate Dj

How's it going with the web site? made any headway yet.

Let us know how you are getting along with it, and if you need any help/advice etc

Regards

Mike

Hey thanks for asking Mike and checking up on it.
So far I haven't really dug into Flash yet. I'm more using Sony Vegas 9 creating videos than converting them into Flash format and uploading them to the site.
One thing I really want to do non flash related is, you know on each Tab that there is an Icon representing the site? Like KF for this site and Y for yahoo...etc I really want to put our logo on the Tab and I'm clueless how to do this.
Thanks for any advice.


Dj

[mikkimc2010]

Hi Ultimate Dj

How's it going with the web site? made any headway yet.

Let us know how you are getting along with it, and if you need any help/advice etc

Regards

Mike

Hey thanks for asking Mike and checking up on it.
So far I haven't really dug into Flash yet. I'm more using Sony Vegas 9 creating videos than converting them into Flash format and uploading them to the site.
One thing I really want to do non flash related is, you know on each Tab that there is an Icon representing the site? Like KF for this site and Y for yahoo...etc I really want to put our logo on the Tab and I'm clueless how to do this.
Thanks for any advice.


Dj

Hi DJ

No problem with helping out, are you actually talking about a logo for the site i.e. like a brand name etc. If so, could you give me an idea of what the logo will look like (point to a web link) as an example.

Then I can go from there to point you in the right direction in creating the logo either in flash or another drawing program, such as Photoshop/Illustrator/Freehand.

I could even make up a tutorial for you using any of the above progammes that will take you through the design step by step.

Let me know.

Always glad to help out

Mike

[Ultimate Dj]

Hi DJ
No problem with helping out, are you actually talking about a logo for the site i.e. like a brand name etc. If so, could you give me an idea of what the logo will look like (point to a web link) as an example.

Then I can go from there to point you in the right direction in creating the logo either in flash or another drawing program, such as Photoshop/Illustrator/Freehand.

I could even make up a tutorial for you using any of the above progammes that will take you through the design step by step.

Let me know.

Always glad to help out

Mike

oh cool. Well I don't really have on in mind yet unfortunately so I can't really give you an idea. But like after I choose one how do upload it? Or does it depend on what file it is..etc?
After some searching something like this but rather FM instead of FQ
http://fqworship.com/
or like this...the foto on the homepage (doesn't have an Icon image)
http://www.frequency.ie/

Something along those lines. really? wow tutos are always mega helpful but I'd hate for you to spend a lot of time doin' it.
Thanks again mate!


Dj

[mikkimc2010]

Mike[/quote]

oh cool. Well I don't really have on in mind yet unfortunately so I can't really give you an idea. But like after I choose one how do upload it? Or does it depend on what file it is..etc?
After some searching something like this but rather FM instead of FQ
http://fqworship.com/
or like this...the foto on the homepage (doesn't have an Icon image)
http://www.frequency.ie/

Something along those lines. really? wow tutos are always mega helpful but I'd hate for you to spend a lot of time doin' it.
Thanks again mate!


Dj[/quote]

Hi DJ

What you have pointed me to in your links are page banners/ headers.

The first one is an animated banner, and the second is a static banner.
Both are quite easy to achieve, (provided that you would need some experience with flash), more so for the animated banner.

Both can be created during page construction and uploaded to your website as part of the main/index page of the site.

Could you tell me what applications you intend to use for the construction of the site? i.e. Flash for animation. Dreamweaver/Golive CS for page layout and design, it would be helpful in setting out some tutorials etc.

Setting out some tutorials would not be much of a problem for me, as this used to be part of my duties as a college lecturer for web design courses.

So I would be glad to help out.

When you have an idea of what you want to achieve, let me know, and we can go from there.

Hope this helps

Regards

Mike

[Ultimate Dj]

Hi DJ

What you have pointed me to in your links are page banners/ headers.

The first one is an animated banner, and the second is a static banner.
Both are quite easy to achieve, (provided that you would need some experience with flash), more so for the animated banner.

Both can be created during page construction and uploaded to your website as part of the main/index page of the site.

Could you tell me what applications you intend to use for the construction of the site? i.e. Flash for animation. Dreamweaver/Golive CS for page layout and design, it would be helpful in setting out some tutorials etc.

Setting out some tutorials would not be much of a problem for me, as this used to be part of my duties as a college lecturer for web design courses.

So I would be glad to help out.

When you have an idea of what you want to achieve, let me know, and we can go from there.

Hope this helps

Regards

Mike

hmmm okay I hope I'm showing you the correct thing. I don't believe its called a header/banner. I'm pretty sure I know what those are. What i"m talking about is relativity a small thing, but to me makes a big difference in a professional site.
You know the place where you type in the URL, just to the left of that when the URL loads, you see an icon. For this forum its KF in orange. for Yahoo its this
Just so you know this is the site where I bought my template
http://www.flashmoto.com/
and this is the demo area where you can see what its like to edit.
http://cms.template-help.com/flashmoto_28980/admin/


does that clear things up a bit?

thanks bro

Dj

[mikkimc2010]

Hi Dj

Sorry that I got the wrong idea of what you were looking for regarding the icon

I misunderstood what it was that you were looking for, thinking that you were refering to the page banner and not the url icon.

I hope that this is what you are looking for:

Script: Adding An Icon With Your URL - Two Methods

Functions: Whenever anyone bookmarks your site, an icon will subsequently show up on their Favourites list. When your site is visited, the icon will also show in the URL box of the browser.

Browsers: IE5+, NS6+, later FireFox, Opera versions, etc.

Method One
===========

Select any standard Windows icon file. The .ico file *must* be in standard Windows icon file format, or it will be ignored.

Rename the icon file *exactly* to: favicon.ico -- all lowercase. No deviation from this is allowed.

Place the favicon.ico file in the 'root' directory on your web server (where your main index page is).

Whenever your site is bookmarked, the icon will subsequently show up on the visitor's Favorites list. When they visit your site, the icon will also show in the URL window of the browser.

That's all there is to it -- it's automatically picked up by
IE5 and later browsers.

===========
Method Two
===========

Insert the following LINK tag in the <head>...</head> of your pages.

<LINK>

Change the path and icon filename to correspond to the location of the icon file on your site. The icon graphic filename should be lowercase, no more than eight characters, and the extension must be .ico.

As above, the file *must* be in standard Windows icon file format or it will be ignored.

When you use this method as opposed to Method One above, the
LINK REL code should appear on any page that might be bookmarked.

Don't forget to confirm that the icon file is actually where you say it is in the LINK REL path! the icon must be 16 x 16 pixels, any larger and the browswers ingnore it.

I know that this may be a bit of a mouthful to follow. but is does work.

If this breaks your brain, let me know...

Hope this helps

Regards

Mike

[Ultimate Dj]

My brain was already broken so no worries .
I really appreciate that detailed help. I know how I can do it now, in my servers directory, so I just need to find a graphic/icon that I want to put.
So thanks a ton .
If I can ask for more help, than I shall. (poor you )
I can't embed things onto my site, which is a bummer as I was hoping to embed my music using my Reverbnation profile as I've done on other sites.
So what I need to learn how to do is, build my own Media Player using Flash!
I just want to get something up so my visitors can here a sample of my music. If you could just tell me a basic basic way to build a Media Player in Flash would be fantastic!
thanks again yo

siempre fiel
DJ Aelfo

[mikkimc2010]

Hi DJ

No worries. PM me your email address and I will show you how to get a Flash MP3 player with a playlist onto your website.

That way, we don't have to clog up the Korg forum with images and long winded details.

Speak to ya soon

Regards

Mike

[Ultimate Dj]

Hi DJ

No worries. PM me your email address and I will show you how to get a Flash MP3 player with a playlist onto your website.

That way, we don't have to clog up the Korg forum with images and long winded details.

Speak to ya soon

Regards

Mike

Super I did. Yes we don't need to have the server crash cause of me again lol (shhhhh Sharp doesn't know it was me!) lol .

thanks Mike


DJAelfo