Need web-building help!!!!!!!!!!!!

01/29/2006 10:01:50 PM · #26

It looks like you've removed some code off one of the keyframes. The code would most likely be... Stop(); Either taht or you've moved a symbol from a keyframe containing that code to a feyframe that doesn't. This is the first place I would look but it could be a bunch of other things.

01/29/2006 10:02:57 PM · #27

By the way I just realised taht you already have an on/off button for music :/

Originally posted by enigmania:

The site looks great. Simple and elegant. If this is your first go at Flash then you've done very well to edit it this far. As usual its often the last 5% that seems to take so long working through the fine details. Its worth it when finished though. :)

I can offer help to create an on/off switch for the music if you like. Just let me know.

01/29/2006 10:03:27 PM · #28

Originally posted by enigmania:

That's what I was afraid of! Good thing I saved the raw template in a seperate file. After all of the learning I've done today - rebuilding from scratch will be a cinch......*cringes* lol

01/29/2006 10:13:25 PM · #29

I haven't used flash since version 4 and it's been so long now I wouldn't even begin to know what was wrong. Sound like enigmania knows his flash. :) Good luck on fixing it. I won't be visiting it any more till you do. lol My eyes can't take that. Like being on a LSD trip or something. :)

01/29/2006 10:16:13 PM · #30

Don't rush to start over. Its worth sometimes walking away for a little while. Its surprising what pops into your head when you let these things mull over for a while. I make Flash sites for a living and this has happened to me dozens of times.

As for learning curves I've often begun building something only to realise half way through that It could be done much more elegantly/efficiently/suitably another way. Thats just the nature of the work. Sometimes you don't know stuff until you head part way down any given path.

Keep your patience,. You're doing really well.

I'm happy to help if I can :)

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by enigmania:
It looks like you've removed some code off one of the keyframes. The code would most likely be... Stop(); Either taht or you've moved a symbol from a keyframe containing that code to a feyframe that doesn't. This is the first place I would look but it could be a bunch of other things.

That's what I was afraid of! Good thing I saved the raw template in a seperate file. After all of the learning I've done today - rebuilding from scratch will be a cinch......*cringes* lol

01/29/2006 10:26:26 PM · #31

I've gotta go out for an hour or two. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. I'll send a reply as soon as possible. Good Luck

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01/29/2006 10:40:11 PM · #32

Thanks so much for your encouragement and help, keiran. Your site is amazing and very smooth. I know I can't learn flash in a weekend, but I'm tenacious, like a terrier with a gopher! lol I think I'll give it a rest for the night too, tomorrow I'll have new eyes. :)

Bear_Music

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01/29/2006 11:12:25 PM · #33

strobing like crazy for me...

R.

01/29/2006 11:26:38 PM · #34

I figured out what I did. I moved the source files from one folder to another. Then trying to move them back I accidently wrote over the full-size version of the same filename (my bad). No brain to re-do it now, I'm mentally fried. Will forge forward again tomorrow.

Until then, don't view the site, you could have seizures! lol

01/30/2006 12:23:50 AM · #35

Please post again when you work it out Cindi. I'd love to know what the problem was. I'm tenacious that way too :) Thanks for the nice words on my site too. Its also new.

01/30/2006 12:27:23 AM · #36

heh! I'm still working on it lol swear i won't sleep until its right! Actually I did find the problem. I did screw some links up when I moved image files from one folder to another. Had to recreate those links (and copy one file from the original flash template that I TOTALLY f'd up) and now it looks right.
Its uploading, check in a couple of minutes :)

Bah, server keeps dropping. Off to bed, maybe it will be finished loading and lovely again when I wake up!

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 00:51:10.

01/30/2006 01:41:56 AM · #37

Yep you got it. Well done. :) Its actually a really elegant template, good choice. I had a look at the template site but couldn't find that one. Looking forward to seeing more photos in it.

01/30/2006 06:49:49 AM · #38

Glad to see you figured it out without having to start over.

01/30/2006 09:00:49 AM · #39

Yayayay! Its back to where it was before I screwed it up! Now to trudge forward! :)

I may start screaming soon, just thought I should warn you. lol

btw, Keiran, the template on that site is the one with a large red apple as the front image. Obviously, I've replaced it with my own image for my site, but look for the apple and you have it. :)

Prof_Fate

01/30/2006 11:37:29 AM · #40

Don't use flash for your website. This seems to be very popular for photographers for some reason.
-Not all computers/browsers are flash enabled (libraries, coffee bars, employers and likley reg people too) - if they can't see you site, you message is totally wasted.
-web crawlers and search engines do not index flash sites. only HTML pages.
-Your images can sill be stolen/downloaded from a flash presentation so if you're doing it for security reasons it won't work.

It can be pretty though.

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01/30/2006 11:55:16 AM · #41

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

-web crawlers and search engines do not index flash sites. only HTML pages.

So if the flash is embedded in an html page it will, right? Or are you saying if there is flash (.swf) on the page at all it won't?

LeeD

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01/30/2006 11:57:26 AM · #42

Originally posted by Brenb:

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
-web crawlers and search engines do not index flash sites. only HTML pages.

So if the flash is embedded in an html page it will, right? Or are you saying if there is flash (.swf) on the page at all it won't?

Web crawlers can not read .swf at all. The only way to put "crawlable" text on a purely flash site is to embed meta tags. Another work-around is to do a flash/html mixture.

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 11:58:19.

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01/30/2006 12:02:06 PM · #43

Originally posted by Palmetto_Pixels:

Originally posted by Brenb:

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
-web crawlers and search engines do not index flash sites. only HTML pages.

So if the flash is embedded in an html page it will, right? Or are you saying if there is flash (.swf) on the page at all it won't?

Web crawlers can not read .swf at all. The only way to put "crawlable" text on a purely flash site is to embed meta tags. Another work-around is to do a flash/html mixture.

Another work-around is to do a flash/html mixture This is what I meant by embedding flash in a html page but didn't say it like I should have. I thought with it combined it would work. Thanks for confirming that.

robs

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01/30/2006 12:04:05 PM · #44

I believe that google has been working with Macromedia (now Adobe I guess) on this but I am not sure of the status (I don't follow this stuff very well since it's not my area).

If searching is important to you then I would at least find out where this is and what if anything you need to do to help it. As I already mentioned; For other reasons (including accessability for non-visual users & bandwidth) you might want to think about having a basic non-flash version available as an option.

LeeD

Canon EOS-30D

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01/30/2006 12:49:09 PM · #45

Originally posted by Brenb:

Sorry, I should probably clarify. When you create a Flash HTML page, basically it embeds the .swf in the html page much like a picture file is imbeded. When engines "crawl" your site, they read the scripting on the page, and not the embeded objects (unless you have tags). The search engine sees the swf file as an object, but can not interpret the object. If you view the source of any page, you can see the difference between a flash page and a html page immediately. HTML pages have a lot of "readable" script whereas a Flash page has very little. If it's a flash only page, usually you'll see a couple of html tags and an embedded .swf object. Search engines see this "source code" in a similar manner making the page unsearchable for keywords, etc (unless you embed meta tags).

What I meant by a flash/html page is when you do the bulk of your coding in html/php/asp/whatever and embed a few flash movies here and there for effect. For example, code your bio, contact info, services, etc. in standard "whatever" code, then add "punch" by dropping a swf file in there for people to browse your portfolio.

Make sense? (I know I'm kinda rambling)

01/30/2006 02:25:00 PM · #46

I'm not too worried about compatibility as most people who see my website are there because I sent them there (not via search engines), but I do plan to build a non-flash version once I get the flash version finished. A non-flash template comes with the template package for this purpose. I did add meta tags to the flash site, for whatever that's worth.

I traded out a couple of pics and swapped the funky music for some space noise - any more tolerable? I can't seem to find the switch that tells the music to default to PLAY when the page opens - funny, I found the one that makes it stop! lol

01/30/2006 04:21:24 PM · #47

Didn't mean to highjack your thread, Cindi. :) I was curious about what Pro fate had said and should have just started another thread about it. Mine is a mix of html and flash and my meta tags are only on my html and not embedded in my flash. I am not so much worried about my photography site but once I get my hair salon going I will want it to be searchable.

That's great the template comes with an html template also. I am going to have to check out the site. I tried to listen to the music but my speakers are going whacko and just static. I'll have to check it out on my laptop in a bit.

I just have to say every time I see your blue eyed baby it makes me smile. That is one of the cutest baby photos I have ever seen. Those eyes and the expression are great!