My site (intro only)

[Alex]

here is something that i worked on today. its not much but its sorta an improvment for me. so please tell me what you think.
bare in mind im am sorta new to flash.
http://alexsdesigns.net/


thanks=)

[UncleGuito]

i look over ur site ( intro) and it seems pretty basic, only 3 seconds long. but dont worry, im only a little step ahead of you.
if you need help making your stuff better, let me know and i can help.

you can check out my site to see ideas on pretty basic stuff
http://geocities.com/mattijoegeorge

this is the page i made today
http://geocities.com/mattijoegeorge/klannorth.html

feel free to ask ne questions becasue im right where u are bud...


matt :crazy:

[Alex]

thanks, i am planing on making it better. im just expirementing right now. i just added a cool e-mail form to the main page.


=)

[UncleGuito]

what is the html (or java script) for that? its pretty cool

also, do u know where a good html tutorial is cause i need to learn it fast :evil:

[lostinbeta]

Alex: A preloader would be nice :)


UG: http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13932 <-- has a whole bunch of scripting tutorial sites listed. Might be of use to you.

[Alex]

does it take a while to load?:(

[UncleGuito]

no alex, it doesnt so it has no need for a preloader

lost beta, where is a good preloader place, casue all the ones ive tried to fit m new page ( http://geocities.com/mattijoegeorge/klannorth.html ) havent worked or im jsut doin them wrong

please help me

[lostinbeta]

It took a while to load for me and I am on a cable modem. Perhaps it was just his server acting up, but for professionality a preloader should ALWAYS be used on a Flash movie no matter how small the size.

And you can find many preloader tutorials on this very site. Just use the search field way in the upper right hand corner of this forum in the blue bar with the checkered background. Look for preloader, or preload, etc. They all work, otherwise they wouldn't of been posted ;)

[Alex]

thanks for the input lost.=)

[lostinbeta]

After looking at your site I notice everything is mainly just text. Perhaps the preloader does work, but there is so little to load that it just passes over it instead.

[UncleGuito]

i meant to say, i took the preloader out before it was published becasue it didnt work

i am looking over the preloader tutorial again right now and it says to start the movie on frame 3 but i already have my movies on frame 1

how do i move my entire movie to frame 3?

[lostinbeta]

click on frame one on the highest (or lowest) layer... then drag to select all of your frames (they should all turn black).

Once all frames are selected, click and drag your frames over two. They will all move at once.


Or to save trouble just throw it in a new scene before your actual movie, then have it play the next scene (i know, arguments will arise on this method because scenes are evil, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do and it works).

[UncleGuito]

thanks lostinbeta that helped


what is the actionscript to call a scene?

[lostinbeta]

There are multiple methods....


nextScene()

gotoAndPlay("SceneName", frame#)

or give frame 1 in that scene a frame label and use

gotoAndPlay("frameLabelinScene")

[UncleGuito]

hmm lost,

i got the preloader to work, but when its done loading, it doesnt disappear and the movie doesnt load properly ( doesnt run)

what should i do

[Alex]

hey lost i found a preloader (you made it)http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm

and i am not sure how to implement it onto my intro. would i make a whole new scene?

thanks=)

[lostinbeta]

Did you try using all of the above scene change methods? Changing scenes is glitchy in Flash, so one method may not work.

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by Alex
hey lost i found a preloader (you made it)http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm

and i am not sure how to implement it onto my intro. would i make a whole new scene?

thanks=)

Well the tutorial itself tells you what to do. And everything else about it is already being discussed in here.. :P

[UncleGuito]

i used the method where u drag it away on the timeline

i got it to disappear, but after the bar loads, the page or movie shows up but fails to animate

here is my script for the actions layer:

frames 1:

bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent*100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}

frame 2:

this.gotoAndPlay(1);

here is the .fla if u could see what is wrong

[lostinbeta]

It works fine for me UG. I tested in show streaming, the content loaded perfectly, then displayed perfect.

Although I kept getting the error of opening klancontent.swf because I don't have that file, that is the only error/problem I recieved.

[UncleGuito]

did the background work and all

[lostinbeta]

Ah, I see the problem. Add a stop() action to frame 3. It keeps looping around therefore the function isn't working properly.


And for suggestion, please make your text unselectable :)

[UncleGuito]

how do i make my text unselectable?

[Alex]

hey lost, i gave up on that preloader. to much to read. lol
but i did trip across this preloader. i added it to the first frame of my intro but then it just stayes there and doesnt leave while my movie is playing.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentage_loader.htm:(

[lostinbeta]

Click on your textbox, open the properties panel (CTRL+F3) at the bottom you will see 3 buttons. One has what looks to be a page with lines, this sets a border around the textbox, one has < and > tags which sets it to be HTML enabled (although I prefer to do that through AS), and another one is an "Ab" with the be having a dark background signifying selectable. Make sure that isn't pressed.

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by Alex
hey lost, i gave up on that preloader. to much to read. lol
but i did trip across this preloader. i added it to the first frame of my intro but then it just stayes there and doesnt leave while my movie is playing.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentage_loader.htm:(


That is because the preloader component SUCKS!!! It seriously does, I hate that thing with a passion.

Just read the tutorial man, you gotta learn sometime.

[UncleGuito]

you have to add a third blank keyframe to the preloader laayers and delete all preloader content on that keyframe

[Alex]

i guess i going to read it tomorrow. its around 130 here and i can concentrate on anything right now. =)

[lostinbeta]

yeah its 1:30am where I am too, and I have a jackhammer in my head... or at least it feels like that.

Kill me... kill me now... please... my head hurts so bad.

[Alex]

i have been at the computer so long my eye is starting to twich.lol=)

[Law]

I think that newbies like me can make an ok site but you have to put in much more effort.

[Alex]

just wait till my main site.=)