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Hi
Bit of a conflict here...
If you are looking at a flash intro which disappears when the rest of the webpage has loaded it has to be on the same page as the webpage. Otherwise, when you get redirected to the webpage it still has to load, which somewhat defeats the object!
is a smart flash site crammed full of tutorials for all levels though.
Here's a couple of ideas for you to ponder though...
1) make your webpage quicker to load
2) Add the Dreamweaver "preloadimages" behaviour to the page with the bit of Flash on and preload all the images which are in your webpage into the flash page. Once they are loaded into the cache of the browser your homepage will load a heck of a lot quicker.
3) Try to do something a bit less frustrating than "loading x%" please!
Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
Bit of a conflict here...
If you are looking at a flash intro which disappears when the rest of the webpage has loaded it has to be on the same page as the webpage. Otherwise, when you get redirected to the webpage it still has to load, which somewhat defeats the object!
is a smart flash site crammed full of tutorials for all levels though.
Here's a couple of ideas for you to ponder though...
1) make your webpage quicker to load
2) Add the Dreamweaver "preloadimages" behaviour to the page with the bit of Flash on and preload all the images which are in your webpage into the flash page. Once they are loaded into the cache of the browser your homepage will load a heck of a lot quicker.
3) Try to do something a bit less frustrating than "loading x%" please!
Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
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well I guess I want the loading screen to be part of the page cuz I want everything to load during the flash animation and only when it is completely loaded the viewer can see the page, cuz it looks pretty bad when each image is loading and one hasn't, looks very unproffesional.
Anyways.. so I still can't figure out how to do it.. so. could someone please help..
Also I'm pretty new to this so please be as clear as possible
Anyways.. so I still can't figure out how to do it.. so. could someone please help..
Also I'm pretty new to this so please be as clear as possible
Those flash loaders are generally used when the rest of the site is also Flash. The reason for this is that flash has an
method which can check to see if a frame within the Flash movie has loaded. So these loaders normally check at the end of each loop to see if the certain frame is loaded and then end the loop if it has and show your page.
This will work splendidly if your site is all in Flash, but unfortunately Flash is not geared up to test to see if all the images and formatting are loaded in an HTML page, so you may have problems with this. The best thing to do in this case is to get a rough idea how long the page takes to load and make your flash movie that long. Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
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ifFrameLoaded()method which can check to see if a frame within the Flash movie has loaded. So these loaders normally check at the end of each loop to see if the certain frame is loaded and then end the loop if it has and show your page.
This will work splendidly if your site is all in Flash, but unfortunately Flash is not geared up to test to see if all the images and formatting are loaded in an HTML page, so you may have problems with this. The best thing to do in this case is to get a rough idea how long the page takes to load and make your flash movie that long. Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
djhappy,
Instead of the preloader optiion that you are trying to do, since it probably willnot work, I would concentrate on leaning our your HTML page. What is causing it to take so long to load? It is probably graphics heavy. The current Photoshop and Fireworks both have options to save for web. I would suggest that first. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.
Instead of the preloader optiion that you are trying to do, since it probably willnot work, I would concentrate on leaning our your HTML page. What is causing it to take so long to load? It is probably graphics heavy. The current Photoshop and Fireworks both have options to save for web. I would suggest that first. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.
Absolutely! That was point one of my first thread. In this day and age there is no excuse not to have your code and images optimised like a Formula 1 car.
People get bored waiting for sites to load, and any efforts made to create a loading screen will just wind people up because they will have to go through it every single time they go to the site (yawn)
A fast page is a visited page, and there is no need to compromise good design if it is done well Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
People get bored waiting for sites to load, and any efforts made to create a loading screen will just wind people up because they will have to go through it every single time they go to the site (yawn)
A fast page is a visited page, and there is no need to compromise good design if it is done well Derren
[The only person in the world to like Word]
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>>do I create my site completely in flash or do I optimize the heck out of what I have<<
In these days when we were supposed to be flying around with rocket packs and everybody was supposed to live in a Utopia of broadband, optimization would be moot and we all could have bloated Flash intensive websites.
My 2-cents, for what it is worth, is to be careful of doing all flash. Target yor website to your audience. If you are selling a product etc, then most people do not want to wait, watching a little loading screen flickering before them. If your site is all about Flash, or art, ot media, then your audience may be willing to wait longer or may already have broadband. Only you can determine that.
Just remember that because you have a nifty pre-load screen people still will not hang around for long load times. just my opinion. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.
In these days when we were supposed to be flying around with rocket packs and everybody was supposed to live in a Utopia of broadband, optimization would be moot and we all could have bloated Flash intensive websites.
My 2-cents, for what it is worth, is to be careful of doing all flash. Target yor website to your audience. If you are selling a product etc, then most people do not want to wait, watching a little loading screen flickering before them. If your site is all about Flash, or art, ot media, then your audience may be willing to wait longer or may already have broadband. Only you can determine that.
Just remember that because you have a nifty pre-load screen people still will not hang around for long load times. just my opinion. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.
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