question about my newbie site 1

[johnnyv]

Hello all

I am a rookie when it comes to flash so I decided to create a site to display images as a way to learn a few things. The site is still under construction but I have a few questions if I could.

- What is the best way to load images so that the site load
time is minimized?
- Why is it that the first time I go to the site from
a 'new' PC it takes a long time to load but after that
the site load time imporves dramaticlly?
- You will notice on the site that there is a boarder on
the right site in white, what have I done wrong here? I
want the flash movie to fill the window .

Keep in mind this is my first attempt at flash and with that said any critism or suggestions on how to imrove things would help.

The site is

http://www.photoeffects.netfirms.com

 

[pixl8r]

1. At run time. That is to say do not make the images a part of your .fla library, but load them via loadMovie (for example) when a thumbnail is clicked.

2. Cache.

3. You are seeing a border on the right because you are displaying the .fla at 100%. If you resize your window you will see that the border changes sizes and even disappears as the window is resized. This is because your movie is not the correct proportion to fill the window at it's current size. In other words if Flash displayed the movie at the screen size you have it would be distorted, so it displays the correct proportion and give you the border.

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[johnnyv]

Yup it does Thanks for the info