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dquez9

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Hello all, I'm fairly new to site building and to this forum. I'd like to add a flash intro to my website.

Is there a good site out there for a tutorial or anywhere to write script for a good flash intro?

I'm Using Dreamweaver 2004 and I'm very familiar with it. Jusu looking to add more eye candy to my site.
thanks'

dquez9
 
Flash can be a very complicated tool and is not recommended for beginners..

Even so if you want to learn how to do some things in it... Try using the built in tutorials from Macromedia..

A site that helped me quite a bit was:

FLASHKIT.com

Happy Flashing!
 
The_Mage18 said:
:eek: I think my web browser cried when this paged began to load...
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I looked at my cpu resource meter...jumped about 10%. Ha! Err....
 
dquez9 said:
Hello all, I'm fairly new to site building and to this forum. I'd like to add a flash intro to my website.

Is there a good site out there for a tutorial or anywhere to write script for a good flash intro?

I'm Using Dreamweaver 2004 and I'm very familiar with it. Jusu looking to add more eye candy to my site.
thanks'

dquez9
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First off, Dreamweaver only has a few built in buttons and such made in flash that you can change. If you want to make an introduction, you need to have Flash.

Saying that, it's not easy to make an intro (especially one that looks good). I've been using flash for almost 5 years now so if you have any questions with Action Script or animating something, feel free to post different threads and i"ll do my best to help.

In the mean time, you may want to invest in a Flash book to learn Flash or take a class at a near by college. It can be a very complex tool
 
Pianomahnn said:
Here's my suggestion: Don't.
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I second that.. if you really need to, you should put a page before the intro:

If you want to see our super 1337 flash intro, click here
otherwise you can also look at the content here
 
Regardless of Flash or not, intros are annoying in general. I don't need to be introduced to your Web site. Just take me to the main page.
 
Sp4nk said:
Regardless of Flash or not, intros are annoying in general. I don't need to be introduced to your Web site. Just take me to the main page.
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A flash intro is like having a cover on a newspaper... you'd have to open it to read the headlines!
 
MScrip said:
A flash intro is like having a cover on a newspaper... you'd have to open it to read the headlines!
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I think it all depends on what the content of the site is. Any site that a user is expected to visit often or that displays regular news updates or some other sort of dynamic content probably should not have an intro. If you are displaying a portfolio or maybe a guild site, or even a specific product, a flash intro can be a good way to focus the user's attention or introduce them to the content of the site.

**DISCLAIMER** However, If you are going to use a flash intro, learn enough about javascript/cookies to make sure the intro plays only the first time a user visits. After that, just leave a link somewhere on the homepage that allows the user to view it again.

Flash is a powerful tool that is sadly misused often. Don't rush into it and make a half ass animation. Do your research and create something artistic and in good taste or dont create it at all. :)
 
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