Advanced Concepts

If you would like to include some background audio within your Flash site this tutorial will show you how to accomplish that.

Creating a Flash site that includes multiple SWF files is essential and should be considered your solution for developing larger sites. For example, you will have a main swf file that will include your interface, title, and homepage. Each link on that file will go to a new frame, and on that frame a separate swf file will load on top of it. Got it?! :-) This helps with organization and also helps to break down large sites into smaller pieces. This tutorial will give you the basic steps to create that type of site.

load-swf-v1.zip

load-swf-v2.zip

This continues with the previous tutorial of loading multiple SWFs...

This tutorial will show you how bring in sound to your Flash file and create a button that will turn it on and off. The example file used in the demonstration can be found here: sound-on-off.fla

Flash can be a very powerful tool for creating CD-ROMs which will play on multiple platforms. You can create a projector file to accomplish this. This is a very detailed process and this movie is designed to give you an introduction to developing these types of projects. The example file is zipped and contains a number of different examples for you: CD-ROM.zip

Preloaders will load the site and alert the visitor to how long it will take to display. This tutorial will show you a basic example with a status bar and counter. The zipped file below will give you a couple examples if you would like to integrate one into your own site: preloader.zip

This tutorial will show you how to create a text box with Flash that will load its content from an outside .txt file created in Notepad or Textedit. It can be handy if you need to update text within a large Flash site on a daily or weekly basis. Here is the zipped folder used in the example movie: dynamic.zip

When you are ready to take your site to the Internet you need to publish or export into the correct format. This movie takes you through those steps and will highlight some important terminology.

Flash is an excellent platform for displaying video. This tutorial gives you an introduction to that concept.

This tutorial will show you a site built using Dreamweaver and Fireworks with CSS for layout. It can include a place for your Flash movie - which could be referred to as an 'embedded Flash site.' samplesite.zip

Continuing with the previous tutorial...