Dreamweaver and Flash help

dellas1979 · 31-07-2010 4:46pm #1

hi guys,
I had 2 thread on these, but I cant find them in this forum. Can anyone help me with the following problems in Dreamweaver and/or flash.

The first problem I am having is to do with the dimensions of inserting a flash file into dreamweaver.
I have created a template (Ive been told this is best practice) and where I want to insert flash files, I have an editable region. I am developing all this on a 12' laptop (all the software is on this laptop) when I preview on a larger screen, the flash files are hovering over main menu.
Am so confused and at the end of my theder.
All I want is a simple menu system (using the SPRY assets) and each page will have a flash file. Can anyone help please? It looks so distorted.

The second problem is with flash.
I have developed the files but need to add audio to them. The audio should be able to be switched on or off (each flash file has 4/5 pages controlled with buttons). Can anyone help me with the code?

Thanks for the help.

JonathanAnon · 31-07-2010 7:26pm

Why dont you output the video of the laptop to a screen and work on it there... Also, what software are you using to produce the flash?

dellas1979 · 31-07-2010 8:08pm

Am using Adobe flash CS4.

The flash isnt worrying me so much, but code for audio would help (anyone, please?).

The dreamweaver is worrying me the most. I cant get my head around it

JonathanAnon · 31-07-2010 8:48pm

dellas1979 wrote: »

Am using Adobe flash CS4.The flash isnt worrying me so much, but code for audio would help (anyone, please?). The dreamweaver is worrying me the most. I cant get my head around it

Well I am a web designer, but unfortunately (from the point of helping you) I dont use Flash ...I use SwishMax .. and I dont use DreamWeaver... I tend to use fairly basic HTML and css, and let the images and flash do the damage.

You could try looking up tutorials like this one on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9KDMgGM5jk

You sound like it's for a course or something?

dellas1979 · 31-07-2010 9:04pm

Hi jonathan,
Yep - its for a course (for college).

Its very basic layout.

Menu on the left and flash inserted to the right.

It looks fine on my 12" laptop but on a bigger screen, it looks all distorted.

In a bit of a panic now as I cant seem to fix it.

JonathanAnon · 31-07-2010 9:11pm

well one of the rules of web design it to make it fit every screen and every browser.... and if you think it is hard now, it used to be an absolute nightmare..

Your supervisor could be viewing it on anything from a 15.4' inch laptop screen to a 22 inch LCD, and you have to make sure that whatever you design looks okay on different screen sizes... If you fix the website to a specific pixel width and height, it is usually easier to control how it looks..

When you say "bigger screen", are you
a) plugging the laptop in to a different screen
or
b) viewing the site on a different computer (possibly with a different browser)

If you can PM me the code or the website URL, I'll take a look.. Yes, I do have that little to do on a saturday night..

dellas1979 · 31-07-2010 9:48pm

Hahaha at least you are not pulling your hair out trying to do this!

The first time I realised there was something wrong was when my supervisor said "I cant see your menu system".

I had a look at the index page on a different computer (a normal size screen)and she was right. Turned out the flash file on a larger screen was hiding the menu.

When you say "code" what do you mean? The code behind the template in dreamweaver? Or the index page? It would mean sending you a few flash files too (would be quite large).

Im sure it is something to do with the padding/alignment but cant figure it out :-(

The page is fixed by the way in terms of dreamweaver terminology (i.e. the layout is fixed not liquid).

Ahhhhgghh

JonathanAnon · 31-07-2010 10:08pm

Miram is over so I can give you my full attention now..

When I say code I mean the HTML code that is created by the Dreamweaver software.. if you open one of the HTML pages in notepad you will see what I mean.. The code takes a basic format of:

<html>
<head><title></title></head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

When you use Dreamweaver it creates this code for you. In the old days, shortly after the dinosaurs left us and Twink was born, you used to have to type this all out manually.

tbh, dellas, you are making things very difficult for yourself working on a 12 inch screen. You are effectively designing for a screen that probably less than 1% will be using.. Do you have a monitor that you could borrow which you could plug the laptop in to, so that you can see what it looks like on a proper screen.

or like I said, if you can give me a look at the code, I'll see what I can do.

dellas1979 · 31-07-2010 10:15pm

PM sent

dellas1979 · 02-08-2010 10:59am

Still no luck with this...any dreamweaver experts out there?

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