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How to Create an Adobe Flash Web Site. Spice up your online presence by creating your own
Flash site. Here's how. You will need A computer with internet access and adobe flash cs4.
Step 1. In the Adobe Flash program, select "Flash File (Actionscript 3.0)" from the "Create
New" menu. Switch the workspace layout by clicking on the dropdown menu in the upper
left of the top menu bar, and selecting "Designer." You can adjust the size and color of the document
by adjusting the settings in the "Properties" panel. Step 2. Divide your Flash document
into four layers: Actions, Background, Menu, and Pages. To do this, go to the Flash timeline,
and click three times on the "New Layer" icon so you have four layers total. Rename each
one by double-clicking on the name, or holding the mouse down on a Mac. Step 3. To add a
background image, select the Background layer from the timeline. Then, go to File, Import,
and Import to Stage, and select the image you want to use. You can change the size of
the background in the Properties panel once the image is imported. To prevent accidental
changes, lock a layer by clicking on the second dot directly to the right of the layer name.
The dot should change to a padlock icon. Step 4. Select the Menu layer from the timeline.
From the top menu, select Windows, Components. In the window that appears, double-click the
Button component under the User Interface section, which adds a button to the document.
Position the button where you want the menu to be. Repeat this process to add as many
menu buttons as you need. Step 5. Select the first menu button you added. In Properties,
change the instance name to "button1." Change the name displayed on the button by selecting
Windows, Component Inspector from the top menu. In the resulting window, change the
label value. Continue this process for the remaining buttons. Make sure the instance
name is a relevant label with no spaces, capital letters, or special characters. Step 6. To
add a title to your web site, select the text tool from the Tools panel. In Properties,
change text attributes, like the number of lines, font, color, and size. Then, click
on your document to add text. Step 7. Create pages to add content to your site. Select
the Pages layer from the timeline, and then click on the rectangle tool in the Tools panel.
Adjust color and transparency from the Color panel. Then, draw a rectangle on the document
to match the size you want your content to be. Step 8. Add pages in the Pages layer.
Hold down the Shift key, and select the Background layer. This will select every layer except
for Actions. Step 9. Right-click (or command-click for Mac) the first frame of the Pages layer
and select Copy Frames. Right-click the second frame in the Pages layer, and select Paste
Frames. This is where the second page will be. Continue this process for as many pages
as you need. Step 10. Add content. Select the first frame of the Pages layer. In Properties,
change the label name to "page1." Then, use the text tool from the tools panel to create
the text for the first page. When you are satisfied, go back to the Pages layer, select
the second frame, and repeat the process. Continue until you have content for each page.
Step 11. Select the first frame of the Actions layer and hit F9. In the Actions window, type
a stop script to stop the pages from cycling. Hit Enter to go to the next line, and create
a function for each button that tells it which page frame to jump to. Hit Enter and write
a script that attaches the functions to their corresponding buttons, using the button instance
name. To preview the document in action, go to Control > Test Movie from the top menu.
Step 12. Publish the web site by going to File, Publish Settings. Check both the SWF
and HTML boxes. Rename both files, and select a location to save it to. Then click publish,
and upload all of the published files to your web server. To access the Flash page, just
navigate to the HTML file on your web server. You're done! Did you know The first web site
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