This is part of my final project for web design. This is just a test to see how it runs online rather than on my laptop. The rest of the website is done in CSS and XHTML.
I'm a flash newb. This is my 3rd project dealing with flash.
If you want to see what the full webpage will look like go here
*edit* After much thought I'd decided it actually doesn't look that bad with the thumbnails below the header image.
*edit* This should be the final design which will be implemented into the xhtml coding of my gallery pages. changed a few things that $hexentanz pointed out.
Right now the movie clip thumbnails are separate from the movie clip big images. What is occuring is the next button is going to the next scene. Unfortunately I'm flash newb and I have no idea how to keep the thumbnails on one scene. If you have any insight on how to do this that would be greatly appreciated.
Not sure how well that would work as then the big images would have to all be displayable in the next frames as well and then I'd have to turn off certain buttons and stuff so they dont appear and work in the next frames.
? i don't have much time, but this is how i would do it:
You have two layers. Nav and pics
In the nav frame you have one key frame with the nav movie clip.
in the pics you have the same amount of frames as pics and a pic in each frame.
Then the nav mc(movieclip) is independant, and controls what frame the main movie clip is in. Or even better make a separate pics movie clip.
That's it. If you want the fade effect, just make a movie clip of the effect and then put it on top of each picture. Or even better make it play on click over thumbnails, then you don't have to stick it into every frame (like throw it onto a new layer)
But how would I make the navigation bar move? If I have them all in one movie clip then I cant select them individually on the scene to give them actions? and if they move that would obsolete using hit buttons as buttons cannot move. Is it possible to give the images within the movie clip actions that would work when clicked on in the scene area? I'm sorry but I've only been working with flash for about 2 weeks ._.;
Don't use scene at all, jsut put me all into frames. I'm newb too, but this method seems to work.
You have two layers. Nav and pics
In the nav frame you have one key frame with the nav movie clip.
in the pics you have the same amount of frames as pics and a pic in each frame.
Then the nav mc(movieclip) is independant, and controls what frame the main movie clip is in. Or even better make a separate pics movie clip.
That's it. If you want the fade effect, just make a movie clip of the effect and then put it on top of each picture. Or even better make it play on click over thumbnails, then you don't have to stick it into every frame (like throw it onto a new layer)
Hope that was helpful.