[king213]

Hi there,

I currently have a website that was constructed using the site hosts online web-builder. When I built the site there was an option to add a flash intro, which basically entailed clicking a few options and everything was set-up automatically. However, over time I have decided that I'd prefer to construct my own website from the ground up, and have been doing my best to learn about xhtml, css, photoshop etc. in order to achieve this. In fact, those of you who are regulars to this forum will probably know that I have already asked several questions about web design, .asp, etc.

Here is my question. I have software on my P.C that will allow me to build a flash intro, but in what folder of my completed website should I place the flash file, in order for it to automatically launch when someone visits?

What I don't understand is this. How does the browser know that it should automatically run the flash intro before showing the home page?

Hope you can help me to make sense of this.

[marcamos]

There really is no particular folder the .swf file (which is the file extension of your flash movie) has to be in. It can be in a folder called 'media', 'flash', etc.

What does matter, though, is that your home page document (whether it is index.html, index.php, index.asp, etc.) simply has the code necessary to "call in" your flash file. It's a few lines of gibberish placed in the body element that, in plain english, says, "play this flash movie, located in this directory, when this page is visited".

Here is an example of that particular code:

<object data="flash/nice-movie.swf" width="761" height="291">
<param name="movie" value="flash/nice-movie.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<img src="path/to/replacement-image.jpg" alt="This image appears if the visitor doesn't have Flash installed" />
</object>

[sypher]

To properly have a flash intro (flash intros are for flash based websites by the way) then you need to use actionscript to call ur main flash file into your intro.

If you would like to know more i can post some examples up.

[Ben Abrams]

thats a preloader and im sure king213 is talking about a splash page..

[king213]

Thanks for the advice. But, what is a 'splash page'?

The site I currently have is not constructed in flash, but it does have a page that appears before you enter into the main site. The page has moving elements, so I just assumed it was called a flash intro. But then you'd all know that better than I.

If you are able to offer any additional info, or clarify the splash screen thingy, then all is welcome. Any code examples would be great too!

[Ben Abrams]

king213, on Feb 1 2007, 05:56 PM, said:

a page that appears before you enter into the main site.

that is

[dream party]

king213, on Feb 1 2007, 01:56 PM, said:

Thanks for the advice. But, what is a 'splash page'?

The site I currently have is not constructed in flash, but it does have a page that appears before you enter into the main site. The page has moving elements, so I just assumed it was called a flash intro. But then you'd all know that better than I.

If you are able to offer any additional info, or clarify the splash screen thingy, then all is welcome. Any code examples would be great too!

I know flash intro page, it is a page using Flash animation technology before entering the main pages. Making this kind of page requires you to design a flash file and embed the flash file to HMTM page. A doable sulotion is to make a .swf file to play the flash movie, the .swf file is like a flash video player to control the playback of the flash movie. The core point is to make a cool Flash to put it in the intro page, you can try some Flash intro templates, like these ones - http://www.templates...ntro_pages.html
However, there is also free ones available on the internet.