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Geek Culture / Flash Buttons linking to URL's -- Web Guru's Help?

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RUCCUS
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 05:31 Edited at: 19th Sep 2007 05:33
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Im working on my website for my skateboard company, and its pretty much done. I've got an advertisement I made in flash, that cycles through 3 advertisements. Each ad links to a seperate site. I made each ad a button, and used the simple AS code:



It works fine when testing in flash. When I test it in IE, nothing happens. When in Firefox, it tells me a security error about the AS file trying to gather information from the network, and disallows it / prompts me to allow it in the settings if I want it to work. Allowing it in the settings does make it work, but obviously I dont want all of my visitors having to manually allow a stupid advertisement.

I've seen these types of adds all over the net, where they cycle through different ads. And none of them have security issues. Is there a different way to do what Im trying to do? With AS or maybe JS?

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P.S: Here's what the sites looking like so far, might as well gather any crit on the design while Im here:



The left box will have a slide show of photos of the team skating the decks. Thats yet to be added obviously. That bottom green box is where the ads cycle through.

Thanks for any help,
- RUC.

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tha_rami
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 05:34 Edited at: 19th Sep 2007 05:35
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on (release){
getURL("http://www.whateversitehere");
}

All I can figure is that it should be

on(release){
getURL("http://www.whateversitehere.com","_self");
}

Without a space between on and (release) and maybe with the added _self parameter ( I doubt it). Check your target URL to be as absolute as possible (rather http://www.mysite.com/home1.html than home1.html).


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RUCCUS
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 05:46
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That didnt do it.

I think I may have figured out what it is. Because the file is on my computer and not on the internet, firefox thinks its a program trying to connect to the net from my computer. The error is along the lines of "the following file on your computer network is trying to communicate with the website [site] on the internet". I dont think that'll happen once I put the file on the net. I'll try with freewebs later tonight and see.

Thanks for the help though.

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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 05:59
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Too bad, no problem .


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RUCCUS
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 06:06
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Yep, it works .

Here's the freewebs site if anyones interested. The top links I havent made yet. Just getting the template perfected right now.

http://www.freewebs.com/mongo-skates/

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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 06:26
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Looks good, only thing I dislike is the green thingie in the lowerright. The vertical cut is a bit annoying there.


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Jeku
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 08:54
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I sure hope you won't be using freewebs for your finished product

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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 14:10
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my 2p on the design;

- the dividing lines on the team button and quick links pane should line up
-the banner doesn't line up with the rest of the page
-Dead space at the top
-I'm not that keen on the bevelled look, it doesn't look very 'extreme'
-I like the paint splashes, it needs more though
-The font, obviously
-headings need to have proper margins

my 2p on the coding;

-marginal use of CSS
-tables used instead of DIVs
-directly embedded flash, if you haven't got the latest version of Dreamweaver that does javascript flash automatically for you, look up the "unobtrusive flash objects" (or UFO) script.
-lots of empty cells on the table


I know its work in progress, but you know the old adeage; a stitch in time saves 9.

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RUCCUS
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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 16:06
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Jeku: No its just a temporary site to test everything with.

Manic:

- the dividing lines on the team button and quick links pane should line up: Ill change that, I scaled the bottom box and forgot to do the top.
-the banner doesn't line up with the rest of the page: Will fix that, the main css file is carrying the margin space over to the flash.
-Dead space at the top: Thats from freewebs.
-I'm not that keen on the bevelled look, it doesn't look very 'extreme': I wouldnt want a site to look "extreme", a lot of skateboard company sites are pretty basic... and I like the bevelled look!
-I like the paint splashes, it needs more though: Might do this... right now Ill leave it as is, I dont want to clutter it too much.
-The font, obviously: I like the font :/, so do all of my friends... personal prefference I guess.
-headings need to have proper margins: I dont really know what you mean by that.

About the coding, like I said I dont really care about code structure / style / efficiency when it comes to HTML.

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sorry with the font all i'm seeing is times new roman. could be because I'm at work and this computer doesn't have the appropriate font.

by the margins, I mean that the titles are too close to the edge of their panes

good luck with the endevor tho!

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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 16:56 Edited at: 19th Sep 2007 16:56
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The design is alright. But i think you could improve it a bit:

Your a skateboard company, the first thing that stood out for me was:
Skateboard wheels for bullet points

Also why not try a skateboard for the header? I nice 3D top down render, with the buttons etched into the grip tape would look lovely.

I like the green block at the bottom, adds colour. If you were to keep the white menu thing you've got at the top now, i think you should add a thin green line at the top of it ( the same colour as the bottom bar).

Just my thoughts though.

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Posted: 19th Sep 2007 19:20
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Skateboard wheels as bullets is a bit excessive . The green block at the top is a good idea though, especially since I needed one more area to place links.

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Hey ruccus, I can hook you up with some proper hosting for free if you like, in exchange for an ad.

Just shoot me an email or hit me up on msn if you're interested.


www.itmustbetrue.org
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Thanks for the offer Jerico but Im gona stick with buying my own for certain reasons.

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Mr Makealotofsmoke
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hey
im setting up some web hosting (paid) this weekend hopefully
my cheapest plan is $5AUD for 1gig space and some bandwidth, and since i like skateboarding i could do u a special deal
shoot me an email if your interested.

Thanks


http://www.myspace.com/pictureperfecttheband
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