Jumpmunki 0 #1 January 5, 2005 i've dug all over the internet to find only "tutorials" that i have to pay for or are no good at explaining to me exactly how to link my animated banner for my website to a mailto address someone PLEASE help me, i've been on 2 and a half hours and my head is battered http://www.jumpmunki.me.uk a work in progress if anyone wants a look ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 January 5, 2005 The animation in the upper right hand corner? Set the action script with this: on (release) { getURL("mailto:asdf@asdf.com"); } That should work.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #3 January 5, 2005 work in progress rawks!! Quotehow to link my animated banner for my website to a mailto address I know how to give properties to buttons designed in Flash 4------so will give a try at explaining how it is done, hoping I am not "screwing your head around anymore than it already is!!" To give animated button its properties within flash: you will be in Scene1 with your animated button on the page--- go to control- and make sure buttons are not enabled. Now right click on your button and choose properties--- you will see: definition/color effect/actions click on actions- in left corner click on "+" sign to see choices- choose -get url box opens with: on (release) get url ("") end on. to the right side type in without spaces: mailto:typeyouremailaddress click o.k. then file- save- gives you your .fla file export movie- gives you your .swf file, publish........gives you html file. You go to your html file for animated banner and copy it, from this line: example all the way down to: Then paste it into your html page where banner is displayed. You will have to include alignment at the beginning before Also you then need to transfer (upload) your .swf file for your banner. SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #4 January 5, 2005 aggie i tried that one and it kept opening the box up automatically when i went to the web page, then launching another one when the animation looped and so on.. smiles, thanks for the reply but i can't figure out wtf your saying lol i'm trying to link an animation, not a button Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 January 5, 2005 Would you post the .fla file so I could look at it, I have to see what you've done. It'll only take me a couple minutes. If you don't wanna post it, e-mail it to me and I'll e-mail it back.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #7 January 5, 2005 Hey, the file you e-mailed me is broken. Would you open up your known good file, check it, resave it and resend it please? Also, what version of Flash are you using?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #8 January 5, 2005 still seams like i'm crap at it lol thanks again dave for your time and help to anyone else reading check out the main www.canopypiloting.com webpage and look at the banner near the top to icarus nz .... thats what i would like to do with my flash banner is there ANY way of linking the flash object in dreamweaver with code? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #9 January 5, 2005 I've just looked in the help menu of Dreamweaver 2004 mx an it tells you exactly how to do it If you don't have the help file I can send it to you or check outwww.w3.org Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #10 January 5, 2005 still no luck finding it .. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #11 January 6, 2005 Try this adding your own e-mail address might work, I'm no expert jumpmmuki.me.uk Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumpmunki 0 #12 January 6, 2005 thatnsk again for your input but i still have no idea where i'm supposed to put that .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites smiles 0 #13 January 7, 2005 communication breakdown again...hoping this may be helpful. Have you got help yet that works?? viewing your awesome page- I can see in upper right the beauty flash banner with your e-mail address "Jumpmunki.me.uk" As far as I know to design this banner with a link to your e-mail address re: mailto:jumpmunki.me.uk you would have to edit your flash file re: /munkiflash.fla You would insert a layer to design a button on. This new layer would be blank frames to the end of your animation layer that loops, here you would insert a keyframe on your new layer. Then --insert-- on this keyframe--"new symbol" and select - button. You can design your button with up/over/down/hit keyframes- black background with simply word "contact" filled in green...maybe on the over keyframe just the outline in green enlarged-- example: http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/munki.html When you click on "contact" you will link to your mailto address. When button is designed go back to scene 1, go to window-library...select your button and drag it to your keyframe on your button layer. Now add about 20 frames (long enough for person to click on) With buttons disabled select your button, choose properties...action...get url like I earlier described. Then save, export movie, publish. Therefore your animation would run through- then your contact button would display for its frames, then animation would loop again- then button.... SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumpmunki 0 #14 January 7, 2005 good stuff again smiles another way of looking at it.. but i'm gritting my teeth and want the banner to link lol check out http://www.canopypiloting.com theres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way whenever i try and cause the banner to link with an invisable button it simply doesn't work or the keyframe for actually clicking it is in the up sectin of the button behaviour... and i can't clear the key frames to just kit.. they end up empty circles... it's really really annoying me now ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites smiles 0 #15 January 7, 2005 Quotetheres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way http://www.icarusnz.com/ icarusnz.banner?? this one is not a clicky.... view source- no url for clicky codebase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,2,0 width=600 height=70> quality=high pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=600 height=70 bgcolor=#FFFFFF scale= noborder> SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumpmunki 0 #16 January 7, 2005 so.... how come i clicked it and it went to the icarus nz website? ..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zep 0 #17 January 8, 2005 I'm not going to do it for you as if I do you'll never learn but if you go here http://www.selteco.com/tutorials/t1011.asp it explains it quite well hope this helps Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zep 0 #18 January 8, 2005 Ahh what the hell I'm a nice guy, I've put up a page with a mailto animated flash look at the code (I've left it open) to give you an idea http://tinyurl.com/3o437 I'll keep the site open for a week from todays date Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zep 0 #19 January 8, 2005 QuoteQuotetheres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way http://www.icarusnz.com/ icarusnz.banner?? this one is not a clicky.... view source- no url for clicky SMiles Whoops your bad, It is clicky but you have to bring the pointer up from underneath, You won't find a url in the scource mailto animated flash but I'm no expert I just do it for fun Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites smiles 0 #20 January 8, 2005 QuoteWhoops your bad, It is clicky but you have to bring the pointer up from underneath, You won't find a url in the scource mailto animated flash but I'm no expert I just do it for fun thanx..... my bad gaud....there is no "clicky" on flash animated banner this page: http://www.icarusnz.com/ but there sure are many on this page- especially the flash animated banner "coming 2005 from icarus nz" that does clicky to http://www.icarusnz.com/ -still very curious how that was accomplished!! SMiles I choose rather admit that I know what little I know, and confess that I do not know, that which I do not know, for that is the beginning of knowledge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumpmunki 0 #21 January 9, 2005 thats what i ment smiles zep, your a legend ..... many thanks, just going to try and emulate that now ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Jumpmunki 0 #12 January 6, 2005 thatnsk again for your input but i still have no idea where i'm supposed to put that .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #13 January 7, 2005 communication breakdown again...hoping this may be helpful. Have you got help yet that works?? viewing your awesome page- I can see in upper right the beauty flash banner with your e-mail address "Jumpmunki.me.uk" As far as I know to design this banner with a link to your e-mail address re: mailto:jumpmunki.me.uk you would have to edit your flash file re: /munkiflash.fla You would insert a layer to design a button on. This new layer would be blank frames to the end of your animation layer that loops, here you would insert a keyframe on your new layer. Then --insert-- on this keyframe--"new symbol" and select - button. You can design your button with up/over/down/hit keyframes- black background with simply word "contact" filled in green...maybe on the over keyframe just the outline in green enlarged-- example: http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/munki.html When you click on "contact" you will link to your mailto address. When button is designed go back to scene 1, go to window-library...select your button and drag it to your keyframe on your button layer. Now add about 20 frames (long enough for person to click on) With buttons disabled select your button, choose properties...action...get url like I earlier described. Then save, export movie, publish. Therefore your animation would run through- then your contact button would display for its frames, then animation would loop again- then button.... SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #14 January 7, 2005 good stuff again smiles another way of looking at it.. but i'm gritting my teeth and want the banner to link lol check out http://www.canopypiloting.com theres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way whenever i try and cause the banner to link with an invisable button it simply doesn't work or the keyframe for actually clicking it is in the up sectin of the button behaviour... and i can't clear the key frames to just kit.. they end up empty circles... it's really really annoying me now ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #15 January 7, 2005 Quotetheres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way http://www.icarusnz.com/ icarusnz.banner?? this one is not a clicky.... view source- no url for clicky codebase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,2,0 width=600 height=70> quality=high pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=600 height=70 bgcolor=#FFFFFF scale= noborder> SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #16 January 7, 2005 so.... how come i clicked it and it went to the icarus nz website? ..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #17 January 8, 2005 I'm not going to do it for you as if I do you'll never learn but if you go here http://www.selteco.com/tutorials/t1011.asp it explains it quite well hope this helps Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #18 January 8, 2005 Ahh what the hell I'm a nice guy, I've put up a page with a mailto animated flash look at the code (I've left it open) to give you an idea http://tinyurl.com/3o437 I'll keep the site open for a week from todays date Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #19 January 8, 2005 QuoteQuotetheres a banner there for icarus NZ .. it's an animated funky banner and it's clicky there has to be a way of doing it this way http://www.icarusnz.com/ icarusnz.banner?? this one is not a clicky.... view source- no url for clicky SMiles Whoops your bad, It is clicky but you have to bring the pointer up from underneath, You won't find a url in the scource mailto animated flash but I'm no expert I just do it for fun Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #20 January 8, 2005 QuoteWhoops your bad, It is clicky but you have to bring the pointer up from underneath, You won't find a url in the scource mailto animated flash but I'm no expert I just do it for fun thanx..... my bad gaud....there is no "clicky" on flash animated banner this page: http://www.icarusnz.com/ but there sure are many on this page- especially the flash animated banner "coming 2005 from icarus nz" that does clicky to http://www.icarusnz.com/ -still very curious how that was accomplished!! SMiles I choose rather admit that I know what little I know, and confess that I do not know, that which I do not know, for that is the beginning of knowledge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #21 January 9, 2005 thats what i ment smiles zep, your a legend ..... many thanks, just going to try and emulate that now ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
