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Originally Posted by TunaFish
Jacob thank you so much for replying!! I've posted this same question at two other forums, and no answers.
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I am sorry to hear that the other forums did not even bother to reply.
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Originally Posted by TunaFish
About the flash, if I hafta I hafta. I don't know any flash, but I guess I'd have to learn it sometime or another.
Just a question: a good percentage of our visitors are on dial-up or other low broadband connections; is it possible to build a flash page that is light? Also, would I be able to (theoretically) fit it into my CSS just like all the other pages on the website? |
Now being honest, I think embedding the videos into a flash file and then embedding that into a web page is the best bet. There are several reasons for this, one it
WILL look the same in every browser. Next, it is
VERY possible to make this work with your current
CSS style sheet.
Now as for speed. As long as the flash flv videos are
NOT stored within the flash document, and they load external, this would be the ideal solution, for a dial-up user. Also I would recommend making a loader strip for the flash document. If you need help finding a good loader strip let me know.
Then I would have the videos load external into the flash document. This is going to be a hard process, especially for someone who is not experienced in flash, and action scripting.
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Oh, and is there an alternative program that you would suggest to building flash pages other then the official Adobe prog?
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Now as for a different program, I would always recommend adobe's version of flash. If you get stuck any where along the line, and need help, feel free to reply to this post, and or contact me via instant messenger, or PM. But keep in mind I can only offer support for macromedia flash. As this is the program I have. There are other programs, such as swish. But I think they are all priced about the same.
Macromedia can be very pricy at times. If you don't already have flash. I would recommend looking for it on eBay, or if you qualify you could get an educational version of macromedia flash. The educational version is exactly the same, except it says educational instead of professional. The latest version of flash is Macromedia Studio version 8, that is if you want the latest version with all the cool features. But if you are interested in saving some money. You could buy the previous version, Macromedia Studio MX 2004. I would
NOT recommend buying any versions before MX 2004. As they are out-dated. Hope I helped. Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.
P.S. Sorry for the long post.