Re: Need help with a contact form in flash

Name: Sam Mattern
Date: Jul 22, 2008 at 11:41:10 am
Subject:Re: Need help adding pages to a Flash site template

To add a button:
1. Open "Menu6"
2. Add a new layer beneath "actions" and name it "buttonX", where x is the next number in line.
3. Create a keyframe on that layer two frames after the keyframe on the layer beneath it.
4. Copy the button on the layer beneath it, and paste and position it.
5. Give that button the instance name "itemX", where x is the next item number (add one to the item# of the button you copied)
6. Select the button and open the actions panel. Change the "num" variable to match the item number.


To set the title for the button:
1. Double click the button, then double click the current title
OR
1. Open "HOME copy" from the library.
2. Create a new keyframe directly after the last one. The frame # must match the "item#" and the "num" variable.
3. Change the text to reflect what you want the button title to be.
4. You can probably rename "HOME copy" to "ButtonTitles" without breaking anything. Save first!


To create the new page:
1. Open "PageContent" from the Library. It was previously named "Symbol1" in the "pop" folder.
2. Create a new layer beneath "actions" and name it "pageX" where x matches the "item#" and the "num" variable on the button.
3. Create a keyframe on the frame matching the "item#", etc, and layer name (for page10, keyframe goes on frame 10)
4. Set the page content on that keyframe. You can copy and paste-special the previous page and then edit it.
5. Create a blank keyframe on the next frame.


How this all works:
The "num" variable set on each button instance controls what button title to pull from "HOME copy".
The instance name set for each button controls what frame to go to in "PageContent" ("item2" points to frame 2, "item 3" points to frame 3). That's why the content is different on each frame. It's very important to keep name the layers appropriately so you don't mess up the numbers. Ultimately, setting the "num" variable on each button instance trickles down the line to control lots of stuff, so MAKE SURE IT IS SET CORRECTLY. If something breaks, check that first.

Hope this is clear enough.

Sam