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So I'm putting together a new website for myself. I downloaded a template that I really liked however it only allows for 3 images to be displayed on the front page, and 5 in each gallery. I'd like to make this more like 5 on the front page and 10+ in each gallery. I know a little bit about flash before mx, but the way this movie was put together makes no sense at all.
Are there any flash geniuses out there that would be willing to take a look at the .fla and tell me how to do it?
flash sucks.
thats about all i know about it.
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump
not a flash genius but I can probably help.. Email that bitch fla over to webmaster@volvoxc.com
Flash sucks donkey balls; don't use it. Use javascripts if you want spiffy user interaction.
FLASH SUCKS!
wow, lotsa experts round these parts.
[edit]in general[/edit]Flash does indeed suck donkey balls if you want to base your entire exprerience around it, but that said, Flash can indeed offer a performance oriented, compatible user experience if used wisely/sparingly... In other words as part of a hybrid layout where Flash technology complements the presentation, not guides it.
That said though, usually my web oriented statements make a lot of sense to most people, but do happen to be lodid at the moment so this may not hold true for the abovesaid...:frown:
no you are pretty much straight on, if you can do it any other way (javascript, css, straight html) do it that way. if there is no other way, go with flash.Quote:
Originally Posted by coastal
but im lodid too.
The main reason for me using flash is it makes it just a little bit more difficult for people to steal photos. Although the only way to really keep that happening is by not showing them to anyone. That and using this template oriented solution is all that I have the time to deal with right now unfortunately as opposed to building it another way.
Midget, I may be able to help you with the flash file, if you haven't already dealt with it. I am pretty busy this week, but I may be able to help you out.
BTW, you don't have to use flash, you can do this....
Disabling Right Clicking with Javascript
This is, by far, the most common one you encounter on web pages. If you try to right click an image where this code is used, a message box pops up informing you that right click copying has been disabled. There are many different scripts for disabling right clicking. Here’s just one example you can try.
Open a new text document. (You can use Notepad or use your HTML editor, such as FrontPage or DreamWeaver) Copy/Paste the code below into the page (or code page if using an editor). Save the file with an .htm extension.
<head>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--
var message="Thank you for visiting my site.";
function click(e) {
if (document.all) {
if (event.button==2||event.button==3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
if (document.layers) {
if (e.which == 3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
}
document.onmousedown=click;
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</head>
Now view the page in your browser and try right clicking anywhere on the page. This will lock right click from working.
Minor point but it's now Adobe Flash (sort of).
I can't help you with your file but I can help you from "stealing" the software if that's a problem you have :rolleyes:
Do not use flash to keep people from taking photos, it would work though, because noone would want to visit your site. FLASH SUCKS
Unfortunately, if someone really wants to copy your images, they have to make a labourous 4 clicks on Safari, 4 on Firefox and I shouldn't imagine many on IE to circumvent it...Quote:
Originally Posted by INDY GS
edg
actually it would take me one click on firefox, you can set firefox to not allow right click disable. even if it did work, its no harder than viewing the page source to nab the image. ive even looked at sites in IE that used the right click disable thingy, but then IE is so nice and handy it puts a little icon right over the image that lets you save it to disk.Quote:
Originally Posted by edg
Flash may be the only way to keep people from nabbing images, but even then only if you put all the images into the swf. if you want any sort of dynamic site where you can change/add/remove images without having to rebuild the swf then someone determined can probably get the images (with wget for example).
All i really recommend for preventing image thievery is watermarking and hot link prevention. it isnt hard to set up most image editing programs to put a transparent image over your image that shows the url of your website or a copyright message. as for hot link prevention, if someone wants to use your watermarked image onthe web, at least make them pay for the bandwidth.
i also have to agree with davey, flash does so well at masking your site from search engines and making it fairly unusable that it will decrease your visitors and therefore, fewer people will try to steal your images.