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flash navigation how too??

  • 20-09-2007 11:04PM
    #1
    tvr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭


    I came across a nice navigation system which I liked http://tinyurl.com/34suk9 and was just wondering how one would go about replicating it . I am noob at this but presume its Macromedia Flash.Can you get a templeate with this or do you generally have to built them yourself etc .

    Thanks for your time.


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Yeah, that seems to have been done in Flash, though I don't see anything that couldn't be recreated using a bit of Javascript and CSS.


  • #3
    tvr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭tvr


    cheers aidan is that hard to do, any idea of how long it would take or the cost to get someone in to do it.


  • #4
    tvr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭tvr


    or is it managable for a noob.


  • #5
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    You're just talking about the menu ...

    It can pretty much be recreated using CSS ...

    edit: I should add ... it won't be that easy .. and would be a ***** to code based on different browsers

    edit edit: you're basically looking at this ... only a lot more id's ... widths and positioning used ... http://tutorials.alsacreations.com/modelesmenus/hd2.htm


  • #6
    tvr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭tvr


    cheers your a star , its not as fancy but better to learn the basics first.


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  • #7
    Laslo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Laslo


    I'd be inclined to build the same thing in XHTML/CSS. Google will have difficulty crawling that site because of the Flash being used for navigation.


  • #8
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    to make it fancier ... you'll need to know a bit about css ... these are just bits you can add to it once you understand more about how it all works...

    a bit of a background color firstly... 
    background-color: #FF0000;
    will make it red ... EEK .. and hidious ...

    to get a border effect on the right hand side ... for the li elements ...
    border-right: 2px dashed #0000FF;

    will have you having a border on the right dashed ...

    now how you go about making it all purty is up to you ..


    Edit: and as Laslo said ... flash is not exactly navigable ... so for navigation its to be avoided ...


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