RE: FLASH: Html and Flash sites...

[Hal Medrano]

>>

>>At 05:35 AM 4/20/00 , you wrote:

>>

>>>>Sarah Lamont wrote:

>>>> >

>>>> > A while back there were a couple sites posted that integrated flash and

>>>> > html... what I mean is that there was an html block in the center of

>>>> > flash files... bad explanation on my part, but if anyone knows the urls

>>>> > of any of these sites, could you tell me?

>>

>>Perhaps I've missed a post or two, but it strikes me that of all the

>>replies I've read to this inquiry, none of the examples were of the sort

>>Sarah was asking about: an html block surrounded by Flash. I saw this done

>>by Hal Medrano -- Hal, do you still have that example posted?


Hi Marc, Sarah, et al,


The URL is http://www.nassmc.org


This is a 5-frame frameset with a scrollable HTML page nested in the

middle.  The reason you would want frames instead of a table is if you WANT

scrolling, e.g. to accomodate unusually large bodies of text.


Some tips:


Netscape and IE did their usual little fight over this site.  The problem

was getting the graphics to line up across the frames.  We ended up having

to, first, put the frameset into a crippled browser window (so users

couldn't resize it) and, second, have JavaScript sniff the browser and

generate 2 different  framesets so we could make the graphics line up.  The

whole thing was a bit of a pain in the rear, but the site seems to hold up

well in all browsers/platforms.


Flash obviously controls the navigation and uses GetURL to pull content

into the title and content frames.


I could send you the JavaScript for the HTML setup if you like; "View

Source" won't work.


Cheers,


Hal


Hal Medrano

New Media Group

U S WEST Creative Services


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