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Subject:	Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help
From:	Hal Medrano
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:09:56 +0100

>Hi everyone I am doing a site for client...which is heavily based
>text...the Client wants text to be updated by himself
>How Do I setup the files so it can be as easy as in html site....and
>still keep all the function like if text are too long..
>should able to scroll or change text color?
>
>I found some tutorials regarding this subject but it dodn`t worked
>out...as I said some text files are really long.
>
>is there any method to solve this problem, perhaps using language like
>pearl or php?
>
>every tips will great help
>thanks a lot
>Anil
>

Hi Anil,

I really don't recommend Flash for huge amounts of body text, but the
easiest way to maintain editability is to define your text areas as
variables and have the values fed in by external text files. To edit the
page, you'd only have to edit the text file.

You might also want to consider a frames-based solution which maintains the
text as HTML. The problem with body text in Flash, I've noticed, is it
sometimes seems to bog down the system. Try scrolling a big ol' text field
in Flash and you'll see what I mean. I prefer hybrid Flash/HTML for
heavily text-based sites. I used this approach on http://www.nassmc.org
and I've had no problems. Just my friendly two cents.

Good luck!

Hal

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Hal Medrano
New Media Group
U S WEST Creative Services

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