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Subject: Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help
From: Anil Hamal
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:52:22 +0100

Hi Hal
Thanks for the reply first of all....I saw your site and it`s great...how
did you do that embed html files togther with flash combined? will it work
on all browsers?
thanks
anil



----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Medrano" <hmedranatuswest [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help


> >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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