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Only a curious thing noticed!

Your movie appears on the lower right of my screen, and I must use the scrollbars to re-center it!
You should put your movie in a table, forget about your background image in your html (just set the body's color!), and get rid of the scrollbars which, if the movie was centered, are useless.

PC. DSL. IE. 1024*768

Regards,
new.gif
 
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Win 98
IE 5.5
ISDN - 112k

I just adjusted the resolution on my monitor to 1024x768, and entered the site. The movie showed up in the lower right hand corner, and I could only see the upper left corner of the movie. I had to scroll the browser over to get the movie.

Personally, I found the submit button distracting. I would also make the email entry box a little longer.

Also, having to watch it load each time I click on a link is irritating. A suggestion there would be to have it load the other movies once the "disclaimer" form is being viewed. It would help cut down on the wait time.

Other than that, I love the layout, and the navigation is smooth.
 
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Thank you guys.
OLDNEWBIE, can you please elaborate on how to have my movie without scrollbars, and have it focused at any resolution.
Thanks for all your feedback.

Niv3k, I hear you on the 'submit' button animation, I just though it makes it satnd out more. Good idea on loading movies while disclaimer is being viewed.

Thanks again guys.
Regards,
Ivan
 
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If you want the movie to be the only thing in the window, focused at any resolution, try changing atl1.html to this:
Code: 
<HTML>
 <FRAMESET>
  <FRAME Rows=&quot;*&quot; Cols=&quot;*&quot; Name=&quot;ATLMainWindow&quot; src=&quot;atl1.swf&quot;>
 </FRAMESET>
</HTML>
 
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Try something like the following as your atl1.html:

Copy & Paste, from here, so you don't add extra linebreaks.
Code: 
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>YOUR TITLE</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor=&quot;#575757&quot; MARGINHEIGHT=&quot;0&quot; MARGINWIDTH=&quot;0&quot; TOPMARGIN=&quot;0&quot; LEFTMARGIN=&quot;10&quot; RIGHTMARGIN=&quot;0&quot; BOTTOMMARGIN=&quot;0&quot; SCROLL=&quot;NO&quot;>
<!-- URL's used in the movie-->
<!-- text used in the movie-->
<LAYER NAME=&quot;TEST&quot; LEFT=&quot;25&quot; TOP=&quot;10&quot;> <!-- CENTERS FOR NS - NO EFFECT ON IE -->
<table width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;>
  <tr bgcolor=&quot;#575757&quot;> 
    <td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;>
                 <OBJECT classid=&quot;clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000&quot;
   	 codebase=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0&quot;[/URL]
	 WIDTH=760 HEIGHT=420>
	 <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=&quot;atl1.swf&quot;> <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=true> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#575757> 
                 <EMBED src=&quot;atl1.swf&quot; quality=high menu=false loop=true bgcolor=#575757  WIDTH=760 HEIGHT=420 TYPE=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; PLUGINSPAGE=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&quot;>[/URL]
                 </EMBED>
	 </OBJECT>
   </td>
  </tr>
</table>
</LAYER>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I've set the background color to your color. Just change the title of the window (on top... between <head> and </head>), if you so desire.

Just noticed these vspace & hspace in your htlm... WIDTH=760 HEIGHT=420 vspace=&quot;245&quot; hspace=&quot;230&quot;
Maybe just removing those would re-center your movie, if you don't want to try my proposal.
But that won't rid you of the scrollbar.

Regards,
new.gif
 
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Hey Oldnewbie.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate you sharing all this with us. It definitely worked.
Check out The only problem is the background of the .SWF is now grey, but it can be changed in Flash, right? Any other way maybe?
Other then that it work perfectly.
THANK YOU
Regards,
Ivan
 
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Hey.
I just changed the source code a bit so it works with the original white background. Thanks again.
Can you suggest any good books where I can learn about Flash HTML interaction, and little things like centering my movies on HTML pages. That stuff amazes me, there is so much to learn.
Regards,
Ivan
 
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One more thing.
I'm just curious how much would one charge for a site like that on a freelance basis. I probably undercharged cause they are my friends.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Regards,
Ivan
 
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You could most probably change the movie's background color in the html itself by changing the value in the following parameters: <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#575757> in the <object> tag and bgcolor=#575757 in the <embed> tag.

As for books, have a few, but nothing specificly on html & Flash... Furthermore, I prefer dissecting sites to learn, more than reading about this & that. Took me a year to come up with that html. I now use it as a template for all my tests. You can now do the same.

As for prices... Wouldn't know either! I'm not a web designer and have no intent of becoming one! Just enjoying the fun of learning and helping others like yourself do the same. But if you want my opinion... It's worth at least $50. @ hour minimum! But hey! You learned through it!

Regards,
new.gif
 
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I wanted to stay around and check it out but it just took so long for everything to load. I am using a dial up again temp so that is the reason but still, it does take a really long time. The submit thing could be slowed down a bit, like the color scheme and layout though.
 
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A lot depends on where you live, apparently the midwest (of the US) is the least hit by recession, blah, blah, blah, but also, I *could* get $75 to $100 an hour for that page in NYC, Whereas I *could* get $25 to $35 an hour for that page in Albany, NY. 2 1/2 hours north by train. Bigger cities pay better, but cost more to live in, blah, blah, blah.

Kevin
 
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