# Best Practices for AS3 Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-practices-for-as3-preloader/277631>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 15, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-practices-for-as3-preloader/277631 "2008-12-15T05:36:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![yoda22kirupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3d9bf3/32.png) [@yoda22kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yoda22kirupa)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-practices-for-as3-preloader/277631/1 "2008-12-15T05:36:47Z")

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kirupaI was wondering what is the method that is most efficient to create a preloader for a full-scale flash site. I mean something big that probably has multiple movies being loaded that a major company would develop.

Is the preloader created as its own SWF and calling separate SWF’s created from another file? Or does the preloader appear on frame 1 and the rest of the content on frame 2?

Just want to know whats best/recommended.

Thanks!