# Button activated layers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-activated-layers/103323>\
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**Created:** [March 4, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-activated-layers/103323 "2004-03-04T03:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gito](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gito)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-activated-layers/103323/1 "2004-03-04T03:09:49Z")

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Hello:  
I am proud to say that I am working on my first Flash site ever! I am only using very simple easy effects for now, later I will add more.

I have a movie that plays only once in the background, it contains 5 photos that fade in and out, just like a slide show.  
The issue is that I have 5 buttons at the botton of the site, one for contact, links, etc and I would like the buttons to make another layer appear with the links info on top of the photo slide show and make the contact button pop up the contact layer. I read in a book called Flash for dummies that you need to use actions for this. I think it was called loadmovie or the other one was goto.  
Is this something easy to do? Could someone help me out? Please?

sincerely

Gito