I am having trouble deciding on whether to use external.swfs or just putting my whole site in to one movie… How do I decide? My pages won’t have very large file sizes… Most of the loading time will be from the main movie.
Well it depends, if you’re planning on having a lot of content then I suggest using external swfs so that it will cut down the initial loading time and allow the viewers to download only what they click on.
If your site is small something around 200kb then I suggest using just one movie. If it’s more than 200kb, I suggest using more than one movie.
Thanks! 
200k? I think I’ll just use one movie.
In my case dats not good idea since here in Brasil, 56k users are majority…
And most ppl cant actualy conect at 56k, its more like 40k
haha I guess sushi should reduce it down to 100kb, if it’s bigger than 100 kb than use multiple movies. 
Whever I build a site, I always try to keep the main movie below 200kb.
and you should also consider how frequently your site is updated. i’d rather edit a small movie than a movie containing the whole site…
Good point Kax, I built a demo site for school once that was contained in one movie and after awhile it looked like a mess with all those layers.
yeah… i know what that’s like.
Thanks for the help, guys! Layers/messiness shouldn’t be a problem because the site will be very simple. Most of the filesize will come from my photography and the movie background… I think I’ll have to use one external.swf for the photography section.
no problem, sushis.
hope it turns out ok for you. =)
Sushi, if you open your FLA and your eyes gets crossed then that means that FLA is becoming a mess, start a new one.
