Flash website transitions/build

Hey all,

I’ve been messing with flash animations for a little while now, and i’m still unsure of the most efficient way to build a website using flash. I know it’s not a good idea to build it entirely with flash, and scenes aren’t the best choice either. I’m assuming that you would build an html page, and include/embed the swf into the html when necessary? What about with page transitions? Would the link go to an swf to play the animation, then have the swf redirect to the page once it’s completed. Seems like there would be a more fluid way of doing this.

I know this sounds rather vague and confusing, but any suggestions or ideas would be helpful. Figured I should learn the right way from the start instead of just making it work for now.

Thanks!
dave.