# Help with flash menu

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-menu/267574
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 3, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-menu/267574 "2008-08-03T04:25:58Z")
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### Author: ![Melonchunkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Melonchunkin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Melonchunkin)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-flash-menu/267574/1 "2008-08-03T04:25:58Z")

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Hey Everyone, As A beginner in flash I want to make a website like the one here. [http://www.flashtemplate.us/xmlswfdemo/ftg/index.html](http://www.flashtemplate.us/xmlswfdemo/ftg/index.html)

It appears to me that the three main componets of the site is the menu, background, and the mp3 player. I want to make a website like the one above but instead have the menu target the links to an HTML iframe. I know how to make all the HTML and PHP stuff but again I am a beginner in flash. I was wondering how to go about making the menu.

I want to use XML to edit and have the ability to add titles and subtitles; and for each title and subtitle, I want to be able to edit the links and their targets, the sound clip to each link and I want to be able to change the background of the webpage.

I figure the XML file will look something like this:

```auto
<nav>
	<title="news" image="images/bg1.swf" link="news.php" target="content" sound="track/click.mp3"
		<subtitle="August 08" image="images/bg2.swf" link="august08.php" target="content" sound="track/click.mp3" />
		<subtitle="July 08" image="images/bg3.swf" link="july08.php" target="content" sound="track/click.mp3" />
	</title>
	<title="contact" image="images/bg4.swf" link="contact.php" target="content sound="track/click.mp3"
		<subtitle="address" image="images/bg5.swf" link="address.php" target="_blank" sound="track/click.mp3"
	<title>
</nav>

```

All help is greatly appreciated!