Probably a basic button question

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I’m building a menu out of movie clips operating as buttons. I actually followed a tutorial on this site (Complex Button RollOut/RollOver Effects) and modified some stuff for my own means. But where I’m having trouble is actually getting the buttons to direct to where I want them to go. In the tutorial the buttons are directed to a URL, but I need each button to play a quick transition and redirect to a different scene. The problem I’m having - and I understand this is probably a very basic issue - is I’m trying to use gotoAndPlay, but that just affects the movie clip itself, rather than the rest of the stage like I want it to. Does this make sense?