# Problems with a full flash site

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 7, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954 "2003-07-07T16:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![rtdavide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@rtdavide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rtdavide)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954/1 "2003-07-07T16:20:34Z")

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Hello,

I am a newbie to flash, but I am trying to design my site to do certain things, and flash seems the best way to do it.

I have an online portfolio and from the startpage, I want to have the option to load 3 other pages(swf’s). a contact page, a work history page and the most important- a portfolio page.

The startpage consists of four buttons- one each for the three previously mentioned pages and then a button that will return you to the original page, once you have opened up another of the swf’s.

The problem I am having is on the portfolio page. I have a set of thumbs that are in a semicircle that act as buttons. These thumbs each lead to a larger pic. I want those larger pics to open behind the thumbs.

Using the kirupa tutorial for the full flash site, I was able to get the portfolio, work history and contact swf’s to load fine. And if I open the portfolio.swf apart from the startpage.swf, the larger pics will open exactly where they are supposed to. However, when I open the startpage swf, click on the portfolio and then click on the individual thumbs, the larger pic appears, but the thumbs disappear.

Where might I have gone wrong?

Thanks for any help…

dave

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954/2 "2003-07-07T16:25:54Z")

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Could you give us the link? I’d like to have a look…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954/3 "2003-07-07T21:00:44Z")

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You are having problems with relative path. ie:  
This is your site structure:

```auto

- main.swf -> work
           -> contact
           -> history
           -> portfolio -> largepic1
                        -> largepic2 .... etc

```

Now imagine you have a mc in your main swf, where the 4 sub movies (work,history,contact,portfolio) will be loaded into. Lets give it an instance name of **content1**. In the portfolio button on your main swf I assume you are using this action:[AS]on(release){  
loadMovie(portfolio.swf,\_root.content1);  
}[/AS]Now, I think your problem is **here**. Inside the portfoio swf you have a button to launch another page(largepic1.swf) into another container movie clip (with an instance name of **content2** ). The code on the button should be something like this:[AS]on(release){  
loadMovie(largepic1.swf,\_root.content1.content2);  
}[/AS]Try that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954/4 "2003-07-08T15:57:44Z")

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Claudio,

That was it. my original action was  
on(release){  
root.content.loadmovie(portfolio.swf) ;  
}

And the same for the larger pics. So not having the second clip was the problem.

Thank you, sir.

dave

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-a-full-flash-site/24954/5 "2003-07-08T16:01:36Z")

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You’re welcome sir 🙂