i have built an architecture website that is very big and have been told to save space by building/uploading in pieces. i have an idea about what it means but was wondering if someone could explain the concept to me. currently my website is 5 separeate movie clips that all contain 20-30 frame animations and each clip only contains a stop frame at the end and buttons to navigate. regardless of my process, the site is way to big and i could use some clarification. thanx.
big=file size
so you break the site up into manageable (size wise) pieces that will only be downloaded if needed. Keep in mind, that if you want to cater to the 60% of users who don’t have broadband, you need to keep each download to around 100k each. A preloader helps, but even if they know something is loading, a lot of users will just leave.
optimizing the fla is something that takes a ton of trial and error, to balance quality and file size. There is a lot written on it, here on the fourms, search for optimization.
Rev
reverendflash,
thanx for the feedback. so by breaking up the site you mean for example: if i were to make a 20 frame animation i would put a stop frame at the end and save the file as its own swf. and use the buttons and such to reference other files??)
one other thing, how do i prevent a one frame animation done in actionscript of a fading object from looping?? thanx for your help
