[quote=renojohn;2355844]First, thank you very much for taking the time to help, and I realize I’m D.U.M. (dumb) when it comes to this stuff.
[COLOR=navy]No problem.[/COLOR]
I’ve attempted to make the changes you’ve outlined, also let me reply to your comments:
~I have no idea what that means or what I did or didn’t do
sorry
[COLOR=navy]I’m guessing that would mean no. The movieclip (targetMovie) acts as a placeholder into which your random movies are loaded. Without it, the script would fail.[/COLOR]
~I think I’ve done that (640x505)
[COLOR=navy]Good. If not, you change them in the FLA by clicking on Modify, Document and altering the width/height. Remember that you also need to change the dimensions in the SWFObject embed text:[/COLOR]
var fo = new SWFObject(“randommovie.swf”, “random”, “[COLOR=red]550[/COLOR]”, “[COLOR=red]400[/COLOR]”, “8,0,0,0”, “#000000”);
~-Yes, want to show about 400images (and growing) my though at this time is to make 10slideshows and have them randomly load.
On my original page, that was created by a tool, the download is done in the background while the slideshow plays and this download happens faster than the slideshow goes. I felt not a problem? but open to better ideas.
[COLOR=navy]It’s not a problem although there are probably better ways to do this, for example changing the slideshows so that they display random images. The point I was making is that it always helps to optimise any images that you want to include in an SWF because this can reduce the filesize by 90% in some cases…with a consequent reduction in the time it takes for the user to download it. Do a Google search on graphic optimisation and you’ll find lots of useful information including online optimisers that you can use. Not doing this is probably the reason why that one SWF is 50Mbs in size![/COLOR]
-I have SWF object in there as one of my desperate attempts to make things work, I don’t even know what it does or is supposed to do. I just threw that file in the directory like a blind monkey at a keyboard typing Shakespeare.
[COLOR=navy]SWFObject won’t help your actionscript to work (yes, I did see that you’d included the AS code in the HTML file) rather it’s there to embed an SWF into a HTML page using javascript instead of the traditional OBJECT and EMBED tags.[/COLOR]
Some of my problem is that I attempted to lean how to do this random thing …while attempting to copy the source of this page that was (for the most part) created within an automated tool. (BTW this swf file is about 50meg)
[COLOR=navy]Automated tools can be useful but, to be honest, in most instances they can be incredibly bloated and also difficult for a novice to alter. It’s usually far better to design the Flash file yourself.[/COLOR]
Again appreciate your help, sorry I’m way out of my expertise and skillset on this. Computer stuff is not my gig.
Which probably discounts my previous thoughts about design?
If you want to continue to help, I’ll be appreciative and will do whatever to help facilitate you not wasting more time than necessary (phone call?, direct email? …whatever is easy for you.)
thanks from Reno …John[/quote]
It would definitely help to be a little more specific about your requirements. For example, do you actually want to load random SWF’s onto your intro page, or just random images? I’m still a tad confused about that as you mention loading 400+ images. Will there be other content on the intro page?
Give it some thought and, if you think you need someone to devote some time to solving this for you, you could place a request in the job offers part of the forum. I can provide assistance here, subject to my own time constraints, and I’m sure there are plenty of other people that can assist further.