XML Menu... Almost there!

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Hey guys,

Gave up on my last post seeing no one responded. Either I didn’t do very good explaining my problem or no one cares. I hope it was the later.

So here goes my second attempt…
–> http://idisk.mac.com/jasoninch/Public/MENU_FINAL.zip

Very close to finishing this XML menu gallery. Pieced together with Kirupas gallery tutorial and “Claudio’s” scrolling script. The layout is complete but unfortunately the functionality (hardest-part) is not.

So what I’m hoping to accomplish… ?

  1. Multi gallery functionality (i.e… menu sys… Ad / Catalogs / Logo’s).
    Currently the XML is only set up to load the Advert section and the menu on the right does not yet work independently. In the end i hope to have it load other sections based on the description “Catalogs” would load the catalog section. How would I go about fixing this, any ideas?

  2. Simplifying my XML (i.e… Write it so it’s more clearly defined)
    I included an example of the XML file I would like to utilize with my FLA. Unfortunately the way the AS is set up currently, I can’t simply swap this file out. I’m baffled about the script that drives this functionality, i could use some advice.

  3. Add NEW feature. (i.e… Make the menu on right “Ads / Catalogs / Logos”) populate with dynamic text from the XML (i.e… <gallery name=“ADVERTS”> ). At the moment this is being populated with an image which proves to be more time consuming to make.

  4. “Info” area… need to populate this with text relating to individual parts of gallery.

  5. “View”… need to give a larger view of this file on click or rollover - opening another window in flash.

OK, now that i read through this… looks like I have farther to go then I thought.

Anyway,
I Hope i haven’t scared all you flash pro’s off…
I know this stuff isn’t very cut and dry seeing there’s many ways to achieve the same goal. Ideally I would like to learn the most efficient method for doing this.

If anyone is interested or up for the challenge,
please have a gander at the link.

Thanks all,
I don’t expect many people to come rescue, seeing I have compiled a pretty good list here. Regardless, I appreciate the fact that, at the very least… you read this entire post.

For what it’s worth…
thanks! > j