question..

[BCSA #13]

i'm currently the new webmaster of our club here in berkeley.. and i think our last webpage was a lil static.. so i'm hoping to add more flash to it.. my question is.. i'm thinking of adding an interactive map.. how should i go about it?.. i'm hoping to make the map interactive, when the user rolls over a certain location.. something pops out with the location and some short info.. and if the user clicks.. then it'll load up a side frame that will display more in depth..

should i layer buttons on top of the map?.. or should i try another approach.. thanks in advance..

Sereywath Keng

[JHallam]

What I would so is basically, (walk through)

Lets go...

Get a map image, then break it up
CTRL + B

Then select area (ONE by ONE) then convert to a button.

Select the area then covert it as a symbol
F8
then chose the selection "button" name it as area1

(Do this how many consecutive times you want, but first do ONE then get that perfected until you do the rest)

To have rollover amination apply it so on the selected button and frame, Where it states;

Up Over Down

"over" is the RollOver, so just stick your amination there! This will be the amintion as the browsers just roll on the button.

Then simply, if you want it to activate on onclick to unlease a frame.
Basically use this command.
ACTION of the button:

on (release) {
getURL ("YOURhomepage.com", "FRAME NAME here ");
}

Then you can target your frames by that action on each button :o)

I hope this is all explained enough for you, ask if any problems.

Thanks

Jono

[BCSA #13]

thanks jono..

that's so easy and straightforward.. thanks so much.. :)

will this let me embed the html pages on the map page?.. i was sort of thinking.. putting the map on one half.. and as users scroll over or click on areas of the map.. the other half will interact with text.. or is that too difficult?..

thanks so much again..

Sereywath Keng :D

[farafiro]

Originally posted by GRaPHiX_FReaK
What I would so is basically, (walk through)

Lets go...

Get a map image, then break it up



braking it will lose its quality, u don't need to to that and to convert a pieces of it to buttons, just make a hidden buttons with only an anination or a lable in the over state to the buttons

[JHallam]

Yes, I know it will slightly lose it's quality but not by much. No big deal. I have done this for the easiest approach for this guy, so this technique would do BCSA fine.

BCSA #13 here is a URL and URL of the zip file for a example I have created.



LINK = URL (http://www.oneinstinct.nl/MAP)
ZIP = ZIP (http://www.oneinstinct.nl/MAP/zip.zip)

[BCSA #13]

thanks alot.. thanks to your inputs.. i finished the map.. it lost a lil quality.. but it still looks and works great.. thanks again..

Sereywath Keng