Creating 3d rotating menu using gifs as buttons?

[Simon Lloyd]

Hi all, i have never worked with flash before and not done much with html or php so please bear with me if the questions here are a little daft!

I downloaded the 3d rotating menu sample from here (the one with 10 red squares),

I have deleted the red squares leaving the grey bar that was beneath them, that was ok for a test, but how do i use my own gifs as the buttons?

I am also unsure about adding a link to the buttons, with the grey bars i drew a text box, added some text, Converted Symbol to button, addedon(release){
geturl("http://www.thecodecage.com");
}, then converted symbol to movie clip, i guess i have to do that for each button, is that correct? (it seemed to work as a link)

How do i get the script to rotate the menu at a nice constant speed and stop when moused over?

Last but not least, i know it gets saved as an fla but how would i use it on my site? (i have a vbulletin forum and would like to use it in my header perhaps)

Kind regards,
Simon
Version: Macromedia 8
Skill: Complete novice

[Simon Lloyd]

Whether rightly or wrongly i have managed to add the icons i wanted and assigned them, all i need to know now is how to set the speed of rotation rather than mouse activated and how to get it to show/play on my forum.

Regards,
Simon

[kkbbcute]

I think I already posted this in some other thread but never mind.
Go over to gotoandlearn.com (http://gotoandlearn.com), which teaches you how to make a really nice 3D carousel step-by-step with a full video tutorial.

Its the one which comes in three parts and is somewhere down in the middle of the site, its quite an old tutorial but nice nonetheless. The whole thing is fully customizable and you can change the tooltips, rotation speed and just about anything else yourself.

Btw you could edit your last post instead of double posting, just saying.

[Simon Lloyd]

I think I already posted this in some other thread but never mind.
Go over to gotoandlearn.com (http://gotoandlearn.com), which teaches you how to make a really nice 3D carousel step-by-step with a full video tutorial.

Its the one which comes in three parts and is somewhere down in the middle of the site, its quite an old tutorial but nice nonetheless. The whole thing is fully customizable and you can change the tooltips, rotation speed and just about anything else yourself.

Btw you could edit your last post instead of double posting, just saying.I will remember with regards to the doublepost in future (i have an add-on at my site that automatically takes care of that), as for my other queries, after much trial and error last night until the early hours i managed to create the movie i wanted with the buttons i wanted (pretty easy for the buttons, i just dragged and dropped them in to the movie then convert symbol), the only trouble i am having now is positioning it within my header its throwing things out wildly, like i said earlier i have very little php or html experience.

BTW, thanks for your reply!