Please check new site.

[free mojo]

Please could you check my site, i am not the biggest expert with flash and html, but this is the best effort i've come up with and would appreciate any general feedback. From loading, other browser errors, poor graphics, resolution, bad links and so on.

Thanks a lot!

www.freemojo.co.uk (http://www.freemojo.co.uk)
(optimised for 1024x768)

Cheers!

[devonair]

detection script needs work. can't get past the splash page with the v 7 player installed..

[free mojo]

hmm, i don't know. It's the flash detection kit from macromedia. The actionscript version which checks all the player versions etc from 3 up. It should direct you to the site after installing. Have you tried refreshing the page?

I can't look at the moment but i'll check the code in the .fla as soon as i can.

Thanks

[free mojo]

I've tried to sort it out now, any luck?

heres the code:
// Macromedia Flash Player Version & Revision Detection
// This is designed to support Macintosh, Windows, Linux, PocketPC versions of the Macromedia Flash player.
// All of this code should be on the first frame of the movie before any other code or assets.
// //////////USER SETTINGS////////////
// These variables can be set on the object & embed tags In the HTML that hosts this Flash movie.
// They can be set here if preferred.
// -------------------
// the url that the visitor should be sent to if they do not have the required version of Flash.
altContentURL = "upgrader.html";
// -------------------
// the url that the visitor should be sent to if they have the required version of Flash.
flashContentURL = "splash.html";
// -------------------
// The required player version necessary to view the content.
contentVersion = 6;
// -------------------
// The 'dot' release of the player necessary to view the content.
contentMajorRevision = 0;
// -------------------
// The revision number of the player necessary to view the content.
contentMinorRevision = 19;
// --------------------
// A flag to autoInstall the player on IE Windows. Basically skips the test here and goes right to the Flash content.
// :TRICKY: This should not be set to true here in ActionScript. If you want to skip the test for IE windows users, set this on the object tag
// Such as "flash_detection.swf?allowFlashAutoInstall=true"
// It must be set in the object tag NOT the embed tag, otherwise you would skip the detection when in Netscape Win.
// allowFlashAutoInstall = false;
// --------------------
// A flag to tell the detection code to look up the latest version of the player (see below)
requireLatestVersion = false;
// The following supports "require latest version" and also supports with the rare case when the player versions sometimes get out of synch
// these should be set here in the Flash file and must be updated by the author(you) when Macromedia publishes a new player that you require.
// The following versions should be current as of 01.07.2004
// set up the mac version
MACLatestVersion = 7;
MACLatestMajorRevision = 0;
MACLatestMinorRevision = 19;
// set up the Windows version
WINLatestVersion = 7;
WINLatestMajorRevision = 0;
WINLatestMinorRevision = 19;
// PocketPC version
WINCELatestVersion = 6;
WINCELatestMajorRevision = 0;
WINCELatestMinorRevision = 80;
// Linux version
UNIXLatestVersion = 6;
UNIXLatestMajorRevision = 0;
UNIXLatestMinorRevision = 79;
// --------------------
// :TRICKY: This deprecated code style below is necessary to support Flash 4.
// This utility splits up the version string into usable parts.
// first check to see that the $version is there at all.
if (eval("$version") eq "") {
getURL(altContentURL, "_self");
}
i = 1;
playerOS_str = "";
while (substring(eval("$version"), i, 1) ne " ") {
playerOS_str = playerOS_str add substring(eval("$version"), i, 1);
i++;
}
playerVersion = "";
i++;
while (substring(eval("$version"), i, 1) ne ",") {
playerVersion = playerVersion add Number(substring(eval("$version"), i, 1));
i++;
}
playerMajorRevision = "";
i++;
while (substring(eval("$version"), i, 1) ne ",") {
playerMajorRevision = playerMajorRevision add Number(substring(eval("$version"), i, 1));
i++;
}
playerMinorRevision = "";
i++;
while (substring(eval("$version"), i, 1) ne ",") {
playerMinorRevision = playerMinorRevision add Number(substring(eval("$version"), i, 1));
i++;
}
// if the user wants to check against the latest version (defined in this flash movie) change all the content version info to these latest version values.
if (requireLatestVersion eq "true") {
contentVersion = Number(eval(playerOS_str add "LatestVersion"));
contentMajorRevision = Number(eval(playerOS_str add "LatestMajorRevision"));
contentMinorRevision = Number(eval(playerOS_str add "LatestMinorRevision"));
}
// go ahead with checking the player against the content rather than latest version
if (allowFlashAutoInstall eq "true" && playerOS_str eq "WIN") {
// if we want to autoInstall on Windows go right to the content.
getURL(flashContentURL, "_self");
} else if (playerVersion<contentVersion) {
getURL(altContentURL, "_self");
} else if (playerVersion>contentVersion) {
getURL(flashContentURL, "_self");
} else if ((playerVersion eq contentVersion) && (playerMajorRevision<contentMajorRevision)) {
getURL(altContentURL, "_self");
} else if ((playerVersion eq contentVersion) && (playerMajorRevision eq contentMajorRevision) && (playerMinorRevision<contentMinorRevision)) {
getURL(altContentURL, "_self");
} else if ((playerVersion eq contentVersion) && (playerMajorRevision eq contentMajorRevision) && (playerMinorRevision>=contentMinorRevision)) {
getURL(flashContentURL, "_self");
}
// :KLUDGE: This is the failsafe for when all the above is not understood by player version 3 or below.
// :TRICKY:This must be the last operation in the detection scheme so do not move it up in the sequence
flash3test = 1;
if (flash3test<>1) {
// This getURL will be called only in Flash versions < 4.0. Please edit the URL as you wish.
// Because of backward compatibility requirement, this address cannot be set with a variable.
getURL("upgrader.html", "_self");
}



Please check it out!

[tinyk]

what about making the text a bit larger. it's a struggle for me to read it and i don't have terribly old eyes (not that i think anyway). also, maybe have a background on the html page so the swf isn't sitting right ontop of white. just a suggestion though. love how you did the mailing list.

(i didn't have any problems with the flash detection.)

[sotabound]

Cool site bro! Nice pics. It looks like you need to put some hit states on some of the number buttons for the images. The hit states will make the navigation a little easier.

[free mojo]

Ok thanks a lot. The hit states was definately on my to do list as i'm adding some more photos soon. I may make the text a point or 2 larger. Though i want a kind of sleek look. If you see anything else that would be great.
With regards to the background i've been trying to think of something to use. I think i will set a bgnd image tommorow, just a patterned/coloured thing or a scanned image.

Thanks a lot though, i appreciate it.

[free mojo]

Hello again.
I've made the following changes:

Added Html Background.
Made Flash Movie transparent Windowless
Added a Border around the Flash content
Neatened up the text on all html pages
Added hit states to gallery numbers
Updated news items.


Anyone got any other comments, i really do want to know if the Flash Detection script is clean. Any other Graphics/layout problems please let me know.
Thanks a lot!
Andrew

[free mojo]

Hello. I'd really appreciate some cross browser and platform feedback on this site please. I'm undertaking a new project (my first paid one) for a major PR/Management company in UK. I don't want to have problems with Flash detection. I posted my code up there. If you have any suggestions it really would be so greatly appreciated.

Also if any experienced freelancers have any advice for thinking about this kind of thing it would be very helpful.

Thankyou!

[ohno6345]

Hi,

When I clicked on the link in your first post, all I got was a blank white page, no flash.

Cable Modem, Windows XP, Mozilla Firefox, Flash Player 7, 1024x768

2:19 PM PST (California, USA) January 7th, 2005

Neil

[free mojo]

hmm, i think i have problems with mozilla....i know it's working on IE and i've been told netscape, i'll check it out. THANKYOU !

[free mojo]

can anyone else comment please, i really need to be sure there is a lot of people able to view the site and also what i've done wrong for mozilla users etc and also if my current flash detection is working well.
Thanks a lot!

[SmoothDime]

i think it's a good site. you need a scroll bar for the scroller.

[sneeuwitje]

Your Flash check still has holes:
OSX 10.3.8, player v7.0.24.0
On Mac the only browsers i get past it are Safari and Opera.
FireFox, Camino, Mozzilla and IE 5.2.3 all fail. Netscape I didn't test.

External links ... :
You're not gonna like this [nor do I ;)]: Seems you open alotof other urls from your Flash-movie, this unexpected new-window-thing will irritate people. You might lose them if you don't offer an obvious html-alternative for your site ... html-sites do better on sites like this (i think ...).
( There are ways to float your movie over a frameset, and downscale it when you load an external url in the other frame. I've used it once on an intranet-site. But that's quite advanced scripting, plus your whole setup will likely go insideout/upsidedown to achieve this )

media:
Sound should stream within Flash-movie (dive into the sound-class), new window for a sound is ridiculous, really.

I've not gone much further, seems to me you have enough work now ;)

check you out after you decided what to do.

[sneeuwitje]

Think your sniffer-page is causing the problem. Try giving the Flash-object for sniffer.swf an embed-tag.

Might just do it for you