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How to Create a Flash MX Website Tutorial

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By Maxwell Payne
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Adobe Flash MX is a popular design programs used to create everything from interactive website controls and videos, to games, videos and presentations. A tutorial website for Flash MX needs to cover many of the widely used features found in Flash MX, including shading, motion, tweens and linking. Interface issues also need to be addressed as well as how to export Flash projects and place them on websites.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Website hosting service and server service
  • Some experience using Flash MX
  1. Step 1

    Sign up for a low-cost or free Internet website hosting service. There are many companies online that offer website hosting, website design interfaces and server space to store the websites on (see Resources).

  2. Step 2

    Create the tutorial website with a focus on Flash MX and how to use the program. Offer links to other tutorial websites and include a section displaying various examples of Flash in action.

  3. Step 3

    Create tutorial how-to guides for the readers of the website. A good way to offer step-by-step tutorials for Flash MX is to record the process as you do it on the computer. You can take screen shots or set up a video camera or video capture program to record as you go through a feature in Flash MX.

  4. Step 4

    Create video tutorials or in-depth step-by-step text guides for various and common features found in Flash MX. Features to cover in separate tutorials include creating tween effects, layering, exporting, timing, syncing music to the flash video, shading, creating user interface controls and linking.

    There are hundreds of features and tools in Flash MX. Advanced Flash users may want to cover a wider variety of aspects of Flash MX on the tutorial website.

  5. Step 5

    Use Flash MX often to continue gaining experience with the program. The more you know about the program, the higher the quality of the tutorials.

  6. Step 6

    Update the website often with new video or text tutorials to keep readers coming back for more information on Flash MX.

Tips & Warnings
  • Read as much as possible about Flash. There are many books on the market that go through step by step processes for every possible feature in Flash. Build experience with using the program while adding new tutorials to the website.
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