How to Build a Flash Website

Adobe Flash is a multimedia tool you can use to create dynamic websites. You create a Flash website by creating your movie, inserting coding into an HTML file to display the movie and uploading the HTML to a web server. Flash also provides a method to generate the HTML file for you. This HTML file contains the coding necessary to display your animation on the Internet.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Flash CS3 or CS4
• Web server

Instructions

1. Open your flash source file or create a new one. To create a new file, perform the actions in Step 2.

2. Choose "File" from the top menu bar and choose "New." The "New Document" window displays. Select a "Flash File" option. Create your Flash animation using the tools and options available. Save the file by selecting "File" from the top menu bar and then "Save." Name the file.

3. Choose "File" from the top menu bar and then "Publish Settings" from the "Publish Settings" window. Check the "Flash" and "HTML" boxes. This will cause output of an HTML and SWF file of your animation. Click "Publish." Click "OK."

4. Look in the directory where the files were saved and locate the HTML and SWF files. The HTML file has the coding needed to embed the SWF file. The "Publish" method also generated the file "AC_RunActiveContent.js." This file has coding to fix several browser glitches associated with the use of active content. The HTML contains a reference to this file. Upload these three files to your server.

5. Follow these methods to produce other Flash pages you will include in your website.

References

• Creating a Simple Flash Website

Resources

• External JavaScript Solution
• Adobe.com: OBJECT and EMBED syntax | Flash