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Single loading .swf file - code or frame? Ty Unes 07-26-2007
Posted by Ty Unes on July 26, 2007, 10:26 am
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I have a flash .swf file for navigation in my site located at the top of
the page say 800 x 350, centered. All page content is found below
this .swf file and will change. Is there a way to tell the browser to
only load the flash movie once even though the whole page will reload
after a navigation click? If yes, then how? If no, then I assume the only
way to keep the .swf file static (so it only plays once) and the page
content below dynamic, is to code the site up in frames. Does this sound
correct?

Thank you for your time,

Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on July 26, 2007, 11:03 am
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Ty Unes wrote:

> I have a flash .swf file for navigation in my site located at the top of
> the page say 800 x 350, centered.

How will visitors who have Flash disabled or otherwise not available get
'round your site? To them, it will be a one-page site.

> All page content is found below this .swf file and will change. Is
> there a way to tell the browser to only load the flash movie once
> even though the whole page will reload after a navigation click? If
> yes, then how? If no, then I assume the only way to keep the .swf
> file static (so it only plays once) and the page content below
> dynamic, is to code the site up in frames. Does this sound correct?

Correct? Not in my opinion. Use some form of "include" for the
navigation: PHP, ASP, or SSI. And reconsider the Flash; use HTML and
fancy it up with CSS.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Posted by Ben Bacarisse on July 26, 2007, 12:07 pm
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> I have a flash .swf file for navigation in my site located at the top of
> the page say 800 x 350, centered. All page content is found below
> this .swf file and will change. Is there a way to tell the browser to
> only load the flash movie once even though the whole page will reload
> after a navigation click? If yes, then how? If no, then I assume the only
> way to keep the .swf file static (so it only plays once) and the page
> content below dynamic, is to code the site up in frames. Does this sound
> correct?

I think so. I'd phrase it rather differently -- you can only make the
site a little less usable by using frames, so you might as well. You
have already ditched most of the possible benefits to be had from
HTML but having a proprietary, inaccessible, fixed width SWF navigation.

Alternatively... You could write HTML for the world-wide web (the
topic of this newsgroup).

--
Ben.

Posted by Ty Unes on July 26, 2007, 12:28 pm
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:07:58 +0100, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

>
>> I have a flash .swf file for navigation in my site located at the top
>> of the page say 800 x 350, centered. All page content is found below
>> this .swf file and will change. Is there a way to tell the browser to
>> only load the flash movie once even though the whole page will reload
>> after a navigation click? If yes, then how? If no, then I assume the
>> only way to keep the .swf file static (so it only plays once) and the
>> page content below dynamic, is to code the site up in frames. Does this
>> sound correct?
>
> I think so. I'd phrase it rather differently -- you can only make the
> site a little less usable by using frames, so you might as well. You
> have already ditched most of the possible benefits to be had from HTML
> but having a proprietary, inaccessible, fixed width SWF navigation.
>
> Alternatively... You could write HTML for the world-wide web (the topic
> of this newsgroup).

All well said. However, it's my client that insists on using a flash-
based navigation scheme whilst I "make it work" in HTML. I appreciate
your concern.

Thanks again!

Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm
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Ty Unes wrote:

> All well said. However, it's my client that insists on using a flash-
> based navigation scheme whilst I "make it work" in HTML. I appreciate
> your concern.

Sneak into his office during the lunch break and disable Flash in his
browser... when he hollers that his surfing is broken, explain why.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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