Dreamweaver Frame and Flash navigation problem

Hi everyone,
As a newbie, I am having trouble with creating an index page with a fixed
top frame for navigation and another frame for page loads. I go into DW and
click frame and I choose fixed top. I then size the top frame 800x50. I have
created a navigation .swf that is 750x50px. When I insert the .swf file into
the top frame there seems to be space all around the .swf file. I preview the
page in my browser, and I am getting space around the .swf file and part of the
movie is not visible.

I have looked at the code to see if DW is putting some kind of
border/buffer zone around the .swf and I can't see it. How can I make the page
abolute with nothing around the movie? I want the 750x50px movie to fit inside
a 800x50 frame. Is there a way to do this? I have no clue.

Thank you,
Don

As a newbie you will hear from Murray soon and the evils of frames, get out
of them, dump them. Many newbie's tend to use frames, I don't know why but
they do. You will be better off dumping the idea all together.


"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Hi everyone,
As a newbie, I am having trouble with creating an index page with a
fixed
top frame for navigation and another frame for page loads. I go into DW
and
click frame and I choose fixed top. I then size the top frame 800x50. I
have
created a navigation .swf that is 750x50px. When I insert the .swf file
into
the top frame there seems to be space all around the .swf file. I preview
the
page in my browser, and I am getting space around the .swf file and part
of the
movie is not visible.

I have looked at the code to see if DW is putting some kind of
border/buffer zone around the .swf and I can't see it. How can I make the
page
abolute with nothing around the movie? I want the 750x50px movie to fit
inside
a 800x50 frame. Is there a way to do this? I have no clue.

Thank you,
Don

Try using CSS to set page margins and page padding to zero for the HTML
page containing the Flash.

--
James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com

Amazingly enough, this time, you did a rather good impersonation! 8)

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"Pablo" <dell (AT) takeoutdellwebsites (DOT) com> wrote

As a newbie you will hear from Murray soon and the evils of frames, get
out
of them, dump them. Many newbie's tend to use frames, I don't know why but
they do. You will be better off dumping the idea all together.


"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:
cmtmo4$s6c$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Hi everyone,
As a newbie, I am having trouble with creating an index page with a
fixed
top frame for navigation and another frame for page loads. I go into DW
and
click frame and I choose fixed top. I then size the top frame 800x50. I
have
created a navigation .swf that is 750x50px. When I insert the .swf file
into
the top frame there seems to be space all around the .swf file. I
preview
the
page in my browser, and I am getting space around the .swf file and part
of the
movie is not visible.

I have looked at the code to see if DW is putting some kind of
border/buffer zone around the .swf and I can't see it. How can I make
the
page
abolute with nothing around the movie? I want the 750x50px movie to fit
inside
a 800x50 frame. Is there a way to do this? I have no clue.

Thank you,
Don

Hi again,
I saw the frames post with Murray's advice to get rid of frames
altogether. I still decided to post my question. I understand the desire to
get rid of frames. I would prefer not to use them in this situation too. Here
is the real issue at hand and the main reason I decided to go the frame route.
If someone else has a work around, please let me know. Here is the issue: I
created the Flash Navigation bar so that I could have a Flash Mp3 player on the
bar that people could have access to stop, play, and navigate through the
comedy bits. I want this player/navigation bar to be available all through a
visitors navigation through the site. I want the player to play the Mp3's as
soon as the page loads.

I like the idea of using css to set quidelines for the navigation frame
to set page padding, but I have no idea how I would do that. I am not too up
on css formating. That could be a work around of course, but if there is a
cleaner way to have the navigation bar with the Mp3 player consistantly be part
of each page load, I'd like to know how to do that.

Thank you,
Don

You still don't need to use frames. Dump em.


"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:
cmtqvv$3f8$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...

Hi again,
I saw the frames post with Murray's advice to get rid of frames
altogether. I still decided to post my question. I understand the desire
to
get rid of frames. I would prefer not to use them in this situation too.
Here
is the real issue at hand and the main reason I decided to go the frame
route.
If someone else has a work around, please let me know. Here is the issue:
I
created the Flash Navigation bar so that I could have a Flash Mp3 player
on the
bar that people could have access to stop, play, and navigate through the
comedy bits. I want this player/navigation bar to be available all
through a
visitors navigation through the site. I want the player to play the Mp3's
as
soon as the page loads.

I like the idea of using css to set quidelines for the navigation
frame
to set page padding, but I have no idea how I would do that. I am not too
up
on css formating. That could be a work around of course, but if there is
a
cleaner way to have the navigation bar with the Mp3 player consistantly be
part
of each page load, I'd like to know how to do that.

Thank you,
Don

Will I appreciate the intent of this reply "You still don't need to use frames.
Dump em." it really doesn't give me much to go on. I know that I would like
to "dump" them. I said that in my second post to this topic. I even asked for
a better way to accomplish what I want to do. Your reply doesn't help me in
anyway.

I made no attempt to hide that I am new to trying things in DW, so the debate
over whether or not frames are a good thing is not really helpful. I admitted
that I wanted another option and that is what I am trying to find in this
forum. I don't understand why "A dumb question is a question not asked" is
never applicable here. I need help just like many others who post topics in
these forums and elsewhere on the internet. If you have an opinion that
something doesn't work, rather then just saying it sucks, how about offering a
solution? I see a lot of attitude in people's replies sometimes, why even
bother replying?

I came here in the hopes that I could find someone who has run into a similiar
issue, and could help by offering their insight. I know how to use
google/yahoo and I know how to search here. I have done that, so I decide to
ask a specific question. I just hope that someone can point me in the right
direction.

If there is another way to have my Mp3 player play as a person navigates my
webpages then please feel free to tell me how I might do it. I figured that
creating a frame would keep that navigation constant while each page is loaded
into the other frame.

Thanks again,
Don

The only way to do that is to use frames, or to pop it open in a pop-up
window.

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"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Will I appreciate the intent of this reply "You still don't need to use
frames.
Dump em." it really doesn't give me much to go on. I know that I would
like
to "dump" them. I said that in my second post to this topic. I even
asked for
a better way to accomplish what I want to do. Your reply doesn't help me
in
anyway.

I made no attempt to hide that I am new to trying things in DW, so the
debate
over whether or not frames are a good thing is not really helpful. I
admitted
that I wanted another option and that is what I am trying to find in this
forum. I don't understand why "A dumb question is a question not asked"
is
never applicable here. I need help just like many others who post topics
in
these forums and elsewhere on the internet. If you have an opinion that
something doesn't work, rather then just saying it sucks, how about
offering a
solution? I see a lot of attitude in people's replies sometimes, why even
bother replying?

I came here in the hopes that I could find someone who has run into a
similiar
issue, and could help by offering their insight. I know how to use
google/yahoo and I know how to search here. I have done that, so I decide
to
ask a specific question. I just hope that someone can point me in the
right
direction.

If there is another way to have my Mp3 player play as a person navigates
my
webpages then please feel free to tell me how I might do it. I figured
that
creating a frame would keep that navigation constant while each page is
loaded
into the other frame.

Thanks again,
Don

There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers.

Here is what I would do, I would create a page with a link that opens your
flash file _blank. This way people will be able to chose what they want to
do without the need of you using frames. I have never used a Mac so I don't
know what a Mac does but Windows is what it says, it's a pile of Windows and
you can choose how many windows you want to display, remove, agrandir, etc.
I see no problem there.


"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Will I appreciate the intent of this reply "You still don't need to use
frames.
Dump em." it really doesn't give me much to go on. I know that I would
like
to "dump" them. I said that in my second post to this topic. I even
asked for
a better way to accomplish what I want to do. Your reply doesn't help me
in
anyway.

I made no attempt to hide that I am new to trying things in DW, so the
debate
over whether or not frames are a good thing is not really helpful. I
admitted
that I wanted another option and that is what I am trying to find in this
forum. I don't understand why "A dumb question is a question not asked"
is
never applicable here. I need help just like many others who post topics
in
these forums and elsewhere on the internet. If you have an opinion that
something doesn't work, rather then just saying it sucks, how about
offering a
solution? I see a lot of attitude in people's replies sometimes, why even
bother replying?

I came here in the hopes that I could find someone who has run into a
similiar
issue, and could help by offering their insight. I know how to use
google/yahoo and I know how to search here. I have done that, so I decide
to
ask a specific question. I just hope that someone can point me in the
right
direction.

If there is another way to have my Mp3 player play as a person navigates
my
webpages then please feel free to tell me how I might do it. I figured
that
creating a frame would keep that navigation constant while each page is
loaded
into the other frame.

Thanks again,
Don

I have no problem with pop-up windows but a lot of browsers and people do.
Not many people understand why they click on a link and nothing happens,
pop-up windows are a thing of the past.



"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de
news: cmtthk$61f$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...

The only way to do that is to use frames, or to pop it open in a pop-up
window.

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"DonMTV" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cmtssj$5ca$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Will I appreciate the intent of this reply "You still don't need to use
frames.
Dump em." it really doesn't give me much to go on. I know that I would
like
to "dump" them. I said that in my second post to this topic. I even
asked for
a better way to accomplish what I want to do. Your reply doesn't help
me
in
anyway.

I made no attempt to hide that I am new to trying things in DW, so the
debate
over whether or not frames are a good thing is not really helpful. I
admitted
that I wanted another option and that is what I am trying to find in
this
forum. I don't understand why "A dumb question is a question not asked"
is
never applicable here. I need help just like many others who post
topics
in
these forums and elsewhere on the internet. If you have an opinion that
something doesn't work, rather then just saying it sucks, how about
offering a
solution? I see a lot of attitude in people's replies sometimes, why
even
bother replying?

I came here in the hopes that I could find someone who has run into a
similiar
issue, and could help by offering their insight. I know how to use
google/yahoo and I know how to search here. I have done that, so I
decide
to
ask a specific question. I just hope that someone can point me in the
right
direction.

If there is another way to have my Mp3 player play as a person navigates
my
webpages then please feel free to tell me how I might do it. I figured
that
creating a frame would keep that navigation constant while each page is
loaded
into the other frame.

Thanks again,
Don