ooook...brand newbie questions...

[methical]

a) how do you put text links into a flash animation? is that possible?

b) what's a good book for a brand newbie (me) to read?

That's it for now...but rest assured I will think of more newbie questions for you to answer

[Amalinde]

make the text a button and right click on it, choose actions then insert this code:

on release;
geturl (whatever.html)

Dont copy and paste this code cuz its not quite right, just look for each piece in the list and rebuild it.

A good book is the flash 5 bible but it can be a bit overwhelming at first, you might try the Foundation Flash 5 series.

[Beckstar]

or if you're just wanting to add a link to plain old text - simply highlight the text and in the characters panel (windows / panels / character) simply add the URL to the "URL" box.

As for the books: flashkit usually feature a different book on the index page - perhaps try checking those out. (top left corner under the nav)

[methical]

yall rock. Thanks for the help.

[methical]

ok...I have this scrolling map on my site - http://www25.brinkster.com/methical/
(thanks jamble)
What I want is drop down menus. like..you click and the scroller moves over and a menu drops down from the top. probably painfully obvious...but I'm stumped.

[aversion]

the best book for actionscript beginners imho is right here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...584303-2553515

[darque9]

no relevance to anything, but BB King rocks

[aversion]

Originally posted by darque9
no relevance to anything, but BB King rocks

indeed, king of the sweet note

[d_smiff]

Originally posted by methical
ok...I have this scrolling map on my site - http://www25.brinkster.com/methical/
(thanks jamble)
What I want is drop down menus. like..you click and the scroller moves over and a menu drops down from the top. probably painfully obvious...but I'm stumped.

Erm, if u wanna do a dropdown menu off those buttons, u'll need to insert a new movie clip, create the dropdown menus for each menu in a separate movie clip (confusing?) and then insert them into the main animation, probably scene1.