5 Replies Latest reply: Jul 20, 2009 4:12 PM by mikec82 RSS

    Changing Menubar Link

    mikec82 Community Member

      I am new to Flash. I bought a template online a couple weeks ago, and for the most part have made all the changes to personalize the page. The page is for wedding videography, and came with a Videos section. However, I do not like the template video player, and would like to have the Videos link on the menu bar go straight to my youtube channel rather than to the flash player. Primarily all changes to the template have been made in a text.txt file, rather than the flash file itself. My question is, how could I change the link on the main page to route to my youtube channel? Here's what it looks like in the text file:

       

      &menu1=home page
      &menu2=about us
      &menu3=services
      &menu4=videos
      &menu5=contact

       

       

      I tried changing it to:

      &menu4=<a href="http://www.youtube.com/userchannel">videos</a>

       

      and:

      &url1=<a href="http://www.youtube.com/userchannel">videos</a>

       

       

       

      Can the change I'm looking for be made in the text file, or will I need more extensive knowledge of the flash file? I have a free trial of Flash CS4 right now if needed.

        • 1. Re: Changing Menubar Link
          kglad CommunityMVP

          editing the text file will work only if the template was made to use urls listed in the text file.  so, if any of the links open new web pages, you're probably ok.  if none of them open new web pages, you'll probably need to edit the fla.

          • 2. Re: Changing Menubar Link
            mikec82 Community Member

            Thanks for the response.  Could you give any feedback on where a change to the menu could be made in Flash CS4? I get the timeline when I open it up, but I'm not sure if the timeline is for the entire web page, just for the home page, or what. In fact, as I scroll my mouse over different parts of the timeline, it doesn't show any of the web page images. The viewer remains blank...

            • 3. Re: Changing Menubar Link
              kglad CommunityMVP

              you'll need to find the actionscript that's used in that template.   because all templates i've seen are written by novice to intermediate coders, you're likely to find code in more than one location and most likely in more than one timeline.

              • 4. Re: Changing Menubar Link
                mikec82 Community Member

                Thanks, this is helpful. I won't spend any more hours in the text file! All they included was JScript Script files, not ActionScript files. Could one of these files be where the change would be made? Here are the various JavaScript files that the template included: Scipt.js, ui.base.js, ui.sortable.js, active.js, resize.js, and jquery.js...

                 

                Please see attachments below.

                • 5. Re: Changing Menubar Link
                  mikec82 Community Member

                  Ok, I'm getting a lot closer, I think. The company that sold me the template told me the info to change is in the flash file, but I can't figure out which object it would be located in? I've attached it to this email if anyone can shed some light on it for me that would be fantastic. I've literally spent 8 to 10 hours on this, embarrassingly!