coming from the main forum, so I don’t know how much i’ll get flamed for being a n00b here
anyways: I’ve got this flash site (a template site from templatemonster or whatever). I CANNOT figure out how to edit stuff (images, text, etc) in any program. Tried Adobe Flash….. I see everything, but have no idea how to change anything
Flash templates can be complicated to edit. If you are dead on using it, I would recommend paying a member here to do it for you. Definitely not worth your troubles
If the text etc is embedded in the flash file, I wouldn’t use it. Going forward, it’ll always be a hassle to update etc. Some store the text externally in a flat file, which is easier to update.
As said above though, you could find someone on here proficient with flash that could do it for you pretty quick
I suppose that’s good to know
it’s OK, at least they included the HTML version of the site as well… but it’s nowhere as "pretty"
I’ve also got .PSD files that I can open in photoshop and play around with (kinda nice actually, as I am familiar with photoshop). But when I exported it, I lost all text and it turned into a giant image (cut into smaller images), and lost all the linkage and stuff.
What should I spend the most time learning? dreamweaver?
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I suppose that’s good to know
it’s OK, at least they included the HTML version of the site as well… but it’s nowhere as "pretty" I’ve also got .PSD files that I can open in photoshop and play around with (kinda nice actually, as I am familiar with photoshop). But when I exported it, I lost all text and it turned into a giant image (cut into smaller images), and lost all the linkage and stuff. What should I spend the most time learning? dreamweaver? |
flash has it places, but I think its pointless to do a whole site in flash
and learn HTML, don’t totally rely on dreamweaver
Flash is shit for designing on the web, integrating flash pieces is fine but most of your shit should be CSS + HTML with php or .net mixed in
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flash has it places, but I think its pointless to do a whole site in flash
and learn HTML, don’t totally rely on dreamweaver |
im kinda trying to open different templates in dreamweaver, then seeing which line of code is equal to which part of the site
you have a better idea on how to learn HTML?
I have no idea what those other things are, and how they even apply to making a website. what role do they play?
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im kinda trying to open different templates in dreamweaver, then seeing which line of code is equal to which part of the site
you have a better idea on how to learn HTML? I have no idea what those other things are, and how they even apply to making a website. what role do they play? |
Well HTML + CSS are the basics of the web, 99% of sites incorporate these two code libraries.
.NET and PHP are server side languages that allow you to do a lot more than you can with HTML+CSS such as tie into databases and make functions etc
Flash is what you learn after HTML and CSS, and even then after PHP/MySQL.
Flash looks nice, but is crap. Only good for fashion sites. Pretty on the outside, zero on the inside.
Get a book on HTML & javascript. Spend a weekend learning and testing.
Pick up a server side language of choice one you’re advanced enough with the basics. Learn SQL & relational databases as well. The basics should be enough to get you by.