Flash help, what's the term for this...

[evinswardlaw]

I'm making a site for a paintball team, and I know how to create this in HTML, but how do I achieve the following in Flash.

I have a team roster page, with headshots... and I have a text area with a bio about the player.
http://www.chicagoevil.com/images/chicago-roster.JPG
http://www.chicagoevil.com/roster.htm

I want the flash to change the bio as you click on the player's headshot or scroll over the headshot. I could use the same flash technique to change colors of products in the team store (ie when you move over the blue swatch, then the 2007 Blue Evil Jersey is displayed... like this site
http://www.evil-paintball.com/jersey.html ).

My idea was to have the background be a movie clip... and when you move the cursor over a headshot, then the background movie jumps to the section in the movie where the appropriate player's bio is displayed.

Anyways, I'd love someone to point me to a tutorial or something to get me on the right path to finishing this part of the site.


Thanks for your help,
Evins

[ryanbutler]

The technique shown in your example address for jersey's isn't quite the same thing as what you're trying to achieve, at least from my reading. In Jersey's they have one base image with transparent graphics coming in as needed, similar to a campus map for a college. In your case, I would do try this:

1). Make a text box which is dynamic

2). Make each head shot a button (this way you hover and click available)

3). Then on the click or hover of each head shot, in action script, assign the dynamic text box the appropriate text or xml file.

Hope that helps.