kikiafterglow
02-20-2007, 02:27 PM
Hello everyone!
Though I'm not a COMPLETE newbie to Flash, I'm currently working on my first major development project for a client using Flash.
The application is a Flash-based photo gallery, and the working movie can be seen here:
http://www.kasia-gawlak.com/testing/gallery
The top level of the movie contains the background and the text at the top of the window. Within that, there is a movie clip which contains the sidebar navigation menu options. When a user clicks an option, the sidebar adjusts and thumbails for each section appear. This movie clip controls the animation where the menu options slide up and down and the thumbnails fade in accordingly.
The thumbnails and the full-sized photos that correspond to each option are each contained in a separate movie clip that allows the user to click a thumbnail and have the full-sized picture appear. The way this works is each full sized picture is displayed in a separate keyframe and clicking on the thumbnail button advances to that frame and then stops, waiting for their next action.
There is also an option for the user to view all the pictures in the category as a slideshow. Clicking this option takes them to a further set of keyframes later in that movie clip's timeline where each frame is on an automatic timer.
If the user chooses "view as slideshow" option, as long as they wait until the slidehsow has finished playing all the way through, everyone works fine. But if they are in the middle of viewing a slideshow and interrupt it by clicking on one of the thumbnails within that category, it will take them to that picture's frame but then automatically advance to the next frame before pausing.
Worse, if they interrupt the slideshow in the middle of playing it by clicking on one of the OTHER categories, after a few seconds the movie automatically reloads from the beginning (including the preloader screen) and gets stuck in some kind of glitch loop where it plays the first few frames and then reloads them over and over again.
Before I added the preloader screen as a separate scene at the beginning of the movie, I didn't notice this issue. It was only after I added the preloader that this became a problem.
Any help, advice or assistance at this stage would be much appreciated. I'm not sure what's causing this problem, and the only solution I can think of at this point is to remove the "view as slideshow" option, which my client is really not keen on.
I'm happy to send over the source .fla file to anyone who thinks they can help.
Though I'm not a COMPLETE newbie to Flash, I'm currently working on my first major development project for a client using Flash.
The application is a Flash-based photo gallery, and the working movie can be seen here:
http://www.kasia-gawlak.com/testing/gallery
The top level of the movie contains the background and the text at the top of the window. Within that, there is a movie clip which contains the sidebar navigation menu options. When a user clicks an option, the sidebar adjusts and thumbails for each section appear. This movie clip controls the animation where the menu options slide up and down and the thumbnails fade in accordingly.
The thumbnails and the full-sized photos that correspond to each option are each contained in a separate movie clip that allows the user to click a thumbnail and have the full-sized picture appear. The way this works is each full sized picture is displayed in a separate keyframe and clicking on the thumbnail button advances to that frame and then stops, waiting for their next action.
There is also an option for the user to view all the pictures in the category as a slideshow. Clicking this option takes them to a further set of keyframes later in that movie clip's timeline where each frame is on an automatic timer.
If the user chooses "view as slideshow" option, as long as they wait until the slidehsow has finished playing all the way through, everyone works fine. But if they are in the middle of viewing a slideshow and interrupt it by clicking on one of the thumbnails within that category, it will take them to that picture's frame but then automatically advance to the next frame before pausing.
Worse, if they interrupt the slideshow in the middle of playing it by clicking on one of the OTHER categories, after a few seconds the movie automatically reloads from the beginning (including the preloader screen) and gets stuck in some kind of glitch loop where it plays the first few frames and then reloads them over and over again.
Before I added the preloader screen as a separate scene at the beginning of the movie, I didn't notice this issue. It was only after I added the preloader that this became a problem.
Any help, advice or assistance at this stage would be much appreciated. I'm not sure what's causing this problem, and the only solution I can think of at this point is to remove the "view as slideshow" option, which my client is really not keen on.
I'm happy to send over the source .fla file to anyone who thinks they can help.