Flash or animated .gif with multiple URL's embeded?

[Coleen]

Hi everyone :-)

I am trying to create a a "rolling" multi-link "advertisement" for a client. I have the gif animation working/looking exactly like I want, but it does not work to link to the URL's I added in each text frame. Here is a copy of my .xar file:
What I need to do is to make it look like a navigation button bar that "scrolls" and each frame has a link attached to click on to take the user to another page. If anyone has any info on how I can do this, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thanks!

[aridzone]

Coleen
I don't think you can add multiple links in a gif file.
The flash should work but you may want to add some pauses so they are easier to click on.

[Coleen]

Thanks. I do have a question about the naming of each box. There is the rectangle area and the text area. Since it is the text area that is scrolling that is where I have attached the URL but should I attach the name to the text or the rectangle?

[aridzone]

If the rectangle isn't the part that is scrolling then you wouldn't add a link to it.

[Coleen]

Thanks. I know that I need to add the URL's to the text, and have actually already done so (100 URL's - attached to each text box in each frame and there are 10 frames) but I wanted to know about the naming convention. I know that you have to name the frames to make it into flash (I am very new to flash) but I am now presuming that I need to name every text box as well in order to change this into a flash file? Also, if you play the .xar file as a flash file you will see that it "throws" the text that is moving to the bottom on each scroll and it displays as it is thrown out. Any suggestions on how to prevent that look? I will change the scroll rate and add all the names but if you have a suggestion on how to get rid of the text as it flies to the bottom, I would greatly appreciate the assistance.

Thanks!

[aridzone]

Coleen

You have alignment problems, text that disappears, and spacing discrepencies.
If I were you I would create a picture for each rectangle with the text inside.
Then create the flash that way. Be careful about using the same positions in each frame.
It's not that hard just set up one frame, name pictures, then copy it and realign rectangles.