Week 15
Monday * April 16
TOPICS Positioning Flash movies with CSS; Flash version detection; demystifying the Flash object parameters; creating modular Flash movies (Appendix B in McAdams)
DUE promptly at 3 p.m. (on a CD): Flash slideshow project -- NOTE that I will deduct points for lateness as follows:
-1 pts.: Not on my
table by 3 p.m.;
-2 pts.: Not on my table by 3:15 p.m.;
-3 pts.: Not on my
table by 3:30 p.m.;
-4 pts.: Not on my table by 4 p.m.;
-5 pts.: If the CD
is not functional (or files are missing) and I need to ask you for a
new one (Mac users! Test your CD on a PC!);
-6 pts.: If I receive the CD after 4 p.m. today but before Wednesday at noon;
-15 pts.: If I receive no functional CD by noon on Wednesday.
READ Appendices A, B and C (McAdams)
Up to now, I have not requested that you do anything with your SWFs other than allow Flash itself to embed them in an HTML page. Now, as you move to the final stages of preparing your portfolio project for submission (and grading!), it's time to learn how to control the placement and behavior of the SWF within an HTML page.
SWF Object * * *
This Javascript Flash detection and embed script, written by Geoff Stearns, an application developer who also produces the blog deconcept, makes embedding a SWF much simpler than the usual methods.
If the instructions on Geoff's page are too hard for you, try these instead.
We will discuss how to use this fabulous free script to simplify your portfolio project.
The parameters of the Flash object are listed on Adobe's Web site.