[thelist] Ideas

Edwin Martin edwin at bitstorm.org
Tue Jul 12 03:30:16 CDT 2005


Norman Beresford wrote:

> Just looking to get some ideas flung at me.  The basics are this:
> 
> We've built a client's site using our inhouse CMS system.  The client is
> busy adding new content to the site.  The CMS produces XML, which the
> presentation layer is transforming into HTML.
> 
> Now the problem.  The client wants to have a flash intro showing a book
> having it's front cover torn away to reveal the site.  We created a
> simple flash splash screen which showed a book having it's front cover
> ripping away, and then redirecting to the HTML site, however they're not
> happy with that. My only thought at the moment is to have a pure Flash
> presentation layer created which will use the CMS produced XML to
> display the site.  However I'm not certain how well Flash will display
> HTML markup?
> 
> I did think about having an iFrame hidden beneath a flash object, which
> would then be made visible using javascript, but I didn't know how well
> this would work.
> 
> I guess a third possibility would be to re-write the page after the
> flash movie had run by using Javascript.
> 
> Any ideas/feedback gratefully received.

You probably want this:

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14201
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/transparency.htm

Edwin Martin

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