Flash :: Help To Build Menu Like Kurtnoble.com

How To Build This Menu?
I would like to build the menu illustrated below.

O -- o -- o -- O -- O

Each big O (button) contains a submenu (small o:s) of variable length.
When initialized, the first O's submenu will be visible and the others collpased.
When an O is clicked its submenu will be expanded and the others collapse.
I would like the whole menu to be built from an xml file and preferringly there should be some animation when submenus are expanded/collapsed.

If you have seen a pre-built menu component of this kind somewhere, I would be glad for a link (could cost ...)

thanks!

How To Build This Menu?
Hi there,

I'm new here at Kirupa, but already feeling happy for signing-up.
I wish to know how to the menu in this site.

www.prospect.srv.br

Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Does Anyone Know How To Build A Menu Like This?
I´m trying to create a menu similar to this, but at the moment not even close to this.

http://www.studio-stemmler.com/

any ideas ?

How To Build A Menu Like This?
http://www.feelthepower.biz/mainSmall.htm

I was browsing around and happened upon this menu which I thought was interesting. I was curious how one would go about putting together a menu like this, with assets rotating around a circle with mouse movements and scaling when the focus is on that specific item.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Help With Code - Build Menu
Trying to build an menu based on an external xml file. The XML is like:

Code:

< imc >
<menu title="menu" >
<submenu title="sub1" over="sub1" click="as1" />
<submenu title="sub2" over="sub2" click="as2" />
<submenu title="sub3" over="sub3" click="as3" />
</menu>

The actionscript I've got is:

Code:
imc = new XML();
imc.ignoreWhite = true;
imc.onLoad = getMenu;
function getMenu (){
theMenu = this.firstChild.firstChild;
numOptions = theMenu.childNodes.length;
menuHeight = numOptions * 20;
setProperty (_root.newmenu.menubg, _height, menuHeight);
_root.newmenu.menubutton.menuname = theMenu.attributes.title;
optionx = getProperty (_root.newmenu.menubutton, _x);
optiony = getProperty (_root.newmenu.menubutton, _y);
optiony = optiony + 18;
sub = theMenu.firstChild;
for (i=1; i<numOptions; i++){
sub[i] = sub;
_root.newmenu.menubutton.duplicateMovieClip (_root.newmenu.subMenu[i]);
_root.newmenu.subMenu[i].menuname = sub[i].attributes.title;
_root.newmenu.subMenu[i].onRollOver = function (){
_root.isay = sub[i].attributes.over;
}
_root.newmenu.subMenu[i].onRollOut = function (){
_root.isay = "";
}
_root.newmenu.subMenu[i].onPress = function (){
actionscript (sub[i].attributes.click);
}
setProperty (_root.newmenu.subMenu[i], _y, optiony);
setProperty (_root.newmenu.subMenu[i], _x, optionx);
optiony = optiony + 18;
sub = sub.nextSibling;
trace (sub.attributes.title);
}
}
imc.load ("imc.xml");

menuname is a dynamic text box in newmenu.menubutton. When I run this the menubg stretches. But no subMenu's are created and no menunames are applied.

Any help is appreciated

How To Build An Accordian Menu That Looks Like This...
Hi.

I would like to develop a flash accordion menu based upon the attractive vertical nav bar on this site.

http://www.minershardware.com/

Note: this is a static nav bar. Does anyone have any example action script code that they can refer to that I may be able to easily utilize (I'm no Action Script expert but I am good at examining intuitive code and reutilizing it)

Any help would be appreciated.

How Can I Build A Menu On The Right Click?
this is my question:

how can I build a menu on right click?

I need an example please.. and I need to remove the old menu which appear by defualt on right click...

any idea???

thank you...

How Can I Build This Dynamic Menu?
Hello to all! This is my first posting on Kirupa in some time. I am trying to build a dynamic menu,that requires easy updates for images and links. The resolution for the navigation is 600px x 75px, with five links in the main area and a image area to the left of the links. When a link is clicked the image area loads the appropriate image for that link clicked, then sub-links will appear for the corresponding link.

I need to have all of the links and image field dynamic,so updates are easily accomplished, also the links will need to scroll horizontally when links are added. I have the interface already set up.....but just dont know where to start with the coding.

Thank you.
SpyGuy

How To Build This DRAG AND DROP Menu?
Hello everyone,

I am ttying to build a drag and drop menu like this http://www.crashshop.com/site.html. when you drag the clip to the bottom then it stays there.They are all over the place but, I can not find a tutorials on them.

Thanks!!!!!!

Build Menu Out Of Text File?
I would like to build some buttons out of an external text file.
My text file would look like this:

PHP Code:

nrOfButtons=2&button[1]=Home&button[2]=Contact

in the movie i would place some action script:

PHP Code:

myLV.load("menu.txt");
myLV.onLoad = function(success) {
  if (success) {
    trace(this.nrOfButtons);
    nrOfButtons = Number(this.nrOfButtons);
    for(i=0;i<=nrOfButtons;i++)
    {
         trace(this.button[i]);
         button[i]=this.button[i];
    }
  }

so now i have a variable with the number of buttons, and i know the button titles. But now what??? How can i build nrOfButtons under each other and give them the title's out of the array?

Can Someone Explain To Me How To Build This Animated Menu?
http://www.sjbimperial.com/

thanks.

<mod edit> Please post your message/question only once as per the Flashkit FAQ/Rules... thanks in advance - gerbick (supermod)

Build Menu From XML - Buttons Not Working
This should be simple...but I'm stumped. Can any one look at my code and tell me what I'm doing wrong? The buttons arent working...

Code:
var buildMenu = function () {
var tb_mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("tbHold", this.getNextHighestDepth());
tb_mc._visible = false;
mask._visible = false;
tb_mc.setMask(mask);
tb_mc._x = 38;
tb_mc._y = 477;
spacer = 12;
tbWidth = 93;
var channels = myXml.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i<channels.length; i++) {
var cCode = channels[i].childNodes[0].childNodes;
var cAdd = channels[i].childNodes[1].childNodes;
var cName = channels[i].childNodes[2].childNodes;
var cDesc = channels[i].childNodes[3].childNodes;
tb_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("tb"+i, tb_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
var thumb = tb_mc["tb"+i];
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
tb_mc._visible = true;
};
var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(mclListener);
image_mcl.loadClip("../images/tb-"+cCode+".jpg", thumb);
thumb._x = (spacer+tbWidth)*i;
thumb.onRollOver = function() {
main.alpha(this,0,100,2);
};

}
};
:S

Can Someone Explain To Me How To Build This Animated Menu?
http://www.sjbimperial.com/

thanks.

Noob Needs To Build A Custom Menu
I feel like a fish out of water - I have been asked to look into rebuilding our current Java Applet menu with Flash. I have NEVER touched Flash before, and I need to know if what I am being asked to do is even possible.

I have looked at many of the "Menu Generator Wizards" out there, and although they have nice templates, none of them support security like I need so they aren't helpful. Not even as starting points.

You see, our web application uses Frames (not my decision) and the top 23 pixel high area is the current menu bar area. It is a Java Applet so when the user clicks on a "menu button" a context menu is displayed over top of the frames. I am pretty sure that this functionality is not supported with Flash. I will have to redesign the way the menus work to fit inside the 23px frame.

But on top of that, we have proprietary role based security. Meaning if a user has "clerk" role, then certain pages are accessible and the menu will only display certain links. If a user has multiple roles (i.e. "clerk" and "supervisor") then the options for both roles would display in our menu structure. Is this kind of security something that can be built into a flash "application"? I don't even know the correct terms to describe what I need to do.

Oh, and the menus need to be flexible enough so that as we add applications and new functional areas we can easily define the menu options and their security without having to recompile the whole flash "thing".

Can someone point me in a direction to know if Flash can do what I need? I hope I explained it sufficiently. I'm also looking at DHTML menus, but I think they have many of the same limitations. I'm thinking that Flash might be a better option, but I am so new that I don't even know if I am asking the right questions.

Help - anyone - please. Einstein47
For best results: hand wash in cold, tumble dry low.
For not so good results: drag through puddles, pound on rocks, air dry on tree branch.
[Starbase47.com]

Tools Or How To Build Such Flash Menu
Hi all expert here,

Do you guys got any tutorial or any tools that can be use to build such flash menu in www.zecon.com.my? I wanna find it out long time ago, please guide. Thanks!

Kurtnoble Portfolio
Sorry if this is a repost... but I've used Google, search this forum and search other forums... but cudn't really find a satisfying answer.
Dose anyone know how to arrage thumbnails like in kurtnoble.com > portfolio or may be an enhancement to the "flash xml image gallery" tutorial found in this website
Basically I'm not trying to replicate the navigation sequece of the portfolio, but it's more like "How to handle an array in such a way?"... You know... rows and colums...

Thanks in advance

Resize Like Kurtnoble
Hello, i'm making a quick site for a friend and i'm in a big hurry so i'm using an example that i found here : http://laco.wz.cz/tween/?page=examples : kurtnoble example . The problem is that i have problems loading externals movieclip. I managed loading externals clips by creating a container movieclip but once it's loaded i cannot interact with it. Can someone help please ?
Thanks
Ubik

Building A Menu - Need Insight On The Most Efficient Way To Build
Hello everyone,

I'm taking a nav system i previously used in HTML and converting it to Flash for ease-of-use. See the below link for an example of what i'm working with.

Mock HTML Navigation

I piddled around with Actionscript all night trying to dream of a way to get this thing working, but ran into one big issue. When one of the main categories is 'expanded', i can't figure out a effective way to get the other sections to fluently move with the group.

The desired result will be clicking a main section once to expand, and remain open until the section is cilcked again to condense (with the ability to have multiple categories 'expanded' at once).

Any insight to ways this project could be done would be greatly appreciated!

- RJ

p.s. much time was spent w/ the search engine trying to find a solution. even spent a good amount of time @ flashkit.com

Build Menu Order With Tweener Class?
ActionScript Code:
function showsubMenu(x,y,thisArray,gotoArray){ var curr_item:MovieClip; var defaultX:Number = x; for (i=0; i<thisArray.length; i++) {curr_item = submenu_mc.attachMovie("menuItem", "menuItem"+i, i); curr_item._x = -250; curr_item._y = y + i * 40; ...... } for (i = 0; i < thisArray.length; i++) { curr_item = submenu_mc["menuItem"+i]; Tweener.addTween(curr_item, {base: slideIn } ); }}var slideIn : Object = { _x:20, time:1.5, delay: 2, transition: "linear"}

now all menuItem's slide in at ones. but i want to slide them in one after the other?

regards

Anybody Know A Way To Build A Vertical Scrolling Menu Dynamically Using Xml.
Yo, Ryan Mac here, have an interesting task to accomplish and am not that experienced in hard coding. Yup you could say Im a bit of a copier and paster.

Doing this furniture site - The navigation is a horizontal scroll menu, which includes small pics when clicked are loaded to a targetclip. Now I would like to figure out how to build the vertical scroll menu dynamically, so that I can just type the input text in an xml file, and the extra added item will be pulled from the images folder and appear on the vertical scroll menu, aswell as in the target clip.

You see, new furniture comes in everyday and time is of the essence, so I can't keep going into the source code and changing it. If I can specify it in the xml, and just add the extra pics to the images folder then I'm waxed.

Take a look at this site as an example, if you have the time.
www.cecilnurse.co.za - it's a good example of what I will achieve. Click through to one of the sections to view the effect.

Any help or code anything, just point me in the right direction.

Help me help you to make this internet an even more successful place!

Contact Form Like Kurtnoble.com
How can i make a contact form like http://www.kurtnoble.com/.

It features text within the input boxes and a loading bar which loads prior to sending the message.

Can anyone help

Kurtnoble.com Navigation Recreated
its nothing super great or anything. its just something i saw and thought was cool and decided i would try recreating it. i hope u like it

EDIT:
i finished the XML photogallery version of the resizing thingy...and an online example can be found here: http://penguinmanager.linuxinit.net/...ove/index.html

or u can download the sourcefile

KurtNoble.com Scaling, Bouncing Nav, How?
Does anyone know how to make a nav like the one found at www.kurtnoble.com. That is a sweeeet nav. I'd love to know how they did it. Thanks in advance for anyone that can point me in the right direction.

Integrating External Files To Build Dynamic Menu
I am trying to add within my movie player( that is already built) a dynamically generated menu that will build the menues on the fly when reading the text file. If some one can help that would be wonderful. I have tried several tutorials but they don't seem to sink in. I am trying to call an external text file to dynamically build a menu. If someone can send me a sample fla source that would be perfect, especially if it describes what is happening. Thanks.

[FlashMX2004]Help Wanted For KurtNoble/LucasMotta Tweens+content
Hi everyone, I am a relative newbie when it comes to designing flash with actionscripts, and I have a few questions regarding the source for the KNI website's transitons.

I downloaded Lucas Motta's "fake" KNI site, and was wondering a couple of things:There seems to be a bug in Motta's source which on my machine doesn't allow me to click the same button twice in a row. EXAMPLE: If I click on "contact" it will transition out to the full size, and if I click it again, it will transition back to the small size, and then I cannot click on it again until I click on another button like "home" or "about". Shouldn't it be the other way around? You click, it becomes big, and then you can't click on it again (in case you have buttons in your content, you don't want the MC to resize back to small when you click in the content area...)
How would I get content into this area in the first place? I mean, I don't want to rip KNI, I just want to know how I would place content inside the "button" when it's at full size.
Thanks for your patience and help. I am sorry if this is in the wrong forum... as I said, I am new here and just trying to learn. Thanks!

-Xenon

[AS 2.0] Error In Build-in/build-out Transition
I used the tutorial done by Voetsjoeba on "Transitions Between External SWFs" on my website to make transitions between content.

Everything is working ok, such as the transitions, but when the transition is starting to build in and you click another one of the buttons it temporarily disables the button that is clicked. So once the content has finished loading the button that was clicked during the load is inoperable. You must then must click one of the other buttons to reset it..

Here is the code that I used.. Since my buttons are not on the main stage I had to change it slightly so it would load the content into the container.

on (release) {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = "story";
_root.container.loadMovie("story.swf");
} else if (_root.currMovie != "story") {
if (_root.container._currentframe >= container.midframe) {
_root.currMovie = "story";
_root.container.play();
}
}
}

I have done everything in the tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm

to the T.. except for the extra stuff on my page..

Here is the link to my website:http://www.crusadeclad.com
I do have a bunch of stuff loading in on my main page, that eventually ends with a stop action at frame 165.. I dont think that has to do with it.. Please help if you can..

Thanks

Help Build Me This
I've got a client who wants to pay us for a project. I am a flash hack, but the time has come to hang up my boots. This project is too complex. So - who can do this? email me at mycview@yahoo.com if you want to talk more. Admin - if this is posted in the wrong area - tell me where to post it in the future -

Project:

Client will give us a 8 - 12 minute voice presentation matched to a powerpoint presentation in which he describes his business. He wants to convert this to a 56k loadable, 8-10 minute flash presentation that has basic character animations synced to the voice track of his presentation. So, envision flash characters giving his speech, and also showing the highlights of his flash presentation in some novel way.

Oh yeah, 30 - 45day turnaround from next Tuesday :-)

Thanks guys!

Help What's The Best Way To Build This?
I have been asked by a client to build a website that has the following properties:
1) Menu items on the top and the side must be editable by the client. They would like to be able to add or subtract menu items at will.
2) text associated with these menu items in the center portion of the page must also be editable by the client.

What is the best way to build this? I am assuming XML may need to be involved, but the client mentioned ColdFusion as a possible solution. I am not familiar with actually using ColdFusion and mySQL databases, and I think there can eb an easier way to build this.

What would be your recommendations? I'd appriceate any feedback!

--Jeremy

How To Get New Build?
My latest build date is (believe it or not) 1-30-03. How do I update, and do updates cost denaro?

Tanx!

[F8] Trying To Build A Map
Hey,

So I've posted in the last few days without an answer (which is rare). I'm going to give it one more shot. I've taken a graphic of a map (converted to an MC) and placed it under a mask about 1/4 the size of the map. I have a drag function as well as buttons to increase and decrease the map size. What I would like to do is make sure the map when zoomed out does NOT come outside of the mask and show the background.

I tried setting the (l,r,b,t,) coordinates but as you can imagine when I zoom in the map moves almost no were.

Any suggestions? I'm just looking for ideas or thoughts. Anything would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

: )

Build GUI
Does there exist a GUI-builder wich outputs code wich uses the Adobe-flash-plugin and a browser-library (gtkhtml) to build the gui?

My First As3 Build
Just wondering if someone could take a quick look at my attached fla and see if they can tell me where I am going wrong?

I've basically pieced together a gallery (yes i know sorry) from two tutorials. There is a scrollable list of thumbnails which then load the large image above them.

It all works fine really apart from when you click on a thumbnail for a brief moment the large image area goes black, but then the image fades in as expected over the previous image.

I suspect its got something to do with it loading the current image into the background movieclip, as when i create the background movieclip it is given a color or black.

But as to how i get around this I am stuck.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Sean

What Do I Need To Build ...
i want to incorp a white board on my site, so that more than one person can see what is being drawn or typed, like a chat room but with drawing features.

is there a way of having a window pop up so that a student can see what a teacher is trying to show them on their own screen(the teachers)???

any help would be much app

thanks in advance

(god bless john peel)

Build Or Buy?
I need to build or buy a flash card system that includes:
- text (Unicode) in rich text
Combined with
- MP3
- Flash (.swf) pics
The virtual flash card deck needs to be playable both web or IPOD (MP3 player).

Have you seen anything like this or do I need to build it??

How To Build This...
Hi.

I'd like to know how to build a software like thisone, or maybe, if someone out there can actually build it for me. The software address is:

http://discountmugs.com/designlab/usa_designlab.php?product_id=5230fr&section_id=Glassware&handle=0

Thanks in advance.

Build Up
Hello

im using a script to load in diffrent menus on my site. They bulid up over eachother. So when u push a button, a new version of the exact same layout loads over the old one.

The problem is that the oldones dont go away, and the flash starts to run weary slow after some clicks.
Id like the old ones to be removed when the new one is finished animating.

The code im using is

on (release) {
var newMc = this.attachMovie("megmain","interface",1);
newMc._x = 0;
newMc._y = 0;

}

PLEASE HELP ME im a looser!!!

How To Build...
please tell me how to build mc buttons with text effect like the one on http://www.infinityart.ro/
10x in advance.

How Did They Build This?
Hey gang I am going to have to build something similiar to this for a client but i dont know how it was done? Any suggestions on the best way to script it would be a big help. I am guessing that its something like a drag copy, drop command or something, but I have no idea how to do that.....please point me in the right direction....

Here is the link: (Graphically its blah but is the functionality I am after....)
http://www.southernstaircase.com/des...2baluster.html

Thanks for your help,
Respectfully,
Mike

How Can I Build-in HIT And DOWN To MC
I would like to be able to have the following properties for a MovieClip and I don't know how to go about it. It seems that I am always checking hitTest or onRollOver and it would just be simpler if they were intrinsic properties of every MovieClip. So basically there would be:

instance_MC._hit:Boolean; //checks if mouse is over the clip
instance_MC._down:Boolean; //checks if mouse is down on the clip.

So I though I had the _down property worked out by overRiding the onMouseDown event for the MovieClip prototype:

ActionScript Code:
MovieClip._prototype._onMouseDown=onMouseDown;
MovieClip.prototype.onMouseDown=function (){
this.dwn=true;
_onMouseDown();
}

But what about _hit. Do I need to override the hitTest method or should I override onEnterFrame?

(codeMonkey, where are you?--and all throughout the land a bright monkey light could be seen shining in the clouds)...

Thanks in advance for your input.

Jase

How To Build A Timer ?
I like to build a timer in my movie so that people can have a highscore.

How do I make a timer that counts seconds ?
It must start in a frame and stop when for example the player presses a button.

It shouldn't be too hard, I think ?

Can Someone Build Me A Function For This?
tellTarget ("_root.play_01_02")
{
gotoAndStop (2);
}
tellTarget ("_root.play_01_03")
{
gotoAndStop (3);
}

tellTarget ("_root.play_01_04")
{
gotoAndStop (4);
}

tellTarget ("_root.play_01_05")
{
gotoAndStop (5);
}

tellTarget ("_root.play_01_06")
{
gotoAndStop (6);
}
tellTarget ("_root.play_01_07")
{
gotoAndStop (7);
}
tellTarget ("_root.play_01_08")
{
gotoAndStop (8);
}

tellTarget ("_root.play_01_09")
{
gotoAndStop (9);
}

tellTarget ("_root.play_01_10")
{
gotoAndStop (10);
}

HELP Need To Build A Game..
Someone please help me! I have to build a game in flash. I'm a graphic artist...not a programmer and this game requires way too much programming and I can't find any help anywhere!

It's a game for kids learning to do simple math. I've posted about this game before and have recieved some help, but I need more. There is a gopher that goes back and forth across the screen and there are golfers that hit balls. The balls have different numbers, and the golfers are randomly hitting them. A randomly selected question is to appear in the right hand corner. The kid uses the mouse to move the gopher and catch the ball with the correct number. When they get it correct, they get 10 points. If they catch the wrong one, they get -10, and if they don't catch any and miss the right one, they get -5. There are 3 levels. After they get 100 points they are moved to the next level, and the balls get faster.

So far this is what I've got:
1. I have the score working.
2. I have 2 balls that come out for score testing purposes.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANY OF WHAT IS REQUIRED!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!

If anyone has done a game like this and can spare the fla, I would appriciate it. If not, any help would be so great.

Trying To Build A Game, Can Anyone Help Me?
hi,

I need to build a game for a banner that has a boat which follows around the mouse with acceleration and few obsticles passing by such as a rock or wood, etc.. When the boat hits any obsticle, the boat would sink. Then few seconds later the boat would appear again follows around the mouse again. On the third time it hits obsticle, try again button will appear which resets the game and start over.

I tried building this game myself but couldn't.
http://www.lush-lounge.com/Movie1.swf

Can anyone guide me to build this game?
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE

Help To Build Menu Like Kurtnoble.com

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i need help to build menu like kurtnoble.com
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