Posted on August 15th, 2012
2511 views Making a photo gallery Flash Website is not an easy task. Especially for someone who never done any web design,even for web developer who is experienced with HTML script still having difficulties adapting to Adobe Flash Software.Even by purchasing a flash template which still requires you to edit them using Adobe Flash.
Step 1 Download and Install the FREE editor software from here Step 2 Run the software and click OK to start a new project. You will see all available Flash Templates. You need to purchase thetemplate you wish to use by clicking the Purchase button.You can also preview them by clicking the View button. However forevaluation you can try the first template called 'Abstract'.Even though we are going to use the Photography Template for ourdiscussion, all the customization process for all templates aresimilar. So here we select Photography Template and click Createbutton.
Step 3 Here you will see the website is created automatically for you. What weneed to do now is to change texts and photos to suityour purpose. Notice that there are 3 page thumbnails showing on theleft. That represent each of your website page. You can addor remove page however in this time we will stick to default 4pages.The page currently selected is the one with the red box around it.This page is the one we are currently see in the big previewwindow at the center. Step 4 You can change the Company Name with click it on the Company Name text at the top. Soon you will see a textbox at the bottomright corner showing the same text. Change the text in that textbox to 'Photo Gallery'. Soon you will see that the Company Name text on the website will change respectively. Step 5 Do the same for any text on that page you would like to change. If you feel a little adventurous you can also try to changetheir color and font name using control above the textbox where you type in the text. Step 6 Here we will change some photos. Click on the top most photo thumbnail.Notice that the control on the bottom right is nowchanged into Image control showing properties of image you have justclicked.Click the Folder Browse button to select your own photo as areplacement. It is recommended that you use the same photo dimensionas the one showing under the Folder Browse button. However if youdon't it is ok. The software will crop and resize the photo tofit the area for you. Spend sometimes to change other photos in thispage and on other pages. For this tutorial, we use the default. Step 7 Spend a bit more time to change other text such as Fax, Phone, Website and Email. Step 8 Now you are done. Preview the website by clicking on Preview button.You may stop the playback by pressing theStop button next to Previewbutton. Now you see that the website is fully functional. This is alldone by simplyclicking and typing without the need to use othercomplicated software. Isn't it cool! Step 9 Now as a final step. You may wish to put this website online for realuse. To do this, you will publish thiswebsite as an HTML and SWF(Flash) file. Click on Publish HTML button. Step 10 Click the Browse button to select the target folder, type in the Page Title and Filename you wish to use and press OK. Afterthe publishing process is done, you will be offered to preview the website. Choose No. Step 11 Now go have a look at the target folder using Windows Explorer. You will see an HTML, JPG, and SWF file. Simply upload allfiles into your website. Then your website is visible online by viewing the HTML file. Step 12 Congratulations! You have created your full Flash Website. Here is the result : |