Flash website template

still hard to explain.
Flash doesn't have "pages" or "elements" - at least that is not part of the flash terminology.
When you duplicated an existing "element" - you must be more specific - "element" could be:

An imported image,
a movie clip
a graphic symbol
an object drawn in flash
an imported sound
etc...

Most likely the "element" was a movie clip symbol (?) but if this symbol contains nested symbols
then we must be careful not to edit them.

As for the actionscript you added, added to where? a button?

when you say that's where it stops for me - meaning your knowledge or the playhead?
to add an "element" to a scene, let's first avoid terms like "element" because they mean nothing
in Flash - to add a symbol to a scene - drag it from the library to the stage.
To refer to it, meaning actionscript that refers to an object, it should be a Movie Clip with an
instance name - then your AS targets the instance name and tells it what to do. You can also set
items in your library for linkage via actionscript without having to place them on the timeline/stage.

I think at this point you may be a little lost - I highly recommend hitting F1 and start basic -
baby steps - become familiar with terminology and how flash works - fundamentals of symbols,
timelines, library, AS, etc...
or else this thread could be a mile long and will just confuse you more and more - and we'd end up
re-typing most of what is found in the help docs anyway.

hope this helps

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newbie_lars wrote:
> The file is too big to upload but I can tell you what I've done so far and
> maybe you can tell me what's missing or where I went wrong.
> I duplicated an existing element (page) in the library and renamed it. I added
> some action script for a link (
> on (release){
> gotoAndPlay(XXX) =>and that's where it stopes for me!
> }
> )
> How do I add the new element (page) to the scene or whatever so I can refer to
> it in the action script?
>
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