tip: link via a button

To go to a new Web page using Flash buttons as your navigation, put this script on a button in your FLA:

on (release) {
getURL("http://flashjournalism.com/");
}

Change the URL to match your needs. You can use a relative address instead of an absolute one.

You can add a target to the script, inside the parentheses. Add a comma and then the target name in quotes, such as "_blank" or "_parent."

This is an easy technique, but remember that your user may not have the Flash plug-in installed, or may have an older version of the plug-in. In that case, the user may not see your buttons at all. Have you provided alternative navigation options?

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