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Hi all,

I have built my website using a ready swish template. In it it has a preloader. However when anyone tries to access the site it brings up a white screen (its loading) and then the preloader only loads for a couple of seconds and then the site appears.

I am trying to get the preloader to appear before the white screen but I cannot find a way... (probably because I have not used SwishMax a lot)...

Is there any way of doing this before the white screen appears so that visitors know it is loading?

My URL is http://zedas.95mb.com

Check it out for yourselves

Thanks!
Alex

Hi Alex..

Try the following... Open up "export" panel and choose "Movie" from dropdown menu. Now set default preload option to "disabled" if using a preloader scene. Finally switch to "Scene" section while having focus on your preloader scene in outline. Set the preloader scene´s preload option to before movie.

I´m assuming, that you left the preloader as it was, so there isn´t much to download for this first scene anyways...


Regards, Nick

Hm... I don't quite get that... I think I forgot to say that the movie is basically split into several .swi files...

I've uploaded the .swi for the preloader... Is it here that I should make the changes you say?
Could you let me know in a bit more detail how to do these changes as I'm kinda lost?

(I'm being really thick, aren't I? )

Really appreciate your help!
Thanks
Edited by Nick o`Teane, 25 December 2005 - 04:12 PM.

Don´t worry...

Your template uses a preloader movie - not a scene - so, we´ll find another solution for you. Tell me quick what Swishsite you are using, so I can get a closer look at it...


Please don´t post any of the copyrighted material you purchased in public. If necessary, feel free to email sample movies/template parts to me or any other moderator. Thanks ..Nick

Sorry about the posting of the copyright preloader....completely slipped my mind...
The swishsite I am using is called Canvas

http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=pr...sites&tab=demos
Edited by SerrisaN, 26 December 2005 - 12:44 AM.

Hi Alex..

The settings I suggested are to be set in "main.swi". This is the base movie that loads all the content. It contains a scene named "preloader" - the preload animation. This scene got to be set to load "before movie". The movie´s preload you set to "disabled" like outlined above...

Reason why the raw template worked well and your version is showing plain white instead, is the filesize (>250kB). I´m sure the filesize can be lowered to speed up loading a bit, but after adjusting the default preload at least the "loading message/bar" will show up instantly. If you want me to take a look at it, mail your "main.swi" to (nick-o-teane AT gmx.net)...


Greets, Nick

Thanks,
I've tried to work it out but haven't been able to ... I've sent you and email with the main.swi and the preloader. (my email is alexkirycos AT mid.gr)

Please rate it as low priority amongst your other tasks... It's not going to kill me (or anyone else) if the website remains like that for a while

Thank you for your help
Alex
Edited by SerrisaN, 27 December 2005 - 07:20 AM.

Have you had any luck with this?
I can't seem to find as much as I try a scene "preloader" in the main.swi...

Hi,
I had posted a thread in the beginner sections after a few replies (and never solving the problem), I haven't heard anything else back...so I thought if I could post the problem here it might be more appropriate as it is for this specific template.

Ok here is the deal.

I've built my website using this template and the actal main movie is pretty big in size...so it takes a long to load.
However the preloader does not seem to incorporate this. All it does is bring iup a white screen until the movie has loaded, then once the movie has been loaded it loads the preloader for a few seconds and continues to load the main movie...
The problem is that during this white screen anyone visiting the site does not know what is going on...

The website url is http://zedas.95mb.com

If anyone here can help me it would be much appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

PS> The additional thread I had posted was this
http://forums.swishz...showtopic=30709

your main.swf as 251kb
which didn't cause any trouble to open in my machine

actualy i didn't notice anything strange
except the fact that another website opens at the same time you click "enter"

I noticed it. Was white for a while, then the loader bar comes up for a little bit. I'd ask you to post your preloader script, but I'm not sure that's allowed if it's a Swishsite. Maybe just be patient and see if Nick O'Teane helps you out.

@ lee oswald...
Other website?
When you click enter you should get one window that opens with the site (main plus all the sections)...
The other site might be the popup that the webhosting company forces on me...

Yep guess I'll just have to wait..
Thanks anyways!

...you changed the html coding of "main.html" and the auto reize script is missing plus you placed a "pop-under" script in the "head" section, the original template script:

<html>
<head>
<title>::::::::::TYPE YOUR TITLE HERE:::::::::::::::</title>
<meta name="author" content="SWiSHmax">
<meta name="copyright" content="SWiSHmax">
<meta name="keywords" content="">
</STYLE>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
<!--

/*
Auto Maximize Window Script- By Nick Lowe (nicklowe@ukonline.co.uk)
For full source code, 100's more free DHTML scripts, and Terms Of Use
Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
*/

top.window.moveTo(0,0);
if (document.all) {
top.window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight);
}
else if (document.layers||document.getElementById) {
if (top.window.outerHeight<screen.availHeight||top.window.outerWidth<screen.availWidth){
top.window.outerHeight = screen.availHeight;
top.window.outerWidth = screen.availWidth;
}
}
//-->
</script>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head>
<!-- Created by SWiSHmax - Flash made easy - www.swishzone.com -->
<body bgcolor="#000000" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"><table width="100%" height="100%" border="0"> 
<tr align="center" valign="middle">
  <td bgcolor="#000000"> <div align="center">
	  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
  codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash4/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" width="680" height="510" align="middle">
		<param name="movie" value="main.swf">
		<param name="menu" value=false>
		<param name="quality" value="high">
		
		<embed src="main.swf"
	width="680" height="510" align="middle" quality="high"
	type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
	pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">	
		</embed> </object>
	</div></td>
</body>
</html>

...your source coding:

<html>
	<head>
		<title>
			::::::::::WELCOME:::::::::::::::
		</title>
		<meta name="author" content="SWiSH v2.0">
		<meta name="copyright" content="SWiSH v2.0">
		<meta name="keywords" content="">
		
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head>
	<!-- Created by SWiSH - Flash made easy - only $49.95 - www.swishzone.com -->
	
<body bgcolor="#000000" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<!-- XPanel header -->
<script>
win=window.open('http://www.kingarticles.com','PoPUnder');
window.focus();

</script>

<!-- /XPanel header -->


<center>
  <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
	<tr>
	  <td>&nbsp;</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	  <td height="500"><div align="center">
		  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="760" height="500">
			<param name="movie" value="main.swf">
			<param name="quality" value="high">
			<embed src="main.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="760" height="500"></embed></object>
		</div></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	  <td>&nbsp;</td>
	</tr>
  </table>
</center>
	</body>
</html>



<!-- Powered by XPanel -->

wolf

..I'll merge this with the same post at the SWiSHsite 39 , "Canvas" forum.

wolf

Thanks for merging the two topics

As far as I can remember the only changes I did was the title

The popunder must have been placed by the webhosting company as it is their way of giving free webspace.

The code from the file on my pc looks like this:

<html>
	<head>
		<title>
			::::::::::WELCOME:::::::::::::::
		</title>
		<meta name="author" content="SWiSH v2.0">
		<meta name="copyright" content="SWiSH v2.0">
		<meta name="keywords" content="">
		
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head>
	<!-- Created by SWiSH - Flash made easy - only $49.95 - www.swishzone.com -->
	
<body bgcolor="#000000" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<center>
  <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
	<tr>
	  <td>&nbsp;</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	  <td height="500"><div align="center">
		  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="760" height="500">
			<param name="movie" value="main.swf">
			<param name="quality" value="high">
			<embed src="main.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="760" height="500"></embed></object>
		</div></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	  <td>&nbsp;</td>
	</tr>
  </table>
</center>
	</body>
</html>

Nick earlier on suggested that I should change the preloader scene in the the main.swi...but there is no such scene in that movie? I have a separate movie called preloader....In fact every section (how to?/galleries etc) has its own movie and they are somehow linked together.
So I guess the thing to do is that the preloader should load before anything else and should disappear once everything has loaded...But how can this be done when it is waiting for 6 other movies not scenes?

(sorry but I'm really new at this...which is why I used a ready template)
Edited by SerrisaN, 11 January 2006 - 10:56 PM.