Using Flash banner to navigate html/css website?

[Spoonerelo]

Guys,

Please please please can anyone help. This is probably such a simply question, but I cannot find an answer anywhere!

I want to have a flash animated banner at the head of my html/css based website pages that I can use to navigate the website.

Basically, instead of having a boring static banner with menu buttons, what I'm hoping to achieve is a nice looking animated banner, with menu buttons that control the users path through the website.

I'm assuming that I would use actionscript, but not being that familiar, I have no idea where to start! I've looked an actionscript websites, but I cannot find what I need because I don't really know the terms to search for - "website navigation" / "navigating html pages" etc didn't seem to bring back anything really useful!

Any ideas / site I could visit / links that may be helpful - any help greatfully received.

Spoon.

I've just found out about the getURL function in actionscript which I think is what I need, but still, any info will be most appreciated!

 

[denchomsky]

I would advise against this idea as it is not very accessible, what if the viewer does not have Flash enabled on their browser? They can't navigate your site.

This also means visually impaired people will not be able to navigate your site if they are using a screen reader.

Modern web design is more than just aesthetics, its all about usability and accessibility.

 

[Spoonerelo]

I would advise against this idea as it is not very accessible, what if the viewer does not have Flash enabled on their browser? They can't navigate your site.

This also means visually impaired people will not be able to navigate your site if they are using a screen reader.

Modern web design is more than just aesthetics, its all about usability and accessibility.

Thanks for the advice. I am going to use the flash banner only if flash is installed. I have found code that checks for the existence of flash on the user's PC. As for the screen reader, I'm not sure. Thanks anyway.