I'm using MS Expression Web to create my website and can't find anything useful in the instructions online, or in the manual, to guide me how to insert a flash intro.

I've used Adobe Flash (30 day free trial!) to construct the intro. Maybe EW doesn't want to help as it's Adobe, or maybe I'm missing something. Can anyone help with code?

Also, as I don't want the thing to run every time someone returns to the homepage, is it a good idea to make the default page flash only, and have a separate homepage that's defaulted to at the end of the intro? I've already stuck a 'skip intro' button into the flash, but I don't want a situation where anyone who is already in the site has the flash launched if they return to the homepage. (They wouldn't have to, as the footer contains the main navigation, where there are no nav buttons on a page, but you never know...)

First of all, a flash intro page is a BAD idea, people hate them. No matter how good your movie is, it's only going to be interesting the first time someone visits the site, after that they don't want to see the intro any more -- been there, done that, got the t-shirt kinda thing. People go to the web to find information, the flash intro page just gets in the way; it's a bad landing page seo-wise; and they are definitely out-dated any more.

For info on how to put flash on a web page, see the stickies at the top of the HTML forum.

Thankx for the advice - even if I decide not to use it, it was fun, and maybe I'll use it elsewhere on the site.

this is what you need

Under code view, just insert this sample code in the area of the page where you want your flash to go:


<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" id="obj1" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" border="0" width="428" height="428">
<param name="movie" value="YOUR_FILE.swf">
<param name="quality" value="High">
<embed src="YOUR_FILE.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="obj1" width="428" quality="High" style="height: 428px"></object>


Then, go to "Design" view and double click the box that now appears on the page. You will see two tabs (Appearance & General)
From there, its self-explanatory.... just plug in the value that you want for size, background, etc. Make sure under General tab you point to your own SWF file.

Dont forget that until microsoft updates explorer next month the click to activate box will apear but thats a whole different subject...

Good Luck

There are better ways to do it WITHOUT using that nasty <embed> tag.