Adding Flash Intro

A flash intro is a flash-animated introduction clip launched prior to opening the home page of a site. You can choose between several designs of the intro and insert your own text information into it.

The Flash Intro module is the only page module that requires no PHP on the publishing location and therefore can be included into a static site.

Note: For correct display of Asian and Arabian national characters, make sure that you have Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 or later installed.

You can add only one Flash Intro module to your site.

To add a flash intro to your site:

1. Go to the Pages step.
2. Select Flash Intro in the Special pages box.
3. Click .

The Flash Intro page is always places as the first page in the site structure.

To configure the flash intro settings:

1. Go to the Edit step.
2. Select Flash Intro in the Site map area.
3. Select a design of your flash clip by clicking one of the thumbnails in the Designs area.

   The selected design is outlined with a red frame.

4. In Title field, enter a text to be displayed as the flash introduction title - it will appear first and in a larger font.

   Please bear in mind that the title of the page itself, as it will appear in the site menu and in the browser title bar, is to be specified separately in the Site map area.

5. In the Body text field, enter a text to be displayed in the body of the flash clip.
6. From the Background color list, select the background color for the flash clip.
7. From the Animation pattern list, select the type of small elements to be used in clip animation.

You can see a small preview image of the flash clip with the new parameters in the Preview area.