• Bill

  

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  Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

  Fri, September 25, 2009 - 6:01 PM

  Someone else please correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the code and how the files are linked, I believe this is happening because absolute linking is being used instead of relative linking. I'm imagining that the ActionScript is pointing to a URL with www.losttrekker.com in it, as opposed to losttrekker.com, thus causing it not to function as intended.

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• • Unsu...

    

     

    Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

    Fri, September 25, 2009 - 8:22 PM

    Yeah, that could be it. I might of tried that already but I shall try again and see if that makes any difference. Hopefully if it does fix the problem, it doesnt screw it up the other way around (ie for those that come in on www.losttrekker.com)
    
    Edit:
    on (release) {
    
    getURL("losttrekker.com/thailandtour.shtml","_self");
    
    }
    
    results in the banner now directing me to this URL:
    www.losttrekker.com/losttrek...our.shtml

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    Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

    Fri, September 25, 2009 - 8:29 PM

    Since the file that I want that banner to link to is hosted on this website, I did try relative linking, both using
    on (release) {
    
    getURL("/thailandtour.shtml","_self");
    
    }
    
    or
    
    on (release) {
    
    getURL("thailandtour.shtml","_self");
    
    }
    
    and the same problem happened. It just doesnt want to serve anyone the thailandtours page if they come in on losttrekker.com rather than www.losttrekker.com

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      Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

      Sat, September 26, 2009 - 2:57 PM

      Addendum:
      
      Looks like it has a problem if I tell it to open it up in "self" or even the parent window. Only solution for the www vs non-www problem is to tell it to open up in a blank window. Strange....very strange.

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    • • Paul

        

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        Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

        Sat, September 26, 2009 - 3:02 PM

        Not sure what you're trying to do realy.
        
        Where is the page that the swf is embedded in, in relation to the file that you want to link?
        Are they in the same folder?

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          Re: Actionscript for linking to a URL

          Sat, September 26, 2009 - 4:53 PM

          Well the swf is in the wordpress theme's image folder. The place that the button links to is in the root directory of the site. Howev,er it still doesnt explain why the link only works when i tell it to open in a blank window.

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