Macromedia Flash Banners Specs

For advertisement to display and click-thru properly on our websites the following instructions need to be followed exactly when constructing a .SWF banner in Flash.

* Our most current version of Flash is 8.0

Open your Flash file (.fla)
Lock all layers
If you have not already done so, create a new layer at the top of the layer stack and name it "actions" (without quotes)
Create a new layer at the bottom of the layer stack
Name it "btn" (without quotes)

Layers

Select the first keyframe on the "btn" layer
Draw a rectangle the size of the stage with no stroke and a fill of the same color as the movie's background color
Double click the new rectangle to select the entire rectangle
In the align panel, with "Align/Distribute to stage" selected:
Click Align horizontal center
Click Vertical horizontal center
The rectangle should be covering the entire stage
Convert your selection to a movieclip (F8) and type "btnMC" in the name field
Make sure that it's Type is set to "Movie clip" and it's Orientation Point is set to upper left.

Covert to Symbol

Select the instance on the stage
In the properties panel, give it an instance name of "btn_mc" (without quotes)
Lock the layer

Properties Panel

Select the first keyframe in the "actions" layer
Open the Actions panel and type the following:

btn_mc.onRelease = function() {

getURL(url, window="_blank");

};

Action

Please note that the URL is picked up from our ad server, and shouldn't be in the FLA coding
Note: Under File -> Publish Settings -> Flash, be sure to publish as ActionScript Version as "ActionScript 2.0". Unfortunately, ActionScript 3.0 will not funtion with our system.
Save and publish your movie

Please submit both the .fla (zipped with fonts) and .swf file along with a landing URL to webads@outreach.com

We perform QC testing on .swf banners before uploading to our Web sites and will alert you to any coding that does not comply with our requirements. Please note, that we can only accept .swf for larger zones on SermonCentral.com and PastorFinder.com.