Going back to Flash Page

[Cilley360]

I have an Flash animated intro for my home page. My problem is that when people go into my site, they have to go back to the home page to navigate. As a result, they must sit through the animation all over again. Is there a way to go back to a certain frame, so that only a portion/none of the animation plays all over again.

The only solution I have found is to make a separate page for people to navigate back to, such as a still image with links.

If you go to www.cilley360.com, you'll see what I mean.

I am also just looking for some suggestions. Is the animation too long? If someone has to sit through that every time they go back to my home page, is it annoying?

[Medyman]

I wouldn't say what the animation is too long. But, it would get annoying to watch over and over and over again. Your options would be to do the static image thing like you say.

Or you can use a combination cookie + JavaScript approach. When a user first comes to your site, set a cookie. Then, on subsequent visits test to see if the cookie is set. If it is, go to frame x in your Flash movie, if not don't do anything.

Here are some resources that might help:
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/external_interface.html