As the page loads onto the screen it brings up a notice to the user that a Shockwave plugin is required for this page. It would be a good feature to add a link to the download page for Netscape or Explorer so that the user can instantly be linked to a site that can provide the appropriate plugin or assistant. The next warning message appears telling the user that frames are used on this site and a browser that can handle frames must be used.

Fig. 2: Title page entrance.

Developed in Macromedia Flash, it consists of the DETR logo and title in the background which has been edited to give it a 'stony' feel. The black borders bring out the definition of the page.

The text and buttons scroll on using a 'tweening' action that is available on this software. 'Tweening' is a control mechanism that is a built in feature of Flash that will work on any text, graphic, button or movie clip.

For each of the categories available to the user there is a different coloured button with a title. When the user negotiates the mouse over the button, it is instantly activated so that the user is aware of where they are over that button. A brief message appears in the top black border informing the user of what is meant by the title and provides information on how to interact with the page, for example, when the mouse is over 'Cycle Security', the message says, 'Click here for more information on Cycle Security'.

The layout was designed in Flash and then put through another software package known as 'Aftershock'. This basically codes up the Flash movie into HTML using Java and Javascript. This is an excellent package to use and play with to create animated web pages and sites.

This page was last updated Friday January 23rd 1999