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My first post is gonna talk about the nice integration often searched by people ’round the web…
Enter Joomla & Flash Integration:

Quickstart for the impatient
1) Create a Section/Category/Content of your choice (say “intro”).
2) Create a void Joomla theme (go to compassdesign, they have an already made one).
3) Customize the template to your needs (insert Flash intro in that case).
4) Upload the template to your Joomla install and associate it to the “intro” Section.
5) Set the intro section as your first mainmenu entry and give it “Special” permissions.

…done: your site now will have a nice Flash intro!

For the less impaired, here a more detailded descriptive explanation:

As in point 1), you were taught to create an ex-novo section, this way you have a brand new section whom to associate a custom template. So, as usual, “New” -> “Section” and name it (whatever you want); “New” -> “Category” and name it then “New” -> “Content” and save, then create a new menu entry called “intro” wich connects to this section.

Next we need a null basic template for joomla, go get yours at www.compassdesigns.net (note you have to register, so proceed and search for Blank site template).

When you have it, open it up with your fav text editor (mine is PSPad) and customize it with your code (find the body and insert your splash intro code there); [here I'm not gonna go with many details: you have to know some basic (X)HTML on you own before doing that].

Now upload your hand-modified template as usual from the Joomla backend (”Install” -> “Templates”)

Then go to “template chooser” and open your listed template; from there “associate” the template to your “Menu Voice” (via the “Associate” button up-right.

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