Flash links

Great place to start if you have never worked with Flash before
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash_cs4_createfla_02.html

Great resources for learning Flash
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/
http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/

Very nice series
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/flash-in-a-flash/episode-1/


How to make a simple Flash intro
http://www.pixeldigest.com/intro_effects.html

Well made series on learning Flash (uses CS3, but I don't think that is a big deal)
http://tv.adobe.com/show/flash-in-a-flash/

How to make a simple Flash intro
http://www.webdesigndev.com/flash/making-a-splash-page-in-adobe-flash

Multiple video series on learning Flash
http://tv.adobe.com/

Excellent tutorial on making a basic animation with Flash
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/animation_intro.html

Truly excellent series of video tutorials on learning Actionscript
http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/

Nice set of tutorials for learning Flash animation
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/

Splash page or not?

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/11/splash-pages-do-we-really-need-them/

http://www.webdesignforidiots.net/2009/02/why-you-should-dunk-your-splash-page/
http://www.newfangled.com/website_splash_pages
http://webdesign.about.com/od/navigation/a/aa020303a.htm

Article on things to avoid in the design of your website

http://www.webdesigndev.com/web-development/20-ways-to-make-your-website-crap

How to embed flash

http://www.ehow.com/how_4703422_swf-files-page-dreamweaver-cs.html

How to put flash page on website

On the last frame of the flash movie put the action getURL() with the page you want to call. 

Get URL
 http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary377.html

go to the last frame - Open ACTIONS panel - Get URL - enter the address of the front page eghttp://www.somewebsite.com/home.htm 

Step by step tutorial on making a Flash portfolio

http://www.webdesigndev.com/flash/creating-a-flash-portfolio-website

Some good FAQs about getting splash page set up

http://www.freeflashintros.com/faq.html

Some good SEO (search engine optimization) information

Set up cookies so visitors only see splash page once

http://css-tricks.com/redirecting-to-a-splash-page-but-only-once-with-cookies/

How to build a Flash portfolio

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/new_media/build_a_flash_portfolio