This is a simple page that contains crucial file and storage information. HyperStudio is organized so that the final product does not need to be linear in structure. A linear stack would be one where the user starts at the beginning and proceeds through the stack one card at a time in chronological order. These are the simplest stack structures. You can create them in your sleep! Each of the ovals below represents a card in a stack called "The Gold Rush".
Now, imagine something much more complex. Think of each oval above as a stack. So, you have five stacks making up a project. This could get confusing if you don't keep things organized, especially if you move your stack around. Here's what it might look like.
This project has five main stacks each containing several cards. Some contain images, QuickTime VR and sound files. If you moved the stack named "Mining Tools" to a floppy disk but didn't take the rest of the stacks, "Mining Tools" would open, but it wouldn't function as you would expect. The reason is simple. Connected stacks and objects (movies and sounds) need to follow one another from one directory or folder to another.
Below is the folder I used to store "The Gold Rush" stack. You can see that it's non-linear, but I've simplified it so that most of the stack's eleven or twelve cards are within one stack connected with buttons in a semi-linear fashion. However, the QuickTime VR files are not stacks. They must follow the stack.
By the way, for those of you interested in creating websites (in the near future, perhaps) the file structure is similar!
