Flash design, Flash content management and search engine optimization

Flash design and Flash content optimization

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Using Flash animated design and layout.

Flash allows us to present your data in a classy and inspiring manner through interactivity, animation, fonts, and other optional features like background music. Also, we can take control of the entire screen and thus, on wider monitors [1680 x 1050], have a very impressive presentation, while still maintaining a great layout on smaller [1024 x 768] screens. By breaking out of the ‘box’ of HTML, we are able to get more creative and unique in our treatment of the site and take advantage of every pixel of screen real estate.

Content Management

Through the use of Text Files and Slideshow Pro Director, all text and images can be edited and/or replaced.

Text Files: each block of content exists as a separate text file on the server, which can be updated with any text editor, and re-posted to the server for immediate display on the site automatically.

SlideshowPro: this Flash component is a very powerful and flexible gallery system, and when tied into SSP Director, enables anyone to add/edit images and albums, which can be used throughout the site, allowing someone with no Flash knowledge to have full control of the site imagery. (see our Portfolio).

Search Engine Optimization

For every page of a Flash web site, we create a simple Html text-only content page. These pages are indexed by Search Engines. We then add a few lines of code, which detect the presence of the Flash plugin, and load the Flash site if it is present. This allows search engine spiders to access the data in the HTML just as before, and allows us to provide a superior user experience if the user has Flash installed in their browser.

Another option is to build a fully laid out HTML site and replace images, buttons and banners with Flash movies or applications ( i.e Slideshow Pro for Photo or Video galleries).

On the horizon, Lycos, Yahoo and Google can now view Flash data and over the coming year (2008) we will see them indexing Flash sites.

Call us today at (626) 793-2902 or email us at info@1stopwebcenter.com. We look forward to providing you with our professional Web services and solutions.

Search Engine Optimization