use of flash

john23 · 04-14-2006, 05:00 AM

Is using flash a requirement for getting a professional website done? Or is it not required since I have heard that search engines don't pick up flash.

Michael · 04-14-2006, 09:30 AM

It's not a requirement, but it is a step ahead of an html based website. If you take the time to do your site right, and if you're talking about production quality then you should be, than you will know that there are other methods of getting your site crawled and listed with the search engines correctly.

With that said there are plenty of really nice websites that don't use Flash, although I'm a HUGE fan of Flash so all these sites will ever be is really nice, nothing great.

Take Care.
_Michael

Cota · 04-14-2006, 11:28 AM

Flash just makes things better...Plus it provides Dynamic functionality with out have to re-load pages all the time.

Faucet · 04-14-2006, 03:13 PM

Yeah flash I very useful for web design. Most sites I see, use flash, that i remember. But if you have a site that changes articles, must you make a new .swf for every new one or is there an easier way?
Examples of good flash-enabled sites:
www.truemonitors.com www.ign.com

s_purs · 04-14-2006, 09:59 PM

no you can use code to get the flash website to update itself, and thus no need for new flash sites.

check out www.actionscript.org and there are loads of tutorials on there which will tell you how to do this :)

Michael · 04-15-2006, 06:07 AM

Flash isn't the only platform that this is possible in though. It can also be accomplished using AJAX, although Flash will be the safer alternative, because AJAX is a combination of Javascript and XML, these are two seperate standards, with that said these standards in no way are managed to benefit eachother, ECMA has it's specific purposes and XML has it's purpose. Nothing is to prevent either of these from changing.

_Michael

Faucet · 04-21-2006, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s_purs

no you can use code to get the flash website to update itself, and thus no need for new flash sites.

check out www.actionscript.org and there are loads of tutorials on there which will tell you how to do this :)

Yeah but, I need to add a new picture (for ign), as well as text. So I'm wondering if I can do that without making a new one.

Rawpulse · 05-18-2006, 06:11 AM

I think using Flash is crucial nowadays, but it can be easily overdone. Sometimes people use effects because they can, not because the project requires it.

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