RE: Re: FN-FORUM:[OT] 'Guy Levine' - Executive Internet Briefing >:|

date posted 13th October 2006 14:40

sounds to me like loading images dynamically into flash via a database controlled by a simple CMS backend would suit your needs perfectly. The rest of the site could be xhtml/css/whatever, its the images that are going to sell the site here and I'd suggest only they need to be flashified. A plus point would be it's very easy to add a watermark to his images on-the-fly this way.

Something you may or may not have seen sIFR (http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/) can be used to replace h1's (or whatever you decide) with flash-text on the fly. It'll allow you to use whatever font you like and has a very small footprint while remaining accessible, backwards compatible and SEO friendly. I've used it a few times for clients who have a 'design' mindset and want something that uses non-standard fonts. better than a load of images with text in anyway! :D


>
>What if your client specifically asks for Flash? I have a job for a
>photographer client coming up and Flash is ideal. They want to have a
>wow factor.
>
>Personally I don't mind, but I would _prefer_ to see flash within a
>webpage utilising current best html practices. Especially since there
>is some incorporation of a login area for subjects to see his
>photography of their event and an admin facility to upload photos.
>
>My only concern is that the client may want to keep a little bit of
>that wow factor that flash can provide, so it's all down to pros and
>cons I guess. It's just another tool. It's not a bottom-line solution
>to everything. Any suggestions/advice however, are welcome.
>
>Wes
>
>
>On 13 Oct 2006, at 10:42, Peter Lewis wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I've got to add my 2 pence worth...
>>
>> I'm a Flash developer/designer/whatever. I look at impressive
>> sites done in
>> Flash and go oooh, ahhh, that's nice. Then move away never to return.
>>
>> I've done one website in Flash, and only begrudgingly and I hated
>> the end
>> result.
>>
>> Virtually all my development work for Flash is offline or in online
>> training, where there's no other software that can touch the
>> flexibility,
>> good quality and power of Flash.
>>
>> I wholeheartedly agree, Flash should only be used for a website if
>> you're a
>> designer type trying to show the world an "ooh, ahh" type website.
>> Flash
>> online is excellent for games, video, adverts (without sound
>> please!), web
>> applications (depending on requirement), demonstrations, training,
>> presentations, visualisations and animations within normal html
>> content.
>>
>> Although FlashPaper is better than PDF... :o)
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Sent: 12 October 2006 16:31
>> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM:[OT] 'Guy Levine' - Executive Internet
>> Briefing >:|
>>
>>
>> On 12 Oct 2006 14:25:11 -0000, Ashley Etchell
>> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>> flash is best
>>> reserved for web 'toys', silly bits of nonsense that make you smile
>>> for 5 mins while taking a break,
>>
>> Totally agree with that, i dont hate flash, i just hate the wrong
>> use of
>> flash, like full websites made in flash with stupid navigation that
>> you need
>> to think hard to use just because the designer wanted to be
>> "original".
>>
>> Flash is good for games, ad banners and video content, thats about it.
>>
>> Tam
>>
>>
>>
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