Website building

[KHA0S]

I have recently purchased a web page with a hosting plan, and am in the process of building it. I have dreamweaver, for some reason, and flash. In flash I can make a nice looking, working, and overall good website, yet in dreamweaver when I try to build my interface out of stuff I made in flash (.jpg's, .png's, etc..) it never seems to come one the way I want it to. Down to the point, is a site made in flash ( in a .swf format on a html page) considered lesser than a traditional image and text based site?

[Masculine]

I don't go to all flash websites because of load time which is why I prefer traditional but there are some really good all flash websites out there.

In my case I would say traditional over flash wins no contest.

[Turd-Of-The-Week]

Just download some free template and change the content areas to what you like....

You could also learn PHP, and have 1 page, however use modes. Example

$mode = $_REQUEST['mode']

if ($mode=="index"){
/* Display this*/
} else {
/* Display 'no page' content */

Then :

MyPage?mode="index" = display index
MyPage?mode="special" = display special

[Jessii]

Go to http://www.w3schools.com and learn how HTML & CSS behaves so that you can taylor it to the way that you want it. DW isn't going to do it for you.

[Anim8or666]

Flash is the easy way out, because you just "draw" the whole site right there. Flash sites also display consistently, but that's about it with the advantages. Many people don't have the latest Flash Player, and Flash sites are harder to index for search engines, so your site might not show up on google. It's okay to use Dreamweaver, but don't let it do everything. Try using the code view instead of the design view. Dreamweaver makes really messy code if you design everything in the design view. Conclusion: learn XHTML and CSS.

[TropicalPenquin]

Basically if you make it in flash, to justify the obscene time It will take to load it's got to look really nice. In my opinion you can make a good looking page with xhtml if you do it right.

[Jessii]

At 6/3/08 05:34 PM, TropicalPenquin wrote: Basically if you make it in flash, to justify the obscene time It will take to load it's got to look really nice. In my opinion you can make a good looking page with xhtml if you do it right.

Ahem. You also need CSS because xhtml isn't used for styling.

[Bonkwee]

In most cases I don't have a problem with flash sites, but I would only recommend an all out flash site if the site has flash content (cartoons, games, etc).

[Jon-86]

Is newgrounds an all out flash site? Tis a trick question folks :)

[Jessii]

At 6/3/08 08:00 PM, Jon-86 wrote: Is newgrounds an all out flash site? Tis a trick question folks :)

It sure isn't! I don't like all flash sites. If this site was done all in flash, I can't imagine how much bandwidth and storage space each file would take up. That and I probably wouldn't visit here as much either.

[therookie]

Flash sites are well .. kinda ineffective. As people have stated you cant search for content, and if the thigs s bugged it can fuck up the entire site instead of one piece. Also you have to think of the purpose of your site, if its a graphical site ( your displaying art, flash movies/games or the likes ) then you can bling it, but try and keep it in a decent amount. You can come along way with java scripts and php coding.
i personaly would go for a clean and easy to navigate site without any flash trinkets as main components

[Jon-86]

At 6/3/08 08:38 PM, Jessii wrote: It sure isn't! I don't like all flash sites. If this site was done all in flash, I can't imagine how much bandwidth and storage space each file would take up. That and I probably wouldn't visit here as much either.

A know :) It was a joke to myself because it was early in the mroning and when I read "all out flash site" the idea / words that came to mind were along the lines of "an extreme all out site dedicated to flash and nothing else dude!!!!!!!"

Dont ask me why that is. I dont really know! General has poluted my mind I think ^_^

[RobxCore]

Yes can any one tell how 2 get a wedsite?

[smulse]

At 6/4/08 09:56 AM, RobxCore wrote: Yes can any one tell how 2 get a wedsite?

Yes can any one tell me how 2 not picture spam?

[Anim8or666]

At 6/4/08 09:56 AM, RobxCore wrote: Yes can any one tell how 2 get a wedsite?

You fail. Please go back to general and never come back.