Thursday, September 24, 2009

What's All The Fuzz About Flash Design.

By Ian Coulter Frankson

Nowadays, almost everything in the world is digital and computerized. People and enterprises use the computer and the World Wide Web to market and advertise their products effectively. A web page has become an absolute requirement for all these advertisers.

A web page design should be quite good and interesting to look at. The popularity of Flash design is such that a good design may even enhance the reputation of a product or company. A clear and easy to follow web page can be designed if Flash design is combined with a normal HTML based web page.

A flash design is made using Adobe Flash. It consists of pictures, videos and music integrated into the mainstream. When designed by a professional flash designer, the effect will be phenomenal. One should take into account all factors like customer requirements and product details.

Flash design offers numerous benefits and advantages. The web page literally connects to the user and interacts with him/her and could impress him/her. The biography of a company or a product review can be effectively put across to the visitor in a Flash based presentation within seconds. Flash designs are attractive and increase the number of hits for a Flash based web page.

Small games can also be designed in Flash and integrated into the web pages to keep the visitors entertained. Flash Design helps a company to stay modern and competitive. A flash introduction can be used as a navigation tool also.

The flash games and introductory applications can sometimes be extracted and saved as separate flash files for distribution and marketing purposes. Special effects and illusions can be used to present to the visitor the unique features of the company or a product, in a slide show format with added graphics and voice-overs.

Most flash based web pages work on some plug-ins. Official plug-ins can be found easily on all major download websites and it takes only a few seconds to install them youre your computer. One disadvantage of Flash design was said to be its poor compatibility with search engines. Now there is no problem and search engine indexing works perfectly well with Flash based web pages. A good rank is also possible if your web page is Flash based.

Adobe Dreamweaver is the software a beginner should use. It is similar to FrontPage and no knowledge of coding is required as it is automatically generated. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can also be used.

Different color patterns can be used to spice up the web page. RSS feeds can also be integrated into flash web pages. The main constraint of flash design is its size. Therefore, a good design should be short, attractive, and should occupy very less space, and should load quickly.

Flash design brings out the creativity in a designer, and his/her talent is reflected in the popularity of a web page. If the website to be made is not a commercial page, an amateur designer can also hone his/her skills by designing the page.

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