To Flash, or Not to Flash

Written by Sherry Holub


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Current statistics show that over 90% of internet users haverepparttar ability to view Flash. It could benefit your online presence and give your site a higher-end look.

Likerepparttar 132138 web itself, Flash is a technology that is constantly evolving and there are designers that are pushingrepparttar 132139 envelop to create amazing, interactive user experiences with it.

And remember Flash isn't just for fading in and out photos or moving text around. Below are just a few ofrepparttar 132140 other ways to use Flash on your website:

* Flash "tour" - would your business benefit from an interactive "tour" of your facilities? Or a "tour" of how your product works?

* Audio player - you can stream audio and offer user controls such as stop, fast forward, and track selection.

* Games - Flash can be used to program interactive and educational games.

Manager and Chief Designer at Southern California studio, JV Media Design (http://www.jvmediadesign.com)


6 Fatal Design Flaws “Newbie” Web Designers Make:These Mistakes Will Kill Your First Website Baby

Written by Mitone Griffith


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4. Fatal Flaw Four—Out of Control Scroll Similar to number three, isrepparttar out of control scroll. This is when you have to scroll text left to right as well as up and down. This happens when newbies design their websites larger than 800 pixels wide.

SOLUTION—Most people view resolution at 800x600. Set your table widths around 750 and everyone will be able to look at your site without using a bottom scrollbar.

5. Fatal Flaw Five—Gargantuan Images This is when newbies take photos directly off their scanner or digital camera without resizing and without compressing. And nothings worse than landing on a page that has an image taking overrepparttar 132136 whole screen, taking forever to download.

SOLUTION—Using a photo program like Paint Shop, Photo Shop or other, resize images to fit inrepparttar 132137 table you intend to put it in. (Usually under 500 pixels wide.) Compress to 72 dots per inch. (DPI) Photos scanned or taken for print are large and usually at 300 dpi—no one wants to wait on those!

6. Fatal Flaw Six—Nonsense Affiliate Links This isrepparttar 132138 same as “sites with no value.” There’s nothing that looks more like a newbie did it than a page full of banners, buttons, and text links taking visitors away fromrepparttar 132139 Newbie’s site.

SOLUTION—At least publish free articles onrepparttar 132140 topic of your affiliate program. For example, let’s say you’ve signed up for a “make money selling traffic” idea. There are thousands of free articles that you can publish on getting more website traffic. Put your affiliate link atrepparttar 132141 bottom, top, or middle ofrepparttar 132142 pagerepparttar 132143 article is published on. Not only will having content make your site more interesting, it will also make your site more valuable to search engines.

These are just 6 little mistakes. But if you can at least change these, you are well on your way to having a more saleable site!

Mitone Griffith has designed websites since 1999. Her streamlined 24 Hour Website Wizard assists you in creating your website in less time than it takes to get a book on HTML to ship from Amazon. Give her Wizard 24 hours. Invest a low $199. You’ll have a complete and custom website overnight. Nothing to lose with 100% satisfaction money back guarantee. Visit http://24hourwebsitewizard.com to learn more, or email to thewiz@24hourwebsitewizard.com


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