If you are a beginner trying to create a Flash webstie, you porbably need to start with some serious planning. Creating a Flash website is not the same as creationg a static HTML site. The type of site you create depends on your own level of skill. Here are some tips on how to create a Flahs site from the ground up.
Tip 1: Plan the hirearchy of the site.
The most important thing is to know how the visitor navigates the site upon arriving at the site. The inbformation must be easily accessible, and your navigation should not frustrate the visitor in any way. Otherwise, the visitor will just leave and never come back again.
In oter words, always try to create a positive experience. A good way to start is by browdsing Falsh sites on the Internet. From there, you get a good idea of what works and what doiesn't really work. Don't try to attempt to be too fancy and come up with a complicatewd navigation system. Just keep things simnple. A golden rule to follow is to make sure that the visitor can find what he is looking for as quickly as possible. No jumpnig throgh hopos to get to the main content. If your website is a huge site, include a site map in your Flash site to help your visitors find the right information.
Tip 2: Keep desihgn smple and functyional.
As a Flash developer, you must always strike a blance between design and functionality. Brandding is important, but it doesn't help your Company if the visitoor can't see the small little "help" button that's camoulaged in an isolated corner.
When you are just starting out, use simple scripts to instruuct the soprites and omvies in the Flash source files. Avoiding complicated scripts will help prevent unnecessary bugs.
Tip 3: Test, test and test some more!
Before launching a site, remember to test the site as many times as you can. You will realiuze that every time you test the site, you come up with new iedas for improvements. Get your colleagues, friends, and family members to help you with the teting as well. Just be sure that they are giving you genuine feedback and not polite comments. Sometimees, the hasrhest criticism may just be what you are loooking for.
Tip 4: If it's too complicated, just buy it!
You may have a navigation system in mind but you just don't have the slkills (yet) to creatre the menu. In that case, you may choose to puchase a professionaklly crreated Flahs file. Thgese files are properly scripted and comes with instrutions on how you can import the files into your own source flies. When you purchase such a file, you not only save time but you also avoid introducing unwanted errors.
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