Flash Web Site Design.

"DADI, Staffordshire web site designers, flash animated web site design, flash site design, full flash web sites, flash menu design and flash advertisements."

Example

Flash animated web site header

An example of a flash animated header showing our previous web site design from 2005. The movie starts via a pre loader and loads in the external content.

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Example

Princess Wedding Cars Flash animated web site splash screen

An example of a flash animated web site splash or welcome screen for our client Princess Wedding Cars. Visit the site now at http://www.princessweddingcars.com/

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As more and more business is being done over the internet these days, its important for your business or web site to stand out from the rest of the sites offering similar products or services.

Flash allows us to create animated movies or dynamic content and display this on your web page in much the same way as a TV advert. Flash is ideal when you require your site to be aimed at a particularly young or trendy market.  The added interactivity that flash can bring to a web site will help keep visitors coming back for more.

Flash works via the use of a plug-in which downloads into your browser. We make sure that all of our flash files and corresponding web pages are tested and viewable in all of the major browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and OPERA.

"What is Flash?"

Adobe Flash - previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash - is a set of multimedia technologies developed and distributed by Adobe Systems and earlier by Macromedia. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash technology has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash)

"Will adding flash to my pages make them download slower?"

Since the advent of broadband download times have increased greatly. A majority of your customers will no doubt be using a broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of around 1mb, although some still do use slower dial-up 56k and ISDN.  This means that using flash correctly will not add greatly to your page download times.  Flash works by displaying a movie and as the movie progresses it will request further movies or pages from the server. This lessens the download time as only a small portion of the movie needs to be downloaded to create the main page or web site interface.  Each flash animation that we create is optimised to download in the quickest time possible on any internet connection. 

"Full flash sites"

A full flash web site is an ideal solution if you have a new product or service to launch.  Many larger companies use a full flash web site as a mini site contained within their larger web site or online e-commerce store.  With flash you can allow a fully interactive product demonstration allowing the end user of your site to view the product in 3 dimensions before purchasing. 

"Is there any drawbacks to using flash?"

One of the main drawbacks of using a fully flash web site is its inability to cater for people who have disabilities or use screen readers. Another major drawback is the inability for search engines to index data contained within a Flash movie or .SWF file.  This means that extra emphasis must be placed upon optimising the underlying HTML page for the search engines.

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Online advertisements

With many businesses turning towards advertising over the internet, flash technology has quickly been utilised for its advantages in online animated adverts.  The advantages between having a static web banner type advert and an animated flash advertisement quickly become apparent.  The animated flash advert will always catch an end users eye first, it allows you to include images, video, sound and even forms to collect data.

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"What we do"

We can create and design you a custom flash solution or even a fully optimised HTML, CSS and flash web site. 

At DADI - dadi-online.com we assess your needs and tailor a solution to fit within your budget, after all we are here to help you attain funds, not spend them unwisely.

We are also graphic designers and produce high quality graphic design and multimedia solutions for both individuals and businesses's alike on a regular basis.

We offer a comprehensive list of graphic design, web site design and multimedia design services, click any of the links opposite to learn more, or view examples of our work in our online portfolio.