[coryetzkorn]

I'm in the process of redesigning my homepage. Currently, I have a bunch of SWF files embeded in HTML documents that are linked together. I know this is not the best way to do an all-flash website, so I would like to redesign it correctly. Here's the current site: Welcome to Cory Etzkorn Online

Do I even need HTML pages or can I just redirect the index page to a SWF file containing the entire site?

How can I avoid making my site's dimensions fixed and get rid of the sorrounding black background altogether? I want to do something like the VitaminWater site, so that the SWF file adjusts to the browser size (images moving and scaling accordingly). How do they do this without making images become pixelated as they expand?

I have been doing a bunch of tutorials on Kirupa.com, but none of them seemed to address this. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[Larixk]

Originally Posted by coryetzkorn

I'm in the process of redesigning my homepage. Currently, I have a bunch of SWF files embeded in HTML documents that are linked together. I know this is not the best way to do an all-flash website, so I would like to redesign it correctly. Here's the current site: Welcome to Cory Etzkorn Online

Do I even need HTML pages or can I just redirect the index page to a SWF file containing the entire site?

How can I avoid making my site's dimensions fixed and get rid of the sorrounding black background altogether? I want to do something like the VitaminWater site, so that the SWF file adjusts to the browser size (images moving and scaling accordingly). How do they do this without making images become pixelated as they expand?

I have been doing a bunch of tutorials on Kirupa.com, but none of them seemed to address this. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Check out: http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/liquid-flash-layout

[ThePrintBarn]

Hi Cory,

Full flash sites are a fantastic idea when trying to push the boundaries of creativity, but just remember a purely flash site will hinder your optimisation and indexing as search engines and the like cant see inside flash files the same way they cant read text inside image files.

Why not try a hybrid approach, if done creatively it can added a dynamic and fluid feel to what is very index able html code dressed up in flash.

Take a look at one of the sites we just finished working on www[dot]JaylaEnterprises[dot]com

[Larixk]

Originally Posted by ThePrintBarn

Full flash sites are a fantastic idea when trying to push the boundaries of creativity, but just remember a purely flash site will hinder your optimisation and indexing as search engines and the like cant see inside flash files the same way they cant read text inside image files.

not true, since last monday: Uncloaking 'invisible' Flash Web content | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

[coryetzkorn]

Originally Posted by Larixk

Check out: http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/liquid-flash-layout

Thanks! That code will be very helpful.