Introduction to Creating your Perfect Flash Site v1

clbells and whistles than . . . but I digress.
I show you the steps you go through to create a FlashFlash has been around for a long time. In comparison,
site. And like anything else you build, there is a process.HTML is almost ancient. Flash has gone through a
Whether you’re creating a Flash site for yourrapid growth and development spurt since Flash 4.
son’s baseball team or for your bossHTML is now in version 4.0 and won’t be
— who plopped an unopened box on yourdeveloped anymore. In fact, HTML 4.0 has been
desk that says “Flash Professional 8”around since 1998, which is practically the Jurassic age
and said, “Build me a Flash site”in regards to computers and Internet technology.
— if you don’t approach the processSavvy designers have come up with all kinds of
logically, you’re destined to have more thanimaginative coding and workarounds to create some
your share of headaches. Like the self-help gurusreally cool Web sites with HTML. HTML designers use
say,” If you fail to plan, and you plan toJavaScript to add interactivity to their designs. They
fail.”write complex code to embed video and audio in their
Flash vs. HTMLdesigns, and they use form elements to create
To Flash or not to Flash, that is the question. Whetherinteractive forms to gather information, to create virtual
’tis nobler to create a ho-hum HTML Webshopping carts, and so on.
site or to up the ante with a Flash design with more