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[foxy]

Hi All

I posted my site to be reviwed by you all and you came up with some good information that i didnt know ok let me tell you i do not know how to do websites so i dont understand a lot of it but i have passed it all onto the friend that has done the wesite for me apparently as you all told me was that my site was done in flash that was the problem with search engines not picking it up the friend has told me he can solve this by embedding all the pages in HTML my question is will this work

Steve

[aventvoy]

Hello Steve,
Of course it would work. And much better. As has already been said quite often, Flash seems to be a major pb for SEO. You could have the very same web site look using simple html, and instead of the links and images coming out with Flash, just have them done with pop up menus/links. This will allow you to stuff your source code with keywords that SE will find on your page, with an indexation of your pages as a result.
Good luck,
Alain
http://www.aventurevoyages.com

[voodooboy]

Keep in mind this is changing. Google is now picking up content from within SWF files.

It won't be long before all search engines can actively list Flash based websites.

[poab]

Hi,

Also bare in mind that flash has a very reliable xml object that can be used to import valid xhtml as content. The xhtml can then be submitted to the search engine, and hold a link to the flash file.

That will work just as well as html based site.

[mikmik]

poab wrote
Also bare in mind that flash has a very reliable xml object that can be used to import valid xhtml as content. The xhtml can then be submitted to the search engine, and hold a link to the flash file.

Flash MX???

I was just about to go full tilt on flash until my computer got hacked a few months ago, so I am just trying to pick up the pieces....many pieces. I had to wipe all my data, tutorial links, etc. for the last 5 months, backups included.
I was about to start with the "Central SDK" and was just getting into Java...
I am very basic in flash skills, but I want this XML knowledge.
I know that a bit, not to bad.
Is there a good place you can send me, besides Macromedia? I can check there.

Thanks millions :O)))

[poab]

Flash MX???

The xml object has been available since flash 5. It's pretty much the same as the LoadVars object if you know how to use that (LoadVars is flash 6 and later).


Is there a good place you can send me, besides Macromedia? I can check there.

Well I'd always suggest http://www.flash-forum.co.uk as I'm a moderator there, but we don't have many tutorials. I learnt from books, and trial and error, but this tutorial seems to cover most of what you need: http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/XML/index.shtml

cheers.