How To Build a Flash Web Site
Flash web sites look great! They are multimedia sites
that will capture the attention of your visitors and enable
you to present your products or services in the best possible
way. But how do you build a flash web site?
Option 1 - The Hard Way
Buy a copy of Adobe Flash for $699, read
all the instructions and help files, buy a book, watch the
videos, get the T-shirt ;)
If you are going to be creating a lot of
flash or you really want to learn, then download a trial copy
from
Adobe
Look at the
Flash tutorials
Option 2 - Quicker and Easier
Flash Authoring
Tools
A Slightly easier way to build Flash web
sites and animations is to use a Flash Authoring tool like
Swish Max. This is cheap than Adobe Flash and easier and
quicker to learn. You can also by templates to get you
started. Take a look at the web site an see some of the
great web sites created with Swish Max.
Swish Max 2 is available for $149.95
15 day free trial
Trendy Flash is available from $92
Coffee Cup Firestarter from $49
Free Trail
Flash Templates
Templates are available that can be editing
with Swish Max, these can cost around $35. Go to
Swish Zone templates.
Template Monster provides flash templates that can
either be edited with Adobe Flash or Swish, these start at
around $55
Other Flash Site templates are available
which do not need to be edited using Adobe Flash or Swish.
These are called Flash CMS Templates which come with their own
content management and do not need any other software.
When buying Flash Templates make sure you check out the
software requirements before you buy as you may need, Flash,
Photoshop or other expensive software to edit them.
Flash CMS Templates available from
Flash Mint
Option 3 - The Free and Easy Way!
Online Flash Site Builders.
Free Flash Builder. With over 120 Flash intro templates
and over 130 web site designs you can make your Flash web site
fairly unique.
This easy to use online flash site builder lets you quickly
build a complete flash web site in minutes. It is scalable up
to 100 pages and the best this is its FREE! There are small
ads at the top and bottom of the page but if you select a dark
background these are hardly visible. Or for only $4.95
you can have the ads removed.
A great program, take it for a test drive at
FreeFlashBuilder.com
MoonFruit. A more comprehensive program to the Free
Flash Builder which makes it a little bit more difficult to
use. But it has many more features including:
counters, games, message board, picture gallery,
and more. E-commerce available all packages except the free
version.
So if you are looking to create something a bit special take
this program for a free trail. You web site is
free with ads or $4.49 per month no ads.
Go to
Moonfruit.com
SiteCube. This online Flash website builder
produces great results but is a little more expensive, from
$9.95 per month. I think it could be worth it so take a
free trial at SiteCube
Option 4 - The
Professional Way
The only way to really get a professional looking Flash web
site is to employ a professional to do the job. Why not
drop us a line and let us give you a quote for your Flash
project
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