Help: How to Flash Without Flashing?

[figment1986]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

PHP won't help with animation or anything on the client side as it is server-side scripting. You would need to use client-side scripting... JavaScript.

woops... forgot, my friend does his sites in php while other use xhtml.

Should have remembered javascript...

embedding a video on a "flash" index is easily...

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

(And my flash guys suggest nixing the html and just going with full-flash; flash-in-html can bug out pretty badly - the LMF site, while lovely, was a tiny bit buggy.)

Making an entire site in Flash is a horrible idea from a usability standpoint. Flash-in-HTML is the way to go if you do in fact decide to use Flash. The only reason a Flash-in-HTML site would be buggy is if it was coded improperly.

[Disneyphile]

So, K, if I'm using FrontPage, can I just embed a Flash file into it? If so, then I might be able to handle this.

I already use QuickTime by default, if that will work with the same results.

Oh, and Snow, thanks for the Swishmax recommendation. That's a bit more within my budget, so I might acquire it. I can already make animations in Motion, but I just can't export to Flash.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

Making an entire site in Flash is a horrible idea from a usability standpoint.

Really? That's all our clients want anymore.

Whichever way you go, T, I'm sure it'll look great.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Really? That's all our clients want anymore.

Whichever way you go, T, I'm sure it'll look great.

I'm still considering working on a trade with some of your Flash pals, if they would need video work, editing, and/or web compression help.

For now, I'm working on a less fancy HTML site with some dynamics, but I'm all about making it super fancy for the long term. (Simple is not in my nature. ) And, at that point, I'll have an HTML alternative link for those who can't handle the Flash stuff.