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Stephen J. Williams · January 14th, 2010, 05:39 PM

Since I've started my wedding business I've been using the 1&1 website builder... It's lacking in several areas.
My buddy turned me onto this wix flash site. It's free and looks like it has the overall look and feel that I would like my site to have. I've only played around with it for about 5 minutes. I've noticed that its basically advertising for them on the side (not a huge deal for me though). It also doesn't look like you can embed video from vimeo. You can embed your own MP4 though which is what I've done in the past.

Anyways, If you guys have any knowledge that might help me out, please let me know.

Steve

Aaron Almquist · January 15th, 2010, 12:46 PM

Hi Stephen,

I used the free version of WIX to create my website. www.almquistvideoproductions.com I am using Godaddy to host it. You'll see that I posted links to my vimeo page since you can't embed videos. Hope this helps.

-Aaron Almquist

Jim Snow · January 15th, 2010, 01:51 PM

There is another one that you might want to consider as well called ShowIt. The free version allows 5 pages. It has some nice features.

Showit - Take Control of Your Website!

Chip Thome · January 16th, 2010, 01:37 AM

Everything I have been reading as of late says to stay away from Flash sites, if you want search engines to find and catalog it. Evidently search engines can not "read" the flash, hence whatever you have in your flash images for text etc, is lost to them.

This really bummed me out, because I really liked the look of a flash intro or flash site.

What I have read as an alternative is to insert flash objects into the HTML page, to gaint he best of both worlds.

Erik Andersen · January 16th, 2010, 01:06 PM

Chip makes an important point. There are horror stories of photogs/videogs who were on the first page of google, but who were dropped by 10 pages after switching to bludomain or a similar template page. Currently, google does not read the standard flash pages, and any SEO content your site had will disappear the moment you switch to such a template.

What we did was to keep the homepage as it was, and just add content at the top to make it into a "splash" page. Click the link below to see what I mean. Scroll down and you'll see our original homepage content (most of it). This worked perfectly, and we are still right near the top of google.

And we love our bludomain site!

Stephen J. Williams · January 16th, 2010, 01:46 PM

Thanks for the responses gentlemen... I pretty much had to keep my original page anyways. So I turned it into a splash page for the flash site. I would have hated to lose my page rank with google -->page 6 :-)
Obviously since I'm so far down on the list anyways most of my business doesn't come from google searches. But it is a great point to be made about these flash sites.

I created my site in a few hours... I'm happy with the results for now.

. - PerSempreVideos.com - Affordable wedding videos in South Jersey.

Steve

Andy Shipsides · January 16th, 2010, 06:16 PM

If you are good with Photoshop then try Adobe Catalyst. It's still in beta but it takes Photoshop files and turns them into Flash websites.

Andy

Chris Davis · January 16th, 2010, 07:03 PM

Search engines do read flash and they have for a few years. I'd still recommend against a 100% flash site simply because it's not necessary for most business websites - they load unnecessarily slow.

Adam Gold · January 17th, 2010, 01:19 AM

I think this article is as pertinent now as it was when it was written nearly 10 years ago...

dack.com > web > flash is evil

January 14th, 2010, 05:39 PM	#1
Stephen J. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 768	Anyone ever use Wix to create a flash site. Since I've started my wedding business I've been using the 1&1 website builder... It's lacking in several areas. My buddy turned me onto this wix flash site. It's free and looks like it has the overall look and feel that I would like my site to have. I've only played around with it for about 5 minutes. I've noticed that its basically advertising for them on the side (not a huge deal for me though). It also doesn't look like you can embed video from vimeo. You can embed your own MP4 though which is what I've done in the past. Anyways, If you guys have any knowledge that might help me out, please let me know. Steve

January 16th, 2010, 01:06 PM	#5
Erik Andersen Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 218	Chip makes an important point. There are horror stories of photogs/videogs who were on the first page of google, but who were dropped by 10 pages after switching to bludomain or a similar template page. Currently, google does not read the standard flash pages, and any SEO content your site had will disappear the moment you switch to such a template. What we did was to keep the homepage as it was, and just add content at the top to make it into a "splash" page. Click the link below to see what I mean. Scroll down and you'll see our original homepage content (most of it). This worked perfectly, and we are still right near the top of google. And we love our bludomain site! __________________ Canon 5D Mark II \|\| L-Series Lenses \|\| Steadicam Pilot \|\| Final Cut Studio www.lovestorymedia.com

January 16th, 2010, 06:16 PM	#7
Andy Shipsides Sponsor: Abel CineTech Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 361	If you are good with Photoshop then try Adobe Catalyst. It's still in beta but it takes Photoshop files and turns them into Flash websites. Andy __________________ Andy Shipsides -Camera Technology Specialist AbelCineTech, New York - Visit our Blog - http://blog.abelcine.com

January 17th, 2010, 01:19 AM	#9
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	I think this article is as pertinent now as it was when it was written nearly 10 years ago... dack.com > web > flash is evil __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

January 15th, 2010, 12:46 PM	#2
Aaron Almquist Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Silverton Oregon Posts: 93	Hi Stephen, I used the free version of WIX to create my website. www.almquistvideoproductions.com I am using Godaddy to host it. You'll see that I posted links to my vimeo page since you can't embed videos. Hope this helps. -Aaron Almquist

January 15th, 2010, 01:51 PM	#3
Jim Snow Trustee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,104	There is another one that you might want to consider as well called ShowIt. The free version allows 5 pages. It has some nice features. Showit - Take Control of Your Website!

January 16th, 2010, 01:37 AM	#4
Chip Thome Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay Wisconsin Posts: 553	Everything I have been reading as of late says to stay away from Flash sites, if you want search engines to find and catalog it. Evidently search engines can not "read" the flash, hence whatever you have in your flash images for text etc, is lost to them. This really bummed me out, because I really liked the look of a flash intro or flash site. What I have read as an alternative is to insert flash objects into the HTML page, to gaint he best of both worlds.

January 16th, 2010, 01:46 PM	#6
Stephen J. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 768	Thanks for the responses gentlemen... I pretty much had to keep my original page anyways. So I turned it into a splash page for the flash site. I would have hated to lose my page rank with google -->page 6 :-) Obviously since I'm so far down on the list anyways most of my business doesn't come from google searches. But it is a great point to be made about these flash sites. I created my site in a few hours... I'm happy with the results for now. . - PerSempreVideos.com - Affordable wedding videos in South Jersey. Steve

January 16th, 2010, 07:03 PM	#8
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	Search engines do read flash and they have for a few years. I'd still recommend against a 100% flash site simply because it's not necessary for most business websites - they load unnecessarily slow.