website intros...

[Lisa Cannata]

Hi,

Any one have some artistic intros they want to show off? I am look for
examples for ideas.

Thanks!

Lisa

[Ian]

Do you mean Flash landing pages? Pages that give you a "pretty" display for
a number of seconds and then trundle off to the main site?

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"Lisa Cannata" <lisa@equestriantech.com> wrote in message
news:go97up$bv34@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> Hi,
>
> Any one have some artistic intros they want to show off? I am look for
> examples for ideas.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lisa

[franko]

I don't know if you saw the recent discussion on splash pages. If not,
search for the thread. In general, they're a bad idea for a number of
reasons:

1. they don't have content for search engines to index
2. they p*** people off
3. they serve no usefull purpose and as a result
4. they p*** people off

They're a mark of a graphic designer who's new to web communication
and hasn't had the opportunity or the interest to learn from people
who are experienced.

cheers

franko

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:09:52 -0000, "Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote:

>Do you mean Flash landing pages? Pages that give you a "pretty" display for
>a number of seconds and then trundle off to the main site?

[Ian]

That's why I asked the question Franko, these landing or gateway pages can
be a major issue not only for search engines but for the surfer as well. I,
personally, don't like them and get a bit miffed when I am presented with an
extra page that I have to navigate.

There was a time when a landing page with an immediate autoforward was
considered useful because the search engines found them and analysed them
before going on to the main site but the surfer never saw them because of
the instant autoforward. I'm not so sure that they are useful any more.

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"franko" <frank_at_unlimitedmarketing_dot_net> wrote in message
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>I don't know if you saw the recent discussion on splash pages. If not,
> search for the thread. In general, they're a bad idea for a number of
> reasons:
>
> 1. they don't have content for search engines to index
> 2. they p*** people off
> 3. they serve no usefull purpose and as a result
> 4. they p*** people off
>
> They're a mark of a graphic designer who's new to web communication
> and hasn't had the opportunity or the interest to learn from people
> who are experienced.
>
> cheers
>
> franko
>
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:09:52 -0000, "Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Do you mean Flash landing pages? Pages that give you a "pretty" display
>>for
>>a number of seconds and then trundle off to the main site?

[Lisa Cannata]

1. This is NOT a landing page. The top will have full Navigation and the
bottom will have some content as well (current news about the business).
The middle will be an intro. (about 300x800)
2. The owner INSISTS on the intro. She does not care about the web
indexing. (although there will be meta tags)
3. The customer is difficult and I want to show her some examples of others
without having to spend hours and hours of time in a mockup.


"Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote in message
news:gogcfn$8u31@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> That's why I asked the question Franko, these landing or gateway pages can
> be a major issue not only for search engines but for the surfer as well.
> I, personally, don't like them and get a bit miffed when I am presented
> with an extra page that I have to navigate.
>
> There was a time when a landing page with an immediate autoforward was
> considered useful because the search engines found them and analysed them
> before going on to the main site but the surfer never saw them because of
> the instant autoforward. I'm not so sure that they are useful any more.
>
> --
> Ian
> 1AHost
>
> Any use of the first person plural within this electronic document or its
> attachments refers to members of staff and/or customers of 1AHost and it's
> subsidiary and/or associate companies and in no way attempts to express an
> opinion for other members of these news groups either directly or by
> implication.
>
> Free Web Hosting - PHP & MySQL Hosting
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> www.1ahost.co.uk
>
>
> "franko" <frank_at_unlimitedmarketing_dot_net> wrote in message
> news:v9omq4d9fb2g8o6qsopbf992jvekel5hl4@4ax.com...
>>I don't know if you saw the recent discussion on splash pages. If not,
>> search for the thread. In general, they're a bad idea for a number of
>> reasons:
>>
>> 1. they don't have content for search engines to index
>> 2. they p*** people off
>> 3. they serve no usefull purpose and as a result
>> 4. they p*** people off
>>
>> They're a mark of a graphic designer who's new to web communication
>> and hasn't had the opportunity or the interest to learn from people
>> who are experienced.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> franko
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:09:52 -0000, "Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Do you mean Flash landing pages? Pages that give you a "pretty" display
>>>for
>>>a number of seconds and then trundle off to the main site?
>
>

[Steve Karr]

I use Flash to put some simple animations on home pages when the client
insists. Here are some examples:

www.healthintegrationpartners.com/
http://tamaracwellness.org/
www.ocalasunrvresort.com/

Of couse, you need to have Adobe Flash to create these. There are also some
other flash creation tools that are less expensive. I have also used
Incrediflash Xtreme which has a easy learning curve: www.incrediflash.com/

-Steve
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www.stevekarr.com
steve@<nospam>stevekarr.com
"Lisa Cannata" <lisa@equestriantech.com> wrote in message
news:gogdlg$8u32@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> 1. This is NOT a landing page. The top will have full Navigation and the
> bottom will have some content as well (current news about the business).
> The middle will be an intro. (about 300x800)
> 2. The owner INSISTS on the intro. She does not care about the web
> indexing. (although there will be meta tags)
> 3. The customer is difficult and I want to show her some examples of
> others without having to spend hours and hours of time in a mockup.
>
>
> "Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:gogcfn$8u31@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>> That's why I asked the question Franko, these landing or gateway pages
>> can be a major issue not only for search engines but for the surfer as
>> well. I, personally, don't like them and get a bit miffed when I am
>> presented with an extra page that I have to navigate.
>>
>> There was a time when a landing page with an immediate autoforward was
>> considered useful because the search engines found them and analysed them
>> before going on to the main site but the surfer never saw them because of
>> the instant autoforward. I'm not so sure that they are useful any more.
>>
>> --
>> Ian
>> 1AHost
>>
>> Any use of the first person plural within this electronic document or its
>> attachments refers to members of staff and/or customers of 1AHost and
>> it's subsidiary and/or associate companies and in no way attempts to
>> express an opinion for other members of these news groups either directly
>> or by implication.
>>
>> Free Web Hosting - PHP & MySQL Hosting
>> Resellers and Affiliates Schemes
>> www.1ahost.co.uk
>>
>>
>> "franko" <frank_at_unlimitedmarketing_dot_net> wrote in message
>> news:v9omq4d9fb2g8o6qsopbf992jvekel5hl4@4ax.com...
>>>I don't know if you saw the recent discussion on splash pages. If not,
>>> search for the thread. In general, they're a bad idea for a number of
>>> reasons:
>>>
>>> 1. they don't have content for search engines to index
>>> 2. they p*** people off
>>> 3. they serve no usefull purpose and as a result
>>> 4. they p*** people off
>>>
>>> They're a mark of a graphic designer who's new to web communication
>>> and hasn't had the opportunity or the interest to learn from people
>>> who are experienced.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> franko
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:09:52 -0000, "Ian" <ianh@1ahost.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you mean Flash landing pages? Pages that give you a "pretty" display
>>>>for
>>>>a number of seconds and then trundle off to the main site?
>>
>>
>

[Allison Moore]

> There are also some
> other flash creation tools that are less expensive. I have also used
> Incrediflash Xtreme which has a easy learning curve: www.incrediflash.com/

I use SWiSHmax 2 from www.swishzone.com for most things flash. They also
have a lite version, SWiSH miniMax2

A lot of people like KoolMoves. www.koolmoves.com.

If you're just looking for text effects, there's VerticalMoon's
Textosterone. www.verticalmoon.com

I've done some good stuff with Goldshell's FlaX (text effects).
http://www.goldshell.com/flax/main.htm

And there are many more at various price and feature points.

Allison