Sunday, September 7, 2008

Want to Create Flash Intro? Follow these Tips

Having an advanced Flash intro in your web site design has its own advantages. Flash works wonderfully well in grabbing attention, particularly if you use proper animation and interactivity.

The advantage of having Flash intro is that it makes the home page look more attractive and eye catching. And if your web site is about video games, casino, lottery and other such interactive games, Flash serves as the icing on the cake. Viewers coming to the web site can get hooked to the games as the impressive Flash intro on the homepage works as a great enticement.

However do keep in mind that if you try to stuff the site with Flash where it is not required then it can be disastrous. To help you create an impressive Flash intro in an interactive web site design, here are some important and yet easy to apply tips:

1. Remember to insert a skip intro button in the Flash intro of your site in case any visitor wants to skip it.

2. Include a loading bar in the Flash intro. A loading bar indicates how much Flash has been downloaded.

3. Place HTML links to important webpages of your web site either on the top or the bottom of the Flash intro. This directs the visitor neatly to the section he/she wants to visit. It also aids the search engines in indexing the webpages.

4 In order to keep the visitor engrossed, put questions or some animated messages till the Flash is downloaded.

5. In order to help the search engines in indexing the site, make sure to use keywords in the META tags and in the text written below the Flash intro.

Follow these easy tips while creating a Flash intro and you would see how the Flash intro leaves your visitors spellbound. However remember to use an advanced Flash intro to enhance the look of the web site design and not to offend the visitors.