Resolution problems i think !

Hi guys
Can somebody tell me what i doing wrong - I have designed a flash menu in flash menu factory - size = 900x120 = i load it into XWD in a placeholder and set the paceholder rectangle to 900x120 and it is perfectly full screen width - but when i publish it i get this

http://www.webz4all.co.uk/

Thanks in advance

oh just noticed the clouds ARE full screen but not the box mmmmm ?????


SORRY - I have sorted it - it was in the menu factory - it has 3 settings simple - inside a layer and inside a floating layer - just set it to simple and it WORKS hooraY :-) Sorry to bothered you

Keep up the good work

and thanks again

Not sure I should let you design my website if you have to use Menu Factory to create your menus. ;)

Glad you got it all sorted out.

I don't know Gary
Looks like some pretty cool software!
Why can't Xara come out with something like this?
Pricey though.
http://www.flashmenufactory.com/Flas...ndex.asp?tab=1

yeah its quite good saves a lot of time aswell - how long would it take me to draw all the buttons line em up and then animate them - and as they say time is money :-)

You may or may not be aware that your website is invisible to most search engines. This is what most search engines will see (using Lynx as a reference). No navigation, no internal links:

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You may wish to consider a text-based version and/or a site map

The source from the link in post#1 looks like normal Xara exported HTML to me Frank.

Markup validation finds a few issues with the flash navbar though:
► http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

If this guys site is invisible to SE's, then there's a heck of a lot of other people's sites in trouble :(

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If this guys site is invisible to SE's, then there's a heck of a lot of other people's sites in trouble :(

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Absolutely.

As the saying goes, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should".

hi thanks for the info - all the markup problems are with the live chat placeholder - I must admit I do not know a great lot about SEO and the workings of search engines - Think Im going have to learn though - are you saying by having them flash menu's in it is a bad thing ?? - If I want good seo arent I better doing the site in Wordpress or Joomla although my knowledge of those is very limited - anyway thanks again you have given me something think about

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are you saying by having them flash menu's in it is a bad thing ??

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If the only menu items on the page are embedded in a flash file, that is a bad thing. Create plenty of internal links on your home page within ordinary text telling search engines where to go. They don't see images or Flash in the same way they see text.

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Originally Posted by trukkerz

If I want good seo arent I better doing the site in Wordpress or Joomla although my knowledge of those is very limited - anyway thanks again you have given me something think about

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Using Xara software in no way makes your site unsuitable for good SEO practice. What's important is knowing what to do and what to avoid. Here's a good start:

http://www.internetarrow.co.uk/resou...article11.html

SEO is a wide and complex subject, but it's an essential skill for all web designers worthy of the name. It's not a black art by any means and all of the information is out there for those willing to learn. Creating a beautiful website is only part of the battle. Creating engaging and informative content is just as important and getting people to look at your web pages is absolutely essential. Define your USP and focus on it using all of the tools at your disposal: graphic design, creative writing and search engine marketing.

ahh right thank you beretgascon - I will read that page and see if I can impliment some of whats on there - Thanks again

No problem... good luck! :thx

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As the saying goes, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should".

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I have no idea what you re talking about there Frank.
My post pointed out that your preceding post didn't quite make sense. The source for the OP's site as linked is fine. IOW: Nothing wrong with it. You asserted that it was invisible to SE's. In my opinion, it is not invisible.

trukkerz site is invisible to search engines because there's not a single visible link on his home page to his site. It's quite irrelevant whether his html validates or not. His home page may well be visible, but the site is invisible to search engines.

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As the saying goes, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should".

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I'm sorry, this was obvious to me (maybe only to me)...

"Just because you can [do a Flash navigation menu], doesn't mean you should"

Frank

I should add as a qualifier the following:

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Flash Web sites tend to be one of the poorer types of Web sites in terms of SEF (Search Engine Friendly). Many of the search engine spiders/robots/bots/ crawlers cannot read the contents within the File file (.SWF). Till Date, Google and FastSearch are able to read the URLs or Text within a Flash file. That is why it is important when creating Flash sites to also create a simple but text rich HTML Web site for spiders and for Web users that prefer the less eye-candy media. After all it is totally dependent on the website owner to take a call for the website development.

There are several ways to use Flash within a site’s design that can help reduce the negative qualities of the Flash files. The first method is to use a partial flash site and partial HTML site. Many sites opt for this solution because you can have the eye-candy with the benefits of the HTML site. Here, there banner can be made in flash & the rest of the part can be made in HTML. Second method is to create a splash page that gives the user the ability to choose either an HTML version or a Flash version. This solution is very common as well. The spiders will crawl (no pun intended) the HTML version while your Web visitor will be dazzled by the Flash version. The third method to combat the illegibility of the Flash files is to use the noscript tag or noframe tag when using a flash only site. This is however not the good option and one should only use these tags when there is no other option.

About noscript tag – The <noscript> tag is used to provide an alternate content for users that have disabled scripts in their browser or have a browser that doesn’t support client-side scripting.The noscript element can contain all the elements that you can find inside the body element of a normal HTML page.The content inside the noscript element will only be displayed if scripts are not supported, or are disabled in the user’s browser.

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http://www.resultrix.com/blog/2010/0...sh-navigation/

If the URL links in your Flash file are image text or your hotspots are defined by, for example, tabs and not text objects your Flash file cannot even be read by Google. In any event, a Flash file is not to date read by any other search engine.

Run your website through this Search Engine Spider Simulator to see what links it picks out to follow (but bear in mind the Google addendum):

http://www.feedthebot.com/tools/spider/

hi yes i understand what you are saying about flash only menus - the site is still a work in progress so i will put a text menu down the side like i have here http://www.watersedgehotel-blackpool.co.uk = will this help - like i said i am not too hot on SEO = can you point me to a good free keyword generator site - also do I have to put ALT-TEXT for every pic on the site - - - thanks for the info

ok on a diff subject where can i find a good explanation on the ROTATE comand in the animation part of XWD - I have looked at the help files but doesnt really explain - basically i am doing a site for a florist and he has asked if i can get a flower on the home screen to rotate ?? but cant find out how

Thanks