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With the advanced use of computer and the Internet, new areas of works have entered into the business life. Graphic designing can be basically related to instinctual designs that come into one’s mind while designing, but now anyone who gets proper training can be successful at designing. There are some things that should be taken into consideration before starting the graphic designing work to reap great results.
A good graphic design provides traffic to your business. The first look of your business and the graphic design for it leaves an impression on the viewers, so if it looks attractive and, at the same time, genuine too, your business will definitely flourish. The cost of the design depends upon your project and the designer, because lots of areas need an artistic approach. Graphic designers usually work on projects or specific clients and so they cost according to the project (price per project or hourly) or the client. If you employ a graphic designer for your business, it might cost you a little more than if you get the work done by some service provider company. These companies provide good quality designs at an affordable rate.
What is the most important point that you look for when you are in search of a graphic designer for your business? Experience and quality are the most obvious criteria. Ask to go through their design portfolio and request a client referral list to determine their clients’ satisfaction. In addition, the designer might give you some prepared designs as to what your design will be or similar ones for you to choose from.
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- Do not create website entirely in Flash, avoiding creating sites in flash. If the situation demands, then an HTML version of the site is preferred.
- Use Flash as a support for content, not the other way around. Displaying content should be the primary objective and Flash should be used only if it is really necessary.
- Do not write text as part of the Flash file. Search engines but especially users will have trouble retrieving it.
- Use Flash wisely and in reasonable amounts. Flash can be a nice design addition without having it interfere with how users come into contact with information.
- Optimize Flash files as much as possible. Keeping size of Flash files to a minimum enables users to spend less time.
- Flash is often used because it’s visually compelling. Visually disabled users are unable to enjoy or appreciate the visuals and the animation like average people do. Special care must be taken when designing with Flash and considering accessibility issues.
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Flash has been the “releaser of energy” for all the trendy web designers on the Internet because it allowed them to express more of what they wanted to say. Soon, Flash had literally taken over thousands of websites. While Flash can be successfully used in web sites with profiles in music, multimedia, online games, interactive activities etc, on most sites Flash is used for the sake of using it and raises serious issues for users.
- Most users are still - despite what many believe - on slow Internet connections such as dial up. Flash is not bandwidth friendly and many designers do not create Flash files bearing this issue in mind. Users on slow connections have to wait a fair bit of time before the web page with Flash loads.
- There are still many users who do not have the Flash player installed and they are not willing to or don’t know how to do it.
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There are very good reasons why limiting the use of Flash is important:
1. Information embedded in Flash is often invisible to search engines
Most Internet navigators begin a web session with a search engine. Information hidden in graphics formats, such as Flash, is difficult, if not impossible, to find and process. While search engines such as Google try their best to extract links and textual content buried in Flash objects, the process is far from perfect. Sites constructed completely in Flash often offer very little textual information – consequently what information a search engine does find ranks poorly. Even sites partially constructed using Flash often “hide” their internal site links using Flash based site navigation.
2. Website reporting on Flash navigation is problematic and cumbersome
Web analytics systems help marketing professionals evaluate website visitor behavior in and around a website, providing actionable information valuable in improving a website’s business performance.
Web analytics tagging is often an after thought. Flash Action Script coding adds extra implementation cost and complexity. Flash designer(s) are often unfamiliar with web analytics requirements and thus don’t consider Flash events tagging requirements during site design. Implemented tag verification is a tedious process as it requires waiting for data to appear in the reporting system – hours or days later. Flash does not provide referrer information, making it very difficult to track navigation paths.
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As mention in a past posting (http://projectcenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/web-design-flash/), Flash is an animated component that is usually used as intro to a website, but can be implemented within web pages as well.
Keep in mind that entire websites can be created from the Flash software, but there are big issues with that approach. First, it means that your site will probably need more bandwidth over the internet for a viewer to load the website. Second, once the Flash website is created, it is cumbersome to make any changes at a later time. Third, if a client needs to change designers (i.e. the designer goes out of business or does not provide good customer service), the client needs to have and give access to the Flash source file. Without the source file, Flash needs to be recreated rather than revised, which increases the cost of the project.
As a suggestion, it might be a good idea to ask a prospective designer what softwares they will use to create a client website.
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Flash is a wonderful tool to make a website more attractive, but clients need to be aware that there is a cost associated to such a feature. Flash is an animated component that is usually used as intro to a website, but can be implemented within web pages as well. Here is an example of a website with Flash: http://www.cavancommercial.com/.
It is hard to say how much more Flash can cost, but it can add anywhere from 10% to 30%, depending on how much is being created.
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