Flash Websites With HTML Benefits
SWFSEO is a flash framework that allows you to build flash websites with the features of HTML websites.HTML features like:
- Search engine friendly content
- Scrollable pages (see example of a scrollable page)
- Multilevel navigation (see example multilevel navigation)
- Easy page tracking
- The ability to update content without recompiling your flash
- SWFAddress functionality (deep-linking, ability to bookmark, back button and forward button functionality)
This project addresses the components that are usually an afterthought during development and often left incomplete. Ironically, these neglected parts are tied to the user experience and website search engine visibility. These are arguably the most crucial elements to a successful web experience.
Once you read all of the documentation, you will find that SWFSEO is incredibly easy to use. It organizes your projects in a consistent manner, while saving you time during the development and maintenance of your project.
SWFSEO has only one outwardly facing controller class, along with several “hook” classes. These simple “hook” classes allow your page swfs to communicate with the controller class.
UltraLoader, a powerful preloading library, is used to load in all kinds of media content in a very manageable fashion.
With SWFSEO, you can add as many or as few pages as you’d like, without recompiling your SWFSEO controller file.
For more details on the features of SWFSEO view the documentation and/or download the source from Google Code.
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pcthomatos 10:46 AM on February 12, 2010
All the source files for the examples contain the multilevel pages source. Just view the html source in the bin folder and the associated fla for that “page”. Each html page is tied to a fla page.
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Søren 10:27 AM on February 12, 2010
Hi! I would really like to get into the SWFSEO framework, but I find it kind of hard…can I see the source files for your example “Multilevel navigation”….can you upload it?
/Søren
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plwm 7:15 AM on June 8, 2009
Good demo. And pcthomatos is right. The framework is very fast.
I’ve got a little connection, and it loaded all the bytes fast.
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pcthomatos 12:31 PM on May 8, 2009
Actually you don’t “have to” load all the files before viewing the site. SWFSEO is designed to be flexible like that.
Try viewing the website samples and see how fast they load. They load increadibly fast. The majority of the 7MB are sound mp3 files and asdoc files (~6mb). They are included, deliberately, to prove the point of how fast this framework is.
The main SWFSEO controller swf compiled, is only 35-45k, depending on which navigation style you decide to use.
SWFSEO has an option to preload only the sound buffer. The rest loads after the site has loaded. So it all loads very quickly.
If you need to load in extra assets after the initial load, you can always manually load them in later. As soon as your page is “ready”, you can initiate this load.
I thought about loading in every page seperately. However, because of the speed of the framework, I figured one loading bar was better than many seperate loading bars after each page click. Also, the mulitple loadings will ruin page transitions upon the user’s initial experience, which is most crucial time to grab your audience.
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puixi 4:42 AM on May 8, 2009
Its a pity your sample files are 7MB!!! — I am dubious about loading a framework that seems to have to load all files first before showing the site .. this is what youre doing right?