First, the best search engines (google, msn, ask jeeves and yahoo), specially google (that's what matters) indexed flash site and google can read very well flash sites, just to show you that i'm right, just insert this query in google: inurl:flash.swf and you will see that only shows up swf files, so imagine how many flash animations or flash aplications you can find, just enter the desired keywords.

Also for you to know, macromedia has developed an aplication named "flash sdk", wich is a "swf to html" tool, specially for search engines, that when they install in their search engine servers, they will be able to convert flash aplications (*.swf) to html, so they will be able to index and read text from flash aplications.

Of course, if you build an html website with no frames and with high keyword density and popularity, as well as with organized and related meta tags, you will most definetly have more chances to show up in the top google results for keywords related to your website theme, but, if you want visitors/clients, if you want more visitors/clientes, if you want them to keep comming to your website(s), you will need an inpressive, attractive, powerfull website, and flash tech (actionscript to be exact) can do the job, it's not easy at first months, but then you will be a master webdesigner, and certanly if you're a webdesigner like profession, clients will love your work because flash does the most cool flash on the "internet".

Also one thing, if you find flash mx or flash 8 a litle bit difficult, there one program, wich by the way tons of people are using and tons more are starting to use at this moment, the name is: swishMAX , it's much more easy to build flash sites then flash 8, beleave me, i have a great ebook named "swishmax unleashed" wich helped me a lot.

Now, if you want to learn flash, but really learn, you have to get a very good ebook, at least for your first ebook (you can learn or if you want i can send one good for you, just private email me).

If you don't want to read a ebook or if you think that is not enough, just visit the following websites, they are the best in flash resources like:

- Tutorials
- News
- Programs and Tools
- Actionscript (The real flash Tech)

The flash related websites:

- flashkit.com (flash animations,tons of tutorials, the best forums, etc)
- ultrashock.com (high quality tutorials,components,flash animations)
- actionscript.org (excellent for learn the real flash,great forums)
- actionscript.com (another one with great forums, great actionscript tutorials)
- actionscript.co.uk (this one is also great, hot news,tutorials,etc...)


There's much more to talk about flash in this topic, but my reply is big and helpfull enough (i think and hope).

Main things you need to do:

- Read, then read more, and finally read more and more flash ebooks, by one, or get one from someone that already byed, make copies of that ebook if you can.

- Continue reading, but now read on sites, online, at the above websites, read flash news and articles here:

- flashnews.com

- Never stop reading (he he)

- Search in the above sites for "step-by-step" flash tutorials and read and practice while you read each step, you'll learn more if you practice, but you must read a lot, a lot, a lot.

Hope i've helped enough for start.

PM me if you need more help or flash stuff, really.

 

 

 

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That's very sweet of you. I started doing little flash tutorials.

I've done some in pixellife.com and guess what? THere was a very useful tutorial to make a flash site. Everything that I neede to know! Step by step, and very good explained!!!

This link <<< is sooo useful for those who want to know the basics for designing a simple Flash site. I guarantee to any Flash beginners like me, that this is very useful. well it has been to me!
There are 9 or 10 different tutorials, but you work on the same website... and the one who wrote this explains it all very well. gives good tips and effects 2!!!

the tutorials are not movieclips, but it's content as a image. that's not so good especially if you have to put some actionscript, you can't just copy past it, cause its an image...

but again, these are very good tutorials to begin with I think....

 

 

 

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