Shameless plug for site. (New Inventions)

[JanceCustoms]

Yeap just trying to get viewers for my site. www.Jancecustoms.com I invented a new tonneau cover for pickups. Thanks

[danscrafts]

all I can say is awesome

[boombatower]

Looks nice running Flash and all. Just wondering did you have to buy Flash, and if so how much did it cost.

[Sedna2]

Looks nice running Flash and all. Just wondering did you have to buy Flash, and if so how much did it cost.

I use Flash a lot...
I guess you will have to buy Macromedia FlashMX....but if you have a friend that have it, or even Macromedia Studio MX... well... see if you can borrow it... Note that working with Flash, is altogether a different ball game than your general web things. Not all that easy to learn, but an irresistable fun while doing it. Go for it!

[boombatower]

...but isn't in KIND of expensive? I do not want to spend alot, I was just wondering if it was affordible.

Personaly I don't like Microsoft.

[gantocks]

really nice site

I gave up trying to master Flash

Well done

[gantocks]

really nice site

I gave up trying to master Flash

Well done

[Invasion]

Flash is from Macromedia, so I don't get what it has to do with MS? Besides that, why all asuming that Flash is expensive, like every site using a statcounter was made with a legal owned editor? Never would believe so.

This website should ONLY be viewed in 1024 x 768 resolution!
With high speed connections. That site is a promotion tool, just wondering, if I had a small screen and not a high connection speed, than you wouldn't like me as a customer? There are some nice tutorials and regulations at the W3C website about making pages accessible to everyone.

But that is only my modest opinion. And that flash movie is awesome indeed, I just would HATE it's size if I were a 56K user, and I heard lots of US residents are.. But it really is a nice site, so why don't make a low end version of it, to please people with low connections to enjoy it to?

[JanceCustoms]

Hey thanks for compliments guys! This is my first and only time that i have ever messed with making a website. It took me about 6 months to get finished with it. I started out small and then grew. I have so much stuff that did not even make it on the site, due to big file size. I made so many gifs then i went to swf. It does increase the size a little but it looks so much better and clearer, plus i can have sound. I picked all of this up in about 4 months or so. So it just takes time. As for the flash. That was easier than i thought it would be. I have a program called swishmax. I recommended that to anything. A few simple clicks and you have an awesome animation. I spent about 2 weeks on my intro. I suck with keeping the file size down so i really dont know how to get to to where dial up users can view it without waiting. Sorry. I did have sounds on the buttons, but people said it was to annoying. It was cool but i left it off. The buttons slide in and banged then on the roll over made a sound and then exploded on the click. I liked it but i need to keep visitors and not turn them away. You do learn a lot when you mess with programs, and its common knowledge before you know it. I am almost considering doing small html sites for some extra money. You pay the membership/monthly fees and my rates and you got a site. Not sure if i will or not, but let me know what you want and ill think about it. I put that resolution warning on there because that is what im setup on. I have viewed my site in different resolutions. Sometimes things are off center and out of place. It looks like i didn't know what i was doing lol so thats why i have that on there. But i just changed it to read. This website is best viewed in 1024 x 768 resolution. With high speed connections.

Well thanks again for the kind words. Help me out and spread the word. I want to get my inventions on the market and get more out of life. Thanks

[Invasion]

This is a small tip, but I admit I didn't check your code first. If you are using (i)frames, tables, div's and so on, and you used a heigt or width def., did you do so in px or in %? If you change every heigth/width in % (except for images/swf's and so on) probably things will look way better on other resolutions. And yes, I admit that if you look at my site at 800x600 (also still used a lot) some parts are barely viewable. But we will fix it.

[Sedna2]

Invesion said: "I just would HATE it's size if I were a 56K user,"

Well, that's why people invented the preloader :D I will say that there is a time and place for animation and interactive images. Not all sites are suitable for it or even need it. Your website is brilliant and does not require the the moving images. However, there is a painter/photographer in Amsterdam Frans Janssen, who wanted me to make him a Flash intro page. So I did it. Just another case of difference in taste in presenting the art work (photograps/paintings) to the public. To put the sound of the heart beat in the intro page was his idea. I find it freaky, but he asked for it, so I did what he asked for - put the sound loop into the page.
http://www.fransjanssen.nl/
Besides one can always offer the viewer the option to skip it. Essentially when doing the web pages, the guide will always be what the client wants.
As for Flash not being expensive, are you suggesting that it can be obtained for free? Copies or crack programmes :wink: I can't see which other way it is a cheap software.
PS Whatever happened to Tamas cat? He didn't tell us as far as I know. Has he or the cat have any legs left?

[Invasion]

The cat got sick of our converstation and will silently decided to silence her boss, for good :wink: Which is a very understandable thing I guess :lol:

Your website is brilliant and does not require the the moving images Which website?

Now, it is true, there is most of the time a skip option, I agree. But do you know that some people who make intro's REALLY place that skip option INSIDE the .swf. That I call really stupid, cause you've got to load the thing than anyway. As for your information, I'm using a high speed DSL line (around 2890Kbit/s down), so Flash is fine for me, but I was wondering how things would be with dial up.

Getting Flash cheap? No way, I was indeed refering to the solution of the less legal kind, I know that shouldn't happen, but lets face reality, lots of websites will be made using illegal owned editors. And so goes for Flash and probably even more for .doc files, don't you think :shock: ?

That flash thing on Janssens site is really awesome! Reminds me a bit of that movie, the Sixth Day (you know about cloning, and starring California's govern-ator 8) :D )

[Sedna2]

Quote:
Your website is brilliant and does not require the the moving images

Which website? Yours - INTERAPTUS. I assume it's your design. No? :?
Very nice. Just the style I generally like. Non intrusive. I don't understand the text, but that doesn't stop me from working out what's where. Ah, the cheap software! You are right. I think that Macromedia overprice their product,(even though I think theirs is the best you can get, if like me, you don't want to learn HTML). They bring one version on the market, only to bring the new version soon after (usually with only slight changes eg FlashMX followed by FlashMX 2004... so what's going to happen next year...FlashMX 2005, Studio MX 2005/6/7/8...) each upgrade version costing an extra £100 or so. Whether getting the copies or downloding crack ones, is morally right or not, is up to each individual to decide.
Dial up issues. I've checked the Celtica site on non Broadband users and it takes about 20min. Long, yes, but the prealoder gives you something to look at, or gives you an idea whether you'll have enough time to make a cup of coffee while it's downloading. People that are into music sites are usually connected to the Broadband - their main intersest being downloading the mp3 stuff. The most popular page on celtica IS the mp3 downloads followed by the CDs page.

[singingbush]

Hello was having a look at your html for http://www.jancecustoms.com/home.htm and was just wondering if the applet you use for the water effect is available on the net for free as i would like to use it on a page of mine. Also - does it only work over .jpg images? or can i use it for a whole page?

[JanceCustoms]

Yeah that applet is cool. I paid $20 to get the applets. There was quite a few in the program. It is free, but with the free version anyone that right clicks on it, receives a popup ad from the site. I didn't want that so i paid the $20. Not sure if you can use it with something other than a jpeg but im pretty sure you could. As for the whole page. Um not sure that would be a good idea. THe bigger it is the bigger the file size, plus the picture you use adds size as well. It can be done, but i would probably be laggy and slow to load. Search for Anfy Applets. Thanks

[Invasion]

Which website? Yours - INTERAPTUS. I assume it's your design Well thx :D . And sure Flash and animations have their time and place. I did indeed chose to keep my site html/css based, using little bits of DHTML. I honestly think the 56K thing is being a bit forced by org's like W3C and others, because the main part of US internet users are using 56K dial up. On the other hand, high end US users do have broadband, and almost all users in Northern Europe have broadband. I was indeed the one starting the 56K thing. But if I had a site that would attract that US public, I would make it accessible. On the other hand, Sedna2, a site like the one you're talk about indeed don't need such options, but a site about car modifications could benefit of that. But to go back, we should indeed design sites for the future, a future that will toll the bells for 56K soon I hope... and in addition, passing global laws that forces all software developers to publish to personal users using a by law controlled price, and sending the more spiced bills to commercial users. Yeah, now MS is going to hate me 8)