I Know Nothing About Flash (And So Can You!)

I get a lot of little email from nubies wanting to know how to customize a flash template typically the email reads something like this. “I purchased one of your flash website template for a client, I want to customize it with their own details which program should I use? (Dreamweaver, FrontPage, PSD)? Says it is a .swf file?” (Aww bless their little entrepreneurial hearts).

Then there’s the ones from your best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s nephew who duped you into to hire’m to do your company’s website, frantically asking “Help! I know nothing about Flash. How do I change out the pictures and symbols? I have the trial version of flash. I just want to change the prefilled info and pics to my info and pics”.

What do they have in common? Their all trying to learn things they don’t understand. Yes friends, they’re only looking for short cuts and cheat sheets it’s not about comprehension anymore, its all about instant gratification and actually many truly believe that they can cut and paste their way right through the creative process.

In order for us to understand this correctly consider this. If I were to take a thesaurus, cram it down word for word and began using three-syllable words just for the sake of making me sound smart. Would the use of such knowledge actually improve my vocabulary? Uh, most likely no, in fact I’ll probably just go around pissing off other people and quoting things out of context. Just because you can repeat a phrase doesn’t mean you comprehend or that you’re able to relate that information into a meaningful idea of some sort.

Similarly, if you hire an individual who does not take the necessary time to comprehend even the most fundamental of concepts such as layers, masking, frames, libraries and symbols you’ll end up with a site that’s just worthless and unprofessional running the risk of alienating yourself from the support of the search engine (so crucial to the future success of your business) by way of which some have inadvertently deterred many from good search engine optimization practices.

Nonetheless, from my experience I’ve found that clients are demanding more professionalism. You can’t pull the wool over their eyes (can you?), and design skills along with an accurate knowledge of the technology being presented will always mark him/her out from the pack. On that note, I entreat you to invest in professional template customization.

Our template customization services are only $380 a pop, and they include customizing any template, domain name registration, hosting set-up (1st year free web hosting included!), changing the “your Company Name” text, the content text, color scheme, making the contact form work, replacing the template imagery with your own and free website maintenance during 1 month upon project completion.

The result is a unique an interactive website working intuitively to provide a return on your investment. Should you wish to acquire more information about our template customization services simply jump on over to the contact form and let us know.

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