Need to rebuild client's flash website
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I am working with their web designer and need to figure out a way to rebuild their site which is currently all in flash. I was wondering if there was a way to do this without spending a ton of time in completely re-doing the site from scratch.
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I'd honestly start with the assumption that you are building a new site, rather than changing the platform from the existing one. If you think that the current content is strong then keep that, but start afresh with the actual build.
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Hi Mat,
We are wanting to switch Flash content to HTML mainly for user experience problems we are facing with the site. Long page load times as well as a high bounce rate with the site's url.
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Flash professional does allow you to export flash content as HTML. If you have flash professional CS6+ and the original source files you can do this. There is a demo of how here: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-web/exporting-flash-content-as-html-in-flash-professional-cs6/
Whether you would want to use the resulting HTML as your website is debatable. I wouldn't. I'd rather pay someone to rebuild a simple version of the site from scratch and at least know that the structure and on page set-up is all good.
What is the aim of switching? Flash websites are not great for most purposes, however neither are badly made HTML ones. If your aim is SEO success then I doubt that exporting from flash will help you much.
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