RichmondJim
msg:1562961 | 9:07 pm on Oct 27, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Is this task THAT difficult? 3 days on the forum, and no one has an answer?
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mat_bastian
msg:1562962 | 9:26 pm on Oct 27, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Try this to open in the same window: getURL("http://yoururl.com", "_self");
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grey259
msg:1562963 | 11:38 pm on Oct 27, 2003 (gmt 0) |
A Flash intro will harm your traffic. It gives potential visitors an additional chance to say "good-bye" before getting to your content.
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mattur
msg:1562964 | 12:14 am on Oct 28, 2003 (gmt 0) |
As grey says, it's a bad idea. It was briefly popular a few years ago among some graphic designers, but for most sites it will: a) encourage a large proportion of visitors to leave your site immediately b) waste the most important URL on your site: the homepage c) make your site look dated and unprofessional d) annoy the heck out of return visitors An alternative would be to provide a link like "See Flash Intro here". Then after a week or two, when you check your stats and realise that hardly anyone views it, you can remove it and get back to concentrating on your content... ;)
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richardb
msg:1562965 | 1:08 pm on Oct 28, 2003 (gmt 0) |
A few points >> getURL("http://yoururl.com", "_self")
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getURL("http://yoururl.com", "_top")will get you out of any frames >> A Flash intro will harm your traffic. It gives potential visitors an additional chance to say "good-bye" before getting to your content. But it does depend upon your TM, for some markets the opposite is true. >>b) waste the most important URL on your site: the homepage Yeap, would agree wastes a lot of good ops, don't use it as a splash page, incorporate into the site design, if See TM comments >>c) make your site look dated and unprofessional ? Well done it can improve it. See TM comments >>d) annoy the heck out of return visitors ? Rich
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Sinner_G
msg:1562966 | 1:13 pm on Oct 28, 2003 (gmt 0) |
| >>d) annoy the heck out of return visitors ? |
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How would you like it if you had to see the same animation of a logo (which gives you absolutely NO added value/information) for the fifth time in as many visits of the site?
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ppg
msg:1562967 | 1:21 pm on Oct 28, 2003 (gmt 0) |
If you must do it, just make sure you have a 'skip intro' link! It might be short, but 3 seconds is long enough for me to realise there's no 'skip intro' and hit the back button.
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