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FlashMoto more and more wins the hearts of Internet users and Flash developers. Recently our advanced Flash content management system has been reviewed by Crazy Leaf Design Blog – a useful resource dedicated to all aspects of web technology and graphic design. It covers the freshest IT news and inspirational articles, quality tutorials and interesting reviews, etc.
Alex Lonescu, the founder of CrazyLeaf Design Group, focuses on the key features of Flash Moto CMS and describes who FlashMoto is aimed at. You may also look through this review and new point of view by following this link: FlashMoto – A Content Management System for Flash
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But that’s not all. Here is one more good news for freelances, Flash developers or just for those who want to create an attractive Flash website with minimal costs. Kailoon.com, the website of professional web designer Kai Loon, holds a giveaway: 2 licenses of Flash Moto CMS and 3 Premium Concepts! You just need to tweet and comment on this article before 16th March 2010.
So, hurry up! And good luck! 
It is a real challenge to review this new Flash CMS template as it’s full of attractive and alluring food images that will definitely give an edge to your appetite . Of course, images as any other design element of the website can be easily customized via FlashMoto Flash content management system, what makes this Flash template suitable for almost any type of business, for example: advertising agencies, design studios, restaurant or hotel business, Real Estate services or any other commercial activity.
Clean style, elaborate page layouts, convenient navigation, minimalist color scheme – everything speaks for itself. It’s a professional business Flash website design powered by FlashMoto. Dynamic Flash introduction, animation and beautiful graphics give the best representation of the products for the target market. It’s a balanced combination of good visual design and usability, resulting in the positive user experience.
We guess, everyone is aware of the situation that has arisen over the Internet around Flash and recently launched HTML 5. We are not going to make predictions or discuss the advantages and drawbacks of the functionality based on these two technologies or even argue with the followers of this or that point of view. But this controversy simply made us to look deeper into different types and kinds of Flash website design. We did a research during which we came to conclusion that Flash is still in huge demand among users. And therefore today we want to concentrate your attention on the winning examples of Business website design.
Is Flash suitable for Business websites creation? Or are you still convinced that we should keep to the beaten track and create static corporate websites?
Well, let’s analyze the main requirements of Business websites.
- Clean, well-designed page layouts, not “graphics heavy”, not gaudy or in-your-face.
- Good navigation design (including drop down navigation menu). To provide users with excellent navigation is by far the most important task, but not an easy one.
- Clean photos and site graphics, optimized to the smallest possible file size for quick loading.
- Availability of the contact form, pop-up windows and other convenient extras that enrich user’s experience.
How many of those cannot be realized if a site is made entirely in Flash? Zero. That’s right. So, lean back in your chair and enjoy the collection of business Flash website designs!
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LoadedSmoothies.co.za
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Airswe.com
By the way, the website owned by Swedish airline is powered by FlashMoto Flash CMS. See the original design here.
Recently we have launched a new stylish Flash CMS template done in black and red. As you have noticed, this FlashMoto template is characterized by the strict color scheme, angularity and accuracy of forms and ultimate usability. The black color is associated with elegance and formality. It gives the feeling of perspective and depth, while red is used like an accent color and is associated with energy, strength and determination. Both these colors are effective combined and create a very emotionally intense and powerful impression.
This Flash CMS template will greatly work for different business companies, educational projects, financial activities, informational projects, manufacturing services and etc.
Take a look at the template subpages. Have you noticed the stunning image effects, how beautifully the color images turn into grayscaled images while you mouse over them?
Hold on your breath – it’s a special long-awaited moment now!
Because we love our users so much, and because our users are so helpful, we are excited to announce the launch of the renewed Multilingual Flash CMS. We have a pretty good feeling that you’ll be as elated about this feature as we are. Our friends and customers from different countries have invested a lot of time into translating FlashMoto control panel into their native languages. We are very grateful to: Danny Cortes, Pavlin Boev, Catalin Cimpanu, Renato Cretella, Alec Toby, Széles Marcell, Huy Nguyen, Deden Ramadhan, Etrimon and Ivan Petrovic. BIG THANK YOU, GUYS! Your help is much appreciated!
FlashMoto Control Panel interface has been translated into the following languages:
 Spanish
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 Bulgarian
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 Japanese
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 Romanian
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 Italian
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 Russian
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 Chinese
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 Hungarian
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 Vietnamese
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 Indonesian
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 Serbian
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 Czech
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Moreover, we are looking forward to German, French, Turkish and Polish translations. So, 4 more languages will be added quite soon.
Note please: If you are a FlashMoto owner and want to take advantage of the multilingual Flash CMS, you need to download this archive. After that upload it via FTP to your server overwriting the existing files.
All others may preview the FlashMoto control panel interface by following this link: Multilingual Flash CMS Interface Preview
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We are super excited about a new Flash CMS template recently added to our collection and cannot wait to see the killer sites based on it. This time we present an amazing Flash CMS design that will greatly work for musical groups and artists websites, Radio Station website, music portals, music download sites, as well as for design studios, advertising agencies, any organizations and companies, or just for personal pages creation. The Home page opens with a stunning visual equalizer sprightly moving in time with the pleasant music. The default color can be easily customized via our CMS for Flash.
Check out the subpages of the template.
‘Who We Are’ page:
“That purpose, is to save you time.”
You know, recently our CMS for Flash has been reviewed by an experienced web developer, graphic designer, programmer and just an amazing guy – Andy Sowards.
Andy, being one of the most in-demand professionals in his sphere and a married father of 3 boys, have found time to give FlashMoto a test-drive. And we greatly appreciate it. In the review Andy shared his opinion on our Flash CMS and suggested what still could be improved. And of course, he was very lavish with praise, what made us definitely glad.
Before starting working with the CMS, Andy didn’t expect much from it. But once he logged into the system, he was very surprised:
Andy built a “test site” via FlashMoto and gave examples throughout the post. He covered the main Flash CMS features and described its main functionality and how it could benefit flash developers and end-users. OK, enough talking … Here is a link to Andy’s review:
FlashMoto CMS Review – Easiest way to make and manage Flash sites, Ever.
So, we hope this review written by Andy Sowards, will be interesting and useful for you. Thanks much, Andy!
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Please leave your comments, thoughts, and questions below!
This Search Engine Optimization Guide has been created as an effort to help FlashMoto website owners to optimize their Flash websites, but we think it will be just useful to webmasters who are new to the topic of search engine optimization and wish to improve their sites’ interaction with both users and search engines. This guide won’t tell you any secrets that’ll automatically rank your site first for search engine queries, but following the steps outlined below will make it easier for search engines to both crawl and index your content.
This is a huge myth that Flash websites are not shown up on Goggle. And you can make sure in it. According to SEOmoz, there are Top 5 Ranking Factors:
- Keyword Focused Anchor Text from External Links;
- External Link Popularity;
- Diversity of Link Sources;
- Keyword Use Anywhere in the Title Tag;
- Trustworthiness of the Domain Based on Link Distance from Trusted Domains.
These five general factors don’t consider whether a website made in Flash or HTML. And just before asking why Google doesn’t see your website, please verify if you have taken into account the factors mentioned above.
Of course, internal ranking factors: HTML keywords on the page, H1 tags, Meta titles and descriptions, sitemaps – are also very important. And only by uniting external and internal ranking factors you will be able to increase your Flash website visibility and become a success.
So, get ready and we will lead you through the simple procedure of search engine optimization of the FlashMoto website!
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1. FlashMoto Content Optimization. How our CMS for Flash works
Flash content, when used effectively, can work great for SEO. FlashMoto CMS is organized and functioning in the way that Google entirely indexes your Flash website content. The thing is Flash sites built with FlashMoto have two versions:
- Flash version (seen by users);
- HTML version (seen by search engines and users who don’t have Flash player).
Take a look at the screenshots below.
Flash version:
Now working with FlashMoto CMS becomes even easier, as our partner – Template-Help.com – opens a section of FlashMoto CMS tutorials! These video tutorials deal with editing Flash CMS templates, managing your website content, pages, menu, preferences and effects, working with Flash CMS modules and components, and etc.
Learn how easy you can install a flash cms template and activate the software, edit text and images, add the new blocks, pages, popups, menu items and form modules. Step by step you will see how to configure the contact form, link menu buttons to external URLs, manage object placement positions and much more. Moreover, there are video tutorials that deal with the Font Manager and teaches the best practices method of creating the custom font and uploading it to your website.
Flash photo gallery module and media library component are also at the center of attention. The tutorials explain how to manage them in order to create a powerful and attractive Flash CMS website.
The FlashMoto section consists of the following video tutorials:
Flash CMS wizard overview
How to install a flash CMS template
How to edit text
How to edit images
How to duplicate objects
How to add a scroll
How to add a form module
How to add a new block
How to add a new menu
How to add a new page
How to add a new popup
How to configure the contact form
How to manage menus
How to link menu buttons to external URLs
How to manage object placement position
How to manage pages
How to manage website preferences
How to manage actions
How to manage effects
How to work with the font manager
How to manage the gallery module
How to manage the media library
FlashMoto is on the hunt for Flash and Flex developers. We are looking for qualified, motivated and innovative people with a creative mind and a keen understanding of user experience to join our engineering team and work on designing, developing and implementing Flash CMS templates, components, modules and plug-ins for an advanced Flash CMS. Candidates with extensive experience in web development and Adobe Flash are preferred. There are different terms for collaboration. The payment is subject to negotiation.
Requirements / Qualities:
1. For Flash/Flex Developers (components, modules and plug-ins development):
* Must have at least 2 years’ professional programming experience;
* Must have experience using the following technologies: Actionscript 3, Flex, OOP (Object Oriented Programming), AIR;
* Must have an online portfolio with the best examples of your work.
2. For Flash Developers (Flash CMS templates development):
* Must have at least 2 years professional experience;
* Knowledge of: Actionscript 3, Flash CS3 or CS4;
* Animation skills;
* Must have an online portfolio with the best examples of your work.
If you are interested in applying then please email us at support [at] flashmoto.com along with your contact details, your skills and your skill level, any examples of past work and any references you may have. Please include your hourly rate and the desired pay when applying. Make sure you specified the subject: ‘Job Application ‘.
Hope to hear from you soon!