Re: [DFW CFUG] Why Cold Fusion vs Java? vs PHP? vs .ASP? etc.

[Christopher Jordan]

Brent, I don't deal as much with SEO as you seem to, so maybe you can answer this: Why couldn't you put that information in the HTML wrapper that goes around the flash .swf file? Put it in a completely transparent div, off screen somewhere, or with it's hidden attribute set... something like that. Would that sort of thing work? Chris Brent Helms wrote: Well, search engines anticipate HTML driven content.  They want to see information in H1 tags, put precendence on this information, etc etc etc (an exact science that requires full time concentration), but Flash has always screwed up SEO for the reasons behind "its in another file".  There is a company (I forget the name), that built a content mgmt system around flash so you could build sites in flash and reap the benefits of SEO, btu they were in bed with the search engines and had I guess "the recipe and access to confidential information" just to make it work.  Long story short, SEO is the way of the new "Marketing" initiative on the web, and if technology does no accomodate, well i'm sure they'll make it eventually as this can kill the usage of a technology for websites.  Shopping carts are a prime example: you want all of your inventory available to be sniffed by the search engines. I was just curious if Flex made this possible. On 11/6/06, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd be willing to bet that it's not a problem. The .swf file that is the compiled flex application is wrapped in an HTML wrapper. I *think* you're search engine stuff could be included in that wrapper, and you'd be fine. Does that sound right? Sounds right to me. :o) Chris Brent Helms wrote: For the ignorant, how is the "view-source" on flex applications?  I recall a nice application in the demo quite some time ago, so I would assume shopping carts are nice in Flex; however, I am curious how the information is relayed in the source.  How SEO friendly is Flex in other words. On 11/6/06, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 11/6/06, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Flex (for now) is really > the answer to this. To an extent, yes--Flex is still not how every single web site/app on the planet should be built. Like everything it has its strengths and weaknesses. For apps in which you need to replicate desktop-like functionality it's great. For apps that are more content-driven HTML is a better fit. > The only thing it's lacking is access to the client > machine's file system. This is one of the advantages of deploying Flex and Flash apps through the Apollo runtime (which isn't available yet, but they talked it up big time at MAX). Matt -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG:   List@list.dfwcfug.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:   http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives:     http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/   http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors:   www.HostMySite.com   www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: List@list.dfwcfug.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG:  List@list.dfwcfug.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:  http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives:     http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/   http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors:  www.HostMySite.com   www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: List@list.dfwcfug.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com www.teksystems.com/

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