Pepster's Place has been around since 1999 -

[Strider]

But it has been only till now that I've been really dedicated in designing the website. I'm starting a small designing business and I'm still in the process of designing it. It's going to been done in Flash, XHTML Strict 1.0 mode and CSS. Right now I'm in the process of designing my Flash Navigational buttons and once I have finished that I'm going to tackle my Portfolio page. I really recommend "Head First: HTML with CSS & HTML" by Elisabeth Freeman & Eric Freeman to people learning HTML for the first time. It's real easy to read and you really learn HTML from that book. Here's my website : Pepster's Place if anyone cares to check it out, remember I'm still in the designing stage. I think by the time I'm done with the website, it might look different.

[Force Flow]

First, leave the text as text, not flash. Flash content is not indexed by search engines. flash content also doesn't resize well.

Also, the layout breaks for smaller resolutions (screenshot):

http://yfrog.com/bfflashzj

[Strider]

Thanks for the tips, I have the text set as flash only as a temporary measure for as soon as I get the final version I'm going to convert it to HTML text, so search engines can pick up the text. I'm only doing this as a temporary measure, so I can change it on the fly, where I don't have to keep going into Dreamweaver or notepad (I now can change it from my browser). I thought had where the layout doesn't break down and I also didn't realize that it did that,, but after reading the book that I mention I must have forgotten to change it back. I'm in the process of fixing it (I hope ), but I am starting to get the hang of CSS making fixes really easy to do.

[Strider]

This got me thinking, if I change that main text when I done to a php file, by this I mean where it just spits out the text to the home page in XML form. Will the search engines be able it to see it then? I still think the answer would probably be no, but there's no harm in asking.

[Strider]

OK, I worse than an old lady I change the text back to HTML, found a website that automatically converts it to HTML. Once I get done with the website I going to figure that one out so text can be change on the fly and search engines can pick it up, I'm suspecting I'm going to have to learn Javascript.

[Force Flow]

I'm really confused as to what exactly you're doing with this text...it sounds like you're making much more work for yourself than is necessary.

What are you using as an HTML editor? You can try Notepad++, Kompozer, or Aptana Studio...all freebies. I believe 2, if not all 3, have spell checking.

[Strider]

I eventually want to have a CMS (Content Management System) where that allows me to update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash website without ever leaving the browser window. I have it setup for the aboutme section of my website, I want to be able so I can potential customers make changes themselves, if they so desired or have to do it in a pinch. I'm pretty good with Actionscript 3, PHP and MySQL, but I need to polish up on my html and eventually learn Javascript (I know a little Javascript right now). I'm using plain old notepad and Dreamweaver to write my html, I'm finding myself lately using Dreamweaver as a glorified notepad.

[Strider]

I don't know if I ever get this website the way I want it, but eventually it's going to be something I won't cringe at. Anyways here is the link: Pepster's Place

[Nuclear Krusader]

Make the text selectable. Or make it linkable: it'd be easier to just click on your Flicker's URL than to select, copy and paste, or worse, to write it down and type it in a new tab/window.

[Strider]

Thanks, I forgot about that, I've been meaning to switch it around for sometime. I been busy redesigning my website from suggestions people have been giving me (I had to do a major redo). I'm trying to have a good combination of HTML/FLASH. I had my website totally in Flash and it just didn't look right. Anyways Thanks Again,
John