flash in header question

3 Mar 2006 10:12 PM

Joey Martin

This is more of a flash recommendation question than ASP related, but I
use this forum a lot, so wanted to see if anyone can answer.

My page header is flash. One the header is flash. It's about 500KB.

2 questions.

1. Do you recommend keeping flash in the header so it loads on each
page, or creating a second image to replace the header on all the
secondary pages.

2. If someone views the flash header once, do they download it each time
for each page, or does it cache?

My point is that I do not want to kill my bandwidth.

Thanks!!!

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4 Mar 2006 5:03 AM

Roland Hall

"Joey Martin" wrote in message

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: This is more of a flash recommendation question than ASP related, but I
: use this forum a lot, so wanted to see if anyone can answer.

That's really not a good reason to ask an OT question. People may be very
helpful here but newsgroups are organized by topic.

: My page header is flash. One the header is flash. It's about 500KB.

Not sure what that means. Single page or frameset? A page header to me is
where my values go when I POST a form.

: 2 questions.
:
: 1. Do you recommend keeping flash in the header so it loads on each
: page, or creating a second image to replace the header on all the
: secondary pages.

I don't recommend using flash if it is used for navigation. Search engines
don't like it for obvious reasons.

: 2. If someone views the flash header once, do they download it each time
: for each page, or does it cache?

It probably depends on their browser settings and if the flash performs
navigation.

: My point is that I do not want to kill my bandwidth.

Then text only is preferred.

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6 Mar 2006 8:10 AM

Mike Brind

Joey Martin wrote:

> This is more of a flash recommendation question than ASP related, but I
> use this forum a lot, so wanted to see if anyone can answer.
>

Usenet is divided into topics for a good reason. Asking OT questions
will turn it into a free-for-all. Please post to a relevant group.

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