Spida Design Studio

Roadrunner started a new service which redirects you to there search page if you type in a website address wrong. I personally found it annoying and was not happy that they did it automatically without my permission. After looking around, I noticed that on the bottom right of the page they send you to, you can opt-out of this service. Click the optout button and disable the service.

After testing many programs, I have found that Quicktime Pro is the best flv conversion software when converting video files into .flv files (flash video files).

Go to File >> Export >> then select flash video from the dropdown menu

Quicktime Pro Website

In Firefox, Flowplayer does not like to stop looping even though autorewind is set to false. In order to fix it, you need to add a second clip to the playlist which is just a blank image (ie. blank.jpg or blank.gif. As you can see below after clip 1 we added a comma and then clip 2, and the video stops. It still shows the loading sign even though it’s not loading anything but that is something we can’t avoid.

{ url: ‘http://spidadesign.com/NEW/exit9films.com/videos/video_5_1203959960.flv’ }, {url: ‘images/space.gif’

Actual script we have working on the site is below

<script type=“text/javascript”>
// <![CDATA[
var fo = new

SWFObject("http://spidadesign.com/NEW/exit9films.com/pages/swf/FlowPlayerDark.swf",

"FlowPlayer", "367", "260", "7", "#ffffff", true);
fo.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
fo.addVariable("config", "{ countryCode: 'fi', playList: [ {overlayId: 'play' },

{ url: 'http://spidadesign.com/NEW/exit9films.com/videos/video_5_1203959960.flv' },

{url: 'images/space.gif', duration: 1} ], initialScale: 'scale', autoRewind: 'false',

fullScreenScriptURL: 'http://spidadesign.com/NEW/exit9films.com/pages/swf/fullscreen.js' }");

fo.write("player");
// ]]>
</script>

The following information will serve as a guide to the web design and web development process, so you will know what to expect.

1. Acquire a domain name – Only buy the domain name and do not buy any extra services. Many companies try to offer you services which you don’t need.
2. Acquire a web hosting company (we offer web hosting) – It is recommended that you do not purchase a web hosting plan without speaking with us first as we will help you get a plan which will best fit your needs
3. Sign up for a merchant account if using an ecommerce site.
4. Obtain an SSL certificate – needed when you are sending personal info over the web like a social security # or credit card number. We will purchase this for you and take care of installation.
5. Create a site map of website. A sitemap is a diagram of every page that needs to be created in a tree like structure. All connections of these pages show where the pages link to. An example of the Sitemap can be viewed here.
6. Create copy for every page in the sitemap. Place all text in a word document and name document by page. Do not place the text for every page in one document
7. Design of Logo
8. Design of Homepage
9. Once homepage design is selected, internal page designs will be created
10. Web Site construction begins
11. First Web Site Review – send corrections
12. Second Web Site review – send final corrections
13. Web Site goes Live

In today’s world, most businesses can not survive without a website. The days of the Yellowbook are over. People are shopping for services more than ever online and the internet allows them to find the best match. About 75 percent of my business comes from people who found me on the Internet.

Many people are intimidated because they know nothing about computers but with the right Web Development Company, you have nothing to worry about. There are Tens of thousands of web development companies in the world, and finding the right match can be overwhelming but it is much easier then you think.

First of all, you need decide if you want to work with a company who is local or you don’t mind working with a company in another state. Most people feel safer working with a local designer so they can meet face to face but with the advent of the Internet, more and more people are hiring companies who they have never met since anyone can access the Internet from wherever they are.

So what do you need to look for in a web development company?

1. Does this company have a professional looking website?

Hey if the company doesn’t present themselves in the best way possible why should you expect them to do the same for you.

2. What do their client sites look like?

Appearance is everything, as you only have 5 seconds to grab someone’s attention for them to stay on your site. Are there sites grabbing your attention? Appearance is everything, as that’s what gets the attention of the visitor then it’s your content.

3. Who are there clients?

Many companies put fake companies on their clients page. In order to make sure they are telling the truth, check out the client websites, and see if there is the company name at the bottom of the website. If the name isn’t there, call the company up and ask.

4. What kind of services do they offer? Almost all web development companies say the can do anything you need them to. You can easily see the difference between an established company and a new company based on their portfolio. If a company says they develop ecommerce sites, do they have an ecommerce site in their portfolio to look at?

5. Price – In web design, in most cases you get what you pay for? If you want a top notch site you are going to pay more. A lot of people have the notion that they can get a website for $500. There is a huge difference in the quality of a $500 site and a $2000 site. Most times a $500 site is a cookie cutter website where the design is a template used on 100 other sites. You want your site to be different; you want it to be yours. Every business has its own personality and you want your website to reflect that.

So you have a great product that you want to sell online and have no clue where to get started.

First of all you need to understand your options as there are many of them. You need to decide on how much flexibility you want.

The Most flexible Option

A custom shopping cart is built specifically for your needs. Every aspect of the site from top to bottom is built just for you. The design, the shipping methods, the product options are all built for your needs. You can get the site built any way you want. Price wise, you pay for the development but there are no recurring fees for the development in most cases. You only pay for webhosting. Management is the easiest.

The Semi Flexible Option

This is a shopping cart where you use an out of the box software. You can host the site yourself but you are confined to what the cart offers. Some carts are poorly designed and make management very difficult.

The Least Flexible

This option is for people who want to try to build the site themselves. The company will host the site for you and you pay a monthly fee to use their website building software. You are confined to the companies features and can’t not make it custom. Plus if you decide to not want to use there services anymore then your have to start over as you cannot take the website with you. You are pretty much renting a website this way. This way is the simplest way for you to design your own site

Designing a logo is a difficult job. As a designer, sometimes it is hard to pick the mind of a client as they can’t explain to you what they want. I give this questionnaire to all my new logo design clients.

1. Name that you want on logo?
2. Is there a tag line?
3. Do you have a website currently - if so please list web address.
4. What does the company do?
5. Any preferred colors?
6. Is there a limit to the number of colors that you want?
7. Who are your competitors? Please list websites and what you like or don’t like about their logo.
8. What style do you prefer (professional, whimsical, hi-tech, etc.)
9. Any design ideas for the logo?
10. Email designer any logos that you like (style, color, etc) and give a reason why if possible

Use these questions and it will make the logo design process nice and simple.