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Build your Flash Website Step 2

After yesterday’s definition of the project, we will move a step further today and implement basic customization. This series of posts is designed for participants of the upcoming Ycademy Seminar with the topic “Build your Flash Website”.

The Menu – the Site Structure

I have set up the menu and defined the structure on the new Semiomantics Evolution Framework:

As you can see, there is some customization needed to fit my branding needs.

Basic Customization – Branding and Look

For the purpose of this demo, I will behave as would a newbie or a new customer who wants to set up an online presence with Semiomantics Evolution.

1. Define your brand: yorgo design

2. Get a domain: I just registered yorgodesign.com at yorgodom for $12.95 per year with lots of goodies included.

You don’t need a new domain; the Evolution site can be loaded to any existing domain and into any folder.

3. Get a web host: I just got unlimited hosting from ChiHosters for $35 per year.

You don’t need a new hosting account – see under 2 above.

4. I got my site script from Semiomantics (you will get it at the Seminar – it’s included in the ticket price as all the other materials you will need to build your site).

You do need a seminar ticket to get the site script and Semiomantics add-ons. I will load the script to the host.

5. I create my header and logo for the site: the header is no problem, the logo needs some thinking and testing. The header label will bear the logo and the name of the new flash website:

As you can see, there is a stack of 4 layers. For the site I will just use the transparent text layer and write in white using the font defined for my new brand “yorgo design”.

Label Size: 325 px x 75 px

Font: Caviar Dream.

You may create your label using my PSD; you may modify the width, however it is not recommended to increase the height. Change width from ‘Image – Canvas size’ in Photoshop.

Join tonight’s Ycademy call at 7 pm London time where we will create header labels step by step. If you don’t have Photoshop, we will do the label for you tonight at the session.

Footer: I will edit the footer to adapt it to my needs, Copyright notice, site name and eventual other notes.

See you when all the above is done – look out for step 3.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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