Flash html/php or a hybrid???

[meeks]

Working on a video sharing social networking site,

My question is whether or not to go with a full flash site eg: MTV.com
or perhaps go with a hybrid site using flash for the the links etc and html/php for the rest...

We will be usng php software for the social networking scripts but I do have someone who can programme it into a full flash site if I go that way.

Has anyone here got any experience or opinions with a full flash site....are they harder to maintain and upkeep??

any user experience would be appreciated...

thanks

 

[lee101]

I would say keep flash just where it's necessary, since that will make the site available to more users who don't have flash, and from what I know (not too much) your site will be easier for search engines to find in html, as they can't follow flash links.

 

[meeks]

thanks lee I keep hearing the same thing from pretty much everyone I talk to, but decided today to basically throw caution to the wind and go full flash, if this development works it works, search engines or not....

Thanks for the reply.

 

[James]

doing that kind of pushes you into a wall, alot of computers can't handle flash meaning your not going to be much traffic if there computer can't load a full flash site, you should keep with html/php and use the flash for the things you really need it for :hehe: