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AWAKE 2000
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Version
Flash-Edit
The latest version allows non-technical users to continue editing their web pages' text, images and links in a user-friendly WYSIWYG environment but with the added ability to change text in the website's Flash files. Setting up your files to allow online editing of their content, requires a minimum amount of effort: simply drag and drop the SWT file into the environment and that's it (to have your flash files in SWT format, it is necessary to first export them as "Templates" using Macromedia's flash editor). After logging in to the online environment, the user has access to the "Flash" section, where all the flash files of the website are available for content editing. Mechanisms such as a click- sensitive text editing, the search-and- replace facility and an "internet-friendly" colour palette, transform what was previously a process only available to flash designers into an easy task that can be undertaken by any non-computer-literate person. Organisations, trying to increase their websites' stickiness with animated pages are becoming increasingly common. Flash is the most popular choice due to the quick download time and attractive graphics. It is the first time that Flash files can be updated easily by authors with no programming knowledge, enabling them to change animated content on a regular basis. This means that Flash content can be more flexible and it becomes feasible to use animation files to cost-effectively build large, more complex content-driven websites and not just consign them to brief intros
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