..very good noidea. Yes I got rid of a lot of flash from my blog as it was slowing it down so much.
White Rose I am not being funny
I'm sure you're not, I appreciate any advice, Joy Division.
but do you have any idea how bad flash links are? Web sites are like electrical installations, just because it works it dosn't mean its done right.
They're internal hyperlinks. I've read that Google can't register outgoing flash links so once the book goes on sale and there is a link to Amazon I was planning to use a plain html link for that - the jury is still out on whether I use a flash link for that as well, I haven't got that far yet. It's only the links between site pages that are flash movies. All outgoing links are plain html. Am I still being naughty? Anyway, I'm becoming a fully paid up member of UKBF soon and will be putting the site up in the private section for everyone to comment on, although tbh I am so exhausted with the amount of work I've already put into it, that as long as it functions for now that is going to have to do. SEO is not that important to me atm as there is only one book of that title and even before publication the title is leading to my blog in the top five of Google, and my name is number one on Google, natch. So people can find the book. Job's a good 'un.
Besides, my editor has nearly finished editing the book and is ready to hand it back to me, so now I have to focus on tying up the final editing and getting the book out there. I can't get too anal about site perfection, I simply don't have the resources, this being an infant company not on its feet yet. I'll have time to go back and tweak the site once the book is on sale and I've spent some time configuring all the Amazon stuff, but at the moment I'm working to a strict daily schedule, it's the only way this ridiculously ambitious enterprise is going to get done and already I'm wary of burn out.
OT alert:
By the way are you a Joy Division fan? I was on that scene in Manchester, yanno. Didn't know them but the singer from ACR was my paramour for a while. Have you seen my interview with Kevin Cummins, whose book of Joy Division shots, Juvenes, was published last year by To Hell With Publishing? The interview is
here in case you're interested. I think there are still some limited editions of Juvenes available from To Hell directly,
here. It's pricey at two hundred quid a pop, but well worth buying as it's a numbered collector's item. Just had a look for you, there's only thirty remaining.
