Streaming web media is a great way to add interest and value to your website. The 3 common ways to do this are by incorporating Image, Sound and Video. Each of these options are explained further with examples below.
IMAGE
SOUND
VIDEO
The best way to showcase a series of images is though an image gallery. These can take many forms however we recommend flash based image galleries for their elegant appearance and ease of navigation (see examples). Image galleries can range from a few pictures to many pictures categorised within 'albums'. There are 2 main styles of animated gallery - Slideshow and Thumbnail.
Slideshow Gallery - This type of gallery displays your images using movement and transition effects to highlight each image. (See example). This style provides an effective way to display product features or artistic images.
Gallery options include:
Transition Effects
Links (click on an image to launch a new page or website)
Still or moving images
Background music
Curved Borders
Text
Captions
Thumbnail Gallery - This type of gallery displays thumbnails (small versions of your images) next to the main image. This allows the user to navigate to the image they want to view (See example).
Gallery options include:
Multiple albums
Click to open in new window
Background music
Text captions
Transitions
Auto play
Sound & Music can help reinforce the 'feel' of your site or help to demonstrate a product or service. Streaming audio players allow visitors to listen to a range of audio samples within their web browser. We can develop audio content for your website or use your existing content to play back via a range of players that can be simple or extravagant depending on your space and design requirements.
This page contains 'examples' of different size and style players that can be integrated easily into your website. Each player is capable of playing back several MP3's using multiple play lists if required.
(The audio players on this page are all referencing the same MP3).
Video can greatly enhance the impact and effectiveness of a website. Video players can be created to begin playing as the page loads or can be controlled by the site visitor. Video player styles can be altered to suit the design and layout of each website.
Larger video samples are effective for demonstration purposes.
Flash animations are a great way to draw attention to a product or service. We can create custom animations for your website or animate your existing branding and products.
