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Affiliate Banners, are .swf Banners Dangerous? for Affiliate Animation Banners?

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I want to make some banners,

My own banners are going to be hosted on my server, which affiliates can copy and paste the code, and place on their websites or blogs,

When their website visitors click on these banners on their sites/blogs then they wil go to MY sale page with that affiliates affiliate code.

what would be the code for that?

http://www.37daystocleancredit.com/a...te/banners.htm


and I heard Using SWF Banners for this is Unsafe? is that true ? {somthing about the No/less control of the Hyperlink on the banner}

The thing is, I want some Basic animation in the banner (Movement)
#affiliate #banners #dangerous #swf
  • Profile picture of the author Sergiu FUNIERU
    Why not using animated GIFs, instead of SWF? The user can copy the GIFs, the associated code, then simply replace the affiliate ID.

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      Originally Posted by Sergiu FUNIERU View Post

      Why not using animated GIFs, instead of SWF? The user can copy the GIFs, the associated code, then simply replace the affiliate ID.

      Sergiu FUNIERU

      Any advantages of SWF comapred to GIFS ?

      {I know the disadvantage that GIF seem better}

      But can you make more crisp/better Effect banners using SWFs?

      or the same type of banners can be made in gifs VS SWFs?
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        Originally Posted by entry View Post

        Any advantages of SWF compared to GIFS ?
        1. GIFs are hard to resize.
        2. SWF can have "inteligence". GIFs are dumb.

        That is, a GIF can create animation by showing a number of picture in a certain order, but can't react to events, like mouse click. A SWF can have a script inside it.

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          Originally Posted by Sergiu FUNIERU View Post

          1. GIFs are hard to resize
          2. SWF can have "inteligence". GIFs are dumb.

          Sergiu FUNIERU

          Cheers, I DONT Want a script inside, i just want the Banner to be clicked...and Redirected to the Affiliates URL {of my sales page}
          I want 5 banners, 5 different shapes.

          so how do I do this, if GIFS are hard to resize?

          } I am speaking to the banner designers this week, what is the best option?
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          • Profile picture of the author Sergiu FUNIERU
            Originally Posted by entry View Post

            I want 5 banners, 5 different shapes.

            so how do I do this, if GIFS are hard to resize?

            } I am speaking to the banner designers this week, what is the best option?
            5 banners for 5 different shapes (sizes) is fine.
            1 banner for 5 different sizes is not going to work.

            Personally, I'd go with animated GIFs, because they work even if the visitor doesn't have flash activated in his browser.

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                Another Question

                Originally Posted by Sergiu FUNIERU View Post

                5 banners for 5 different shapes (sizes) is fine.

                Personally, I'd go with animated GIFs, because they work even if the visitor doesn't have flash activated in his browser.

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                Originally Posted by Andrew Maclean View Post

                I would also recommend the GIF banners. SWF can make the user's PC rung slowly if it is old and may not even appear if he has no flash program.
                Cheers, as I said {infact I edited it before}

                "I DONT Want a script inside, i just want the Banner to be clicked...and Redirected to the Affiliates URL {of my sales page}."


                It is a basic banner, with basic animation. No Clever script inside required.


                Another Question

                The banner animator has done some Designs in SWF (basic animation). If he changes the output Export to GIF, Wil the quality be reduced, compared to that of SWF ?
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                • Profile picture of the author Sergiu FUNIERU
                  Originally Posted by entry View Post

                  The banner animator has done some Designs in SWF (basic animation). If he changes the output Export to GIF, Wil the quality be reduced, compared to that of SWF?
                  It depends. The animated GIFs use at most 256 colors (like a regular GIF), while a SWF can use 16 Milion colors. If the images contains mostly text, it might not be a noticeable difference, because the original image has close to 256 colors.

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                    Originally Posted by Sergiu FUNIERU View Post

                    It depends. The animated GIFs use at most 256 colors (like a regular GIF), while a SWF can use 16 Milion colors. If the images contains mostly text, it might not be a noticeable difference, because the image itself has close to 256 colors.

                    Sergiu FUNIERU

                    there is that Buzzing Effect Which I need, like this Attached file



                    Will this buzzing effect look fine or blurred/faded on the GIF Output?

                    See attached file
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                    • Profile picture of the author Sergiu FUNIERU
                      Originally Posted by entry View Post

                      there is that Buzzing Effect Which I need, like this Attached file Will this buzzing effect look fine or blurred/faded on the GIF Output?
                      See attached file
                      That depends on the designer's skills.

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                        Originally Posted by Sergiu FUNIERU View Post

                        That depends on the designer's skills.

                        Sergiu FUNIERU

                        thats true,. but im asking will changing the output from swf to gif typically change/reduce the quality greatly ?
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    I would also recommend the GIF banners. SWF can make the user's PC rung slowly if it is old and may not even appear if he has no flash program.
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