A4DeskPro Review- a powerful Flash Website Builder

A number of my clients have expressed interest in developing Flash websites and micro sites. As someone who is not familiar with Flash programming, I've had to shy away from these projects and have lost money as a result. I was recently introduced to A4DeskPro Flash Website Builder which claims to be able to produce Flash websites with no programming knowledge. Is this a solution to my problems? What now follows is my review of this software package.

After a painless and professional installation process I start up the application and choose to build a new website. A4DeskPro comes packed with templates and it is from one of these templates that you will build your new site. The templates are professionally created and cover a wide range of themes that should cater for the vast majority of needs.

On picking an existing template, the application loads with a suggested menu structure. Top level menu nodes can be edited or disabled and sub menus can be added, edited and removed. You need to ensure that the template that you choose has enough top level menu nodes, but this will not be a problem for 99% of websites out there.

Editing the content for each menu and sub menu node is equally straightforward. You enter your HTML code in the bottom half of the screen and then view the results of your edits in the top half. If you don't know HTML code, then the application offers helpful buttons to make the process easy.

A4DeskPro allows easy editing of the site title and meta tags for both your keywords and description. A useful feature as these are used by many search engines. It also supports user friendly methods of adding individual pictures and photo albums, background music, forms and video to your site. Note that your host must support php to use the contact form.

You can save your website with a few clicks and also preview the site in a web browser. Finally, the application helps you publish the finished website with its built in FTP wizard.

Creating a new website is a breeze with A4DeskPro. The application is intuitive and user friendly. I didn't need to turn to the extensive online help at all before I had created, edited and published my first flash website.

You can download a fully featured trial version of the software and see if it fits your requirements. Pricing is geared around use of the templates. You can either register one template for use on one site forever for a one off payment of $49.95, or you can choose from a number of access plans. These access plans allow you to make as many websites as you want and then edit those websites forever.

$129 allows creation of as many websites as you want for three months from any of their templates. Once built, you can edit these sites after the three months have expired but you can't create new ones. $575 allows unlimited creation of unlimited websites using any the templates. There is currently a sale which slashes these prices, so get in quickly to benefit!

If you are looking to build Flash websites but have no prior programming knowledge, then this application is for you. There are a wide range of templates to choose from, and tailoring them to your needs is a straightforward process. As a template driven, Flash website builder for non-programmers, A4DeskPro delivers.