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Making SimpleViewer SEO friendly

Mikael — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:52:57 +0000

I had a issue with my images and captions not being indexed by Google and other search engines because my images were being displayed in the flash viewer SimpleViewer.

SimpleViewer Flash viewer

The solution for the problem was to create a small php script that would pull the images and caption from the gallery.xml file that SimpleViewer uses and then display them on the webpage for the spiders and non-flash viewers to see.

There are several different ways of displaying the images, but I put the PHP include command into the flashcontent DIV which you can see below.

Your browser requires JavaScript and the Flash Player to view the content on this site.
Get Flash.

The code will fetch your thumbnails and captions.

You will have to change the $imgpath variable to your gallery directory.

The code also puts the first 50 characters of your caption into the image’s ALT and Title tag.

To see if the plugin is working, enter the url simpleviewer-seo.php file in your browser and you can see what it put’s out. Another way is to disable javascript in the browser and you should then see the script running rather than the SimpleViewer flash gallery.

If you need any help, feel free to send me an email.

Gallery output for non-flash browsers and spiders.

Mikael Kjellstrom

You can download the code below and try it out.

http://www.mkwebdesign.ca/codes/simpleviewer-seo.zip

This code is provided without guarantee and ’AS IS’ .

Island Homes for Sales – Real Estate Example

Mikael — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:46:19 +0000

This is a great example of a real estate theme for WordPress. It can be customized to fit your real estate needs.

We are happy to help you getting your online presence with this style of theme.

Spoke Collective website

Mikael — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:57 +0000

Created a blog for the Spoke Collective team based out of Las Vegas, USA.

"In recognizing advancements in Multi Media, we pledge to inspire youth with knowledge and skills in these arts. Through hands on workshops and proper guidance, we commit to achieving this goal.  By educating the youth of today we are preserving a healthy future for the Arts."

http://www.spokecollective.com/

Re-design of wildfire.ca

Mikael — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:54:14 +0000

I had the opportunity to re-design the website wildfire.ca for Boulder Mountain Contracting.

New content was added and a secure employee area is under development.

You can visit the new site at wildfire.ca

ChristinaRyan.com

Mikael — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:51:54 +0000

Created the website and design for Calgary photographer Christina Ryan aka Inez Photography.

You can see her work at christinaryan.com

RainerCustomCutting.com

Mikael — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:54:09 +0000

We created a website for a Kamloops local butcher, Ben Rainer, located in the North Thompson valley, B.C. Canada.

Feel free to visit his website at rainercustomcutting.com

Pasoapasolaspalmas.com

Mikael — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:41:56 +0000

Our friend Ayose and his brother Ancor were in need of a website for their new dance studio in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain and we offered to build one with the WordPress blogging system to allow them to update their website without our help.

Feel free to visit the website, and if you ever are in Las Palmas, please go and visit the dance studio. It’s a fantastic salsa school. Ayose is a great dance teacher and he holds both private dance lessons and group lessons. He also speaks fluently English.

Paso a Paso Las Palmas

PhotoEquiv.com

Mikael — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:46:16 +0000

Allen Dewey, a Las Vegas still and video photographer was in need of web presence.

I created two domain names, set-up email forwarding and then created a Flash based Portfolio site and a Blog for his company.

Feel free to visit the site at http://www.PhotoEquiv.com

SlideShowPro Director photos in WordPress posts

Mikael — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:26:02 +0000

This short video shows you how you can put SlideShowPro photograhs into your posts with SSP Director. You will need two plug-ins: SSPD Connector and Lightbox 2 installed and activated.

How to embed Vimeo into your WordPress blog

Mikael — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:17:45 +0000

This is a short video showing you how to put video from Vimeo into a post on your WordPress blog. Make sure you select an video size that is smaller than your column width, otherwise the video will throw off the column.