splash pages?

[MoJo]

In all honesty, some splash pages I've seen are a waste of time and aggrivating for the person waiting to pull up information, however, the director of my Continuing Medical Education program feels that our website would look more modern and up to date if we added one.
Here's the deal. I've been working in graphics for a while, however, have no experience with flash etc.
Is it possible to just turn an animated picture into a splash page or is this extremely cheesy?
Also, My graphic skills are ok but my html skills have MUCH to be desired.
How do you save a graphic you've worked on in Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop as an .html ?
If I get frustrated enough, I may just open a contest here.
any advice?

[TwistedNewMedia]

For the animated picture.. depends what it looks like I guess.. I prefer neat graphics as splash's myself.

For the html, I usually just make the html and insert the picture from the code. Inside the body you would have <img src="myanimation.gif">

[motiveX]

Splash pages are highly over-rated and play virtually no role in the business sense or idea's behind the Internet.

In saying this, I have a splash page which changes monthly on my site; this really plays no role other than to display my graphic skills and sense of risk taking at times with the artwork I create for Placid Minds. Some people complain because of the file size or whatever, but the demographic I focus on is majority HIGH SPEED and 1024 X 768 or higher.

Demographic is key when a company even thinks about a splash page. In most cases, the fewest clicks possible for the information seeker is the best thing. IE, don't use a splash page unless it has functionality behind it or some how markets your product, by providing information to the end-user.

Hope that made SOME sense.

LOL.



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[beetle]

Splash pages are a vestige of a by-gone era (however short-lived) of web design.

Splash pages can still have their place, but only for specific markets and demographics.