3 Top 10+ Flash CMS for Web Development

Wikipedia : "A Flash Content Management System (Flash CMS) is a Content Management System specifically designed to create and manage Adobe Flash Content. The main purpose of a Flash CMS is to generate Flash content within a browser environment. To qualify as a Flash CMS an application must be able to manage text, images, sound, movies, animations and actions. All editing must be done in a way that no programming skills are needed to use the application. Output generated by a Flash CMS should require the Flash Player."

I think, regardless that flash content have an impact on web SEO optimization or for user experience...with flash contents, a web having a strong visual appeal. Dynamic look with some animated images, audio visual, and likely attractive - professional.

In this post, I have compiled some Flash CMS sources. Hopefully useful for you as web developer or web designer.

Here are :

Some Flash CMS - Open Sources

• Silex : Silex is maintained by Silex Labs, a non profit organization. Silex is free flash CMS and WYSIWYG editor for flash template.

• Free Flash CMS by FancyCMS is an open source CMS engine, which is a core part of the upcoming FancyCMS itself. We are giving it out for free to encourage flash developers to contribute their ideas to the software and together build a powerful flash CMS.

• Open Source Flash : Open Source Flash Tutorials Open Source Flash.

Some Flash CMS - Commercial

• Royale/CMS : Royale/CMS is designed to aid designers and developers that typically use XML as a data source for their Flash websites as opposed to relying on website builders. Simply create your structure in seconds (news, projects, work etc.), populate with your own content, publish to XML and load it to your website.

• Rainbow Live : Rainbow is developed by Code and Visual. With Rainbow Live you can can turn an existing XML file into a Flash CMS instantly. Some features : FTP file transfer (no need for server side scripting), support for JPG/PNG/GIF image types, hide/Lock nodes from User, automated Installer, apply template styles, rich text mode locking, and much more.

• fCMSPro : fCMSPro is a part of Flashloaded. fCMSPro is flash based Content Management System that allows you to modify site content at runtime without ever leaving their browser. Some features : Direct updating of content on a live Flash website, allows for multiple users with different file upload permissions, Customizable font list, font size list and color palette, editable textfields with built-in text editor (allows for multi-page textfields), and more.

• Mosite : With Mosite you'll get your free storage web space , where will be possible to create all the sites you want to. Add a custom object uploaded from your computer: You can upload JPG, PNG and soon, SWF (AS3 compatible). Add your text and choose fonts to match your design. Add motion effects to move or resize any object. Add effects to change any object's look and feel.

• Moto CMS : With Moto Flash CMS you can earn more either by creating manageable Flash sites and components for them or by maintaining the created Flash site.

• Maki : Maki is a Content Management System that lets you quickly realize your professional website animated in Flash technology™ in a few simple steps. all website built up trought Maki Cms are dynamic, that is all their contents will be managed through a reserved area.

• Fuzzle CMS - content management system combining Flash and HTML to provide high-quality animation to everyone and simplify the site administation process. You can manage the site right on its pages using drag-and-drop and edit blocks by double click. Allows you make document presentation like Power Point presentation, excel price list, or word legal document, and much more.

Other resources might also you need

• ActionScript.org : ActionScript.org is an ActionScript developer community online for Flash and Flex users. There are many flash tutorials, support, or other open source stuff you can find there.

• Kirupa : flash and HTML5 tutorials for designers and developers.

• ActiveSWF : ActiveSWF is innovative rich media platform specially designed for web developers and Flash professionals building applications for Windows and .NET.

• Flasm : Flasm is a free command line assembler/disassembler of Flash ActionScript bytecode. It lets you make changes to any SWF. Flasm fully supports SWFs produced by Macromedia Flash 8 and earlier Flash versions.

• SWFTools : SWFTools is a collection of utilities for working with Adobe Flash files (SWF files). The tool collection includes programs for reading SWF files, combining them, and creating them from other content (like images, sound files, videos or sourcecode).

• swfmill : swfmill is an xml2swf and swf2xml processor with import functionalities. It's most common use is the generation of asset libraries containing images (PNG and JPEG), fonts (TTF) or other SWF movies for use with MTASC- or haXe-compiled ActionScript, although swfmill can be used to produce both simple and complex SWF structures.

• Flash Component : a place for all flash components such as flash menu, flash banner, audio & video, flash template, and more. You can buy or sell your flash creations in there.

How do you think?

Glad to hear your opinion. Please if you have any experience on the list above. Thank you.

Happy freelancing, keep working, keep your health, and good luck for all! :)

image remixed, original image by Mario Klingemann