Websites on Mobile Phones etc

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Simple question I guess but....I'll ask it anyway.
On my website I have flash buttons to navigate to the different pages on the site. Every laptop or computer that I have been on shows them fine.
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I thought I would look my website up using my I-Phone. It loaded instantly but none of the flash buttons were there so it was pretty useless for a potential customer wanting to browse the site. They wouldn't have been able to get any further than the front page.

Obviously this isn't great and with people using phones more and more to browse the web etc, I want potential customers to see everything how it should be. I quite like the flash buttons but will more than likely have to ditch them? Is there a way around this?

I want to get this sorted today so do I just put linkable text instead or make my own little icons?

Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
G

[Pink Elephant]

Gary,

Flash doesn't work on iProducts, but it does work on Android.

Can't you just put a normal text menu somewhere on the screen as a backup?

Ta muchly

[Vectis]

It's not just iDevice users you're locking out - it's anyone with flash disabled (corporates, primarily).

Use swfobject (http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/) to present the flash OR an alternative (eg. simple clickable <img>'s) if flash isn't available.

Simples :beer1:

Still dependant upon JavaScript, but you'll probably find this is OK with 98%+ of visitors rather than 80%+ at present.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Thanks guys. I'll get to work on this later today.
I do like the buttons etc even though they are basic but I'm not bothered about losing them.

Thanks again!

[Vectis]

I do like the buttons etc even though they are basic but I'm not bothered about losing them.

Use swfobject and you don't need to lose them. Just provide alternatives for folks without flash (same size and shape, just static pics).

[Marc J]

1) Don't use Flash for essential site navigation.

2) Wherever you do use Flash, always provide a no-Flash alternative using (as Martin says) swfobject.