New project

Question

my new project is to create a flash site for an resturant.
the have an html site, that they don't want to chage. I am aloud to
create a new home page that allows the user to choose between the
two, or create a new html . I have complete control over design.
and I'm looking for some ideas. seeing the html is of common
design.
heres a link to the html site
http://osakasushiexpress.com/

Answer 1

Awful colors... Projects an image of a cheap take out place
with outdated seafood... Website is well organized though - may be
a good template for Flash architecture.
From a functional perspective, looks like dishes are well
categorized. So, perhaps, each category deserves its own "page". If
this is it - there should be a navigation pane - on click a list of
corresponding dishes will be displayed with an image of a related
dish (hope they can take better images).
I would make a class that extends Sprite. Inside the class
there can be a functionality to compose lines for items. Each line
could be a separate class too.
As for the info I would go with XML that organizes the menu
based on the category and has nodes pertaining to each line item
and separate nodes for images and additional items (like
dinner/lunch specials). If they don't change menu often (no one
does anyway) - XML can be hard-coded in the code. Otherwise - can
be loaded at runtime.
So, above mentioned class would be fed with the parts of XML
that are related to category and populate line items accordingly.
I think it is a pretty easy and straightforward project (only
if they were willing to change the colors).