Gaia 2.1 is here and with it some incredible new features, the biggest of which is SEO Scaffolding. SEO Scaffolding generates XHTML pages for every seo-enabled page in your site, complete with links to the other pages and a valid sitemap.xml.

But that's not all! Each XHTML page also houses all the copy for your Flash site and makes that copy available directly in your pages! This one-file-per-page solution makes it extremely easy to make your Flash sites optimized for search engines and it's as simple as pressing a button in Gaia's panel. Say goodbye to XML + XSL SEO solutions. One XHTML file, one button press, one revolutionary way to achieve robust white-hat Search Engine Optimization in Flash.

SEO Scaffolding is not the only new feature in Gaia 2.1. You can now dynamically set the path to the site.xml, making localization as simple as one line of code, or use it to load a dynamically generated site.xml file driven by a CMS.

Wait! We're not done, yet! You can now add external assets to pages at runtime. You no longer have to put all your assets in the site.xml. Instead, you can link to an XML list that contains any number of dynamically generated assets. This feature makes building things like image galleries a snap!

Hold up. There's still more. The Gaia panel has undergone some major improvements, as well.

The Gaia Framework Updating now uses a diff-system to only replace the files that changes and it tells you exactly which files were updated and/or added. This also helps Mac users keep their Subversion repositories intact.

The byte accurate preloading engine has been updated, as well, and fully supports the new SEO Scaffolding engine. With one button press, all file sizes for pages, assets and SEO files are injected into your site.xml.

One more thing! The Project Resizing has been completely overhauled and now can be used for any and all of the different dimension choices at any time. It even modifies all of the SEO Scaffolded files for you, all with just one button press. This is just another of Gaia's numerous time-saving techniques.

Developing Flash sites with Gaia is fun and easy! If you haven't checked it out yet, now is a great time to download Gaia and revolutionize your workflow.

Be sure to check out the Gaia Framework Wiki for detailed information on all of these features.

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