17 May
PHP (a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a computer scripting language, originally designed for producing dynamic web pages. It is for server-side scripting, but can be used from a command line interface or in standalone graphical applications.
While PHP was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995(first creator), the main implementation of PHP is now produced by The PHP Group and serves as the de facto standard for PHP as there is no formal specification. Released under the PHP License, the Free Software Foundation considers it to be free software.
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. It generally runs on a web server, taking PHP code as its input and creating web pages as output. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million servers, although the number of websites with PHP installed has declined since August 2005. It is also the most popular Apache module among computers using Apache as a web server.The most recent major release of PHP was version 5.2.6 on May 1, 2008. Read more…
13 May
SWF (acronym of “Shockwave Flash“, pronounced swif) is a open file format for multimedia and especially vector graphics. It was developed by Macromedia and is now, following their acquisition, coming from Adobe. Intended to be small enough for publication on the web, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function. SWF is also sometimes used for creating animated display graphics and menus for DVD movies, and television commercials.
SWF is currently the dominant format for displaying animated vector graphics on the web, far exceeding the W3C open standard SVG, which has met with problems over competing implementations. Read more…
10 May
Many website designers now take advantage of Shockwave and Flash to add multimedia effects, such as animation with sound, to their websites. Both Shockwave and Flash are Macromedia technologies that let web designers add multimedia elements to web pages. Shockwave movies are the resulting files exported from Macromedia Director that display animation, special effects, and other types of applications for the web. Flash movies are animations and other types of interactive web elements exported from Macromedia Flash.
-Web designers add Shockwave and Flash files to web pages for several reasons, including to make web pages more interesting and interactive, to add colourful navigational components, to enhance a site visually with animation, multimedia, and special effects, and to add more complex components such as online games. Read more…
07 May
About “End of the World”
For as long as I can remember, I have had a craving for funny flash animation that was on the internet. That craving for funny animations led me to find my favorite flash animation of all time.
Use the next link if you haven’t had the pleasure of watching The End of the World animation. This is one of the web’s finest animations.
It’s safe to say that I’m not the only one out there that has an interest in this funny flash animation that some call The End of the Earth animation. In fact there are many of you searching for information on where and how to download this unique flash animation.
Download the flash animation
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03 May
Gaming is popular world wide and most people play games without knowing how a game is actually made. It takes inspiration, verve, technology, and more to create a game that captures the mind and heart of players all over the world.
The first step to making a game is to have a story. The story or plot is thought about and developed by game designers or players. Once the game is conceptualized, writers and artists work together on the storyboard and create sketches of the sequence with instructions for the technology team. The sketches are then scanned on to a computer and the next step is to breathe life into the story and characters.
Among the many ways to create a game a popular solution is Macromedia Flash MX. This allows the creation of rich, graphic and multimedia driven gaming. Flash has a player, authoring tool, and a file format. Flash allows game developers to use:
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01 May
The short answer is maybe. The long answer is that the question might be better asked, “Is a 100% FLASH web site appropriate in business?.” The answer to this question, in my humble opinion is, absolutely not. In fact, we have had several clients come to us this year who have 100% Flash web sites that are going to completely remake their web sites because they simply do not work for them. They are having issues with search engines and with clients who can’t see their web sites.
Of course, they do work in terms of visuals. If you visit a Flash web site you will see it. Just because a visitor can see the web site doesn’t automatically mean that the web site is working for your business.
What is Flash?
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26 April
On traditional note, flash web design is considered to be both expensive and in many ways adversative to the clear forms of communication that leads to e-commerce activities and functions. Sure, the result getting from the flash designing looks terrific for many website, operating in the free world. However, sometimes it is termed as the problematic situation where critical areas related to the search engine optimization and spiders’ ability are affected as they could not able to read exactly as desired. It is something like having a beautiful piece of jewel no one could hope to find. Happily, for the first time, that situation has radically changed.
Majority of small businesses, web design and development firms have realized the power of both attractive design and the ability to generate customers spreading across the different parts of the world. This is the reason why, along with applying adequate knowledge and information through programs such as Flash, these firms are active in implementing state-of-the-art search engine optimization tools to create better awareness and a large number of customers. The result is a process that combines beauty and business intelligence in a seamless, efficient manner. Read more…
21 April
Most people must have read the articles about how bad Flash is and how many things it cannot cope with. Let us begin with problems, which you can face while creating a website.
* Flash generates exceptionally heavy traffic.
It is not at all clear where this opinion stems from!? It is right vice versa, this technology is summoned to facilitate the applications. Swf banners weigh much less than their gif mates. Skillfully developed Flash websites have a frame which allows obtaining necessary information from some external source and giving it to a user without reloading the page saving traffic considerably. Of course if you want to make such sophisticated websites, like, for example, the websites of new makes of cars, where there are a lot of video, 3D and so on and so forth, the whole thing is different. To make your car look like a real beauty from all the angles you have to sacrifice a little weight of your website for the sake of its quality. Doing so you are absolutely right, because the target audience of these websites is not the students from South Bronx using dial-up connection. Your website should be directed at those people who have no problems connecting to the internet, since they have already had high-speed internet access for a long while. I have already mentioned the stipulation that everything depends upon the skills of an application developer. Read more…
14 April
Gradient Mask Reflections
learn flashLearn how to apply the mask using Actionscript.
Flash Tutorial Video
Fixing Unruly Shape Tweens
learn flashSometimes complex shape tweens can get a little rambunctious, even when we add all the shape hints we can think to add. In fact, sometimes the shape hints only serve to make things worse. In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn a quick cheat that might fix some of the less desirable shape tween effects that might pop up. Read more…
04 April
This very simple lesson will show you how to convert bitmap picture into a vector, using a little flash options called Trace Bitmap. You can use this effect if you like to make a cool picture as poster, or if you like to lower your file size. Only one thing that you had, when you converted your Bitmap picture into a Vector is that, when you have zoomed your vector graphic, you will not lose on quality. You don’t have to use action script code to make this lesson. Let’s go!
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