The beautiful “Chicago Uncommon” photogallery website by Dawn M. Mikulich. The website is content managed by Movable Type and uses the plug-ins such as, RandomPHPScript and MTPaginate ::: www.chicagouncommon.com
A beginner's Linux guide to Bash
A useful beginner’s guide article on Bash in linux and darwin ::: http://linux.org.mt/article/terminal
Emoticons vary from region to region
An interesting article which looks at how emoticons (characters symbolising human emotions) vary from region to region. As an example the article covers how western american and european smilies :) varies from the japanese smiley (^_^) :::
http://club.pep.ne.jp/~hiroette/en/facemarks/index.html
Creative Good gets redesigned
The creative good website, which was founded by GoodExperience author Mark Hurst, gets a redesign. Creative Good is a consulting firm focusing on improving the online user experience. ::: http://www.creativegood.com/
Is Weblog technology going too fast?
An interesting article in the New York Times (free subscription required to view) which looks at whether the rapid adoption of weblogs and the technology associated with it is just a trend which will fade out in the future.
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Detecting if a file exits in ActionScript
A useful tutorial by Guy Watson from Flash Guru on “Detecting if an include file exists”.
http://www.flashguru.co.uk/000310.php
fileExits._parent=this;
fileExists.onLoad=function(success)
{
//success is true if the file exists, false if it doesnt
if(success)
{
//the file exists
var nm=this._parent.createEmptyMovieClip(“swfHolder”,1); //so create a movieclip
nm.loadMovie(“myfile.swf”); //and load our .swf file into it
}
}
fileExists.load(“myfile.swf”) //initiate the test
[/js]
Pocket PC Flash – the website by Bill Perry
PocketPC Flash is website of Bill Perry, an Los Angeles based developer for mobile using Macromedia Flash.
Bill is a member of Team Macromedia (Flash) and the co-author of the book “Flash Enabled”.
The photography website of Jorge Alcaine
The photography website of Jorge Alcaine
http://www.jorgealcaide.com
The What is Flash Wiki website
The What is Flash? site, is an interesting project, where anyone is able to update the contents of the pages on the site.
Known as a “Wiki”, it is a contributing and collaborating tool using simple HTML markup.
The ActionScript Toolbox
The ActionScript Toolbox website is a useful resource of sample files in Flash MX.
It was created by Helen Triolo for the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington DC.
http://flash-creations.com
A website dedicated to Flash use with Databases
An interesting website dedicated to tutorials and examples for combining Macromedia Flash with a Database
http://www.flash-db.com
and the Flash DB Forum
https://www.flash-db.com/Board/
Using PHP and MySQL with Flash
A PHPBuilder article on using PHP and MySQL with Flash :::
www.phpbuilder.com/columns/hill20011214.php3
Blitzds Digital Studios website
The company website of Blitzds Digital Studios. They recently created the website of Shiny Entertainment, the company behind the upcoming “Enter the Matrix” computer game. ::: http://www.blitzds.com
Media Temple first to provide Flash Communication Server MX
Media Temple is the first hosting service company to provide the new Flash Communication Server MX ::: www.mediatemple.net/services/web_hosting/applications/macromedia/flashcom
The Head-Space Project website
The Head-Space Project is a website created by UK creative firm Underwired. They also created the IPPA 2002 DX finalist website Redism :::
http://www.head-space.org