| Bill Horvath .:CMX:. 2005-03-31, 6:31 pm |
| Join us in congratulating Robin Button and Heather Armstrong for winning the
contest we ran to celebrate the publication of our 1000th article. Their
prize is a fabulous collection of books by CMX authors that includes
everything from The ActionScript Bible to Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic. We know
that Robin and Heather will read them all with eagerness, and will have a
lot of knowledge to share. If you didn't win, don't be too disappointed.
We're now close to article 1050, and you'll never be lacking for reading
material as long as you stayed tuned to our CMX online library of all things
Macromedia.
Here's all of our stuff from the past week:
CMX Slideshow (Flash Extension)
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=323CC
Paul Newman
This extension for Flash MX 2004 loads external JPEG and SWF files to create
a Flash slideshow. The CMX Slideshow component is very customizable and
includes support for hyperlinks, captions, padding, resizing, transitions,
controls, and much more. You can also access CMX Slideshow's methods,
properties, and events using ActionScript. The support files demonstrate how
to create your own custom controls, and how to load a list of images from an
external XML file.
ColdFusion MX 7 on Macintosh OS X: Part 2 [FREE]
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=C5ACC
Thomas Pletcher
Part 2 in our CF 7/Panther series shows you how to install the latest
version of ColdFusion with JRun 4 in a number of different scenarios: as a
new version, as an upgrade from an earlier version, or as a parallel
installation with your existing version of ColdFusion.
Breezin' with Breeze - Part 3: The Captivate Connection
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=59566
Tom Green
It isn't only PowerPoint that can be used to create Breeze content. A direct
upload to Breeze from Captivate is dead simple to accomplish and adds a
whole new level of interactivity to your Breeze efforts.
Formatting Dates, Numeric Values, and Text on Your ASP.NET Pages - Part 1
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=F11D9
Heidi Bautista
Formatting values on your ASP.NET pages is easier than you might think.
Dreamweaver offers built-in formatting options for many common formatting
patterns for dates, numbers, and text. But sometimes you need uncommon
formatting or maybe it's just plain easier to bypass DW and do it yourself
in code view. Learn when and how to use DW's built-in formatting options in
Part 1. Part 2 will explore customizing your own date/time, number, and text
formats.
ActionScript Drawing API Part 2: Masks and Transitions
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=FCE33
Derrick Ypenburg
In Part 1 of this tutorial, Drawing API: Part 1 - Basic Lines, Shapes and
Fills, we learned how to create basic squares, curves and lines and fill
them with a color. I was thinking about what I should cover first for Part 2
of the ActionScript Drawing API and I thought it might make sense to
actually show an applicable use of the drawing API before I move on to more
advanced topics. Programmatic masking is a great example of the drawing API
in action. In this article, we will cover the drawing of shapes to be used
as masks and the manipulation of these shapes over time to create some
really cool masking transitions for use in your projects. Once you know the
basics, you can get more fancy with your code and create some really
interesting shapes and animations to create more robust masks and
transitions.
CSS Negative Margins - Part Two: Two Column Liquid Layouts
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=E9A76
Zoe Gillenwater
A liquid or fluid layout is one in which at least one of the columns changes
in width depending on the viewport size of the user. Because the end user
controls the width of the columns, not you, you risk inserting content that
is too large to accommodate the user's column width. If a piece of content
is too large for its column, it either overflows or, in the case of Internet
Explorer and float-based layouts, drops the entire column down the page.
Luckily, negative margins provide a way for us to fix this problem and, in
the process, make our page more accessible as well! Read on for a two column
liquid layout that is resistant to Internet Explorer's float drops and has
good source order. It's a great starting point for your own web page
layouts.
Creating a Realistic Cast Shadow
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=EB6E9
Jim Babbage
In the early days of CMX, I wrote an article on Creating Perspective Shadows
in Fireworks MX. Those concepts still hold true, but I thought I would share
another technique. Consider this an enhancement which produces an even more
realistic - and controllable - cast shadow. This technique makes use of a
vector mask, a marquee selection and two copies of the bitmap selection,
each filled with black.
A Photo Correction Case Study
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=1CFA4
Kim Cavanaugh
You thought you'd taken the perfect picture with your digital camera, only
to find that when it was examined on your computer that there were some
serious flaws. In this Captivate video case study you'll follow along with
me as I fix a family photo that was taken recently. How can Fireworks be
used to remove those flaws using the Rubber Stamp tool? What settings work
best in certain situations, and what other tools can you use to help speed
things along? This 3-part video tutorial with 15 minutes of instruction
answers those questions and more as you follow along with the steps I took
to fix my photograph.
Color Correction Part 4: Pixel Clipping
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=69A4A
Tom Green
When a pixel gets "clipped" in Fireworks, all sorts of nastiness breaks out.
See how judicious use of sliders and values can either improve - or
destroy - an image.
Basic FTP in Your PHP Scripts
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=7E1AA
Rob Williams
Although many developers regard PHP simply as a tool for dynamic web sites,
there are many situations in which it can be used to make a web
administrator's job easier and more efficient. In this article, we take a
look at PHP's native FTP functionality, and how it can be used to help
automate the task of creating and updating a Froogle data feed.
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Bill Horvath
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