10 Aug

Tutorial - Importing an external lolcat (image) into Flash!

Bringing external images into flash is a really useful thing to be able to do, so let’s get educated!
In this tutorial I’m going to teach you how to click a flash button, then display an image in the same folder as the flash file within the running swf!

09 Aug

Importing PSDs - Save yourself hours of Copy & Pasting!

I was creating a flash gallery for my friend after designing it in Photoshop, then when I was importing an individual picture from the .psd, thinking I’d have to copy and paste each individual element on each layer, I noticed the .psd file itself was available for importing.
I tried it, and that little double click [...]

08 Aug

Tutorial - Flash, PHP and MYSQL Integration - Part 1: MYSQL and PHP

Flash is awesome on its own, but its true power lies in its integratability with other mediums - PHP being one of them. And since PHP is fantastically well connected with MYSQL, these three combined can be the key to some highly interactive, involving web content.
The only thing is - how do we [...]

13 Jul

SEO </3 Flash - When should and shouldn’t I Flash online?

Flash is a massively versatile format.   However, when it comes to websites, it can be more of a burden than anything else as a result of SEO - Search Engine Optimisation.
SEO Depends a lot on finding links, keywords and images through the html content on your website - however, if your website is entirely Flash [...]

12 Jul

Backups save lives.

A simple blog post after I found one of the posts on this site mysteriously missing, I am one lucky ducky to have backed up my content.
When it comes to Flash, whenever I feel I have accomplished something (Added another working function, finished a particularly intricate animated sequence) I save the file as another version.   [...]