In order to retrieve any file from within any Flash (including motif) ad served by an external server, certain steps must be taken to meet the Flash Player’s security requirements. The web server that hosts the file being loaded into the ad must have a security document present at the root of the web server. You must create the file named “crossdomain.xml” to outline which domains are allowed to connect via Flash to that server, and place this file at the very root level of the web server. Click here for a detailed how-to on
loading external Flash SWFs into another hosted Flash SWF.

This document describes how to make a Flash ad click through to a URL defined in an HTML file. By defining the click-through in the HTML file, the site that is hosting the flash swf can change tracking information or
the click-through target of the ad quickly, without requiring edits to the Flash creative. The document assumes that the reader already knows how to make the Flash creative open a web page when clicked.

I was making a ‘Feliz Navidad’ banner at work and wanted to add snow to it to make it more eye catching. Here’s a link to a blog by Seb Lee-Delisle using Papervision to make 3D snow. Unfortinatley I couldn’t use AsctionScript 3.0 in our banners so I found a cool tutorial at Kirupa that uses ActionScript 2.0 in a similar snow effect that gives the user some fun with the mouse. This was a good choice because you can change the snow to whatever shape you want like snowflakes for instance. You could also tell it how much snow particles to fall at a time. I decided to keep the snow ball theme in the banner.

Today is the first day of the release of Adobe Creative Suite 4. I cant wait to get my hands on it and urge you all to do the same. http://www.adobe.com/

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ and http://jquery.com/ more JavaScript and DHTML websites that are really useful. Take a look around. You might find something that you may end up using.

After searcing the web for some time in search of a good JavaScript graphical scrollbar, I came across http://www.dyn-web.com. Not only does it have JavaScript for scrolling divs, but it also has JavaScript tool tips, rotating images, random image display, and a clickable font sizer. Take a look at http://www.dyn-web.com/code/scroll/ and click the Download File link. If you dont want to download the file then you can click here to see it on my server. The 2008 version of the code has been streamlined and new features have been added, such as mousewheel support, unobtrusive event handling, accessibility features, and dynamic update capability.

Found this image on dezinerfolio and thought it was kinda funny and somewhat accurate.

Most all web developers these days use Dreamweaver to code their html/css webpages. Here Greg explains all the new features that the Dreamweaver CS4 program offers covering Photoshop Smart Objects, Live View, Live Code, and even covering dynamic content such as JavaScript and AJAX.

More videos on the new Flash and other CS4 programs viewable at http://tv.adobe.com/

Here is walk through of the new Flash CS4 authoring program. This one goes in depth of the new product features and how to use them. Though it takes time to get into it and the accent makes it hard to
understand, there is a lot of new stuff in here making it worth watching. In this episode Paul shows the new CS4 object based tweening module including how to create animations using the timeline, how to use the
new motion editor and also how to save and reuse your animations using your Motion Presets.

More videos on the new Flash and other CS4 programs viewable at http://tv.adobe.com/

http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column.htm

Here is a series of website liquid layouts that use percentage widths and relative positioning, and they work with all the common web browsers including Safari on the iPhone and iPod touch. They’re also ’stackable’
so you can use multiple column types on the one page. This makes the number of possible layouts endless!

The main features

* No CSS hacks
* iPhone & iPod Touch compatible
* SEO friendly
* Full length column background colours
* No Images
* No JavaScript
* Resizable text compatible
* Stackable columns
* FREE for anyone to use