July 2004
Create Basic Layers Command Here’s another timesaver, when you’ve just created a new FLA, use this command to quickly create your new layers (Actions, Components etc) rather than manually... Read More
JSFL (Flash JavaScript) is a powerful medium for interacting with the Flash API during authoring in MX 2004, and over the past few months I’ve been examining the API with a view to creating... Read More
Via Sebastian, Kristian: Zend in the Clowns – a sceptical but ultimately positive look at PHP5 (while roaming over PHP4 and a whole lot more). In asking “why?” when considering... Read More
My top-three most-frequently used Illustrator tips, in no particular order: - shift key: Shift “constrains” the movement along a straight vertical, horizontal, or 45-degree angle. I often... Read More
A very ambitious and inspiring 16-year old wrote me yesterday. He is doing more to market his web-design business than many of my supposedly more mature and seasoned clients, and will no doubt be... Read More
Via Marty Andrews, An Introduction to Agile Methods (PDF) [Traditional methodologies] have a few things in common GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_C"); GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_D");Read More
Coming hot on the heels of Zak’s excellent Securing Passwords in Your Database, “Target Your Visitors Using GeoIP and .NET” shows how to use the MaxMind product to detect... Read More
I came across a situation at work today where I needed to take an XML string from a textarea and perform DOM manipulations on it using JavaScript. After some digging around, I remembered an open... Read More
The Internet may be a global phenomenon, but few have embraced the opportunity to internationalize their online presence. Philip shows how easy it can be using the powerful combination of .NET and... Read More
Chris Cantrell, of the Macromedia team. Is currently taking an informal survey on his blog. He’s trying to get feedback from Macromedia visitors about there thoughts on the web site, the... Read More
Yes way! BlueDragon, that great little Georgia USA company, has just put out the .NET version of their BlueDragon CF Server. What does this mean to CF developers? MORE OPTIONS! We’ve all heard... Read More
Well, a couple of reasons for the title to this post; let me explain 1. I’ve been so busy this week in preparation for going on annual leave that I’ve not had time to blog (not that... Read More
I finally downloaded all my pictures from Boston onto my laptop, and amazingly, some of the fireworks pictures actually turned out… fair. Which brings me to a web site service that a coworker... Read More
The Terminal utility is a great feature within Macintosh OS X, and with the Panther version OS, standardized on the Bash shell. Bash is one of the most commonly found and popular shells in Unix... Read More
