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Using AMFPHP with AS3 and CodeIgniter

on Aug 17th 2009 with 27 comments

It seems that the AMFPHP project has now been laid to rest, unfortunately it never made it past the 1.9 beta version and nor did the tutorials. However, Adobe didn’t give up on it that easily and with the new Flex compilers they’ve included the AMF3 object encoding!

Good news for all you Flexers, but it’s a different story for all you AS3′ers. Flex allows you to quickly and simply build a service that will interact with your AMFPHP code, but you have to get your hands dirty with AS3. So, I’ve decided that it’s time there’s a decent set of classes out there that help Bob build a site with AS3 using the AMFPHP gateway.

And to throw some more dirt into the mix, we’ll be integrating AMFPHP with CodeIgniter so that we have a fantastic PHP framework for the backend.

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Build an AS3 Photo Slider Widget for Social Networking Sites

on Aug 10th 2009 with 7 comments

Today we’re going to build a Photo Slider widget which can be placed on social networking sites like Orkut or MySpace. This widget will be based on Google’s Open Social API and contains a Flash application, which will show all photos from your public photo albums in a slideshow.

"Plug-in classes" will handle the transitions of the slideshow and this tutorial will include writing two of those "plug-ins".

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Create a Shuffle Gallery in Flash Using XML and ActionScript 3.0

on Jul 24th 2009 with 38 comments

In this tutorial I’ll explain how to access and use the Display List whilst creating an XML based image gallery with ActionScript 3.0.

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AS3 101: Branching – Basix
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AS3 101: Branching – Basix

on Jul 15th 2009 with 46 comments

In our third installment of AS3 101, we meet the brains of the operation. All applications need to have at least a little logic built in, so that is what we’re talking about: branching. We’ll meet the if statement, the switch statement and a little something called the lookup table (or hash map).

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This entry is part 3 of 18 in the AS3 101 Session
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Create a Dynamic Slideshow with ActionScript 3.0 and XML: Part 2

on Jul 8th 2009 with 61 comments
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Create a Dynamic Slideshow with AS3 and XML

During its first two months, Part 1 of Pierre’s slideshow screencast pulled in over 30,000 unique pageviews, making it the most frequently visited post on Flashtuts+ to date. The comments and requests came flooding in, so back by popular demand, here’s Part 2!

Read on to see what’s in store during this, the second of three installments.

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Javascript and ActionScript Converse: Introduction to ExternalInterface

on Jul 6th 2009 with 31 comments

ActionScript and Javascript. Both of these languages are great on their own, but have you ever wondered what you could do if they could talk with each other? Well you’re in luck! That’s where the ExternalInterface Class comes into the picture. Follow me as I teach you the basics.

Photo by Dave Spellman.

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Develop a Useful Font Picker App with ActionScript 3.0

on Jun 26th 2009 with 37 comments

When working with typography, like designing logos, choosing the correct font is crucial. The selection process can be a little slow if you’re testing each font in a design application. This tutorial will help you create your own font-testing app using Flash and ActionScript 3.0.

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AS3 101: Functions – Basix
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AS3 101: Functions – Basix

on Jun 17th 2009 with 76 comments

This is part 2 of the introduction to ActionScript 3.0 series. We’ll be talking about functions. Just like last time, when we focused on variables, we’ll be primarily targeting the neophyte programmer, who has little to no experience with functions. However, even if you’re relatively comfortable with functions, you may want to skim through this tutorial if certain aspects of them – like datatypes and default values – aren’t quite sitting well with you.

We’ll spend the first half of the tutorial covering things at a more theoretical level, then put some of those ideas to use in the second half. We’ll be building a very simple piece with a series of buttons which swap out the content on another part of the page. There’ll be a few functions in use to accomplish this, primarily one that handles the setting of the content. Make yourself comfortable, go and take a look at the demo, then get stuck into the tut..

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This entry is part 2 of 18 in the AS3 101 Session

Create a Simple and Attractive MP3 Player

on Jun 8th 2009 with 34 comments

We’re going to build a simple mp3 player which you can embed in any webpage (a band’s homepage for example). By following this tut you will learn how to import Illustrator graphics, how to build button sprites with movieclips and how to use the Timer and Sound classes. Here we go..

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Build an ActionScript 3.0 HTML Box with XML and CSS Support

on May 27th 2009 with 29 comments

In this tutorial, we’ll create an HTML Box which parses content loaded from XML and CSS. We’ll build it using ActionScript 3.0 so we can compile it in FlashDevelop. I’ll also demonstrate how to compile it in Flash IDE. We’ll focus on creating external script files (classes), loading and using XML and CSS files, all of which will assume some understanding of ActionScript. Let’s get started!

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