Create an RSS Reader With a Custom XMLLoader Class

May 11th in Screencasts by Clemente Gomez

Those of you who've already downloaded the Flashtuts+ freebie XMLLoader Class 3.0 will know what a handy tool it can be. In this screencast, its author Clemente Gomez will take you through some features of the XMLLoader Class, building a useful multi-RSS reader in the process. Make some time, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy..

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Author: Clemente Gomez

Hi, my name is Clemente Gomez aka kreativeKING. I am a NYC based Flash AS3 Developer / 3D Artist / Designer. I have been developing in Actionscript 3.0 for about 2 years and have been animating prior to that in 3ds Max and Maya for about 5 years. I freelance part-time and am also an author on FlashDen. I run my personal flash blog where I post custom classes, news and tips at kreativeKING. I am always usually accessible @cg219.

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    Dario Gutierrez May 11th

    Looks good Clemente, interesting multi reader. Thanks for sharing.

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    Diego SA May 11th

    Interesting! The way the RSS are displayed looks great. I’ll check this TweenLite later. Thanks!

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    arem May 11th

    Better video quality for video tuts would be appreciated..

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    samBrown May 11th

    cool tutorial; also a good intro to using your XMLloader class – thanks!

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      samBrown May 11th

      anyone else getting an error from the src download?

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        Clemente G May 11th

        What error are you getting?

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    Franky May 11th

    Nice Nice!

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    xfw May 12th

    download error

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    Ian Yates May 12th

    Sorry folks – the permissions were incorrectly set for the source files. Problem has been solved, download at will..

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    samBrown May 12th

    thx for the fix on the download link – looking forward to poking around the source files..

    great tut btw Clemente

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    CgBaran Tuts May 14th

    Great tutorial thanks

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    Clemente G May 14th

    Thanks everyone for the good comments. Anyone have suggestions for what they would like to learn??

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      Adel May 18th

      Great one Clemente, really awesome,
      what I’d like to learn… xml,xml, and more xml…
      I always wanted to c a really great tutorial about how to create professional flash portfolio, website.. It’d be really cool

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      Iván Castellanos June 5th

      A little advice: next time increase the font size of the code, there is an option in edit > preferences for it.

      For another tuto… maybe a way to create an XML from flash (a dynamic swf able to i mean)? or maybe a way to create dinamic buttons (with dymaic functions) using info from a XML?

      Thanks!

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      NathanE - Flash Noob July 20th

      I am not sure if I am having a brain fart or not, but this is what I am curious about:

      Navigating the XML tree in AS3 = Simple enough.
      Loading Multiple XML files with your class = Very cool and easy enough.

      For some reason I can’t put the two together, I’m not sure if I am not thinking logically enough or not.

      My example is :

      url
      Image 1

      so lets say this is the 5th xml doc loaded in called “galleryfive” in your load array.

      I have been able to load the different XML doc’s easy enough, but retrieving the specific node information has stumped me.

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    Siniestro June 2nd

    Hey man great work!!!!

    Just trying to get it to work proper though…
    getting security error #2080 when trying to access my RSS feed.

    Any help would be great

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    Luke June 9th

    Excellent tutorial and a great class you have there. Works perfectly.

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    Jason July 8th

    terribly hard to read text in video

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