Hey people, I’ve been published again in Web Designer Magazine Issue 159. In this tutorial, I walk you through how to make a MP3 player with a sound visualizer. Its a pretty short and straight to the point tutorial. Hopefully everyone will be able to follow along and make some cool mp3 players. If there are any concerns or questions, post it here on the blog and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
Go pick up your copy and leave some feed back. Check out a preview here
Hey valued readers, I’m sorry for my absence lately. I’ve had a ton of projects come in recently that have devoured my time. I haven’t forgotten about the Cool Flash Tips of the Week. I have a couple to post, but just haven’t found the time to flesh them out. They should be back up and running by August 1st. The wait will be worth it people.
Happy Flashing.
I know last week I said we will be learning about a custom class, but I think I’ll hold that one for next week. This week we are going to check out a quick and useful tip that I didn’t even know about until a couple of days ago for selecting XML and XMLList nodes. This won’t be as in depth as the last, but I still think its a great quick tip.
We will be testing on this XML file.
Maria
Jason
Jason
Chris
Jack
Maria
I recently found out this cool way to select XML nodes. You can actually test attributes to filter out which ones you want. Check out the example for a better idea of what I mean.
var l:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
l.addEventlistener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
l.load(new URLRequest("ourXML.xml"));
function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void
{
var myXML:XML = XML(l.data);
trace(myXML.family.(@lastName == "Travis").member); // Outputs Maria , John
}
Using this method you can easily filter out a selection of nodes based on an evaluation. I find this a better way to the alternative of using array indices to select a particular tree. This is a pretty quick tip that I thought would be helpful. Next week, we are back to the in depth tips like usual. Again, if you like the post, subscribe to the RSS Feed.
Selene M. Bowlby also known on twitter as idesignstudios is having a huge giveaway. To commemorate 1 year as a full-time freelancer, she is hosting a 1000 Business Cards + Canvas Print giveaway sponsored by UPrinting. Its super easy to enter. Just leave a comment on her blog with an explanation of why you should win. For more info on the giveaway, check out her post.
An interview I did with Scott over @FlashDen just released today. It’s a pretty good interview and I enjoyed answering all the questions. The interview is mainly about the NYC Flash Developers Happy Hour meetup I often attend run by Jesse Freeman. Make sure to add him on twitter @TheFlashBum. It’s a Flash User group here in the big Apple that runs a meeting every once or twice a month. If you happen to be in the New York City area, please stop by and have a good time.
Just would like to let everyone know to pick up the 155th issue of Web Designer Magazine. I have been published AGAIN!! What a great feeling to see your words in a publication. Anyway, I wrote a Papervision 3D tutorial for beginning PV3D users. It is an interactive 3D Menu. By the time you get through the complete tutorial, you will know most of the basic tools for creating 3D scenes in PV3D. This isn’t a tutorial on the Great White version of Papervision, This is on the newest release of PV3D which I recommend everyone get.
Here is a link to get your issue.
This is pretty much just a shameless plug. To follow along on up to the second information on my workings and such, check out my twitter. Popularity nowadays are based on the amount of followers you have =D. SO come on people, make me popular.
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/cg219
I was looking in Barnes and Noble, checking out the usual magazines I always do. I happen to come across the new Flash and Flex magazine and take a look at the table of contents to see my name in bold letters. To say I was excited would be an understatement. I completely forgot that I submitted an article to FFD introducing my XMLLoader Class. Its a very good article and tutorial and I suggest anyone t check it out. Another well known author in this issue is, flash community guru, Lee Brimelow. It feels good to actually see your name in a magazine. Hopefully it will not be the last.
I have been getting some complaints about missing emails. My contact form had a small error and it is now up and running again.
Yup, you read that right, I am now a developer on FlashDen. I know a lot of you are saying OH NOOOOO no more free stuff. On the contrary, I will still be releasing free content on the site as well as premium content on FlashDen. Most likely I will be releasing basic versions for free and more advanced versions with more features on FlashDen.
I hope everyone one supports me on this and keeps visiting the blog. First item I have up there is a more advanced version of the Fade In Gallery In this I have removed the link to this lass due to some bugs I have found in the class. So the only way to get this particular class is through FlashDen at this link
http://flashden.net/item/fade-in-gallery/20495
Everything else is still available. Again thanks for the support, and look out for more things in the future.
