Flash Show Current Date: Month Name, Day Name, Etc.

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:59:49 +0000

This easy to follow tutorial saved me a lot of time today in creating a banner ad that needed to show the date. The difference is I didn’t want to show the day as 12/07/09 or another variation in number format. I wanted it to say Wednesday December 9, 2009. This is exactly what I needed.

http://www.godsafe.net/showflash.asp?id=1

Get the FLA below or on godsafe.net if needed.
datetime

Background Generator – Tiled backgrounds Designer

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:33:52 +0000

Asimple resource for creating tiled backgrounds, choose your pattern, color, etc and download the image. The selection could be better but this site might save you some time. bgpatterns.com

Inspiration

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:47:31 +0000

Buttons
Call to Action Buttons Discussion and Showcase

Design
http://designshack.co.uk/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/17/lessons-from-swiss-style-graphic-design/ (swiss design)
http://www.webcreme.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/28/offline-inspiration-how-to-find-it-and-get-the-most-out-of-it/ (Article on how to find inspiration)

Banner Ads
http://www.yureekah.com (somewhat useful, but kind of annoying because of the sound)

typography inspiration
http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/53-mind-blowing-uses-of-typography/

http://www.yureekah.com

css

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:36:07 +0000

css lists and floats
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic

css layouts
http://layouts.ironmyers.com

css rounded corners
http://www.roundedcornr.com

typography

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:34:41 +0000

typography inspiration
http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/53-mind-blowing-uses-of-typography/

cool typography video
http://vimeo.com/3302330

font site
http://www.fontex.org/fonts-on-p.html

80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Desigs
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design

tools and downloads

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:30:48 +0000

Photoshop Tutorials, Flash Tutorials and More
http://www.pixel2life.com/

960 grid system
http://960.gs/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/14/designing-with-grid-based-approach/ grid system articles

remote desktop tool
http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

Free Vector
http://fordesigner.com
http://speckyboy.com/2009/09/18/49-amazing-resources-for-free-vector-graphics/

Swiss Design Article
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/17/lessons-from-swiss-style-graphic-design/

Flash Resources

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:23:39 +0000

flash components for sale
http://www.flashden.net

free flash movies and tutorials
http://www.flashkit.com

lots of free templates
http://www.flashmo.com

Useful Flash Blog – Lots of good advice and tips
http://www.flashguru.co.uk/blog/

free flash templates
http://www.flashvillage.com

loop a flash movie (AS2)

Create a new layer in your flash file, name it Actionscript. On the first frame of the movie on the actionscript layer, insert this :

_global.z = 0;

Now, move the rest of your movie layers (not actionscript layer) so that there is nothing else on frame 1 besides the actionscript layer.

Now, make a new keyframe one frame after the last frame of your movie on the actionscript layer. Insert this code :

if (_global.z == 3)
{
stop();
}
else
{
_global.z = _global.z + 1;
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

You can change 3 to be however many times you want the movie to loop. That’s all.

setTimeout Function – you don’t always have to use setInterval

http://www.flashguru.co.uk/blog/flash-8-settimeout