Did you know it takes less than 7 minutes to create a Facebook page? In this video I show you how to create a Facebook page for your organization. I walk you through the process of entering your information, adding your page profile and cover pictures and more. Watch the video below. How to Setup…
The favicon is the image that appears in the browser’s address bar when you visit a site. While it was initially favicon.ico, did you know there are actually different favicon types out there? And of course, the browsers can’t handle them all well. Therefore, we often run into problems. This article talks about how to…
If you work in the web, you will at some point be asked, and maybe even expected to, perform some SEO for a website you are working on. There are several factors that work into how well your site ranks in the organic search results. Key among them is the content on your site. Key…
Before you publish your file on the Internet, you want to test it. Testing files in Flash, or any web project for that matter, should be done “early and often”. This will help you find problems earlier on, so they are easier to fix. To test a file you can press CRTL+Enter (Windows) or Command+Return…
One of the best ways to improve the download time of Flash is to only load what is needed, when it is needed. That way you don’t waste your end user’s time by downloading things they will never potentially see. Given how short our attention spans are, and how quickly we will leave a site…
Working with Sound Importing sounds should be done by File > Import > Import to Library since this is where they will be called from. This will open a dialog box for you to import any form of multimedia. There are two nice things about this dialog box: You can import multiple sounds, or other…
Text Layout Framework (TLF) TLF provides you with more sophisticated controls for formatting your text, compared to “Classic Text”. TLF Text requires a specific external Action Script library to function properly (Text Layout SWZ). You can merge the SWZ file into your project, but it will make the project larger. Not merging it keeps the…
Interactive movies change based upon the viewer’s actions. To create an interactive movie you need buttons to detect when a user wants to change a what is occurring. There are several different ways to do this. Usually from using a button or a movie clip and determining if a user clicked on it. Button The…
