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Professional Resources

Flash Dev

  1. SWFObject is an easy-to-use and standards-friendly method to embed Flash content, which utilizes one small JavaScript file
  2. TweenMax from Greensock is the pre-eminent actionscript tween class. It comes in AS2 and AS3 versions, a lite version, and the download(s) also include code-generating wizards.
  3. SWFAddress lets you assign URLs to the various "addresses" in your movoes.
  4. sIFR allows website headings, pull-quotes and other text elements to be styled in whatever font the designer chooses, without the user having it installed on their machine
  5. XMLParser, also from Greensock, is the easiest XML kit I've ever used!
  6. Papervision 3D - live, interactive 3D rendering in Flash.

PNG Display Fix

The PNG format provides a 24 bit alpha channel, but Internet Explorer 6 (and below) can't display it properly. PNGfix.js is a javascript that fixes the problem.

HTML Email

The Dagwood Sandwich: How do you compensate for inconsistent rendering support among email readers? The optimum deliverable HTML email is 500-650 pixels wide, primarily text and inline css with minimal graphics, and the content stacked -- like a Dagwood sandwich!

  1. HTML Email Guide – A thorough checklist for debugging your code.
  2. The Email Standards Project – Monitors and rates HTML support among Email Readers.
  3. How To Code HTML Newsletters – Another good read.
  4. MailChimp Resource Center offers plenty of advice, including:
  5. Stupid HTML Email Design Mistakes

Personal

I post scribbles, doodles and assorted ephemera to Sketchbook Club International, and my social networks include Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and iCompositions.

I'm fond of twohundredby200 and have contributed to the following issues:

  • Issue 5 EMPTY
  • Issue 9 CONTROL
  • Issue 16 TERROR
  • Issue 21 OTHERS
  • Issue 22 DREAMS (unsubmitted)
  • Issue 25 TRUE
  • Issue 26 YO TOTALLY

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