Archive for July, 2007

Maybe Free is Too Cheap

I was recently contacted by someone asking if the page flip effect currently being sold on this site for 200€ (about $275) was using the old code I gave away for free. Much to my surprise, it was. The 200€ price increase doesn’t even add any new features.

I can appreciate a guy trying to make a buck and all, but that price seems especially steep when you consider the fact that you’ll only be getting a SWF file (not the FLA) because as the site states:

“We don’t sell our source files, so you can’t make any modifications yourself…”

So what do you think about that?

Circling Circles Circled

These images were created with Flash using code similar to the circle-drawing example found in my previous “Combining Vectors with Flash” article.

Tutorial to Add Pages to PageFlip Released

A lot of people come here looking for help with my page flip code. The most frequently asked question is “How do I add more pages?” If you downloaded the PageFlip source code and thought you were limited to using the standard 8 pages that came with the file then this tutorial explaining how to add pages to the PageFlip effect should prove extremely helpful.

Questions for Adobe?

Would you like to ask Adobe a question? ActionScript.org has a thread where they’re asking people to submit interview questions for Adobe’s product team members and potentially some “higher-ups”. Is there something you’re dying to ask Adobe? My question about ActionScript’s “ease of use” started a debate which is probably a good thing. What might your question be?

WordPress Plugin Installer

The WordPress plugin called “PlugInstaller” by H.R. Schaefer is an excellent concept come to fruition. PlugInstaller makes installing a plugin as easy as pointing to a web address (or a file on your hard drive) and pressing the “install” button. You no longer need to download, decompress, upload and activate your plugins. It turns a 4-step multi-application process into a one-click-command issued from the WordPress user interface. Pretty nice. But wait there’s more!
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Which Adobe CS3 App Did You Buy?

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Other People’s Classes

I was searching for a quick way to preload multiple files but wasn’t having much luck until I found a great page listing various preloading classes that simplify most common content loading tasks. Out of all the preloading classes listed on the site, I chose GreenSock‘s Preload Asset Manager class because
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