Flash with Drupal : build dynamic, content-rich Flash CS3 and CS4 applications for Drupal 6 / Travis Tidwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tidwell, Travis.

Series:

From technologies to solutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drupal (Computer file).

Flash (Computer file).

Computer animation.

Web site development.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Publishing Ltd., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Build dynamic, content-rich Flash CS3 and CS4 applications for Drupal 6

Contents:

Cover; Summary; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Flash with Drupal; Why Flash with Drupal?; Who is this book for?; Getting started with Drupal; Installing Drupal; Installing Apache-MySQL-PHP (AMP); Creating the Drupal database; Creating a database user; Increasing PHP memory; Installing Drupal; Adding content to Drupal; Getting started with Flash; Creating a new Flash project; Setting up the workspace; A: The Stage; B: The Toolbar; C: The Timeline; D: The Properties panel; E: The Color Palette; F: The Library; Creating a Flash application; Creating a background; Rectangle properties

Adding a gradientAdding text to a Flash application; Text properties; Compiling our Flash application (making a SWF); Publish Settings; Adding Flash content to Drupal; Installing a contributed Drupal module; Adding Flash!; Summary; Chapter 2: Building a ""Hello World"" Application; How Flash and Drupal communicate; Understanding web services; Synchronous versus asynchronous programming; Setting up Drupal for web services; Installing and configuring the Services module; Servers and Services; Installing AMFPHP; Services configuration; Creating a Services key; Services settings

Service PermissionsBuilding a web service-driven ""Hello World"" application in Flash; Step 1: Creating our Flash application; Step 2: Creating a main.as ActionScript file; Step 3: Connecting to Drupal; Step 3: Session handling; Connecting to Drupal using system.connect; Step 4: Drupal says ""Hello World""; Loading a node in Flash; Step 5: Hooking up the text; Step 6: Passing the node ID using FlashVars; Step 7: Adding it to Drupal; Summary; Chapter 3: Flash and CCK; Overview of a typical recipe web site; Using Drupal's Content Construction Kit; Creating a new content type

Adding custom fields to your Recipe content typeAdding a new field; Changing the default Body field; Showing CCK fields in Flash; Building a Recipe widget in Flash; Adding dynamic TextFields for Drupal content; Using ActionScript to show Drupal CCK fields; Using the Services Administrator; Showing CCK information in ActionScript; Adding ScrollBars to our TextFields; Creating a Drupal node template for Flash; Using the Content Template module (Contemplate); Summary; Chapter 4: Drupal Images in Flash; Image handling in Drupal; ImageField for CCK; Installing the ImageField module

Adding an Image field to our Recipe content typeAdding an image to our Recipe node; Verifying that the image is attached; Adding an image to our Recipe Flash application; Adding a MovieClip container for our image; Using ActionScript to load the Recipe image; Resizing an image; Preserving the width and height ratio (scaling); Using Drupal's ImageCache with Flash; Creating an ImageCache preset; Adding an ImageCache image in Flash; Adding the new Recipe Flash application to Drupal; Summary; Chapter 5: Drupal audio in Flash; Working with audio in Drupal; Installing the getID3 library

Setting up the Audio content type

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612111990

9781282111998

128211199X

9781847197597

1847197590

OCLC:

799764559