June 23rd 2010 - Entry Posted to: AMFPHP, ActionScript 3, Zend AMF

OK, I finally had some time to tidy this up a little.

So, here it is, FlashPress 0.6.

Supports both ZendAMF and AMFPHP. Supports Wordpress 3.0.

This version of FlashPress uses the Wordpress API rather than directly working on the wordpress database. It also includes write support for some methods. This is experimental and you should test this fully before deploying it. There is also an experimental search method, that will probably change internally as I get my head around the SQL required.

This is a beta, so let me know how you get on with it, and post any bugs etc so I can look into them.

The example file is minimal, with just a listing of the various method calls and their parameters. As I get time (unlikely) I’ll add to the examples. I’ll add the method lists to this post as I get some more time.

Note: I’ve tested this release against Wordpress 3.0, and it seems to be working fine. Let me know if you enounter any issues.

Source Files
Flash Press 0.6 (253)

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June 23rd 2010 - Entry Posted to: General, jQuery

I seem to be spending more and more time using jQuery than I do Flash, but I think that is just the nature of my current job. I’m actually really enjoying jQuery, it’s a breeze to use and in most instances you can do what you can do in Flash with javascript, only quicker.

To cut a long story short, I had a project come up that needed a javascript full browser background image class, and being the nerd I am, I thought I’d roll my own rather than use any existing jQuery plugins.

I approached it from a Flash standpoint, and tried to replicate the way I use my Flash full browser classes. So rather than operating on a container of image urls as most jQuery full browser plugins do I set this one up to respond to a method call, and load and display each image as requested. The reason for this approach was that I wanted the plugin to only load what images were requested, by me when I wanted them. I’m thinking however of adding in the ‘operate on a container of image urls’ approach to a future iteration.

As this is my first attempt at writing a jQuery plugin I’ve probably made a ton of noob mistakes. Let me know how it works and any bugs you encounter.

Plugin Features

• Set Fade in time
• Center image within browser window on x axis
• Callback methods

An example of loading a single image;.
http://www.noponies.com/dev/jquery-npfullbrowser/static.htm

An example of setting up a slideshow;
http://www.noponies.com/dev/jquery-npfullbrowser/slideshow.htm

Source Files
Here is the relevant source file; jquery Full Browser Background Images (506)

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Dependencies
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