1 / Changes to WpPostVo Object

• a / If the post has a featured image, the URL to it is included, otherwise its an empty string
• b / The posts tags are listed (if it has any) as an array of TermVo Objects
• c / The posts categories are listed (if it has any) as an array of TermVo Objects
• d / The posts attachments are listed as an array of their URLS

2 / Changed inheritance of WpPostVo and WpSearchVo. Inheritance chain is as follows: WpPostbase->WpPostVo->WpSearchVo. Reason for this change is that the WpSearchVo only differs from the WpPostVo in its use of the ‘score’ attribute. Also, it makes sense that the WpSearchVo object returns as much information as a standard WpPostVo object.

3 / Fixed an variable type issue with searching that meant that only integer based score results were returned. This has been changed to a Number.

4 / Rejigging of internal helper methods

5 / Removal of two redundant VoObjects, which had been replaced by WpTermVo.

6 / Package name of the actionscript demo has changed from ‘noponies’ to ‘com.reformation’. This is due to the slow move of this blog to a new location.

Let me know how performance is with this release. The internal post retrieval method is now doing more work, but should save you having to make extra database requests. I’ve tested it with a request for 100 posts and its quick. But let me know. Let me know if you encounter any bugs etc.

I’ve not had time to finish the more full featured demo, but its coming.

Download here: Flash Press 0.8 (764)

I’ve added in some new features to Flashpress as I’ve worked through the site, these are related to the data returned by each PostVO object, I’ve tried to make it a little simpler to get what you need from this object, without needed to go back to WordPress for simple stuff, like a posts tags.

So, I’ve added in the following to the post vo object:

1 / If the post has a featured image, the URL to it is included, otherwise its an empty string
2 / The posts tags are listed (if it has any) as an array of TermVo Objects
3 / The posts categories are listed (if it has any) as an array of TermVo Objects
4 / The posts attachments are listed as an array of their URLS.

The addition of tags and categories makes filtering the returned data quite easy.

Are there any other features that people want? I was looking at the user authentication aspect of WordPress at work last week, and was wondering if people have the need to be able to authenticate users? Possibly useful for adding comments etc?

1/ I think I’ll add a user authentication method, it wont really log a user into wordpress, but it would be useful for testing user access rights etc. Thoughts?

Once I finish my noponies illustration site, I’ll release the source files, so that there are some richer examples of what can be done with Flash and WordPress.

However, sometimes I simply want to trace elements into the console of either Safari or Firefox. This is as simple as using ExternalInterface and a small javascript method that takes a single parameter and writes it to the browsers console, via console.log(). Which can then be inspected via Safari’s debug panel or within Firebug on Firefox. And yes, I realise I could use Flashbug or something similar, but to be honest, I hardly ever use Firefox, hence the desire for something that works in Safari.

Simple example file is attached.

Source files
Simple Flash logging (1258)

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 (853)

So, I wrote this simple little class to adding a water mark to a display object, and the returning that display object as bitmapdata for say, passing to Adobe’s jpg encoder.

Maybe someone will have some use for it?

Source Files
Here is the relevant source file; Watermark class (1144)

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