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

• Autore: Tidwell Travis
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Publishing Ltd., 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.696
• Soggetto topico: Computer animation; Web site development; Web sites - Design
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Build dynamic, content-rich Flash CS3 and CS4 applications for Drupal 6
• Titolo autorizzato: Flash with Drupal
• ISBN: 1-282-11199-X; 9786612111990; 1-84719-759-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813295403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II