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  • jTextTranslate: A jQuery Translation Plugin

    October 8, 2011

    The double-click functionality in the New York Times was somehow fascinating but also highly discussed because it boldly used the browser functionality to get the definitions of words. Fortunately, the double click now causes not an immediate popout to appear but lets the user confirm by showing an interrogation mark. This inspired me to create…

  • Quick Tip: How to Communicate Between Flash and JavaScript

    September 25, 2011

    In this Quick Tip, we’ll look at how to use the ExternalInterface class. This allows us to write AS3 which can run JavaScript code, and vice-versa. That means you can use Flash to alter parts of the webpage in which it’s running! View Tutorial

  • Quick Tip: Resizing SWFs using BrowserCanvas

    September 24, 2011

    Have you ever needed to resize your embedded SWF based on the user interaction/input, like how Newgrounds allows you to resize certain Flash games to fit the screen? This can be done using JavaScript and the ExternalInterface class in ActionScript. But what if you don’t know JavaScript at all? Well, lucky for you there’s this…

  • Tip: Close Your Android AIR App on Back Button

    September 21, 2011

    While developing AIR for Android apps, you should consider whether you need your apps to run in the background, especially if they are highly intensive graphic games. View Tutorial

  • Understanding Date(): Making a Calendar in AS3

    September 20, 2011

    Today we’ll build a fully functional calendar widget using AS3. It’s not rocket science, just an excellent example of using the Date class, which can handle all the complexity of extracting times, dates, months and years. We are also going to use some Flash components, and make sure that this calendar is portable to Flash…

  • Quick Tip: Detect User Inactivity in a Flash Movie

    September 8, 2011

    In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to detect when the user has been inactive for a determined time. Keep reading to find out how! View Tutorial

  • Code Your Own Juicy Tabbed Slider (using the Nivo Slider)

    September 6, 2011

    A week ago, on our sister-site, Webdesigntuts+, we showed you how to design a “Juicy Tabbed Slider” in Photoshop. Today we’re going to show you how to actually code it in a few quick steps. No heavy CSS or Javascript knowledge required – promise! We’ll be using the popular Nivo Slider to handle the animation,…

  • Beginner’s Guide to Powerflasher’s FDT 4

    August 30, 2011

    Flash Professional isn’t the only tool you can use for making Flash apps and games. Earlier in the year we looked at FlashDevelop; now, we’ll take a look at FDT 4, a powerful IDE designed specifically for ActionScript, MXML and haXe development. Read on to find out what it can offer you! View tutorial

  • Build an ActionScript 3.0 HTML Box with XML and CSS Support

    August 18, 2011

    In this tutorial, we’ll create an HTML Box which parses content loaded from XML and CSS. We’ll build it using ActionScript 3.0 so we can compile it in FlashDevelop. I’ll also demonstrate how to compile it in Flash IDE. We’ll focus on creating external script files (classes), loading and using XML and CSS files, all…

  • Quick Tip: Depth Management With the Display List in AS3

    August 17, 2011

    Moving items to top and bottom of the display list can be very useful when developing games and applications. Learn to easily manage depth using this QuickTip. View Tutorial