Turtlebite's Blog

Introducing the Online XML Editor

I have finished another tool: an online editor for xml files. With this editor you can easily import your xml files and edit them without having to worry about proper syntax. Try it and let me know what you think! When I started writing this editor, I wanted to create something to handle xml files for the global navigation. It quickly turn into something much more complex, and even better, much more...

Flebsite launched: www.turtlebite.com

I finally have launched a website on which I can show that I actually use all the stuff that I write about in this blog. I have also integrated my upcoming online xml editor, which is almost complete. Well, it actually is, but as usual I have to setup the documentation etc. But you can already have a look and try out the basic functions: www.online-xml-editor.com (User: demo, Pw: demo). For the menubar...

Runtime dynamic font loading in AS3

I know this has been a long discussed topic. And I’m not going to re-invent the wheel. I have been searching for a long time now and have found many ways to dynamically load fonts at runtime in AS3, there are a lot of good solutions out there. But yesterday I found a font manager class and WOW, that’s a really smart method. So all I did was wrapping it in another class, to make the handling...

Fleb Framework v1.2: Dinner is served!

It’s been a while since the release of Fleb v1.1. I’ve been using it ever since to build websites (here you can find some examples) and at the same time have improved it a lot. It is still the same, the PHP/CSS/HTML section has not changed a lot despite a few small improvements. What did change are the classes: I have removed every line of code I could out of Main.as and Base.as which were...

Global Navigation v2.10: suspend after initialisation

While working on the upcoming Fleb Framework release 1.2 I have made a small but quite useful update to the global navigation: It is now possible to suspend the navigation right after its initialisation just before it is transitioning in. This comes in very handy if you need to wait for an intro to finish or some assets to be loaded, and you want to be sure the navigation is in place and ready. Test...

Fleb Framework version 1.1: Improved Express Install Procedure and more

A special thank to Niklas Hallgren who brought this issue up. I must admit I have not covered the case when a user actually has the flash plugin installed, but it is outdated and the express install is started. If he clicks “Yes”, the flash plugin will be installed and everything is fine: the user will see the flash version of the website after installation is complete. This is where I...

Fleb Framework 1.0 released!

Ok, it’s ready for release. You can download the framework here. What is the Fleb Framework and who needs it? It’s an open source front-end framework for AS3 to help you build pure flash websites with full SEO support. It is based on the Global Navigation for Flash and the SWFAddress SEO Solution. You define the whole structure of the website (navigation, title, description, keywords,...

Introducing the Fleb Framework!

Hi everyone! I have created my own framework to build pure flash websites, or short: flebsites . Let me introduce the Fleb Framework. But why another framework when there is the wonderful Gaia Framework around? Let me explain: I really like the Gaia Framework, I have used it for my last websites. As I wrote in my very first post in the Gaia forum, I had my own framework coded in AS2 and I was thinking...

Global Navigation version 2.00 released

This is an exciting update, because it makes things easier. From now on you don’t have to think about button IDs anymore. Remember, up to now you had to name the buttons carefully in the correct manner: b0, b1, b2 etc. for the first level, then b1_0, b1_1, b1_2 and so on for the sub navigation of b1 etc. This is now handled automatically, so you can move nodes around in the xml file without having...

How to use your own fonts and textstyles in the Flash CMS

This first tutorial will cover a very basic requirement of the Flash CMS: defining different fonts and font styles. (more…)