VARIOUS REOURCES FOR WEBMASTERS
Various resources for webmasters
one of this sites (blogs) are in Spanish but he maintain refenceres to useful links in english too
If you know Spanish like a foregein language it worth to visit them.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/09/02/list-of-css-tools
http://sentidoweb.com/
http://www.webintenta.com/
FIREFOX 2.0
The new Firefox 2.o has been released
Get it from here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
What is new ?
Read this:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/
There many news just for you
YAHOO ANSWERS
A new manner to find help when you need it!
Ask real persons on YAHOO ANSWERS
Ask me on yahoo answers! It is true that I haven’t any question yet
But I answered a lot and are good answers, I sure you 
I’m only at level 2 but I’m there since July 25
I answer in English and Spanish
WORKING WITH STYLE!
The growing trend on the Web today is to separate design from content. So let’s give thanks to CSS — after all, separating these two elements is what CSS was envisioned to do, and what it now achieves so well. CSS allows you to create the look and format of a Website without affecting your content. You, the developer, benefit, as do search-engine spiders and text readers. In addition, CSS makes Website maintenance easier. With a single modification to an external CSS file you can effect a change across multiple pages of your site. CSS has the ability to serve up content in its purest form, which makes this technology well-suited for delivering pure content to search engines and legible text to text-only readers. Combined with the power CSS provides site owners to make modifications across their entire site by changing a single file, it’s easy to see why so many people have fallen in love with this technology. I use this for ajax but also for the flash application especially for the small keffe site who illustrated again the power of flash to handling external data in this case simple html page and the external CSS. It is true that flash at this version(7.14) don’t implement all the feature of the CSS language but provide the core functionality of this. Finally I send you an invitation: Visit the: CSS Garden at: http://www.csszengarden.com/ – to show the power of the CSS. But if you want to show the power and the originality of CSS you must visit CSSPlay at: http://www.cssplay.co.uk/ A really original and creative site!
USE AJAX – THE NEW WARRIOR OF THE WEB 2.0
In terms of building applications for Web 2.0, I believe the key underlying theme is the separation of data and user interface through open data formats, RSS/Atom feeds, (in fact the semi structured data in XML format) and programming interfaces made publicly available. This enables not only a revolution in machine to machine communication, as all the excitement about web services has been about, but also human to machine as we\’re seeing with remixing applications and new user interfaces on data. It’s also no accident that scripting languages such as PERL, PYTHON, PHP, and now Ruby, play such a large role at web 2.0 companies. Dynamic languages (often called scripting languages and looked down on by the software engineers of the era of software artifacts) are the tool of choice for system and network administrators, as well as application developers building dynamic systems that require constant change. And Ajax and Flash we have the outstand role for doing this. And Ajax olay the major role for the web 2 development Search about it a good start could be www.ajaxian.com But if you want more read the Manning book “AJAX in Action” it is extraordinary and this it is not only my oppinion The book was the world best seller for Ajax.
WEB DESIGN-GRAPHICS
ADOBE IMAGE READY For create quickly banners or other images for WEB pages, you can use variables to define which elements in a template are dynamic (changeable). A variable’s type corresponds to the type of data you want to change in a template. Visibility variables let you show or hide the content of a layer. Pixel Replacement variables let you replace the pixels in the layer with pixels from another image file. Text Replacement variables let you replace a string of text in a type layer. This option is available for Adobe Image Ready 7.0 or CS but saving in SWF formats is valid only for CS versions Follow the next steps:
Defining variables
Using data Sets Follow the next steps:
Importing data sets from external files You can quickly create a large number of data sets by creating an external text file that contains all the variable information and loading that file into a PSD document containing variables. One good way to accomplish this is to enter your data into a text file and then export it to a tab or comma-separated file.All the variable names are listed on the first line, in the order that the values are given in subsequent lines. Each subsequent line represents one data set, with the values for each variable given. Example data set: <<For a template with 3 variables: a label which can be visible or not, a text layer with the image name a layer with image itself Variable1, Variable2, Variable3 true, TULIP, c:\My Documents\tulip.jpg false, SUNFLOWER, c:\MyDocuments\sunflower.jpg false, CALLA LILY, c:\My Documents\calla.jpg true, VIOLET, c:\My Documents\violet.jpg >>
Preview data-driven graphics:
Processing all data sets Once you have variables and one or more data sets defined, you can output, in batch mode, images using the data set values. You can output images as PSD files, optimized images, or SWF images. To process data sets:
When exporting to SWF format, you can see multiple images in one HTML file. This is useful for quick visual scans. For instance, you can check if text was truncated, or choose a version from multiple data sets you’ve exported all to one file.
WEB DESIGN- FLASH
Adding sounds to a movie
To add a sound to a movie from the library, you assign the sound to a layer and set options in the Sound controls in the Property inspector. It is recommended that you place each sound on a separate layer.
To test sounds that you add to a movie, you can use the same methods you use to preview frames or test movies: drag the playhead over the frames containing the sound, or use commands in the Controller or the Control menu.
For more consult the Macromedia Flash Help or Macromedia PDF Documentation available at:
http://macromedia.com/devnet/
Adding sounds dynamically (from an external file)
We construct a mini player for control the sound
Open a new flash file
Establish the document property to 300pxX300px;
With text tool select the font “Webdings” size 24 (or more) type an “X” (with “CapsLock” activated). Will appears a speaker Convert it to MovieClip.
Check the box “Export for ActionScript” at get the identifier “speaker”.
Type the same name in the Property field <Instance Name>.
On the new layer above this in the same place type with the text tool a lowercase “x”. Will obtain the interdiction sign.
Check the box “Export for ActionScript” at get the identifier “speaker”.
Type the same name in the Property field <Instance Name>.
Introduce also the three movie clips a bar bellow themovie clip “speaker” and get it the identifier and the instance name “scale” and two MovieClips plus and minus with plus and minus identifier and instance name.
Create a layer named “as” and in this first and only frame write the next code:
this._lockroot=true; // establish the root for the external swf (available in Flash 2004);* mute=false; //initialize the volume* _soundbuffertime=100;//establish the sound buffer to 100s* no_sound._visible=false;// hide the movieclip "no_sounnd"* volume=75; // set the volume to 75%* vd=0;// vd(volume direction) variable indicate that volume increase or decrease* var music=new Sound();// create the new Sound Object* music.loadSound("music.mp3",true);// the external mp3 file is loaded* music.start()// start the audition* // a function is attached to the movieclip _root With it we assure that the volume increase or decrease in function of the vd value.* //Also, the movieclip scale is resized to the appropriate value* _root.onEnterFrame=function(){ if(!mute){ if(((vd>0)&& (volume0))){ volume+=vd; music.setVolume(volume); scale._xscale=volume} } } // when the movieclip "speaker" is clicked the volume was muted and the movieclip "no_sound".apears* // the next function is attached to the clip "speaker"* speaker.onRelease=function(){ _root.mute=!_root.mute; // balance between the two situation the sound is muted or not* if(_root.mute){_root.no_sound._visible=true; _root.music.setVolume(0);} else{ _root.no_sound._visible=false; _root.music.setVolume(volume)} } //The movieclips plus and minus are clicked for increase or decrease the volume* //for this:* plus.onRollOver=function(){ vd=2; } plus.onRollOut=function(){ vd=-0; } minus.onRollOver=function(){ vd=-2; } plus.onRollOut=function(){ vd=-0; }
Test the movie and save it as “sound swf”.
For adding this file to an other flash file in this target file create a n empty movie clip named “music” and on the “as” layer write:
_root.attachMovie("music", "music", 1000);
_root.music.loadMovie("sound swf");// load the external file*
// position the container movieclip "music" on the Stage(the values can be changed and adapted to a specific file)*
_root._x=620;
_root._y=20;
_root._xscale=75;
_root._yscale=75;
