Turtlebite Flash CMS Framework

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 I must admit I have not covered the case when a user actually has the flash plugin installed, but it is outdated and the express install is started.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…)

Global Navigation version 1.57 released

In this update I focussed on submenues appearing when you roll over a button. Now the parent button keeps its state, and you can decide if the submenues disappear again if there is a button active in it. And there are 2 methods that were here from the beginning, but I have forgotten to document them… uargh, shame on me… (more…)

Multipage printing class for AS3

A little off topic, but it is something I have been in need of for a long time: multipage printing. I’ve been searching  to find a class for AS3 that does this, but I have only found instructions and basic explanations on how to use the printjob class of AS3. So I used to tell my clients, uuh, printing is quite difficult in flash and they were always brave and I could skip it. But it has become...

Minor Global Navigation update (v1.56)

Instead of having a global event system handling the global navigation events, it’s sometimes needed to have more than one global navigation setup. Even I do not recommend it, you can now do so. I had to take out the EventCentral class and implement the event handling in NavigationManager class itself. Here is the difference. (more…)