Sanctified Studios

New Site!

Alex — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:05:04 +0000

I’ve recently launched a new site, Devjargon. Devjargon is a resource with information about general development and management techniques. Check it out, subscribe to the feed, there’s a bunch of good information there. Currently updated at least 3 times a week with new content.

Flash Player 10 (Astro) Sneak Peak

Alex — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:26:09 +0000

Check out the video on Youtube to get a preview of what is coming in the new version of Flash Player.

Devlounge Article: Piracy - Adobe’s Best Friend?

Alex — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:59:17 +0000

My first article posted to Devlounge today. A brief discussion of piracy and how it helps Adobe's sales.

Papervision3D Beta Released

Alex — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:44:18 +0000

he beta of Papervision3D was released a couple of days ago, and it appears to be quite the 3D engine for Flash.

It’s Time to Can on() and onClipEvent() in Tutorials

Alex — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:07:02 +0000

I'm seeing more and more people picking up and using old code, like on() and onClipEvent(). While neither event handler method has officially been deemed deprecated, both have served their time and been replaced by more standards compliant methods which also include additional functionality.

Now an Author on Devlounge!

Alex — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:29:56 +0000

After taking some time to talk with AJ, the owner of Devlounge, he decided to have me come aboard as an author for the Devlounge Team, and kick off a new section of the website devoted to Flash and Actionscript.

Internet Explorer Min and Max Width Bug + Fix

Alex — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:56:07 +0000

Use CSS to specify a minimum and maximum width for your website, and have it work in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Dynamic Movie Clip Referencing in Actionscript

Alex — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:11:34 +0000

Array notation can be used to dynamically refer to movie clips, variables, methods or any other object.

Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site, Operation aborted

Alex — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:02:44 +0000

This bug would throw an error to any IE user, and then kick them out. The problem, which turned out to be a conflict with swfObject and a lightbox plugin that I was using on the website, has now been fixed.

Advanced Five State Buttons

Alex — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:05:47 +0000

Rather than just having a normal up state and an over state like the default button elements, you can also add a rollout, down, and release outside state. This allows you to have buttons with complex animations that will increase the visual appeal of your Flash project.