I am creating an image map, but it isn't showing up visually in layout mode.
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I learned this lesson the hard way. The image that contains the image map should have a “usemap” attribute.
e.g. <img src=”something.jpb” usemap=”#Map”>
Make sure that you have this attribute, and that you have a pound sign in front of the name of the image map you want to use, otherwise it won’t show up.
Tutorial for how to use the "attachSound" method in Flash
I learned as soon as I started to use sound in Flash, that placing a sound in the timeline can be problematic and hard to control. I soon started to experiment with the attachSound method, and was thrilled at the control I had
Here is the example code for a sample attachSound script on a timeline;
Sound = new Sound(_root.thisClip);
Sound.attachSound(“test”);
Sound.start(0,5);
This code will attach a New Sound to an object called sound. It will attach that sound to the path you supply in the parenthesis. This can be blank if you plan to use it on the current timeline.
Sound.attachSound is the name of the sound you want to attach. In order to make a sound ready to attach;
Open the Library
Find the sound, and right click it.
Find an option called “Linkage”
Click the option that says “export for actionscript” which will make it possible for you to control this sound, although not actually on the timeline, using actionscript(just like it says).
Then give the sound a name, and that is the value you substitute for “test”;
Also, for Sound.start(), you can specify the starting place of the sound and how many times you want to loop in the two respective values.
The Task Manager (Shortcut = Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
The task manager can be your best friend. It contains information about programs that are currently running, the amount of RAM and Processor they are using, and lets you check for spikes in your processor usage and as well as how much of your paging file is used up.
Not to mention to can right click a process and “End Process” which should end the process. “End Process Tree” will kill a browser, and any new windows that are still trying to open up for those annoying chain popups that used to be so common.
If windows is acting up, you can right click and kill the explorer. The desktop will disappear, don’t panic. The explorer is not to be confused with the “windows explorer” but instead the GUI Shell that you interact with including your desktop.
All you have to do to get it back up is go to the file menu, choose “New Task(Run…)” and type in explorer and your desktop will start back up.
Under “Options” , you can check “Hide when Minimized”.and it will hide itself in your toolbar. But it will show a little grid that will rise and turn green when you are using a lot of your processor.
The same is true for Windows Media Player, (version 10 of which came out in the last month and is really slick looking). If you right click the toolbar and check windows media player, you can minimize the player into a little window and play movies right off your task bar on top of any other program you are working in.
Windows Shortcuts
I learned today, that like (Windows Key +E) will launch a windows explorer, you can get a run line prompt by pressing (Windows + R)
Then for a DOS prompt, type “cmd” and hit enter.
To get the IP address for your computer from the command line type “ipconfig” and hit enter.
How do I remote desktop between to Windows XP machines?
Click the start icon
Accessories > Communications > Remote Desktop Connection
Make sure of course that your computers are networked, and get the IP address of the computer you want to Connect to, and enter it here.
Cell select shortcut not working
I am finding that I write a lot more about Dreamweaver, either telling the fact that I use it that much more than any other program, or that it is that much more buggy than anything else. read more
How do I setup a new email account in Microsoft Outlook?
In Outlook;
Tools > Email Accounts > Add new account
Check the Pop3 option for pulling in email from the web
The “next” button to go to the next screen and add the information requested; name, password, outgoing and incoming addresses, which can sometimes be the same. I know this isn’t specific, but here is an example of the format
Incoming Mail server: mail1.amazon.com
Outgoing Mail server: mail1.amazon.com
Also make sure to type in the name of your email account.
When you have filled in this information click,”More Settings”
In here, go to the “Advanced” tab and click the SSL for both the outgoing server (SMTP which stands for Simple mail transfer Protocol) and incoming server (pop3). Check to mail sure that POP3 is set to 110, and SMTP is set to 465. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know exactly.
Also, Click the Outgoing Server tab.
Check “My outgoing SMTP server required authentication”
You have just set up an email account that is also secure so that your information can be significantly if not impossible to access by third parties during transmission.
How do I change the symbol timeline from a movie clip to a button?
This is maybe pretty basic, but isn’t something that I just learned in my self tutorial of Flash. If you are creating a symbol, moving quickly, you set the type to a movie clip or graphic, and mean a to make a button, you can change the type in the properties inspector. But this won’t change the timeline in the symbol. Instead;
Open the Library (F11)
Right click the symbol
Choose Behavior
Change to a different symbol type
I am using a component, and it isn’t working, what do I do?
Always double check your publish settings when working with Flash MX vs. Flash MX 2004, because the component architecture is different and uses a more recent version of Actionscript.
Go to File > Publish Settings (Ctrl+Shift+F12)
Make sure, when you check Flash, to select Flash Player Compatibly with Version 7, and Actionscript Ver 2.0. Ver 1.1 is used with the component set in Flash MX.
When I paste text into Flash, the text goes off of the canvas, how do I set the text field size?
When pasting text into Flash, make sure to drag click the text box so that the upper left corner does not have a circle, but a square, signaling a fixed box size for the text to wrap inside.
How do I send items backwards and forwards in stacking order?
Objects can be sent forward and backwards in stacking order just like an other graphics program. However, with Flash’s basic shapes, there are some complications with the rules of basic shapes already established.
In order to send back or forward, you need to group an object first, at least, if not create a symbol, and then you can achieve this result.
Style sheet precedence in table cells and stylesheets
Using externally linked style sheets, embedded, and inline styles, and knowing which one takes precedence can be difficult. Not to mention, don’t confuse CSS with table, cell, or any other HTML attributes.
Just remember, that which ever style is listed last, which is can be the inline styles, will take precedence. (Meaning which style will actually be applied to an object or element).
Styles will also always overwrite any attributes that are set, duplicated, in an HTML element.
Text is shifting when I apply a stylesheet to my webpage
I have found some bugs with IE in rendering styles linked from an external stylesheet. If you have set padding in a class, with no rhyme and reason, that may shift the contents of you’re the cells surrounding the one that the class is applied. Where extensive padding is necessary to align something, the solution I have found is to instead draw maybe two layout cells to archive the same effect, and let the dimensions be the bounds for the object.
.class {
padding:20px 10px 0px 10px;
}
<td height=”60” class=”class”>some text that is really long</td>
Instead
<td height=”20”> </td>
<td height=”40”> some text that is really long</td>
Choose the type of Reports to show when checking html pages
In the Files inspector, under site > Reports, you can easily choose which elements to check for errors or missing information. For example, if you are validating for XHTML 1.0, you can check for missing alt tags in the reports section.
Then when you check, the results will spit out any missing alt tags on images in your web page.
Shortcut for Closing all open DW windows
To close all open windows at once in DW press Ctrl+Shift+W. This option is only available in DW MX 2004, but is a handy tool, and if you haven’t saved any of the files it will prompt you asked whether to save or not before closing.
How do I open any type of text file in Dreamweaver to edit it?
Go to Edit > Preferences.
In there are a lot of categories. You can choose File Types / Editors, and at the top of the screen you will see a form field with many extensions listed called Open in Code View. Type in your extension here, and you can even add it at the bottom and select the primary and secondary programs to edit file with that type of extension.
What does a 52X24X52X CD Writer and 16x4x16x DVD Writer mean?
These numbers mean three different speeds for any writer. The first is the write speed, the second is the rewrite speed, and the last number is the read speed. Now, you may say as I did, why are the DVD writers so much slower. Well, they aren’t
DVD writers can run up to 10,000 revolutions per second when writing. The speed is all in relation to the original speed that was released. So a 16X DVD writer is 16 times faster than the first one that was released, and so one for the other speeds for CD / DVD rom and writing drives.
How do I get to a file in Dos without typing the full path?
I have found out an extremely useful tip when using a Linux / Dos interface for file browsing. If you are looking for a directory with a name you aren’t sure of the spelling, but do know part of the word, don’t want to type the length of it, or are just looking to move quickly.
Type the part you know in this format
cd file/My Doc*
By adding the asterisk, this will retrieve the first result that has those first three characters, saving a ton of time when trying to change directory names to get to a file.