Alexander James King

decorating-zend-forms-fieldset-paragraph-tags.php
19th March 2009

Decorating Zend Forms

By default, Zend Form outputs as a definition list:

<dl>
    <dt><label for="surname">Surname</label></dt>
    <dd><input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" /></dd>
</dl>

I needed to output each field within a paragraph tag and a fieldset surrounding all fields:

<fieldset>
    <p>
        <label for="surname">Surname</label>
        <input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" />
    </p>
</fieldset>

View the source code

14th March 2009

Writing to the YUI Logger From Flash

The YUI logger is a debugging component in the Yahoo UI.

By calling YAHOO.log('your message'); you can write to the logger which can be read in a console (as in this example) or via the firebug extension or firefox.

This example shows how to write to the YUI logger from flash using flash.external.ExternalInterface.

Download the src files (yuiLogger.fla and Main.as)

View the example

14th March 2009

Scrolling along a photo within a window - Flash / AS3

Here's a quick example I did of moving along a photo with a mouse listener and timer. For when you want to display a widescreen photo and use buttons to navigate along the photo.

There are 3 objects on the stage, 2 buttons (left and right) and a photo.

As the user hovers over the buttons the photo is moved in the opposite direction to scroll across the photo - with a check in there to ensure the user cannot scroll beyond the edges of the photo.

At present it moves 1px at a time - if you wanted to move larger distances this could be changed to use TweenLite rather than incrementing or decrementing the x position of the photo

Download the src files (Main.fla and Main.as)

10th February 2009

Logging with Yahoo! UI (YUI) and Firebug

Include the yahoo logger component and add the following line to make log messages show in the firebug console:

YAHOO.widget.Logger.enableBrowserConsole();

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/logger/

Don't forget to enable the console in firebug!

15th October 2008

Hello World

My name is Alex

I live in Leeds, England

I'm currently learning actionscript 3

in the near future I will be building an open source CMS in flex/flash

it will be called affcms

alongside that I'll be posting lots of cool new things I discover along the way

if you would like to know more about the project or get involved contact me!

cheers

:o)

© 2009 Alexander James King