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- How do I... Use CSS to create an image map on my Web site?
- Way back in the early days of the World Wide Web, HTML designers were always on the lookout for ways to make their pages as graphically and feature rich as possible. This was no small task. XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash were nowhere to be seen and companies were pressed...
- Tags: John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- How do I... Create a scrolling content box in CSS?
- In my last TechRepublic Programming and Development blog entry, I showed you how to use Flash to create an animation that mimicked the behavior of the retired and sometimes reviled <marquee> tag. I had mentioned that it was possible to use CSS to duplicate the <marquee> tag as well, but...
- Tags: Bedroom, Body, Peg, HTML, Kitchen, Tunnel, Window, Garden, Wound, River, Straight, Hill, Class, Chair, Coat, Wall, Title, scrollBox, Helvetica, Construction, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- How do I... Use CSS to create an image map on my Web site?
- Thanks to the rise of Flash technology, image maps are rarely used anymore. However, CSS does allow you to create an image map with some subtle mouse over effects with a few slick modifications to the HTML list tags. John Lee shows you how to create an image map with...
- Tags: Web, Map, Web Site, John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Download resources 2008-04-22
- How do I... Create a scrolling content box in CSS?
- There is an alternative CSS markup that will let you confine large blocks of content to a set width and height and let you scroll through them using a scrollbar control. This gives the effect of viewing content in a frame, but the scrolling box stays put on one page...
- Tags: John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Download resources 2008-04-10
- How do I... Use Flash animation to duplicate the marquee tag effect?
- Most Web designers and developers are glad that the marquee tag is dead and buried. However, if you have a boss or a client that is insistent upon using the marquee tag in a Web site, you do have an option that allows for a lot more control in the...
- Tags: Flash Animation, Box, Animation, Font, Instance Name, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- How do I... Use Flash animation to duplicate the marquee tag effect?
- Most Web designers and developers are glad that the marquee tag is dead and buried. However, if you have a boss or a client that is insistent upon using the marquee tag in a Web site, you do have an option. John Lee shows you how to create the marquee...
- Tags: Flash Animation, Web, John Lee, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet
- Download resources 2008-03-14
- Cracking Open the Samsung BlackJack II
- In addition to being a cell phone and mobile email machine, Samsung's new BlackJack II features 3G network connectivity, Bluetooth wireless functionality, a 2.0 megapixel camera and integrated GPS - all in a package about the size of ½ deck of playing cards. After cracking open the...
- Tags: Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Blackjack, E-mail, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless, Handhelds, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- How do I... Animate photographic elements with masks in Flash?
- One of the reasons Flash files and applications are so popular across the Web is that the combination of vector-based graphics and the ActionScript scripting language provides lightweight, fast-loading files that have almost limitless interactive possibilities. But what if you want to animate in Flash using a...
- Tags: John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- How do I... Animate photographic elements with masks in Flash?
- Manipulating heavier graphic elements in Flash increases file size and can make your animation sluggish. But there is another way to get some great, high-functioning animation effects with bitmap graphics using Masks. John Lee shows you how simple it is to give life and motion to photographic elements in Flash...
- Tags: Animation, Mask, John Lee
- Download resources 2008-02-25
- How do I... Use CSS to manipulate a background image?
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS allows you to use background graphics in a wide number of tasteful and versatile ways. Not only can graphics exist as backgrounds to entire pages, but you can also employ CSS to assign a background image to any CSS rule. Here are just three of many...
- Tags: Body, Box, HTML, Background, Window, Link, Leader, Background Graphic, Beowulf, Scyldings, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- How do I... Use Zoomify to improve my digital images in Photoshop CS3?
- If you own a digital camera, you know this experience well: You've just taken a fantastic photo of your kids in front of the Grand Canyon or you've caught your friend or brother-in-law in a moment of infamy that he will never live down. This photo simply must make its...
- Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, Netscape Navigator, Digital Image, Web Browser, Photograph, Option, Zoomify, Flash, Dialog Box, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- How do I... Create animation with ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS3?
- In a previous How Do I..? blog entry, I showed you how easy it is to create an animated movie using Flash CS3's Timeline, utilizing keyframes and Motion Tween actions. However, it's well-known among professional Flash developers that if you want really responsive, snappy and attention-getting animation, you should animate...
- Tags: Movie, Stage, Palette, Animation, Layer, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?
- If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. This can often lead to a cluttered navigation interface, if it doesn't destroy your...
- Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Option, Dialog Box, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?
- If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. One of the more practical solutions to an ever-expanding list of navigation links is...
- Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Scripting Languages, Channel Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Gallery, how do I, dreamweaver, javascript, web design, application development, John Lee, Mark Kaelin
- Image galleries 2007-11-29
- Cracking Open Hasbro's R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid
- We're going to crack open this surprisingly functional toy robot and make darn sure that Kenny Baker isn't trapped in there. by John Lee
- Tags: product photos, Star wars, geekend, R2-D2, off-topic, TechRepublic Inc., Hasbro Inc., Robots, Emerging Technologies, John Lee
- Image galleries 2007-11-29
- Cracking Open Master Replicas' Darth Vader Force FX Lightsaber
- Does JarJar Binks always invite himself over to your house to watch Top Chef? Do Ewoks keep rummaging through your trash? Darth Vader's Lightsaber from Master Replicas might be able to help out with these issues. But what exactly is inside this elegant weapon of a more...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Darth Vader, John Lee
- Image galleries 2007-11-26
- How do I... Create an animated image in Flash for my Web page?
- Because Flash has evolved into a ubiquitous multifaceted tool for deploying all kinds of content to the Web, it is easy to overlook its streamlined and easy-to-use Timeline animation features. Flash's Timeline allows you to create smooth and smart animations that can be as simple or as complex as you...
- Tags: Web, Planet, Moon, Stage, Palette, Animation, Layer, Web Page, Tool, Timeline, Oval, Mask, Symbol, Motion Guide, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- How do I... Compress a GIF or a JPEG graphic in Photoshop CS3?
- When you prepare graphics for the Web, choosing the proper format for them is the key to ensuring that your Web site loads quickly in client browsers, regardless of the end user's connection speed. Despite the escalating saturation of broadband connections, it is always a good idea to get your...
- Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, Web, GIF, Window, Quality, JPEG, Compression, Graphic, Photograph, Graphics, View, JPEG Compression, GIF Compression, Save, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- How do I... Convert an MPEG video file into Flash video?
- In a previous How do I... blog entry, I showed how easy it is to create your own custom Flash Video player using Adobe Flash's new video components and a few lines of ActionScript. The example I wrote featured a sample Flash video file FLV from a royalty-free stock video...
- Tags: MPEG, Video, FLV, Queue, Corporate Communications, Marketing, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- How Do I... Create a custom Web user interface for my Flash video?
- Adobe Flash's video technology is all over the Web and is an example of how Internet video has finally arrived after overcoming many technological hurdles during the past decade. (Have you ever been to YouTube.com? You may have heard of it.) The latest version of Flash, CS3, makes it extremely...
- Tags: Web, Component, Palette, Video, Adobe Flash, FLV, Components Palette, FLVPlayback, Instance Name, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
