Animation and Effects with Macromedia Flash MX 1002004 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

General Resources

The following resources are websites that have general information on Flash or a variety of topics. They are great places to start to learn more about Flash, especially when you don't have a specific topic to research. Most forums, blogs, and tutorial sites cover a wide range of topics on Flash. Forums are plentiful out there. Flash forums exist in many languages and many sizes. There are high-traffic forums that contain a huge amount of information, and smaller ones where you can get to know the regulars. Whatever you're looking for, you'll probably find it on a forum somewhere.

The following URLs are valid only at the time of writing, and are subject to change at the whim of the web.

If you don't enjoy forums, then there are several email based lists you can subscribe to. These email lists range from high-traffic to moderate and low traffic. There are many out there to join, although sometimes you need to happen across the best ones by chance.

Finally, the Macromedia website should be in your favorites and part of your list of frequently visited sites. It can help you keep up-to-date with Flash and other products that are related to Flash (such as Breeze and Central). You'll find that the site has regular updates and is essential to check for news and downloads (such as Flash point releases).

Home base:
[www.macromedia.com]

Flash documentation:
[http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/]

Macromedia official news aggregator:
[www.markme.com/mxna]

Book's companion website:
[www.FLAnimation.com]

Tutorials and articles

[www.macromedia.com/devnet/]

[www.flash-mx.com]

[www.kirupa.com]

[www.informit.com]

[www.actionscript.org]

[www.ultrashock.com]

[www.actionscript-toolbox.com]

[www.flzone.net]

[www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml]

[www.lionbichstudios.com/flash_tutorials_01]

[www.fullasagoog.com]

[www.flash2004.com/tipoday]

[www.flashenabled.com]

Forums

Official Flash forums:
[http://webforums.macromedia.com/flash/]

Official Flash newsgroups, refer to:
[www.macromedia.com/support/forums/news/usin104]

Flash MX 2004 forums:
[www.flashmx2004.com]

Were-Here forums:
[www.were-here.com]

FlashMove forums:
[www.flashmove.com/board/index.php]

FlashKit forums:
[www.flashkit.com]

Software

Macromedia software:
[www.macromedia.com/software/]

Flash Jester:
[www.flashjester.com]

SWF Studio:
[www.northcode.com]

Flash Studio Pro:
[www.multidmedia.com]

Screenweaver:
[www.swifftools.com]

Screentime:
[www.screentime.com]

Swish:
[www.swishzone.com]

Swift Tools:
[www.swift-tools.net]

Viewlets:
[www.qarbon.com]

Email lists

Chattyfig lists:
[http://chattyfig.figleaf.com]

Flasher-L:
[www.chinwag.com/flasher]

DevMX:
[www.devmx.com/mailing_list.cfm]

FlashPro:
[www.muinar.org]

[Macromedia.com]

Downloads:
[www.macromedia.com/downloads/]

Developer center for Flash:
[www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/]

Tech Notes (Flash):
[www.macromedia.com/support/flash/technote116]

Macromedia Exchange:
[www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm]

Third Party Extensions:
[www.macromedia.com/software/flash/extensions/]

Wish List (and bugs):
[www.macromedia.com/software/flash/contact/wishlist/]

User Groups:
[www.macromedia.com/cfusion/usergroups/]

Blog aggregator:
[www.markme.com/mxna/]

Free web space

Yahoo GeoCities:
[http://geocities.yahoo.com]

Spymac:
[www.spymac.com]

Tripod:
[www.tripod.lycos.com]

Angelfire:
[http://angelfire.lycos.com]

Beigetower:
[www.beigetower.org]

Brinkster:
[www.brinkster.com/Hosting/Educational.aspx]

Freeservers:
[www.freeservers.com]