Site Check

[johnie]

Place your KM made site here for comments.

[OwenAus]

www.oyoyoy.com

All bow before my mighty efforts! Or at least no snickering. :)

[necromanthus]

http://necromanthus.com/~johnie
:) ;) :p

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by OwenAus
www.oyoyoy.com

Well done Owen !
You'll be my ORC's Chief-Captain.
;)

[Stephan P.]

Originally posted by OwenAus
www.oyoyoy.com

All bow before my mighty efforts! Or at least no snickering. :)

Hi Owen,

isn't that a bit of overkill if you're using KM just to produce the word "loader" when somebody visits your site? :)

At least I don't see anything else :)

All the best,

Stephan

[OwenAus]

lol - you mean there's an easier way? :)

Here is the javascript that should launch the window. (And I think I hate Mozilla!)


<script language="javascript">
var pw=null;
function pu(){
var w='width=700,height=520,top=1,left=1,toolbar=yes,r esizable=yes,scrollbars=yes';
pw=window.open('StephanP_HaveYouGotJavaScriptEnabl ed.asp?rn=1','pw',w);
pw.focus();
}
pu();
</script>


:D

[tmoore935]

http://home.att.net/~diversioncentral/

(I was drunk when I did this):p

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by tmoore935
http://home.att.net/~diversioncentral/
(I was drunk when I did this):p

Great job tmoore !
Do you like wine or vodka ?
:p

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by necromanthus
Great job tmoore !
Do you like wine or vodka ?
:p

Beer actually.

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by tmoore935
Beer actually.

You're too ... soft.
I like scotch,but I'm not drinking when I build webpages.
ha ha ha
:p

[OwenAus]

Done drunk or sober, that is pretty neat. :)

* quaffs an ale *

[docree]

http://www.megspace.com/computers/docree/xmas.html
This is a card I made for Christmas last year.
Specs:
Crude animation of nativity scene.

The idea here is shadows against the computer screen.

The music is Carol Of the Bells on piano.
A small part has been used for a loop later in the card,
yet the whole audio clip is used in the main animation.

The audio sometimes synchs well with the animation,
but lately I have heard the music play faster than the animation.
This causes the "Wise Men" to appear to be sliding across the screen into place.

Took about three days, three to four hours each day, to complete.
Most of this time was taken to synch audio. Ha!
Doc Ree

UPDATE! The link works, but for my current stuff see sig...

[OwenAus]

I like it.

Props on the audio synch, seemed okay on a couple of replays. (My attempts seem to produce different results one viewing to the next, so more respect to you.)

:)

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by docree
http://www.megspace.com/computers/docree/xmas.html
This is a card I made for Christmas last year.
Specs:
Crude animation of nativity scene.



The card looked ok to me. One would clearly understand its message.

[OwenAus]

rofl. :D

[necromanthus]

Another KoolMoves fan:
http://www.siteisan.com (maintained by John Lloyd)
p.s.
Owen,is your relative or something ? ha ha ha

[gusmus]

Hey I want to have a chat with you if it's possible,,,, my messenger add is dominangel23@hotmail.com ,,,, I am a musico as well,,, well for a lot of years so we have something in common apart from Owen being our paternal grandfather ,,,,, all the best to all,,, have a happy whatever and don't even think about doing what I try not to,,, Cheers

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by gusmus
Hey I want to have a chat with you if it's possible,,,, my messenger add is dominangel23@hotmail.com ,,,, I am a musico as well,,, well for a lot of years so we have something in common apart from Owen being our paternal grandfather ,,,,, all the best to all,,, have a happy whatever and don't even think about doing what I try not to,,, Cheers

Hellooooo GUSMUS.
I don't use any kind of messenger (online spy and source of system troubles).
But I'll be glad to change a word with you.
Use : necromanthus@yahoo.com
cheers

[OwenAus]

Paternal grandfather ...?

(Must be another Owen) :p

John Lloyd cannot be a relation. He lives in the UK and they have the Ashes. I live in Australia and we have the runs on the board.

:D

But the site is nice, so maybe there is some distant connection after all.

[2Nasty]

http://www.geocities.com/lovellvassell/movie.html

its a 1 on 1 fight i made about 2years ago... with koolmoves
onyx vs sean...

www.geocities.com/gameflex2002
a gaming web site a made from some friends...
this was about a year ago..


http://www.geocities.com/lovellvassell/index3
a intro i did for one of the bull **** sites i made... made about year and a half ago..

i have lots more.. i might show some of the new stuff later..

[OwenAus]

Good stuff. Post the links to your other stuff.

:)

[docree]

Hey there, here is a small holder for my future website.
DOCREE.TK (http://www.docree.tk)

UPDATE! That url no longer works. See my sig for link...

[Gamer Lexi]

I'm making a new website. I used KM for my animated mascot and for the main menu. Navigation doesn't work, but I think it looks good. I'm also getting my own domain soon. Finally!! I can get rid of those stupid ads and put some of my own. :D

My new website (http://xandria.topcities.com/SiteConstruction/Home.htm)

I'm still working on my cartoon too. I was still waiting for some voice talent, but since I have no luck on finding a female voice for one of my lead parts, I'll just add background music and use subtitles. I'm not making any ground-breaking anime here, so might as well get the show on the road. ;)

[metalmovie]

http://members.lycos.nl/gamecubehome

A site with information over the gamecube and some gamecubegames

*****I love the Gamecube******

[OwenAus]

Some neat stuff. Like your layout, Gamer Lexi, bold and different.

DocRee, you're an artist. :)

[Gamer Lexi]

Thanks OwenAus.:smoov: My 'real' site is up and running now.

The NEW Lexi's Lounge (http://www.lexislounge.net)

[Bob C.]

Gamer Lexi:

Well done. Nicely laid out web page..easy to use. You have real skill as an artist too, enjoyed seeing your efforts there.

One crit. IMHO the tone of red used as a border tends to overpower your B+W drawings a bit.

Congrats on getting a tablet, and a 9 x12 at that! Love the drawings you've done with it and look forward to seeing more.

Bob C.

[gusmus]

Hello Flashers,, Well, as this is turning into a showcase for " Bobs Kids" then I give you my two dollars worth. First of all,, this is my private server so NO naughty stuff, "three attempts at the private area and you get banned for good". These bits and pieces are what I am working on now or are demos for clients and if you have a look at the first few and then the last, hopefully you will see a difference in the style and general usage of Koolmoves. You will also notice the amount of pages that are a combination of flash and frames, WHY? I hear you shout, Because I honestly believe that Flash and Frames were made for each other, (1) a full flash page is almost unmanagable from the updating point of view and that includes embedded swf,s within the main movie, (2) a frameset is the logical way to combine 3 or 4 flash movies in one page without resorting to action script (which is very powerfull but also a pain in the butt when it comes to updating a page one year later when the version has reached shockwave v2344.488 mx xxl, and finally,,,, I like framesets¡¡
Anyways,, check out estorton and seriemob2, estorton is a frameset with 2 frames and seriemob2 is full flash(stick to the spanish cos I'n still working on the page), there isn't a lot of difference in loading times but I'm sure that estorton is going to be a lot easier to update next year. Well,, Cheers, Have fun,, William.
P.s. another advantage of using a combination of frames is that I can load a full 4 minute sound track in midi at less kb,s than a 20 second mp3 or wav loop in flash,,(one for you to sort out Bob), check out Canso, it has the full version of "Learning to fly"(recorded by me) on the intro, and the full version (20 mins), of "Tubular bells" (licence paid) on the main page.
Click Here (http://80.32.226.207)

[2Nasty]

www.tek.20m.com

[miles_n_diz]

a simple site i created for Broadway star and Star Search Season Finalist Mara Getz. All done with KoolMoves, which thanks to the latest upgrade makes streaming mp3's with a simple check box - thanks Bob, or Mr. Hartzell. The new upgrade is really a pleasure to work with.

http://www.maragetz.bizland.com

This site is my first effort at creating a site, and I'd love any feedback. No additional HTML was used save for adding meta tags, etc...

enjoy the music...

[Bob Hartzell]

Very stylish. I would like to link to it from our gallery page.

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by miles_n_diz
a simple site i created for Broadway star and Star Search Season Finalist Mara Getz. All done with KoolMoves, which thanks to the latest upgrade makes streaming mp3's with a simple check box - thanks Bob, or Mr. Hartzell. The new upgrade is really a pleasure to work with.

http://www.maragetz.bizland.com

This site is my first effort at creating a site, and I'd love any feedback. No additional HTML was used save for adding meta tags, etc...

enjoy the music...

This is the best kool moves only site that I have ever seen.

[necromanthus]

Originally posted by miles_n_diz
a simple site i created for Broadway star and Star Search Season Finalist Mara Getz. All done with KoolMoves :
http://www.maragetz.bizland.com

Real ArtWork !
:cool:

[miles_n_diz]

thanks for the positive feedback...i still can't believe that KoolMoves was so affordable and the learning curve so easy to get a grip on, it's really been a pleasure working on new things for the web with KoolMoves.

My hats off to Bob Hartzell! :mrpimp:

I have a question about where i can add in some code in order to make the "contact" link on the site be populated with a preset "subject" text, to better organize information received via email from the site.

think i'll start a new thread.

thanks again

ep

[miles_n_diz]

Bob,

it would be great if you linked to the site. give me a little time and i'll send you one of those nifty 88X31's for a link if that is the format you use.

if not...just link away...increased traffic is always welcome.

my next project, another flash-based site is hopefully going to be for one of the nation's leading doctors of molecular pharmacology.

hope i get the gig, i should know within a couple of weeks.

i can't say this enough --- the latest upgrade rocks.:smoov:

ep

[Stephan P.]

I have a question about where i can add in some code in order to make the "contact" link on the site be populated with a preset "subject" text, to better organize information received via email from the site.


Instead of having a link that opens your email program, you could have your email being sent via a "formmail" script, if your provider offers one. That way you have all the design freedom with respect to the appearance of the input fields. Search for instance for a thread in this forum called "SEND FORM DATA??? ATTN Johnie".

Great site, btw. It's good to see KM is attracting more and more web designers who have a stilistic vision for the look and feel of the final product!

All the best,

Stephan

[Bob Hartzell]

it would be great if you linked to the site. give me a little time and i'll send you one of those nifty 88X31's for a link if that is the format you use.

-> Thanks for the permission. I would appreciate an email -- bob@koolmoves.com -- with your name so I can give credit next to the link. I do a screen capture and resize it so a 88x31 is not needed.

my next project, another flash-based site is hopefully going to be for one of the nation's leading doctors of molecular pharmacology.

-> Good luck.

[jessebhunt]

www.rileyforsheriff.org (http://www.rileyforsheriff.org)

This is the first site that I have made using KM.

Let me know what you think. Also, I would appreciate it if someone would tell me how long it takes to load using dial-up.

Thanks,

[tobztertroll]

This site has no content but it was fun to make.
www.tobzter.com

[gusmus]

Originally posted by jessebhunt
www.rileyforsheriff.org (http://www.rileyforsheriff.org)

This is the first site that I have made using KM.

Let me know what you think. Also, I would appreciate it if someone would tell me how long it takes to load using dial-up.

Thanks,
This site loads too quickly. In fact any site that wants to elect or re-elect a sheriff loads too quickly.Slow it down,,infinitely.

[gusmus]

Just a play about of ideas for my page revamp,, no where nearly finished yet but it's coming along slowly, have a look at "estorton" in the portfolio menu. Bob,, we need midi support,, the jazz track is almost four minutes long and is only 65k,, it's also better quality that I can get by having to compress my mp3 or wav files to 22000hz mono to make them acceptable. Is there a problem with midi in flash?,,I always revert to dropping midi into the html but it has its limits in so far that when I load another movie then I'm stuck with the same sound track,,or it doesn't sync,.. Cheers
http://www.cratepages.com

[docree]

Try recording your music to a lower bitrate, rather than compressing. This is the reason most people claim that compressing video is bad. They use compression tools to compress a bad video file and the compression tools don't do the process correctly.
Doc'Ree

[Bob Hartzell]

I believe that Flash does not support midi. You might try streaming the mp3.

[gusmus]

Originally posted by docree
Try recording your music to a lower bitrate, rather than compressing. This is the reason most people claim that compressing video is bad. They use compression tools to compress a bad video file and the compression tools don't do the process correctly.
Doc'Ree
I suppose that compression was the wrong word to use,,yes, all mp3,s are compressed wav, what I was getting at was the fact that no matter what sound source you use apart from midi, it is going to eat up a huge chunk of swf space that could be better used as image quality or movement, that echoed opera piece on the page sounds sumptious when played at 44000 128 bit but now it's down to 22000 and 64 bit mono (to make an acceptable file size) it sounds like Monty Python with glandular fever. I suppose I'm a bit spoiled in that respect being an ex musician and having a very good quality recording set up. As for streaming, yes, it can be done for the computer you are working on, but the sync falls apart whenever you play the swf on another machine so as a background muzak then it's fine but as an integral part of the movie it's back to tinny sounds and huge files.

Bob,,I'm surprised that midi is incompatible with flash as it is a pure data instruction source and much less complex that raw sound data (hence the file sizes).Not being a whizz like yourself when it comes to programing and machine codes, perhaps I'm talking out of my hat, but I should have thought that there must be some way to integrate it as all it is actually doing is talking to the sound card, no codecs involved, just a constant stream of pure data, in fact it's about as close as you can get to an action script as it basically carries out the same function albeit with sound instead of vision.
Cheers

[Bob Hartzell]

I think Johnie knows how to combine midi with a flash animation. I don't have that reference at the tip of my fingers.

You might try searching in this forum with midi keyword and postings by johnie.

[johnie]

You have to convert the Midi to Wav or MP3 or synch it using other Flash Player Methods and FS Commands.

You can record a Midi to Wav by doing this;

1) open the volume control located in your system tray.

2) on the volume control window click options > properties.

3) The properties window will appear. Select the "Recording" radio button and a list of recording controls will appear that correspond with the recording selection.

4)deselect all of the devices by removing the checks from their corresponding boxes. The only one you need is synthesizer so make sure you leave a check by it.

5) click "OK" and the window will close leaving behind just the control for the synthesizer. Place a check on that box to select it and adjust the volume to whatever you want (half way is ok).

6) close the recording volume control and open sound recorder. (It is located in start > programs > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder)

7) open your midi file in your default media player such as windows media player. Once the midi begins to play just press record in your sound recorder.

8)Once you have your recording just edit it anyway you want. Save it as WAV and you are set to go.

There are several freeware Midi conversion apps out there.

My Favorite Freeware to Convert Midi's 2 Wavs;

http://www.polyhedric.com/software/mn/

[Bob Godwin]

Here's my site for The Harmonica Shah Blues Band featuring Howard Glazer. Flash, frames, java, html, whatever it takes to make it work. Tried to keep it simple and easy to navigate. Hope it's not too simple.

Http://harmonicashah.com

[trixter2]

Here's my website, completly done in koolmoves. It Is very far from finished but nonetheless here it is:

geocities.com/yeahmad03

[gusmus]

Have a cactus. Cheers,
(Bit of a slow loader on dial up)but it's got to be cleaned up yet.
PS. if anyone can help me out with the german text I'd be very greatful.
http://80.32.226.207/cactus/Index.html

[tmoore935]

Have a cactus. Cheers,
(Bit of a slow loader on dial up)but it's got to be cleaned up yet.
PS. if anyone can help me out with the german text I'd be very greatful.
http://80.32.226.207/cactus/Index.html

It tool less then 30 sec on my pc with a 56k v.92. Each section about 10 secs after that.:)

[McPedry]

I also have a website made with koolmoves, it have been working since november 2002, but this week I have changed the design, it's better.
All, or almost all content in my web are made in koolmoves, animations, menus etc. v2.8 and v3.6

Well, I hold for your opinions, and sorry about my English but I'm Spanish.

The url : http://www.g4forza-flash.es.vg

[smile1]

Okay, here are four cartoons I created with Koolmoves at www.greencats.com :

Murder Suicide
The Vet
Ordinary Man
Talk Show

Check back soon because I plan to add a new cartoon every week.

Any comments would be really appreciated!:p

[smile1]

Sorry this link might work better:

http://www.greencats.com

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by smile1
Okay, here are four cartoons I created with Koolmoves at www.greencats.com :

Murder Suicide
The Vet
Ordinary Man
Talk Show


Any comments would be really appreciated!:p

You should indicate the file size or use a preloader.

I watched all four and murder suiced seemed the funniest. You must be creating these late at night

:p

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by smile1
Okay, here are four cartoons I created with Koolmoves at www.greencats.com :

Murder Suicide
The Vet
Ordinary Man
Talk Show

Check back soon because I plan to add a new cartoon every week.

Any comments would be really appreciated!:p

I like the "The Vet" one myself. Funny and sick at the same time. Your emails are too funny. :D

[Vogon_Jeltz]

Here is mine.

www.abi04.info

it is the hp of my high school ("gymnasium") graduation class

[Makulaf]

Just got done making it

2 template ever made!!!

View It (http://www.makulaf.com/makeatemplate/2/funtemp.html)


Download It (http://www.makulaf.com/makeatemplate/2/funtemp.fun)

[tmoore935]

You were asking for ideas so my suggestion is to insert a scrolling text box in the blue square. Then add some "Flashy" thing at the bottom of the page.:D

[Makulaf]

yea that a great idea thank you plz check my template 3!!!

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by Makulaf
yea that a great idea thank you plz check my template 3!!!

Were is it?

[Makulaf]

Where is what?

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by Makulaf
Where is what?

Template 3

[Makulaf]

Its a post by its self

[bansche]

A part of my HP is made with koolmoves
http://www.bansche-bender.de
The language is german, but the part
made with KM doesn´t use it essentially:
first a kind of introduction
http://www.bansche-bender.de/html/landkarte.html
after choosing selection You find an interactive map:
Use the rounded rectangles to navigate.
There are some slideshows auto/interaktive with or without sound.
The cartoon like film at
http://www.bansche-bender.de/HTML_K/pont_aven_1.html is just to sync the sound, done bad
:o
Because there are a lot of pics inside the size exceeds sometimes 1mb
There is no scripting anyway.
If any translation or help is needed, ask.

[bobgodwin]

A site I made for my sister's purses.

www.pamelafisher.com

And a link to mine too.

www.harmonicashah.com

[John U.]

nice work. I noticed the 'purse gallery' link on the home page is broken though.

[bobgodwin]

Thanks for the heads up. Somehow an older version of the home page made it to the site. Should work now.

[drew_hytt]

well, after months of work, we have completed v.2.0.1, dxh studios intro and interface is mostly made with km, except 3d, for v.3 it will be made with mx, but check it out, i think we have done good, and i would like to thank all members envolved in dxh :)
check it out at
www.dxh-studios.com

[gusmus]

Hi Drew, The design is phenomenal, but I don't think you're going to get many customers if they think they are going to get landed with a page that loads as slowly as yours. 34 seconds for the intro on a T1 connection is wayyyy toooo loooong. That's going to be a 20 minute wait on a 56K and about 1.50/2 mins on a 256k.You need to split the intro up and daisy chain it or people are just going to walk away. Cheers.

[tmoore935]

It did not load for me ( almost an hour). Using a good 56K.

[techuser]

It took about 40 seconds to load on a DSL line. This is NOT good advertising for your design services; people won't tolerate such long wait times.

techuser

[miles_n_diz]

http://www.dragshowbiz.com

any comments you may have are more than welcome... :smoov:

eric.

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by miles_n_diz
http://www.dragshowbiz.com

any comments you may have are more than welcome... :smoov:

eric.

This worked ok for me on a 56k modem. So a person can really make a living at this?

[miles_n_diz]

thanks for your response tmoore935 - the two files were right on the edge for me in terms of being comfortable with the site loading on a 56K connection without a preloader. Glad it didn't impact you too negatively...

And yes, in Palm Springs the entertainment community supports a wide range of interesting performers. He(she) has gigs just about every day of the week.

thanks again for checking it out.

[jarheadprincess]

Heres a intro I made be gentle it was my first time ever using this or doing anything like it


http://busygirlscreations.com/ahh.swf


its for a military wives site


Nikki:(

[Makulaf]

very very nice!

[jarheadprincess]

TY so very much

Nikki

[MrPanic]

http://www.mrpanicproductions.com/
its kinda plain but it is working well with
the ASP and ASP.NET and the other stuff on
my site.

Any questions, comments, suggestions, threats :)
would be most appretiated.

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by MrPanic
http://www.mrpanicproductions.com/
its kinda plain but it is working well with
the ASP and ASP.NET and the other stuff on
my site.

Any questions, comments, suggestions, threats :)
would be most appretiated.

Nice work MrPanic! The only thing I would do is make your panic guys face on your site see through, so it looks like it was drawn on the paper. :D

[docree]

You can be more consistant from page to page [I think you are working on this].
DocRee

[MrPanic]

Thanks for the input.
the transparent face is already done (Now that i know how to make it transparent).
as for consistency im not sure what you mean DocRee
if you mean the 2 pages that aren't done thien yes
Im working on it.

[tmoore935]

I noticed that on the toons/gallery pages, there were no back buttons to return home. Other than that, it is a nice concept.

[JamesU2002]

Hey all,
AS you can see im brand new here, could you have alook at my site,

www.wellingonline.co.uk

I would love for some pointers and any designs defects of my site at the momment. And recommendations for what i can do to it would be great thanks

James

[gusmus]

Hi JamesU2. Nice easy to read page. The only thing i'd suggest is to edit the HTML file and change all width references to 100% instead of 1024px,, that way the page will scale to any screen resolution, most people are on 1024 but a lot of people still use 800X600, especially people with sight problems and it really is a pain to have to scroll sideways. The only other comment is to change the spelling of "Bare" to "Bear" in "bear with me,, "bare with me" sounds like an invite to a streakers club lol. Cheers

[tmoore935]

I could find nothing wrong and I assume the buttons do not work yet. But since we are on the bare thing, You could have a link to some bare women.:D :eek: (just kidding).

[techuser]

James,

Was that table made on a bad copy machine? The text color is bleeding all around the text; gives your site a sloppy look. Consider redoing the table directly in your HTML doc, or do it in another program and cut-and-paste.

techuser

[w.brants]

I updated my KM site.
It's very basic. Just let me know what you think of it.
www.geboortegrond.nl/km

Wilbert

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by w.brants
I updated my KM site.
It's very basic. Just let me know what you think of it.
www.geboortegrond.nl/km

Wilbert

Looks great Mr. Brants! :D The "contact me" kinda throughs it off though, since the rest of your site looks so clean. I like the idea though, maybe if the writing looked a little cleaner I think it would go great.

[tmoore935]

Loaded real fast and the images were crisp. I have enjoyed your tuts in the past.:)

[rickyo]

I have a few sites that I used Kool Moves to make. They are being updated as you read this and should be completed by the end of the month.


http://www.southerncustomspaint.com

and

http://www.choppster.com

I also used Kool Moves on my family home page

http://www.odaniell.com

the welcome/splash page is Kool Moves, and if you enter site 1, I used it on the menu with the floating bubbles. If you enter site 2 and surf around, I used it in the music room on the second floor, and several other places.

If you do go to site 1, a pop-up window will appear after you've viewed the site with a bunch of heads on it that you can make sing.

I got all of the files to do those things off the kool moves support and freebie sites, and would like to thank those people who created the originals.

My biggest problem is getting small enough music files to stream instead of using .wav files on the page loads. There isn't enough Kool Moves info to help teach me this stuff. These are the first sites that I've ever built and I am using Front Page.

I am open to all help and suggestions.


Thanks

RickyO

http://www.southerncustomspaint.com
http://www.choppster.com
http://www.odaniell.com

[Koolitman]

Have posted this on the main menu but didn't see this Site Check thread. Anyway, first try with basic free version:

http://www.san.steve.btinternet.co.uk/home.html

Koolitman:mrpimp:

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by rickyo




My biggest problem is getting small enough music files to stream instead of using .wav files on the page loads.

RickyO

try http://www.cdex.n3.net/


figure out the software yourself because I am sick right now from surgery. I can take songs and make them sream like online radio stations. I even have examples.

[rickyo]

Re: Kool Moves site check(s)

quote:
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Originally posted by rickyo




My biggest problem is getting small enough music files to stream instead of using .wav files on the page loads.

RickyO
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try http://www.cdex.n3.net/


figure out the software yourself because I am sick right now from surgery. I can take songs and make them sream like online radio stations. I even have examples.


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tmoore
1024*768 res 2.53Ghz mHZ 56K


Thanks tmoore for the link. I'll give it a try....

RickyO

[rickyo]

p.s.

Hope you feel better and have a quick recovery.

RickyO

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by rickyo
p.s.

Hope you feel better and have a quick recovery.

RickyO

Thank you, it was actually no big deal at all. (But I did like all the nurses fussing over me and...)

[drew_hytt]

dxh-studios v3 is now up, fully designed with km 4.4.4, check it out!

www.dxh-studios.com

[rickyo]

Hey Drew - looks good and loads well over cable. Just curious? Hows it loading over 56K? I don't have dial up so I can never test these things.

I'll look forward to when it's done (portfolio) and will keep checking it.

Rick

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by drew_hytt
dxh-studios v3 is now up, fully designed with km 4.4.4, check it out!

www.dxh-studios.com

Looks great, nice job! :D

[drew_hytt]

Originally posted by rickyo
Hey Drew - looks good and loads well over cable. Just curious? Hows it loading over 56K? I don't have dial up so I can never test these things.

I'll look forward to when it's done (portfolio) and will keep checking it.

Rick


oh well thx, I’ve tried it on many computers with many connections, like 56k, Dsl, Cable t1 and t3, and for a 56ker load times can be up to about 2 minutes, lol. Not a site for those 56kers out there. But thank you for having interest in the new dxh v3 interface.

[drew_hytt]

Originally posted by FLASHPULSE
Looks great, nice job! :D


Thanks, :D

[w.brants]

Originally posted by drew_hytt
dxh-studios v3 is now up, fully designed with km 4.4.4, check it out!

www.dxh-studios.com

Looks great Drew ! :)

But just to inform you, it looks great using IE. When browsing with FireFox 0.9.1 like I normally do, the page layout was wrong. As a result of that the flash movies became so small that the text was almost unreadable.

[drew_hytt]

Originally posted by w.brants
Looks great Drew ! :)

But just to inform you, it looks great using IE. When browsing with FireFox 0.9.1 like I normally do, the page layout was wrong. As a result of that the flash movies became so small that the text was almost unreadable.

yes, that’s why the site requirements say best viewed with internet explorer 6.0. Other problems like that will occur in a mozilla browser as well.

But thanks in having interest in the new dxh v3 interface.

[panda_t]

Hi,

I work in a primary school, and last term I did a maths game for the children (key stage 2, age 7-9ish) which you can see here:

http://www.geocities.com/t_clist/circlon.html

It's a bit rough around the edges, and my lack of actionscript competence means the player has to keep a manual score, but the children like it.

All feedback welcome, especially from anyone under 12!

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by panda_t
Hi,

I work in a primary school, and last term I did a maths game for the children (key stage 2, age 7-9ish) which you can see here:

http://www.geocities.com/t_clist/circlon.html

It's a bit rough around the edges, and my lack of actionscript competence means the player has to keep a manual score, but the children like it.

All feedback welcome, especially from anyone under 12!

Seems to me that keeping score is not that hard if you make the answer a variable.

[panda_t]

I have tinkered with actionscript a bit (and made rudimentary .fun things) but I couldn't get it to work reliably (I'm not sure of things like spacing and where line breaks go even having read tutorials). So I probably will go back to it, but recently I just wanted to spend my time on making content.

[panda_t]

Oh, go on, someone give me some feedback. Please?

It features a man in a banana costume

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by panda_t
Oh, go on, someone give me some feedback. Please?

It features a man in a banana costume

Well I'm over 12, LOL, but I found it nice and interesting. Keep up the good work. :D

[panda_t]

Thank-you O Great One!

Always good for the ego, praise :)

[dborruso]

Hi folks,

I am redesigning my website with koolmoves. I am not done yet but would like some feedback and suggestions on how it's coming. I am very new to koolmoves so I need all the help I can get. Someone is sending me a book on action scripting so maybe I will have more cool stuff on the page later.

Please check it out:

http://3dfrog.com/wips/km/froggy.html

I hope you like it. Nothing spectacular yet.

You can compare it to how my current html page is by going to www.3dfrog.com

Thanks

[FLASHPULSE]

Looking good so far Dennis. :D

[blanius]

thanks to certain folks here I'm starting to get the hang of KM and the site is starting to take shape

http://bretlanius.com/flash/movie1.html

[FLASHPULSE]

Looking good Bret! :D

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by blanius
thanks to certain folks here I'm starting to get the hang of KM and the site is starting to take shape

http://bretlanius.com/flash/movie1.html

I like it. Please post again when its finished.:)

[nikeshwww]

Hello all,

I have returned to using KM after a long time.

I have just completed this site for a client, http://www.helsinkibar.co.uk

I'm currently working on my portfolio in KM.

Hope you all like it.

Nikesh

[blanius]

Nice I love the way the vector graphics sort of slide together.

[blanius]

It's nearly ready now. Comments please.

Note the video is still being encoded with trial version of Flix and the photo, and interactive examples are not ready yet but everything else pretty much is working.
http://bretlanius.com/tmp/movie1.html

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by blanius
It's nearly ready now. Comments please.

Note the video is still being encoded with trial version of Flix and the photo, and interactive examples are not ready yet but everything else pretty much is working.
http://bretlanius.com/tmp/movie1.html

Looks great Bret! :D When we'll we see some of your film work?

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by blanius
It's nearly ready now. Comments please.

Note the video is still being encoded with trial version of Flix and the photo, and interactive examples are not ready yet but everything else pretty much is working.
http://bretlanius.com/tmp/movie1.html

Looked at this morning on a 56k modem. liked the bouncing ball. When I clicked on the "cine", there was an x thru the video. And did you make the player or is this the Flix that you were talking about? The pics all come in crystal clear. I was wondering if you took all the pics. Nice site!!!

[blanius]

how was the loading time on 56k?

It's all modular so should load pretty well. The video has the X because I haven't registered Flix yet, still deciding on that.

You can see my film work now on the old site but as soon as I get the kinks out of the new site I'll register Flix and start encoding the video clips.

Thanks for the feedback.

(the streaming video player was done by my brother using Flash MX 2004 everything else is KM)

[smblkc]

I have just recently discovered this resource for flash, and koolmoves in particular.... I am still trying to figure the program out, but did use it to create the website at:

http://www.point19.net

I know that there are some bugs, but would like assistance with finding them and rectifying them.

Thanks,
smblkc

[tmoore935]

I have made some displays using graphic equalizers if you want to display your music.
I can help with these. (these are streaming 1 meg music files)

http://www.diversioncentral.com/mp3player/kool.html
(koolmoves demo)

http://www.diversioncentral.com/
(Flash MX demo)

let me know.

How do you come up with the name point 19 when there are only 12 points on the star?:rolleyes:

[smblkc]

Pretty cool display... I would like to put something on there like that, and have worked on some very basic designs. I just need to keep fooling with the program. Thankfully Koolmoves is a lot easier for me than Flash and Swish.

And the name.... that's a long story. One that Idon't really want to post here:devil:! I will say, though, that it has nothing to do with the graphic!!!

[blanius]

how do you do that?

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by smblkc
Pretty cool display... I would like to put something on there like that, and have worked on some very basic designs. I just need to keep fooling with the program. Thankfully Koolmoves is a lot easier for me than Flash and Swish.



If you want the display, I will need a song from you or you can use swift MP3.exe and I can give out the fun file so that you can do it yourself. I cannot get koolmoves to display the ID3 tags from the mp3 reliably. Hopefully someone here can tell me how. With the Flash mx version it is easy. There is also a koolmoves mp3 player at necromanthus.com which uses an XML playlist.

If Blanius is talking to me: i take an MP3 and put in the ID3 tags, after it was ripped and converted, (I have fruity loops, guitar pro, cdex and a lot of other software), I use swiftMP3 and it makes a swf file with the variables that makes the equalizer works. It is qued with the song at 20 frames per second. Then this swf is loaded into the graphic equalizer program swf with loadmovienum(). The percentage is nothing but (current frame/total frames)/.01. when the percent reaches 99.9, the next movie is loaded.

[blanius]

Yeah it's the response of the bars I couldn't understand how you did that. So you have another program that reads the frequency of the mp3 and generates the eq bars? Not sure I understand that totally.... I know how to get the id3 tags into KM shouldn't present too much of a challenge using PHP there are several Classes out there that PHP can use to extract the ID tags which can be sent along to the flash fairly easily I would think I know someone that did exactly that using 3dfa for his XML playlist mp3 player. Soon as I get a chance I'll look at doing it.

So tell me where did swiftMP3 come from? googling it now.

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by blanius


So tell me where did swiftMP3 come from? googling it now.

http://www.swift-tools.net/

keep in mind there is no support really from these people. And I have yet to get the xml playlist to play one song after another. What I have is something different. I have gotten koolmoves to read the ID3 tags but it is unreliable. Something simple I suppose.

[blanius]

My Koolmoves built site is now up and running.

There are a couple of issues to resolve.

If you click on a new video clip before the current one is finished loading (not playing) it will lock up the flash player (should be fixed soon) The photo area is not there yet. and the file area is still a ways off. But the basics are there and I'd appreciate feedback.

The only thing not done in KM is the video player and the videos.

Size is getting a little big and may seperate the interactive page to a loaded swf. Is there a way to pull that clip out and make a new free standing clip so I can load it in at run time?

My Site (http://bretlanius.com)

[tmoore935]

In the start the index page loaded very fast so no problem there.

Note: Look at the top right hand corner of the CINE link and then look at the shadow and you should see a white square at the top.

The problem of the locking up (I assume the CINE link) gave me a warning that macromedia may run slowly when I clicked when a video was loading. It really did nothing at all. I could watch them all but the videos are way too large to look at with my 56K modem. Maybe you are targeting people with T1 lines. Please give a size of the file being downloaded so that people like me can see what we are waiting for in terms of time...


.Size is getting a little big and may seperate the interactive page to a loaded swf. Is there a way to pull that clip out and make a new free standing clip so I can load it in at run time?

Use LoadMovieNum to load the interactive stuff when the web page index.html firsts loads. (the buttons seem to be inactive???)Never tried this myself, and it may delay the way your web page loads at the start. Try to make sure the swf's are not gigantic in the first place. Then again i am not sure of the question. Hope that this helps.

[sdg_uk]

I got hold of Koolmoves a week ago, and I'm hooked! I'd being toying with getting hold of Flash but the price seriously put me off. I just kind of jumped in with KM (well, it's the best way to learn!) and this forum had all the hints and tips I needed when I got stuck. I'd seen the neat Flash animation on other sites but didn't realise how much fun it was to MAKE this stuff!

Our uni class is having a re-union this summer, so I've made a kind of "Flash invite" that we've emailed to people. If you want to take a look at what I managed to make in my first week click here! (http://www.stuartandnicola.com/node/17) I'm quite proud of it really :p

Great program, great tips from people on here! Can't see me needing Flash proper for a long while yet :)

[tmoore935]

There is no way you could have made this site so fast and clean. It is too impressive:D

[tmoore935]

This is really Kool
:D

[gusmus]

Hi Mr Moore, it got me thinking and ultimately having a closer look too. There is no way you could have made this site so fast and clean. It is too impressive

Really impressive.Loads of action script too and not a single call for help. Well Done.
One thing I was wondering about though is how you managed to get KoolMoves to translate your button commands as pure action script,

"on (release) {
stopSounds();
_root.gotoandplay("Start");
}

when the KM default would be a multiple command (1) "Go to Keyframe 3 and play on release" (2) Stop sounds on release" unless you scripted them manually, which you obviously did. Seems a very advanced and complicated, not forgetting to mention "Really Impressive" way to go about things for a week long user. Cheers

[sdg_uk]

Thanks for visiting my site, and for the positive feedback! The play again button at the end is hand coded - I had problems at first with the sound looping on top of itself. I just kind of pieced the code together by looking at example scripts posted in the fourm, a bit of knowledge about script, some trial and error, and being very stubborn :)
My signature line of "Just five more minutes..." gives a clue as to how I got the flash done in a week. It only takes five more minutes to get the text just right.. and then five more to get the button working... and before you know it it's 3:30am and you're still convinced it'll be finished in just five more minutes :)

[blanius]

and before you know it it's 3:30am and you're still convinced it'll be finished in just five more minutes

Man does that sound familiar

[sdg_uk]

Is there some place I can go to get treated for KM addiction! I'm hooked.

I always wondered how they made those little animated birthday cards. Well, now I know, and here's my first one (http://www.stuartandnicola.com/html/sean_s_birthday.html) one that I made for a friend's 30th. A bit of clip art and hey presto. Instant card!

I also made a valentine card for my wife (thank you KM - I hadn't bought one and the e-card went down a treat). That's on my site too, but it comes with an extreme cheese factor! If you think you can cope then you can take a look... show me the cheez! (http://www.stuartandnicola.com/html/valentine_card.html)

I think I probably ought to stick with my day job as an engineer, but this stuff is so much fun :p

[tmoore935]

just tell your wife that it took sooo many hours to create the e-card:D

[gusmus]

Not cheezy at all mate,, it's pure putrifying gorgonzola. But it's a nice little presentation, in fact I might nick it for when the missus gets on her next high horse lol,, Nice work.

[wildstar]

Here's my Koolmoves site:

www.armanbohn.com

Based on my love for the Atari 2600!

I love koolmoves!

[sdg_uk]

I've been playing again! My sister is expecting a baby in a few weeks, so I thought it would be neat to make a countdown to the due date. I specifically wanted a timer where the numbers "scroll round" like a mileometer in a car. Couldn't find one so I did a custom job on a "static" timer.

In the course of writing the final animation I also messed around with some movie clips that are triggered at random (a teddy bear, a butterfly, and a baby chuckling). For the bear and butterfly there's a little bit of actionscript to make sure they don't trigger if they're already playing.

It's on my homepage (http://www.stuartandnicola.com) if you want to check it out.

[castronaut]

Hello

Finally after some months I´ve my first two KM webs.

www.dzcab.lv
Architecture studio on Riga. For this i did more thanten differents test, finally is this but i don like anymore and i will change soon. That bird is idea of owner and i´m still waiting to put his original bird design.
I had some technicals problems with scripts and latvian language (not possible on dynamic text) and for next i´ll need to do it lighter, this is 500kb, people say is slow.
On future there will be more pictures.

www.riga-hostel.com
Under construction. I´m happy with my work here it looks good :mrpimp:
there is new project on:
http://www.riga-hostel.com/web1.html

By the way i´ll be working on this hostel, probably we open on may, i hope.

And, last but not less, my own page
www.castronauta.tk
I like also, there are links to other projects which i have to finish or fix. I like specially "candels"

You can see my first steps on flash with Cofee cup firstarter on "workcamps".

THat´s all until now

Juan Castro

[gusmus]

Nice work castro but keep one thing in mind,,, when you work with flash as a general page builder,,, don't use all the flashy effects just because they are there,, try to keep it simple. The less bull**** then the longer your potential customers will stay and digest the whole site. Have a look at this.. it's 100% koolmoves but it was voted as the most user friendly site in Valencia in last years IUMA expo http://www.sofasria.com also this one has just had some nice write ups as being informative, user friendly and simple to navigate,,, I don't really agree with the action stuff and the silly colours but the client wanted it and as always,, the customer is always right lol.But apart from that.. it is a very user friendly site. http://www.chaletspain.com

So what I'm basically saying that it's possible to make a good "Flash" site but try to stay away from "Flashy" sites. The more crud you place on your page then the more customers are going to get bored and go somewhere else... It's a well known fact. Cut out the long intros and give pertinent contemt about your product. When you think about it,,,, that's why the visitors hit your site in the first place,,, for pertinent information,,, not impertinent intros.

[tmoore935]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by castronaut


www.riga-hostel.com
I like the outline of the buildings. This has always been one of my favorite ways of presenting a city.




www.castronauta.tk

You can see my first steps on flash with Cofee cup firstarter on "workcamps".


Do not see were firestarter is used.

[castronaut]

Firestarter was good to start but very poor to make good flash web pages.
Koolmoves is better, of course

On workcamps section
Italy 02
http://arriu.freeservers.com

Serbia 04
http://dvorskabasta.emartweb.com

Juan Castro
www.castronauta.tk

[tmoore935]

I also like your home page with the golden triangle. I think it is off to a great start. You could stop some of the pop ups as they are bothersome.

As for coffee cup, they have to shamelessly advertise their name on the software. Even after you pay for it. The software works good but c'mon.:rolleyes:

[castronaut]

About pop ups

I use Opera, i've forgot what is pop up.

And how i said , i didnt like that web www.dzcab.lv, so now there is new design, more simple, very simple and not so heavy, 173kb instead of 500.

Juan Castro

www.castronauta.tk

[sdg_uk]

I've been playing around with ActionScript to try to get the hang of duplicating clips and so on. I can't believe how powerful this stuff is! My latest effort is here (http://www.stuartandnicola.com/node/3) - it started as a bit of an experiment. I started with just making clips move with script, and then the code kind of grew to include making simple patterns. Then somehow color changing got included.

The end result was somewhat unexpected, but its actually quite relaxing.

Best described as "musical circles" I guess.

The only downside is I can't stop KMing now...

Addition: I decided to collect together everything I did and make it accessible from this page (http://www.stuartandnicola.com/taxonomy_menu/6/11) rather than having to hunt around the site :)

[Pellinore]

Hi Guys,

Here’s a web site I’ve designed and created with KM recently. Please take a look when you have a moment and let me know what you think.

www.skirmishbristol.co.uk (http://www.skirmishbristol.co.uk)

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by Pellinore
Hi Guys,

Here’s a web site I’ve designed and created with KM recently. Please take a look when you have a moment and let me know what you think.

www.skirmishbristol.co.uk (http://www.skirmishbristol.co.uk)

Excellent, freaking great, awesome, the best yet! Other koolmovers should try the skirmish game locaded in the menu at the top right.:cool:

[Pellinore]

Hi,

Sorry to mis-lead you there slightly, I forgot to mention earlier that unfortunately the game accessed through the link uses Flash MX. (via a third party) The skirmish.co.uk site is purely KM, and I am hoping to create a game specifically for them sometime in the future with KM of course.

Apologies tmoore for getting you excited ;)

[gusmus]

Right,,, you have the ability... BUT,,, now think about this,, You've just scared away about 50% of your possible customers,,, Your Flash presentation is f$%&ing brilliant,,, but the presentation as a web page is Sh&t,, Have a look at what you are trying to promote,,, Flash is not the Bees Knees,,, it's a tool to be used within the normal internet rules and accepted norms. You have tried to write new rules and it will fail unless you conform... I don't care what anybody says,,, The web runs on html and we have to live with it,, make your pages compatible,, and you'll be helping the flash lovers as well as yourself. This isn't a heavy critiscism,,, just a pointer to make pages conformable,,, and I really do like your production,, bit obscure at times but it's really good...Cheers

[docree]

Hey, gusmus...
I bet ya did not see the links at the bottom of the "splash" page.

Pellinore has made alternative pages, such as a text only version.
[Great presentation design, by the way.]

Thanks, for reminding us of html, gusmus...
As I have said before, html is the "cake" of the web and flash is the "frosting".
KM really takes the cake.

MMMMMMMMMM cake, cake doughnut. :doughnut:
Doc'Ree

[tmburge]

http://www.mislabeledrecords.com/

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by tmburge
http://www.mislabeledrecords.com/

i did not find the songs and never saw a rapper with a (Gibson?) acoustic. I do like the faded images of yourself and the guest book is very nice.:cool:

[FLASHPULSE]

After a few site designs, I found one I like. Pretty simple and not much fancy but it does the job. The image of the whirlwind is an image I made back in 2002 when I first started flashpulse.com. I used it on my original website which was all html and no flash. I haven't made very many, just html, sites since my purchase of KM. :D

[jonathanbaird]

Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com

[FLASHPULSE]

Originally posted by jonathanbaird
Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com

Nice work so far! Looks and sounds good. :D

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by jonathanbaird
Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com

I like it, especially the city at the top of the page.

[jonathanbaird]

I know it is not fully functional yet, but I am working on that. Can one of you tell me how to make it resize to the viewers screen res? Or is that not possible?

[tmoore935]

Originally posted by jonathanbaird
I know it is not fully functional yet, but I am working on that. Can one of you tell me how to make it resize to the viewers screen res? Or is that not possible?

I don't recomend this because it will make your text unreadable by some. I think the current standard to design with is 800*600.

But if you want change the width and height to

WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%"

and add this to the body using your own background color.

<BODY bgcolor="#XXXXXX" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0">

Also if the swf is loaded and not the html, the swf will resize itself to the screen.

[jonathanbaird]

That worked great, I appreciate it.

[imladris]

Thanks to all on the forum for their help.
Just finished off the new band website: www.aflt.com

A few minor bits still to do, but hey when is website really finished??
:yikes: :thumbsup:

[blanius]

no site at that url

[imladris]

oops -

www.aflt.co.uk

[blanius]

Nicely done.

[hule2]

[B]HORNY
I wish i could do thinx lika that.
Great in my eyes

[gusmus]

I'm sorry to dissapoint you but,, it ain't going nowhere... I don't give a **** what the KM gurus say,,, your site is dead before you even start ,just look at the frigging menu and start again. Sorry for being rude,, but it's the truth,, If you want to make FLASH acceptable to the IT community,,,, then make it acceptable..... not the hash that you want praise for just now. Your own idea may be god in your own eyes but think of the poor sods who have to navigate your indulgencies,,, I gave up after the first menu,,, """ Another customer lost"""..... for god's sake.. can't anyone get it into their head that "flash" isn't the end of the sodding world,,, use it as a tool... not as a sodding web solution.. it's not,,, and all the old users on here will agree with me...... at least 99.99999% of them... we were not born on a sodding xmas tree
I'm sorry for being so rude,, got hot at a bad moment,,, but I won't detract from my statements... please don't be conned into the full flash page crap... it'll kill your search engine returns,,, make the same page with a good html base and the flash movie embedded and watch your ratings soar... honestly. I really mean it... and by the way... the page is really sweet apart from the 30 min wait-----

[hule2]

I don't give a **** what the KM gurus say,,,
I'm sorry for being so rude,,

...gosh! It wasn´t just me having a bad night, i think! :yikes:

Fine work in KM/SWF ... and a plain text version is surely in work i think ;-)

... so letz cool down and relax the show! :smoov:

[gusmus]

Actually,, I'm really sorry about the post,, it was a bit too critical and I'd just finished a non stop 37 hour stint setting up antennas for my new wifi WISP I'm setting up in the mountains so I got home absolutely done in and then had to wade through a slow loading page with very badly thought out menus and such. I still stand by the (flash is only an enhancement) rule because in my opinion that's all it is unless you are a flash movie advertiser or cartoonist. It really does blow your chances of a good search engine result if you are using it as the main web page with nothing alongside it. And even if you don't agree with that then it's fine,, but in that case the page must be fast and furious to make it a cut above the rest. I am fairly indulgent when it comes to waiting for a flash page to open but in general,, 15 seconds is bye bye time and I'm off somewhere else. It's something worth thinking about because there are a lot of impatient people waiting to skip to another page, and they are yout lost customers.

[tmoore935]

To gusmus,
are you talking about www.aflt.co.uk ? If so, I have some rebutals.

And i just set up home with wifi. Had no clue to what i was doing but it works and is way more than i need.This is like star trek.

[gusmus]

Yes that was the one Tim. I just got lost in the site so that I ended up giving up,, the site is really nice but it's too fussy unless you are a lover of puzzles. especially the links and that funny juke box,, probably a nice list of instructions would help. Apart from that I really think the design is excellent and very easy on the eye.

About the WiFi thing. I've had wifi running as a home net for about two years now but behind our village about 1 Km there is a small industrial estate which has no broadband connection so I initially set up a lilypad wisp to give them coverage from my t1 connection and it's worked so well that a residential area in the mountains about 6 Km away have shown interest because they don't even have a phone service so I'm busy setting that up now but as it is NLOS (no line of sight) I'm having to use multi polarized antennas which take up a lot more time in the setting up because quite often your best signal is not a direct line to the next antenna but a reflected signal being bounced from another object or obstacle. It's interesting to say the least lol.

[tmoore935]

When i was a kid, the thing wanted with the bands was lots of pics and a chance to see a video since there was very little on tv and no mtv. just 8 tracks and records. Mabey a pic out of a magazine. And of course album art. So a flashy site for a rock band seems to me the way to go. But that is only my opinion. As for other online bands like led zeplin or the beatles or the who, they all have poorly designed sites with plenty of mystery meat navigation and menus that go nowhere. Good luck with the wifi and i hope you make some money.

I am starting to put some stuff together for people in my city and could use you or anyones opinions. these are directed towards HOA's communities as a way to post info. The link is following. One site was inspired by a site that you did. They are set up for a cd.

http://www.diversioncentral.com/templates.html

[imladris]

thanks to everyone for your comments - i will discuss all of these with the band. Gusmus - don't worry about posting negative comments, feedback of any sort is helpfull, and i have passed your comments onto the band member who asked me to put the site together for his thoughts as he wanted a totally FLASH site.
tmoore-well done with your new projects - look great - and thanks again to you for all your help in helping a newbie with putting a couple of muso based sites.

imladris

[gusmus]

Imladris,,, as I said,, I really like the site and the design,, My negative comments weren't really so negative,, it really is good,, just make it,, hmmmm ,,, wellll,,,, Better lol. Cheers and good luck with the band,,, From an old Muso to some young ones.

[imladris]

Gusmus,
Out of interest, what sort of speed connection did you try www.aflt.co.uk on?
I have just got back from a coupla weeks in France and tried it on a dial up connection (ahhhhhhhhhhh) and it was a bit slow.............. :thumbsdow
On my fairly slow broadband connection at home the pages take about 3 to 5 seconds for each page to load, but on the dial up-i admit it was like " go for for a beer and smoke while u wait".
Also, what problems did you have with the menu - there are only 6 main links with a few sub pages and a very simple media player- very stripped down by today's standard of "million paged band websites".

i'd love to hear your comments as i am a real newbie when it comes to FLASH and would like a shove in the right direction b4 i persuade the band to let me self destruct the site.

Muchas Gracias amigo
imladris

[gusmus]

Hi Imladris. This is just my opinion so take it with a pinch of salted pork lol.

1.. The design is excellent and very easy on the eye.
2.. My connection is very fast T1 but I have two servers running plus numerous farmed out wifi connections so sometimes the speed drops to about 500Kbs.
3.. I'm a great believer in simple site navigation in that the end user should know exactly where he/she is within the site and should be able to see some physical proof that the button they have just hit is actually working. Relying on a fade in doesn't do that, especially when the last page was left from a fade in/out. Consider using some method which hits you between the eyes and says "YOU HAVE JUST HIT THE BIOG BUTTON AND IT WORKS". Something obvious.
4..The scroll on the "Biog" is too slow. I sometimes use auto-scrolling for placing a continuous message if a client wants it but it should be a fairly short message that doesn't take up more space than 1.5 times the scroll window. Consider using buttons for scroll up/down and let the user choose how fast they want to read the text. (Internet users are NOT famed for thier patience).
5.. The links page looks interesting to say the least but I got lost with all those mouse overs. It's workable as it is but what happens when your links page starts to fill up and you have about 50 different links dancing to your mouses tune?
6.. The Media Player works fine and the design is nicely original but the texts (volume) etc should be made more legible. It took me a while to figure out that the volume numbers were in fact volume settings and not songs, bandwidth speeds or some other feature of the player. Maybe placing a green level bar underneath the numbers would make it more obvious.
7.. Always assume that your visitors are going to be brainless idiots (like most of us are) and design your pages to that standard. I usually find that if my 10 year old daughter can't navigate a page comfortably then adults have got no chance at all and I change it.
(remember that having a computer that works does not signify that you also have a brain that works. " Most people still think that being able to download their e-mails is pretty kool")

[dborruso]

Hi

I am Dennis Borruso. I am making my first 3d game called froggy boxing.

I made a koolmoves site about it. It will be linked from my main page, which is currently html but will be koolmoves in the future.

Here is the link:

games.3dfrog.com (http://games.3dfrog.com)

[dborruso]

Hi

I redesigned my whole site with koolmoves. I still wanna change some of my movie page and links page but this is generally it. I read on here that all flash sites are bad for search engine results so I put it on a html page with some hidden text.

Here it is:
www.3dfrog.com (http://www.3dfrog.com)

Hope u like it.

Comments and criticisms appreciated.

Edit: I redid the movie page.

[tmoore935]

I could not find the frog game itself???

[dborruso]

I could not find the frog game itself???

Froggy Boxing is in progress and should be released by December 2005. It says that on the games info page. I am making this game with 3d gamestudio. I used koolmoves to make the audience animated in the background.

[RobVos]

Hai there,

with the help from several people i managed to get my site done.
I made it with photoshop and koolmoves.
The sounds are from the band where i'am playing in.
anyway, thanks for all the help i think the result is oke.

ha, easy to say that about yourself.

www.rmvos.nl (http://www.rmvos.nl)

[tmoore935]

Hai there,

with the help from several people i managed to get my site done.
I made it with photoshop and koolmoves.
The sounds are from the band where i'am playing in.
anyway, thanks for all the help i think the result is oke.

ha, easy to say that about yourself.

www.rmvos.nl (http://www.rmvos.nl)


ride sally ride!
Don't read german myself.
Nice look :cool:

[nigella]

hi guys, newbie nigella here, please check this out, i was up last night doing this-including the original art work with "paint".

http://www.geocities.com/nigellaart/nigellasart.swf

nigel.

p.s be kind.!! :thumbsup:

[dborruso]

Pretty neat nigella. Your artwork shows promise. I recommend you get the program painter. It will open up worlds to you.

[nigella]

thanks, but i just noticed a fault, when someone visits the .swf to my movie and clicks the emial, it sends as normal, but when someone does the same on the .html link it creates two emial accounts?-whys that?
http://www.geocities.com/nigellaart/nigellasart.html

thanks nigel.
p.s will visit your site soon. :thumbsup:

[-Mystikal]

ShortFlashClips (http://www.freewebs.com/shortfc) (looking for a domain)
Currently working on a game (rpg) with flash mx
but the short clips are made by me and my friend for fun
one day we decided to make a whole bunch of little kid
flash clips, took us a WHOLE 15 minutes....
anyway , leave me a message on the guest book.

Ciao, Mystikal

[xzerox_xzerox]

Hello everyone...

I am a 15 year old guy frome Sweden and I have made a site in koolmoves. I think it looks good because i can handle koolmoves quite well.

The site is not finnished i know (Only some menu buttons work) so plz dont tell me about it.

Tell me what you think about it...

URL: http://e.domaindlx.com/xzerox/v4/

(I have blocked the mp3 player for now because it tock so mutch banwidth)

//Xzerox Himself :P

[-Mystikal]

Nice site dude. ^ :thumbsup:

[vanbao]

I just purchased Kool Moves a couple of days ago and here is my attempt at it.

http://www.maikaweb.com

I have not figure out how to have the website display a "loading bar" when the flash is being loaded. This way, when visitors come to the site, they weill see the "loading bar" instead of a blank screen when while the flashing is loading. Please show me how to do this if you know how.

Thanks.
Vanbao

[blanius]

in KM it's easy. Look for the menu item Movie, then click preloader and set it up.

[blanius]

A new site I did in KM is about to go "Live"

http://prconsultantsvideoandfilmllc.com/

User has Flash based contnet managment as well
http://bretlanius.com/flash/edit.gif

Comments welcome, praise listened to :)

[xzerox_xzerox]

Nice site blanius... Cool and clean... But i like grafics ad some more to make it better.

Keep it up :D

By the way, how did you insert the video in km??

Greetz /Xzerox

[realfan1]

http://www.qtp.webpark.pl/ my site and who told me why I click on item sqbany in listbox in squad/tdm the site go to 1 keyframe but value is 7 keyframe?

[blanius]

http://www.qtp.webpark.pl/ my site and who told me why I click on item sqbany in listbox in squad/tdm the site go to 1 keyframe but value is 7 keyframe?

Not the right place for this question but don't use numbered keyframes it's not relieable. Name the keyframe and use the name.

[blanius]

Nice site blanius... Cool and clean... But i like grafics ad some more to make it better.

Keep it up :D

By the way, how did you insert the video in km??

Greetz /Xzerox

The video is FLV encoded with FLIX. Koolmoves now supports FLV but I did this before that and use a FlashMX generated movie player that my brother put together for me.

[jbongo]

ok it looks like people love to use koolmoves.... here is my site i made.....
my site... (http://www.pattons.org/jacob)
most of it is just stuff i do out of fun.
tell me what you think... and no i am not a profesional... i am only 16

[Ultra Pulse]

The menu is a bit choppy. The intro is a bit long.
Otherwise it's good.

[jbongo]

well i figured the intro was a little long.... and thinking about it my menu could be improved. i stopped working on my site to work on another project, so i have not had a lot of time to do anything to it.
thanks for the input......

[docree]

Just a heads up...
My new site beta [repair/upgrade] is up.
The site < http://snurl.com/docree >
is now http://gttproductions.net/dock/...

[rodneybf]

realfan1: your site http://www.qtp.webpark.pl/ is cool but impossible to read!¨!

[M@xHe@droom]

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[tmoore935]

I find it hard to read also. Especially the link for news. But I like the concept myself.

[docree]

Thank You, Max
Yes, I drew that artwork in KoolMoves. I call it "Face of a Dreamer".
[It is NOT the trace function that MX has...]
I'm adding more as soon as I figure out the best way to display the works.

I used to have media artist under my avatar...
But, I decided that I could use that space for something more creative.

P.S. Did you notice the "Topless Dancer" stretching?
_________________
tmoore, are ya talking about my site or the realfan1 site?
http://www.qtp.webpark.pl/ looks like a foreign language to me.

[tmoore935]

To Docree
I am talking about realfanI site. I can't tell the difference between swedish, german, russian etc myself. Spent a few years overseas, but still.

Yours looked liked it was still being worked on. So I never commented on. The topless strecher disapears after the first click. I did read your blog. Why not buy a domain now?

Look at mine, some flash 8 and fireworks, some koolmoves, some koolmoves beta, some I just don't remember..what do you think?

http://www.diversioncentral.com/

[docree]

I've been reluctant on getting a domain, cause I have been moving so much lately.
[I have just been at my current location for three weeks.]
The best way to put it, is that getting a domain is of the last on the list. That list is short, but easier said than done.
_____________________
Diversion Central was good.
I found a bug though... If someone clicks on a menu option while an option is loading. The clicked option text will display on top of the text of the option that has just loaded.

Some of the effects are a lil distracting. [But we need diversion.]
And the browser navigation becomes broken.
[The back button can't be used for going to the last option.]
Some links open a new window and may not need to.

Over all it is a nice lay out.
The menu can be reached and easily understood.
And most options loaded fast on my slow connection.
A suggestion for the links, projects, and downloads options...
Categorize the lists. If it can't be pleasing to the eye...
It can be pleasing to the mind.
[Face it links are not the most attractive site feature.]

Sorry, this stuff may seem harsh.
I have been trained in only giving constructive critiques.

[tmoore935]

Thanks Docree. If you see things like this then others will to.

I don't understand catagorizing the links?

When you say:
"I found a bug though... If someone clicks on a menu option while an option is loading. The clicked option text will display on top of the text of the option that has just loaded."
can you give an exact example?

[gusmus]

Tim.. I have domains which are expensive in the general market price,, instead of 9€ mine cost 22€. BUT. you will not be risking your cash nor have any hassles with named conflicts. In other words.. You get what you pay for. My parent company is domiteca.com,,, and they are (by my word alone) probably the best in the business and 100% legal. That 100% legal means that there is a search done before you buy your domain and if there is a possible conflict then you are informed of such. Just my tuppence worth. cheers.. Basically.... if you buy ****,, it's probable that someone will step in you.
Tell you what.. I'll give you one for free,,, tell me what domain you want and you'll have it with 3 e-mail accounts,, just renew it next year if you're happy with it (I'll send the payment details later). this counts for the domain,, if you want server space then this next wednesday I'll have my new server running and I can let you have one or two gigas of free space if you need it,, you'll have to use the redirrection service or "mydomain.com) to get a direct link as I don't want the hassle of running a name server.
.

[tmoore935]

Gusmus. Thanks for the offer. I have a good domain. It is 100 per year (domain reg is free and is in my name) and I have had no problems. I do not know how that compares to what you offer. I assume 9€ = nine euro dollars, which is about 11 dollars here. I have had diversioncentral for several years and I went through the google and yahoo search engines looking for conflics. I am not a lawyer but I see no problem. But companies change and customer service disapears overnight. Or the company is taken over and the servers become a mess.

Also my site is really an experimental playground. I have only redesigned my site 50 times in the last three years. And I still am not happy. I know the basics but can't get the artistic juice to show up.

[gusmus]

Well if you want a playground to play in after wednesday I'll have room to spare,,, just put a 3500 giga server in house and I'll probably only need about 4 gigas of that for my own purposes. The price difference was so smalll I just thought "Sod it",,, go for it.

[M@xHe@droom]

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[docree]

Doc,
Nice bit of tracing.
I hope you are just kidding... :faded:
[They don't have a smilie slapping it's own face.]

It seems that any tracing does not have a natural look.

I wanted to do something different as to site design.
[Most have that modern / futuristic / machine style.]
So, I set off for a "victorian" design.
[I lived in a historic victorian town as a kid.]
After a few designs I realised that a
pop retro / minimalist design suited me better.

[docree]

Tmoore,
I'm posting a screen capture, cause that's the easiest way to show it.
[Usualy done by clicking the options quickly...]

By categorize...
Under downloads you can put all of you game files
[Virtual drum, genie, etc.] under a "game" column or header.
All your mp3 players under Music players.
Which could be under another group called site gadgets.

See, the mind can just find the links easier by finding the category.

As you can notice on http://www.flashkit.com/board/index.php?
there are the headers Flash Kit, Flash Help, Reviews, etc., above each section.

[M@xHe@droom]

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[mook25]

Please check out my site and let me know what you think.

The link to my site is MokoX.Com (http://mokox.com/) :mrt:

[gusmus]

Nice Ideas in principal but web design goes all the way down the line,,,, and in that vein,, your transparent gifs are crap(All that white crud on the outlines),,, work on them more than your flash production. I also noticed that your backing track is permanent,,, put a stop sound command on each button so when you hit it you can listen to the selected track without sodding Marshal Piss or whatever his name not calling,,, most irritating to say the least. The worst of all is that your site seems to be what we call in the industry,,a "Leach" site ,,, in other words, your content is leached from other sites.. nothing wrong with that as long as your visitors are not led to believe that it is all your own work.

One small fact that I've learned during my last 15 years in this web design game is that 90% of web sites are actually designed for the webmasters ego trip and not for the client. The cold question is:::: would you really want all that crud on your own personal website??,,,,, In general.. the answer is NO.

[mook25]

Nice Ideas in principal but web design goes all the way down the line,,,, and in that vein,, your transparent gifs are crap(All that white crud on the outlines),,, work on them more than your flash production. I also noticed that your backing track is permanent,,, put a stop sound command on each button so when you hit it you can listen to the selected track without sodding Marshal Piss or whatever his name not calling,,, most irritating to say the least. The worst of all is that your site seems to be what we call in the industry,,a "Leach" site ,,, in other words, your content is leached from other sites.. nothing wrong with that as long as your visitors are not led to believe that it is all your own work.

One small fact that I've learned during my last 15 years in this web design game is that 90% of web sites are actually designed for the webmasters ego trip and not for the client. The cold question is:::: would you really want all that crud on your own personal website??,,,,, In general.. the answer is NO.

Fair comment and all have been noted and acted upon. As this is my first web design I needed some down to earth hard hitting critisism and that's what you gave me. How are we to learn if people just say, 'yes that's nice' and don't tell us what's wrong. Thanks again! :)

[gusmus]

Hi, Mook. I didn't mean to put you off,,, I get lots of complaints that I'm a grumpy sod,, it's not true,, I see no point in praising rubbish and I don't respond to the sites who want that praise. But your site is really good except for the details that hit the visitors eye, ( remember that the visitor is much more important than the webmaster) like the cruddy gifs and the innattention to simple stuff like two tracks playing at the same time and the fact that all the tricks in the world won't sell a crap product,,,, in other words,, "Keep it simple" because as you know,,,, 90% of web users are just a little bit more advanced than amoebas.

[mook25]

Hi, Mook. I didn't mean to put you off,,, I get lots of complaints that I'm a grumpy sod,, it's not true,, I see no point in praising rubbish and I don't respond to the sites who want that praise. But your site is really good except for the details that hit the visitors eye, ( remember that the visitor is much more important than the webmaster) like the cruddy gifs and the innattention to simple stuff like two tracks playing at the same time and the fact that all the tricks in the world won't sell a crap product,,,, in other words,, "Keep it simple" because as you know,,,, 90% of web users are just a little bit more advanced than amoebas.

Not a problem, as said i prefer when people are honest, how do we learn otherwise. Check back to my site now and let me know what you think now........Is it any better?????

[dangrace]

Hi,

http://www.danceuponnothing.com

Thanks,

Dan

[Chris_Seahorn]

Looking good. Always like to see hand coded scrollers. I do notice the arrow images get offset on the mouseover state but definitely like the fact you coded your own.

Also...in the pix maybe make the preloader centered on the viewpane and not across the thumbs and viewpane. It would stand out more and make sense.

[mook25]

I have revamped my website after thinking that the old one was to be honest quite crap (Thanks to everyone who told me lol) Please check it out and let me know what you think!!

address is Mokox.Com (http://mokox.com/)

[deamothul]

nice thread people :)

[w.brants]

Two content panes and a combo box demonstrating the capabilities of the upcoming 5.1 release and of course my artistic 'talents'. ;)

http://www.geboortegrond.nl/gg_flash.html

[pushplay]

Ok thru the help of many of you this is my first ever site! It's not finished yet so bare with me! I've had koolmoves for about 2months so I'm still learning but please let me know what you guys think of it. If you hate it or whatever ever advice you can give is appreciated!

The links and buttons are active but I don't have the page links finished yet! The email at the bottom of the page is active! Thanks :)
www.ividpro.com

[tmoore935]

Ok thru the help of many of you this is my first ever site! It's not finished yet so bare with me! I've had koolmoves for about 2months so I'm still learning but please let me know what you guys think of it. If you hate it or whatever ever advice you can give is appreciated!

The links and buttons are active but I don't have the page links finished yet! The email at the bottom of the page is active! Thanks :)
www.ividpro.com

I can see that you are not finished, but the fonts look good and the design is good. So I would say, stick with this "flavor".

[pushplay]

thanks for the input!!!

[blanius]

New photo gallery using Flash 8 features.

http://bretlanius.com/flash/gallery.html

Very customizable from a simple PHP file. Can set Colors, transistions, transistion times, Gallery name heading. It also checks for flash player 8 and warns if not, and offers link to download same.

[thesween]

http://www.thesween.com

[tmoore935]

http://www.thesween.com

Looks good, audio section is quite large. When I clicked on the geek, and asked if the music was any good, he answered "of course not".

Just kidding. :)

Its easy to make your own mp3 players with koolmoves.

[tmoore935]

New photo gallery using Flash 8 features.

http://bretlanius.com/flash/gallery.html

Very customizable from a simple PHP file. Can set Colors, transistions, transistion times, Gallery name heading. It also checks for flash player 8 and warns if not, and offers link to download same.

Looks good in IE. It will make it difficult for a lot of people to download and use your pics.

[gusmus]

,,,

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[gusmus]

,,,

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[Bob Hartzell]

Please less personal banter. It is like a soap opera at times on this forum. Let's focus on animation.

[gusmus]

Cheers,,From a friend, believe it or not.

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[gusmus]

I , like Tim

Who's Tim??? Someone I should know or are you taking someone elses name in vain?

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[Bob Hartzell]

Enough examples, Chris.

[Chris_Seahorn]

I'll do my own editing thank you.

[JPnyc]

If a moderator asks you to cease posting something, please comply.

[izmini]

www.vitalaserspa.com

[negfreddy]

Hello everyone veiled my site wwww.negfreddy.fr I use also koolmoves and it is really brilliant but I do not manage to find a bar of research on site in php on flash. if you can helped me!!! :mrpimp:

[zeckdude]

Great Page!!! How did you get the words to turn like that on the mouse over and then stay there after the mouse over?

[tmoore935]

Hello everyone veiled my site wwww.negfreddy.fr I use also koolmoves and it is really brilliant but I do not manage to find a bar of research on site in php on flash. if you can helped me!!! :mrpimp:

wwww.negfreddy.fr directs me to a search page???

[vanbao]

This is my first attempt with creating a website using KM. I still need to figure out how to include the music first.

http://www.olanibeautyspa.com

[blanius]

YIKES!!!!!

Lose the Midi file PLEASE. Not only is it annoying but if you click on any of the menu items you get another copy of the midi file playing over top of the first one.

[tmoore935]

YIKES!!!!!

Lose the Midi file PLEASE. Not only is it annoying but if you click on any of the menu items you get another copy of the midi file playing over top of the first one.

OK, its not that bad, but the music is too loud!! And it is hard to read text on orange. But it looks like the standard flash site that one does expect. It is almost like a template from flashkit. I give it a B+ :cool:

[blanius]

Interesting enough since I was having problems with QT7 I reinstalled QT6 and the issue with the midi file playing multible instances went away.